Onanie Master Kurosawa

Who doesn't enjoy jerking off in the girls' toilet? Oh... nobody? Well, Kurosawa-san does. It is his one passion in his life. After waiting for an hour in the school, he sneaks off to the toilets to do his 'daily duty'. This is the information we have when we begin reading Onani Master Kurosawa. Doesn't sound so attractive, eh?

'Onani Master' or in English: 'Master of Masturbation'. That is one misleading title for this series and it might scare off a lot of potential readers. When I read the description, I did not feel like reading this manga, it was only when a friend recommended it to me, that I gave it a try. And damn, I'm so happy that I did read it.

Story:
The story evolves in a very natural way and goes from a comedy to a parody to a authentic drama. More than a scheme, the story feels like a river. It flows on in a very natural and beautiful way. The plot twists do not seem forced but just come in the right time to keep things interesting. Kurosawa’s view of the world changes slightly on his way and his relationships with the people around him evolve like growing flowers. They become more beautiful and more real on the way. In the beginning Kurosawa is just a sarcastic prick, but through experiences he has in this manga, everything changes for him. There is just enough humor, just enough love and just enough deepness in this manga to be enjoyable for nearly everybody. Yes, there are some gross semen-jokes (which might only be enjoyable by males) but mostly the manga is very discrete. What I liked best about the story is how the magaka makes you love the characters so quickly: in only 31 chapters I really had warm feelings for all of the people in this manga. Funny references (as to Death Note and Catcher in the Rye) keep the tone light, while on the other hand some serious matters are discussed. Such as: what are friends? How should we decide what we should do? What is 'love'? And most of all: how to encounter guilt? It is a brilliant story, with enough laughs to be entertaining and enough story to be touching.

Art:
The art is quite sketchy and fits the story well. It is not remarkably well drawn, but it is really unique, to say the least. It might be seen as a symbol for the unclear period of life that adolescence is. Just like the drawings, not everything in the life of a teenager is as clear as it seems.

Characters:
As I have said before, the characters are perhaps the best bit of this series. I do not like the typical high-school romance setting, and OMK plays with the clichés of those series – as a matter of parody. It starts off as a satire but later on, it surpasses all the clichés it is making fun of and turns into a genuine and beautiful story. The characters that seem hyperbolic in the beginning, turn out to be real and caring people. This is the true beauty of the manga: they over-friendly and kind characters find their way straight into your heart.

Therefore I would recommend this manga to everybody: those who like action-manga’s as well as to those who like romance manga’s as well as to those who like psychological manga’s. It is a unique, touching and truly beautiful manga. As is suggested in this manga itself, it is the ‘Catcher of the Rye’ of the mangas and it deserve a place in everybody’s list.

Onanie Master Kurosawa. I wasn't very interested in it at first, as I wasn't particularly interested in a guy jerking off. Anyway, glad that I did pick it up, it was a good read.

This type of art was pretty refreshing to see, and for me it felt as it really fitted for the story. It gave a more realistic feeling to it, making the characters more realistic. You may also review it on art alone, which obviously wouldn't be too great, however I thought this type of art was very fitting for it.

I liked the fact that the behaviour of the character were pretty realistic: it was supported by the art style, as well as the reactions/actions of the characters.
[b]story[/b]
The story was actually good. I liked the fact that his "path of redemption" began to be slightly visible halfway through the story, with a progressive buildup. Which in turn, I think, gives it a more realistic feeling to the story (comparing to other manga's I have read, where they changed almost immediately, giving it a less realistic feeling. Most people can't change drastically their behaviour without making small steps to achieve it).

I enjoyed this manga, definitely worth reading it.

Adolescence, in no uncertain terms, fucking sucks. This is especially the case if you're introverted as fuck and don't get along well with others for whatever reason. Though the memories of my own adolescence are starting to get hazy, I do remember quite well just how much trouble I had interacting with others my age. Sometimes, I really just wanted nothing more than to just stand around with the guys from my class and actually be a part of the conversations they were having. Of course, social rejection and isolation ends up giving way to a LOT of nasty emotions and thoughts. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I thought some shit along the lines of "they're all retards anyway, why do I need their approval?" and kept acting in such a manner that reinforced my loneliness. Keep in mind that I'm not even scratching the surface here, as there's a wide gamut of emotions and experiences that colour an introvert's way of thinking.

Given this, it's no surprise that I have a pretty big soft spot for works revolving around introverted protagonists. Some of my all-time favourite works (i.e. Oyasumi Punpun, Fruits Basket, Persepolis, Daria, Evangelion, etc) have all revolved around introverted protagonists and their experiences adjusting to an environment that challenges their very perceptions of the world around them. However, there's always a nuance to be had with this type of thing. Far too often, we have various works portraying introversion as an obstacle to be overcome rather than a general desire to focus on and receive gratification from your own interests rather than the interests of others. I can't even begin to tell you just how fucking sick I am of seeing movies, TV shows, anime, manga, and God knows whatever else treating introversion as inherently bad and then ending with the protagonist finally being accepted by their peers as one of the group.

So considering all of this, it shouldn't be any surprise that I fucking hate Onani Master Kurosawa as it embodies all the things that I've come to hate about works revolving around introverted protagonists. However, that alone really isn't enough to evoke my visceral disgust. You see, Onani Master Kurosawa brings in the subject of sexual harassment into its storytelling and without it, the manga would've just remained a run-of-the-mill coming-of-age story where an introverted protagonist finds acceptance among peers that never actually hated him. When you factor in this element to the storytelling, you'll find that the manga also tells us that we should be willing to forgive extreme sexual harassment because we're all ultimately capable of changing in the end.

Now, my visceral disgust toward this manga is heavily coloured by my own experiences when I was still in the school system so your mileage may vary. However, I can safely say that I've bore witness to all sorts of sexual harassment in high school: snapping exposed bra straps, groping, unwanted hugs, lifting up another person's shirt/skirt, the list goes on and on. It's a sad reality to say that shit like that either ends up getting overlooked because it wasn't reported or that the punishments for such things more or less amount to a revolving-door suspension system which does nothing to keep the problem from happening in the future. However... I'm pretty fucking sure that literally masturbating on the clothes of girls would warrant a full-blown investigation from the local police department along with criminal damages. If not that, it would warrant angry parents threatening lawsuits at the school board at the absolute bare minimum.

None of this actually happens in Onani Master Kurosawa. In fact, Kurosawa walks away with a happy ending where he actually gets together (or at least is implied to be getting together) with the first of his victims! Now, if you're seriously wondering why that's a bad thing... well let's keep in mind that for the whole manga's run, Kurosawa has done nothing truly deserving of our sympathy. This is a guy who literally beats his meat to vivid fantasies he has of /RAPING/ his female classmates in an unused girls bathroom. Even when you ignore that, Kurosawa is an archetypal edgelord who thinks he's too good for the people around him. What redeeming qualities could this man possibly have? Yes, he's unnerved by the bullying that Kitahara experiences. However, his idea of "justice" isn't sticking up for her and actually trying to befriend her. Instead, his idea of "justice" is literally ejaculating on the clothes of those who bullied her. I'm pretty sure we all know this by now but two wrongs definitely don't make a right. More to the point, he keeps doing so without any twinge of remorse (going so far as to nut over the property of some girl who ends up curving him, no less).

Now as far as him getting together with his first victim goes, I personally don't have much room to speak considering how I've never been a victim of sexual harassment or assault in my life. HOWEVER... I'm fairly certain that the subject of a victim getting involved in a romantic relationship with their past abuser is something we'd all find pretty fucking distasteful to say the least. Now, is it impossible for such a thing to happen in reality? Technically no, but there'd have to be some SERIOUS character development that needs to go down before the groundwork for such a thing can even happen. That's character development which the manga's incredibly short length of 31 chapters does not allow.

If you're seriously thinking about giving this manga a shot, do yourself a favour and don't. If you wanna read a manga about a pervert who gets blackmailed by a female weirdo, do yourself a favour and read Aku no Hana instead. Kurosawa may have come out well before, but that doesn't change the fact that Aku no Hana is far superior in every conceivable way. Granted, it's not a perfect manga by any stretch of the imagination but I'm sure that we'd find Kasuga getting blackmailed and abused by Nakamura due to his one moment of indiscretion more satisfying than Kurosawa simply walking away scot-free (oh boo-hoo, he gets bullied once he confesses publicly. That still ain't SHIT compared to having your criminal record stained).

I'm sure that I wouldn't hate this manga anywhere near as much if we weren't supposed to be rooting for Kurosawa. If he was an unrepentant villain protagonist and the manga was about a budding psychopath's experiences in school. But no, this is a manga that's about a teenage introvert with the telltale signs of ASPD who ends up committing SERIOUS sexual harassment and manages to walk away without so much as a criminal proceeding and he still manages to be accepted by his peers and STILL manages to get the girl in the end. All of that shit combined is more than enough to cement this manga in my mind as one of the biggest abortions I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through.

To quote Kyle Kallgren from Brows Held High: this manga was not made, it was committed. You cannot read this, you can only inflict it upon yourself. Anyone who unironically thinks this is a masterpiece should do themselves a favour and bang their heads against a wall until their brains aren't so stupid.

Anyway, that's all for now. Feedback is always welcome and with that, I'm out. Peace :)

OVERRATED

Probably the most overrated manga I have read to date. Basically, the story is about a coomer who develops feelings for a girl in high school and then eventually faces a moral dilemma.

It's a generic romcom, but with 'protagonist is a serial masturbator' as the selling point. The MC is at the start relatable but then does a complete 180 when he deals with a moral issue and turns into some generic shounen kid. Also, the author clearly hamfisted in a romance ending in the last 2 chapters.

This is no where near the worse manga I have ever read, but it absolutely baffles me that it has such a high rating on MAL. Incredibly overrated.

Disclaimer: this review contain mild spoilers. Read with caution if you haven’t completed the manga.

Onani Master Kurosawa features the activities of a 14-year old as he indulges in a daily masturbatory routine in the girls restroom at school. As the story thoughtfully follows his inner monologues, we quickly get to see him depicted as a rather cold individual who only thinks about his classmates as potential material for his concupiscent pleasures, not even showing any sign of doubt or shame in the process. This is as far as the wacky premise goes, but for the story to advance we’re introduced to another character, this time an introvert girl who is object of constant bullying, and who seemingly endures it as best as she can.

The story unfolds in quite of a simple manner, since it mainly contains two major twists that transform our protagonist into a different character. First off, we have the harmless edgy wanker. It’s all in his head. Then, circumstances turn him into a cultivator who runs errands. His seed is all over the place. And finally, the mixture of a monk and best-dude-on-Earth who redeems his mistakes and becomes a great person, because there’s nothing quite like the confidence you can achieve when you know that everyone else is aware of how pathetic you are, and that you certainly can’t get any lower than you currently are (more on this later).

After being an observer of the bullying through the weeks, a certain event manages to annoy our protagonist, after which he decides to punish the bullies by spraying his sperm over their gym clothes. This doesn’t come as an act of sympathy, but simply as a response due to his selfish motives and being disgusted by what he saw in class.

Effectively, that solves nothing. He even admits that as far as the bullies is concerned, odds are they would think the responsible is a male who pitied the bullied girl, further isolating any option to actually help her. The twist here is that the latter suspected him all along, disclosing a completely different facet of her personality, one that will try to get revenge, yes, but without dirtying her hands – rather extorting the MC to do it himself.

Kurosawa then becomes a puppet, much to his disdain, but at the same time he enjoys it. We see him depicted as both Yagami Light and Lelouch, the dude being at the peak of his game right now. That’s until he meets a girl that makes his penis feel conflicted. Yes, that's how he first notices it. That’s… Love, we have to assume. You can see them sharing memories of their past, talking about books, it’s all really nice. That until this girl decides to have feelings of her own.

Our "poor" protagonist becomes an even more despicable character after going through this sort of NTR-experience first hand, who’d punish this girl for not looking his way, or would ignore his friend – if he ever was one to start with, I don’t get why Nagaoka would be so clingy to a dude that never showed any sort of interest in him–. After finally noticing he was wrong, he decides to go the hard way, confessing it was him in front of everyone.
Everything that happens after, really falls into some exercise of self-congratulation and pandering that I can’t simply stomach. While he does get bullied to a certain extent, there's a reason for it and is not unfounded as it usually is. He adopts an attitude of calmly taking it as part of his redemption, yet he still has the liberty to compare himself with Kitahara. If the manga ever tried to make any actual commentary on bullying, this is completely counterproductive, since Kurosawa is no victim at all.

Another change in his character that we have to endorse is that he gets more confident and sociable thanks to these events. Why does this girl who suffered from his acts start fooling around with him? Why does he get the approval of his teacher, this one going as far as to confess him he used to steal underwear in his teens? Why does Nagaoka not show any kind of self-respect at all after he treated him like garbage and pranked his girlfriend out of sheer jealousy?
So many questions without a reasonable answer.

With an awful visual appeal, an outstandingly horrid premise and characterization, and an even more disconcerting closure, Onani Master Kurosawa is in by itself a metaphor of the main activity of its protagonist.

"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.". How true is this statement by Arnold Bennett? Before that, can people truly change? Someone who is evil today can really turn into a good person tomorrow? And if it's possible, just how much pain and suffering do we have to go through in order to set things right, in order to change? This manga offers us possible answers for these questions in a rather amazing and unique way.

Onani Master Kurosawa is basically a story about redemption. It is one of my favourite mangas even though it is a doujinshi and I've read it twice before writing this review. It is impossible not to give out this one big spoiler that it has, in fact you can probably figure it out just from its synopsis and its ranking. That spoiler is obviously that the story is not a simple parody, but, in fact, gets pretty serious later on. Now with that out of the way, let's begin.

[Story]- 9 - The story is not complex at all. In fact it's rather simple. If you look at it from a shallow perspective it is a simple school life story with a couple of twists thrown in there. So what could it have done to deserve a 9? That is explained by those very twists. One of the best things Onani manages to achieve is the surprise and the impact that the very drastic change from comedy to drama delivers upon the reader. What starts out as a parody of Death Note soon becomes a story that reaches far and wide into the realm of drama, with very interesting and compelling scenes that make it heavy and highly emotional. The first part runs around Kurosawa's peculiar habit and the "deals" he's forced into. That in itself was very amusing, I should say. It manages to make you laugh hard if you knew Death Note and builds a weirdly friendly setting with a perverted version of Raito going around. Then the second part dawns upon us with a weird mix of romance and drama. Themes such as bullying, disappointment and redemption are thrown in there in a storm of intensity that you just can't see coming from the light-hearted mood of the early chapters. The drama is also exceptionally well achieved and suddenly it becomes extremely realistic with an amazing portrayal of suffering while doing the right thing.
To sum it up, it is an excellent school story which is amplified by the sudden turn in the mood. It manages to accomplish good comedy in the first part and great drama in the second.

[Art] - 7 - If I was asked to point out Onani's weakest point it would have to be the art. In my opinion there are several ways to evaluate the art of a manga. You can do it objectively, judging the art alone without any other factors. You can do it subjectively, considering how the art mixes with the story and any other factors besides that. Or like, I think, most people do it, you mix a bit of both approaches, and that's what I'm going to do here. Objectively it is not a very good art in my opinion. But I can't forget that this is a doujinshi, meaning it wasn't made by a professional but by an amateur. Yes, you could argue that there are doujinshis that have art that rivals that of professionals and you'd be right, but I feel like I shouldn't judge the art of a professional and the art of an amateur with the same standards. Then, I should say that after some chapters, you get used to it and it somehow fits the manga itself giving it another unique aspect and reflecting the emotions of its characters.
To sum it up, the art is not very good, but it doesn't seem very out of place considering the type of story, besides that, the artist is not a professional so that's excusable to some extent.

[Characters] - 10 - There are many types of "awesome" characters. Most people wouldn't hesitate to say that an awesome character is a character that is cool, is able to do anything well and stylishly, is stronger than anyone else, gives out cliched speeches about never giving up or manipulates everyone while standing on the borderline between good and evil. I, on the other hand, don't usually pick that type of characters as my favorites. Sure they're a lot of fun and they're essential to some types of mangas, but I'm not a big fan to be honest. I prefer the characters who are weak. The characters whose flaws and inadequacies are clear right at the start. But as the story develops those characters go through some events that serve a double purpose: they make it possible that the character realizes who he is, what he wants and what he'll change and it allows us [readers] a unique perspective about those characters, making them believable and thus closer to our flawed self. Onani Master has that type of characters. The main character starts out as a weak copy of Yagami Raito, with plenty of flaws and "evil" ideals, but evolves into so much more - and this evolution is actually believable as you can see his feelings maturing. What he goes through defines his actions and choices. His living experience determines his view of the world. This outstanding character development left me slightly speechless. You can clearly see and point out the evolution of the main character and match it with every event that is contained in this short manga.
The secondary characters are also pretty interesting. But in this case they don't evolve as much comparing to the main character. It is our thoughts of them that change as we see their actions. It is their attitude that turns an annoying comic relief guy into a gentle, extremely loyal and great friend, to point out an example. Well I say they don't evolve as much but the most important of the secondary characters are not forgotten, on the contrary you see some of them change throughout the story as well.
To sum it up, Onani Master Kurosawa has one of the best character development I've ever read, especially when it comes to its main character.

[Enjoyment] - 9.5 - It was a lot of fun. The pace was very good, which made it a thoroughly entertaining ride. You laugh in the first part and cringe in the second. It is so well done that you can actually feel the events of the story.

[Overall] - 9.4 - It is amazingly good. I really wish the guys who worked on this had become professionals because i'd be dying to read their pieces. I don't have a whole lot to add since I've gone through this manga's good points already. It is, as I said before, one of my favorites, even though I didn't give it a 10. I rarely give out 10s (only gave it to 2 mangas), and this is a very high 9. So I highly recommend it to anyone. It isn't very big, which makes it a great short read.

Hope I managed to convince anyone to give this a try and sorry it turned out so long.

Below is a review for Wank Master Kurosawa; that, or a confession, depending on how you view it. I’d like to preemptively state that I am not an anime wizard, like so many on here, and thusly have yet to partake in the trial by fire that is writing my own review. Consequently, I haven’t a clue how to smoothly transition into the review, so I’ll just meander into it with the typical format.

Story: Fap Master Kurosawa starts off as a humorous tale that gradually grows into a coming of age story, with subtle character development all throughout. On the surface, it’s a story about an introverted student, Kurosawa, and his daily habit of masturbating in the girls’ bathroom. Of course, as all good things must come to an end, he is inevitably caught by the meek, withdrawn, and often bullied
Kitahara and, as the logic of such stories dictates, she forms a pact with him via the threat of blackmail. [As a side note, I had already achieved a sense of empathy with the main character by this point, as his routine was frighteningly similar to my own]
Now, though it may seem like a shallow beginning, the manga actually delves into numerous meaningful themes; with subtlety and a self-aware sense of humor, no less. In fact, each stage of the story is accompanied by at least one theme or another: in the beginning, it handles the sense of helplessness felt when being targeted by others and using sexual expression [wanking, basically] as an emotional conduit. Around the middle, it broaches the topics of being ostracized from the social hierarchy and growth through hardship. Near the end, it handles people’s yearning to change and the dangers of walling yourself away from the outside world, and it does all this and more in a way that is both heartwarming and impactful. I loved the story and everyone in it.
Art: Pretty good, not really important, keep reading.

Characters: Kurosawa’s story in particular really resonated with me, and not just because I too like masturbating in women’s stalls. There is a genuine depth of character with Kurosawa, and his metamorphosis from asocial, egotistical slacker to someone who is more open to the people and possibilities around him is conveyed in a natural, down to earth way. He is realistic and relatable, and not once did he say anything that struck me as implausible. In fact, the whole cast of characters [barring the teacher, he was a little too awesome] were realistic and, impressively, most get some form of character development or another. They were also astoundingly likable. At any rate, while I found myself especially drawn to the main character, I also found that Kitahara’s development near the end, which occurred as a subsequent result of Kurosawa’s influence, was likewise compelling and emotional. Between her and others I won’t mention for fear of spoilers, it becomes quite clear that the driving theme of this story is change. Sweet, gooey, heartwarming change.
All in all, by the time that I was finished reading I found myself well endeared to each and every character [except the sweaty fat one and some of the bullies, but they weren’t important], and found myself quite moved as well; for a time, I genuinely considered what my life would be like if I stopped masturbating on school grounds.

To summarize: Though it may not look it, at least in the beginning, Sap Master Kurosawa is an ultimately hopeful story about self-realization, struggle, and people’s inherent ability to change, if they do so desire. To be honest, I haven’t read much manga as of yet, but woe to those that follow this one, as it’s a high bar to reach.

Halfmoon Talks: Onanie Master Kurosawa

[SUMMARY]

Onanie Master kurosawa is a story about about a boy named Kurosawa Kakeru who is in Middle school and therefore is going trough puberty, he is somewhat of a loner who thinks of himself as an elitist (a person who thinks is superior to others in status) this will lead him to commit mistakes, and later on he will be challanged to confront them.

[COMMENTARY]

When I first started reading kurosawa, I got a feeling of familiarity which drove me back to my early days of middle school. If we described this story in a more slang-ish way, Id say this is sort of a "Edgy teen meets 1st world problems", but hold on because its much more than that.
As we delve into the world its settled who kurosawa is, what he is doing, his occupation, the world building and the characters surrounding him, and then its presented to us the dillema.

So far so good for kurosawa with a dirty yet interesting story, being able to grasp such morality issues like our personality, honesty, social activity and mainly every teen problem ever. Normally when people are faced with such a thing as Teen problems they expect something incredibly cheesy and simple minded, with overflowing melodrama, however not in this case.

Kurosawa manages to have a clear and realistic view on what is puberty and what it makes us do, it doesnt need much drama, half of the time Kurosawa is making subtle comedic references to for eg. Code Geass, Case Closed.. etc. and its really clever when showing us the plans kurosawa comes up with, to the point you actually get ingrossed in it no matter how silly it is, you are allways left with a thrilling feeling that even if you think kurosawa is going to succeed, you´ll allways doubt the outcoming. For the first half of the story you are left with a michievous and sharp kurosawa, and dark and evil kitahara, a sweet takigawa whom kurosawa found interest in, a nice and soft nagaoka, and the rest are yet to be explored at all, which is fine because they will adress it later.

One of the greatest things about kurosawa is how the writter portrays the characters who normally would be stereotyped as the evil doers, and belive me theres enough twists here to make you dizzy, at some point you´ll be left caring for everyone simply because they become a part of you, egs. going from Sugawa to others,.

I remember that as a kid I liked to create fantasies, worlds, and much other stuff, I was rather creative person, when I reached middle school I had that thing you call the "edgy syndrome", this meaning that I liked to be the misterious guy and closed myself from the world around, I thought of myself as a superior, but I was clearly wrong.. This is what kurosawa shows us, you cant live alone, theres nothing good about it, when you open yourself there will be pain, there will incidents, but thats a part of life.

Normally when you watch those shounens where the MC is normally this really special kid that is like super strong and misterious, well kurosawa contradicts it, if anything it criticizes it, in really well executed way, without having to directly bash it, not only it criticizes shounen like it criticizes teenagers in general.

You are human, you love, you care, you feel atracted for, and mainly you want to remain in constant contact with other humans and beings in general, everything feels much more natural, and youll find yourself smiling most of the time.

The only problem I could see with Kurosawa is how kitahara seemingly recovered way too fast from a depressin, well even then the mangaka did it well, still time skip is time skip and it fucking sucks..

Other than that Kurosawa is a great Doujin who has great characters, realistic overview on puberty, bullying and other teen problems, and a solid ending, give this one a try romance lovers!

After reading multiple comments and reviews about how much of a masterpiece this is, I just had to give it a try for myself... and I am extremely disappointed. I feel like I wasted my a good few hours of my life.

Here's my disclaimer: I'm not saying this story is bad in any way. The art is decent, the plot is better than most manga, and so are the characters. But it is not a masterpiece. It is not some kind of "Catcher in the Rye". It's a cliche story that happens to dwell a little bit deeper.


As for the theme and lesson in the manga, I learned nothing. It shed no light on me. I felt nothing but anger, rage, and fucking annoyance towards the main male lead and various characters. All I got out of it was the overused cliche that being a good Samaritan will bring joy, that being a loner is the worst thing ever and friends are the best thing in the world, and that everyone can be redeemed, but those themes are used so many times and repeatedly told by so many people that the depth in its meaning has worn away.

One of the problems I have with it is that the characters talk like they're writing a fucking essay to please a teacher by trying to sound intelligent. Here's some direct quotes: "In my deduction, there's no solid evidence linking you... the foundations for..." (bits are left out to avoid minor spoilers) When was the last time you heard someone begin with, "In my deduction..." or use the words "the foundations for..." outside of speeches and essays?

Furthermore, the main lead shows no sign of intelligence whatsoever (despite him supposedly being very much above average in smarts), other than the fact that he can carry out plots perfectly without a single ounce of suspicion and use his Light Yagami deductive reasoning. (which by the way, does not work in the real world) His taste for books has nothing to do with the story whatsoever, and the book discussions he had were pointless and empty. The only way one can argue for him being above average in intelligence is admitting that everyone else in the story are DUMB AS FUCK. After all the shit he pulls, which, if I may add, are harassment-- SEXUAL HARASSMENT, he's not in fucking juvenile hall and the school took little measures to look into them.

Because his actions and personality are controversial, it's easy to perceive them as depth, but they're not. A good character is a character that is realistic and three dimensional. Having a few quirks does not create three dimensions, and actually, if the quirks are misused, it can backfire. With this in mind, I can argue that Kurosawa is not a 3-D, realistic character because his former character flaws are completely overwritten with his redemption (which was fueled by the most stupid, random plot device ever) and his actions that negatively affected himself and others all become resolved.

Every part of this story was all for a single point: the main lead's character development(which was terrible and crashed his entire character). His flaws served no other purpose and the same goes for the other characters; they exist only to fuel the lead. His development was pure wish fulfillment.


Then there's the ending. That's what did this story in for me. The god shitting ending. I can't go into details though, because I don't want to spoil it.

This story is NOT controversial. It's deeper only by an inch from the usual. Again, I'm not that saying you shouldn't read it, and not saying it's bad per se, just not... brilliant and definitely not a masterpiece as all those mangahere comments claim.

This is an interesting manga, or doujin. When you see the title you'll think it's a hentai or "mature" manga. But it's not. It's just the main character enjoys masturbating in the girl's school bathroom. It's actually very psychological, which I found quite intriguing.

I found I really enjoyed the art style, though a little un-perfected I guess to put it, it does a really good job of showing the grungy side of the lives of the characters, and also does a good job on the character expression.

The characters in the manga are very well done, to go along with the psychological part of the book. You may think one thing, but they are quite the other which will keep you guessing about things going on in the story, which for me is a good thing to keep you interested.

Though I have only read 10 chapters so far, this storyline in this manga is keeping me interested, it's like something I haven't ever read, and it just shows me another side to most manga I read on a normal base.

I'm really enjoying this manga so I highly suggest it, or at least giving it a try, and try to think around the fact that it has the word "masturbation" in the title. I don't think you'll be disappointed.