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From Yen Press: Satou and his best friend, Hime, have been together for as long as he can remember. So when she tells him she's going back to her home world to get married, his first thought is to follow her and crash her wedding. All goes according to plan, and with a kiss from Hime herself, Satou becomes the new groom! But unbeknownst to Satou, the man who marries Hime is destined to be a hero of immense power and save the world. Is Satou up for the challenge, or is this just too much responsibility for one high-schooler to handle?
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Tales of Wedding Rings The Tale of the Wedding Rings Wedding Ring Story 結婚指輪物語 결혼반지 이야기
The standard part is just that. Monsters threaten; hero manages unlikely survival. The sexy part, beautifully rendered by this mangaka's great drawing ability, is crippled by the standard limitation: the guy won't have sex with his willing bride. This kind of endless approach to, without ever reaching, sexual action is called titillation, and is standard operating procedure in any publication regime that is routinely censored or self-censored.
I know that in Japan manga that depict sex or perhaps even merely indicates that it has been had are subject to having to be displayed only in the "over 18" section of the book/magazine stores, thus ruining sales to the teenage contingent. Either that rule, of a habit of self-censorship in the mass-circulation manga business in general, assures that whenever sex is in the offing, what we'll get is repeated approach to it...and then no go.
The male main character is enacting that here, as usual.
It gets tiresome! If no-one in manga stories is going to get to consummate anything, why raise expectations? Get use to it though. It's a standard feature of shonen manga, and apparently often of seinen manga as well.
This series is just a huge cuck tease. If you're expecting development with all the girls beyond some ecchi scenes you're going to be disappointed. Even worse is the Hime the first girl, who's overly possessive of the MC, making it frustrating to see him get development with the other girls. Then there's the promise he made with her about doing her not until they go back to Earth despite the fact she openly told him that she gladly take him (sex) anytime yet still backed out. There was no excuse for that especially when the whole premise of the series being is how close he is with he's wives making the ring stronger. But with the constant of him being only into Hime and her being overly possessive, it kills anything going with the other wives.
This series has the titillation of Dusk Maiden of Amnesia but none of the heart. Action scenes aren't impressive, the comedy is weak, nothing much really going on. Best to check out the series for the sensual art of the females but not to expect much else.
Excellent art, tasteful fanservice, pleasant though rather flat characters, pretty good comedy, average plot, semi-successful attempts to do something interesting with fantasy tropes. Not a masterpiece by any means, but a fun read nonetheless
I'm not sure how the author of Tasogare Otome x Amnesia wrote this. Cheap harem, generic, etc. The main character is typical boy dropped in new world, the women are all reduced to one defining trait that all like the main character because self insertion. Honestly disappointing, but it comes free with my crunchyroll subscribtion so I gave it a try hoping it would get better. As of 4/10/2016, it hasn't. Still generic, and as far as echhi/harems go, it's not even one of the better ones out there.
Dissapointed with the lack of depth in characters, dialogue, etc. Like many other manga, in terms of depth, it's 'shonen' with a bit too much nudity/violence for it to officially be.
Well like People keep saying, the art of this manga is really good as expected from "Maybe" the artist; i read another series of his thats why i know. Anyway that is also why i gave this a chance and while im not really disappointed im not really that impressed either. So far things are okay story wise, i just think it should pick up a little more. Also i want to see more action cause it keeps getting interrupted by something which is annoying. I like fantasy manga alot and while this goes into a lot of the generic harem stuff, im still willing to give it a chance cause of the art and the author. Also character wise the MC is okay ( i have one minor issue with him i will explain below) and the first and second princesses are pretty likable; im glad we dont have any tsunderes in the horizon lol. The first princess has minor tsundere momenes but i wouldnt count her as one. So yea besides what i said i really only have one annoyance in this series or more of the MC which is
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The MC being a coward at times and not in the way you think. I mean so far i like his personality but im getting tired of him pushing away a great situation or opportunity. What i mean to say ,and to but it bluntly, is that the girl he liked for years became his wife in this other world, so yea awesome right. She clearly loves him and she even offered to "sleep" with him 3 times so far man....THREE TIMES..... and this guy just keeps brushing it off like "its not the right moment right now." I mean come on i really hate when male manga MCs dont really act like dudes. I mean im not saying he just sleep with everything but its the chick he loves and she obviously wants it but hes being a coward. Thats why i like MCs like the one from the "Re:monster" manga who go with the flow more and takes whats given if you know what i mean lol. And No i dont want a hentai scene but i just want this not to be a gigantic "teasing between the two" situation for the whole manga. Plus hes already building a harem and the second princess is likable too and shown shes interested in that part too but looking at his attitude, i dont think we'll get the harem end, which i want lol. i got tired of likable harem girls losing (sometimes way more likable then the lead girl) so i route for only the harem ending now
Anyway this is not a big issue for me, just a minor annoyance but yea so far ill keep reading this
If the Japanese made The Lord of The Rings, it would be this. Ragtag group journeying around a fantasy world searching for powerful rings while being chased by dark evil beings. They even have a Gandalf, and a 'rogue' Prince. The elves here are treated better for once, similar to LOTR elves (powerful, proud, magically gifted, immortal, isolationists).
However, despite its interesting parts, personally I think its a bit too much of a male fantasy for me. Also, although it didn't feel it was too easy for him to win the second princess it was a bit simple for me - need more 'ooomph!'.
The art, as usual from the mangaka (who started off as a hentai artist) is great, but the story is generic and shallow, very predictable with your usual human/elf stereotypes. I suggest wait till it almost finished to read it in one go.
I'm not sure where all the hate for this came from in previous posts but this has been a very enjoyable read so far. The childhood friend/secret crush has to move far away. The male protagonist jumped into the unknown to be with and declare his love for his childhood friend. That's a hell of a better reason than most of the lost in a fantasy world stories out there now. He ain't the brightest MC out there but at least he has guts.
There really isn't anything bad about the pacing. The releases take time but that's a pretty common problem. Read consecutively, the flow is quite natural.
The art is good, especially the fanservice. All the women are shapely and well developed. No lolis so far. One minor knock on the art is that the combat was kind of meh due to rather bland monster designs (too much black/not enough detail).
The writer is actually best when focusing on humor. Expect a lot of innuendo/misunderstandings as the MC meets women. Elves are also pretty fun in this story...
edit: Hmm. Latest chapter (10) felt very rushed. Perhaps this is where the critical reviews came from. Gonna dock the series a point for now.
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