This is one of the most harrowing comics I've ever read simply because it treats the subject of consentual sex versus rape in a very realistic manner. I have never seen such a sober portrayal of the devastated rape victim and also how harrowing it is for the boyfriend. It also shows how difficult it can be for the victim to identify as a victim of a rape. For an old geezer like me (who's also a father of a girl) it's fantastic to see a comic completely taking the side of the victim and doing a fine job of explaining what consent actually means, and, no, it is not simply a matter of "yes" vs "no". People can be afraid to say no even though their entire being is screaming that what's being done to them is wrong.
Do read, people, but be prepared to have a hand to hold nearby. Or, at the very least, a pillow. And maybe a teddy bear.

This series has its comedic moments... which are few and far between I might add. Apart from that, you have the standard sex aspect to move the plot along. Add that to a female lead that I personally despise, and you get this manga.

All in all... its ok.

I found it funny that people were fighting over some sex scene being rape or not, so I checked the tags (categories), and, as I expected, they pretty much reflect that. It seems pro-rape guys are winning. As for me, I will let you know what I think whenever I actually do end up reading this manga. Right now, I just want to get it over with Yomeiro-Choice; a damn shame what happened to that title in later chapters.

... Last updated on December 11th, 2011, 2:32am

instead, actually i think above all else, this was an attempt at fantasizing the life of a dependent woman, from a working woman's (mangaka, duh) perspective.. thus all the angst, jealousy described in the manga grasping for 'love' while stressing women's need for independence almost to a feminist-like degree.. well of course, if you contribute to family income, very naturally your opinions and place in general in a relationship will be elevated.. it's not without reason why men tended to have higher social status before the economic crash in 08 (and diminished status after) and why richer people tend to have wider selection of wives/girl friends.. all in all seems like an independent women's desperate attempt to get pampered in a self created fantasy.. precisely because she can't get it in real life with all the work load mangaka does. well.. can't have both. with the kind of relationship she fantasizes, a lot of the physical parameters just don't make sense..

you wouldn't have as much energy and time to devote into a career, for instance, and generally a stay-home no-work girl who doesn't even think about going to college just does not have that much say in a relationship.. let alone jumping ship, going into a sexual harassment suspect's house, constantly lie and expect no backlash (again, has to do with status.. are you a career women and is your man feeding on you or not.. if he is, naturally he doesn't have as much of a say relatively to what you do. imagine life b4 you moved out of parents' house), so again, just doesn't make sense. yes she constantly lies to male lead while he is still at school and has no work, i realize that, but to expect memories/habit not to carry on to take a toll later in life is ridiculous. besides career oriented people have traits of work ethics very early on and their mentality generally is to be different--if you expect the guy to ever take care of the family as implied in the manga that is, since she doesn't seem like she will be working.

great art style and skill that surpasses many other female mangaka, unfortunately suffers from common symptom other females tend to have--simply poor in cold logic and facts. hard to ever mistake it for anything other than fantasy. male mangaka generally at least make things somewhat believable and treat illogical settings as a mistake on their own part, when they try to create their work. women mangaka doesn't seem to bother. the art did attract me.

... Last updated on September 13th, 2011, 4:53am

Frankly dumb romance from chapter 1 and then highly uncomfortable rape as drama from volume 2 onward. What does this winning combo lead to? Cheating, lying, cuckolding and unlikeable characters all over the place but the atmosphere is supposed to be upbeat and romantic. That of course works great in the manga's favor... not. Well unless you love NTR as this is a textbook case! Bleh. The unrealistic "happy" ending from out of nowhere is just mind-boggling because it´s a romance right?
Dear female (!) author: Vaginismus doesn´t work like that and being caught as a rapist will get you in prison and not in a girl's pants. Making the rapist "sympathetic" is the craziest direction of them all and most likely where the vocal hatred against the manga came from. Giving the female lead a negative IQ helps of course. The drugging and kidnapping are the cherries on top and it's baffling how badly and unrealistically the series fumbles its various plot developments. Her other series aren´t great either and I regret looking at all of her output in the long run but they are masterpieces compared to this flaming train wreck. Turn around as long as you can from this borderline Smut manga and read Kiss & Never Cry, Mars and the genuinely challenging Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan for a rape-focused romance that won´t try to tell you how great an opportunity it is to experience long term personal growth through sexual abuse. Even the average hentai has better writing so consider yourself warned. Long-form hentai is also shorter. 8 volumes and 1600 pages were needed for this tasteless trainwreck to run its course. Dear lord.

... Last updated on April 15th, 2023, 2:21am

SCKing88, you seem to be in illusionary world if you think that most guys would date such girl. They would not because



Do you really think many guys would continue dating a girl like that? With such girls you always have to ask for DNA test to find out if the baby is yours and not some other dude that passed by and she slept with.

So yeah, SCKing88, sorry to break your little disillusion but most guys would not stay with Chisa after the shit she did.

This manga pretty much shows that women are not going to be faithful even in a relationship if with a "nice" guy. I really hate reading mangas that do this >.<, there's enough of that in real life.

I think Chisa x Pon can be summed up in one word: Annoying.
I don't know what the author is trying to do, but so far, the manga is just running around in circles, with an EXTREMELY annoying female lead, and a spineless male lead who should have dumped her long time ago.
Basically, she's a cruel tease, and he accepts being pushed around.

More for the ladies imo, should be Josei rather than Seinen; i see people here crying about others complaints on whether or not they should stay together after the "incident"; and what would a typical guy do? well, this isn't the place for that... the manga itself is pretty solid, but hard to cope with at times; storywise its ok, i've seen better relationship development plots in my time... especially in the Seinen department

oh and Kiru, you are a huge douchebag; many guys would continue dating her, it seems clear what you see in women from your mindless statement

Yup, this manga is so annoying.