Fuuka review

underscorepinja4
Apr 04, 2021
I'm a fan of shoujo. Some of my favorite animes are Kimi Ni Todoke and Ao Haru Ride. But I have to agree with the reviewer Legendzerox that this work is "abysmal", mainly because it has ZERO buildup. The pacing is extremely fast and doesn't leave you any time to get excited and full of expectation for their romance. Furthermore it's very liberal with using classic tropes from anime/manga that everyone has seen a thousand times, which get irritating very quickly and scream unoriginality.

Let me lay down some examples:

- The Main Characters (MCs) meet when the girl (Fuuka) bumps into the guy (Yuu), and calls him a perv when he sees her panties, even though it wasn't his fault. Originality level: 0

- At the end of the very first chapter, Yuu comments about Fuuka: "She's a weirdo who *never* listens to *people*, she's violent, and she *always* misunderstands the situation" (asterisks are mine for highlighting).
Really? You've known her for literally five minutes and you can already draw conclusions about the stuff she ALWAYS and NEVER does with PEOPLE? This line was absurd in so many ways that I facepalmed. Had to restrain myself from dropping the manga right there.

- Also at the end of the very first chapter, he says about Fuuka: "Even right now, it feels like some great force is pulling me in. Into the hot wind that envelops her". This was so corny that, again, I had to restrain myself not to drop. This stuff would be acceptable some chapters later, but not on the first.

- Hot guy hits on Fuuka, Yuu gets jealous, then we find out the hot guy is gay... wow, so original!

- Love rival appears on the *second* chapter. Oh, and she's also Yuu's childhood friend. 'Nuff said.

This story had potential, but it's so poorly executed that it eventually became too painful to go on. I dropped it on the 10th chapter. Its only reedeming factor is its clever use of the Yuu's obsession with Twitter and his cellphone. Yuu's thoughts regarding Twitter and the social comment thety provided were quite interesting.
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Fuuka
Fuuka
Автор Seo, Kouji
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