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4:35 pm, Jul 1 2018
Posts: 2
Ao Haru Ride I just can´t stand the protagonist and its so unrealistic.
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5:14 pm, Jul 1 2018
Posts: 43
I started reading Fruits Basket a month ago and, after two volumes, I stopped because it was so boring. I want to continue to see where it goes, but I always find another thing to read more interesting than this.
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True, I've given up on the real world, however I haven't given up on myself. The world doesn't get to decide whether my life is boring, fun, or ordinary coz that's my decision to make. As long as I have the will nothing is impossible!
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True, I've given up on the real world, however I haven't given up on myself. The world doesn't get to decide whether my life is boring, fun, or ordinary coz that's my decision to make. As long as I have the will nothing is impossible!
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5:53 pm, Jul 1 2018
Posts: 186
I tried reading this a few years ago: Blue (Chiba Kozue)
It was so bad...between cringy bad and unintentionally hilarious bad, from what I remember (which isn't much tbh.)
And it's forgettable...to the point where I only now remembered it and had to go searching for it otl.
Seen a few others mention it in this thread but:
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I mean, I normally enjoy Haruta Nana's work...but this was just...annoying.
(Like Tsubasa to Hotaru is good/decent...would be better if Toba wasn't there though or was written differently.)
That's it for right now, surprisingly.
It was so bad...between cringy bad and unintentionally hilarious bad, from what I remember (which isn't much tbh.)
And it's forgettable...to the point where I only now remembered it and had to go searching for it otl.
Seen a few others mention it in this thread but:
Stardust Wink
I mean, I normally enjoy Haruta Nana's work...but this was just...annoying.
(Like Tsubasa to Hotaru is good/decent...would be better if Toba wasn't there though or was written differently.)
That's it for right now, surprisingly.
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8:41 pm, Jul 1 2018
Posts: 151
The ones I totally can't stand:
Ao Haru Ride: Boring characters. Plain story.
Orange (TAKANO Ichigo): Same as above and just a big NO.
Suki tte Ii na yo.: Like, really? It's super predictable. I think it's popular because of Yamato, he's the eye-candy hero that kept readers interested, but the whole story would have been better starting chapter 2, but it followed the same boring formula in slice-of-life shoujo manga.
The ones I tolerated up to a certain part of the story and then dropped:
Akatsuki no Yona: I dislike the way the author wrote the antagonist. He's booooooring.
Ouran Koukou Host Bu: I really, really, really can't understand why is it so popular. Is It because Mamoru Miyano played Tamaki's voice in the anime version? I don't know, but this manga never made me laugh as much as the rest of the people nor I found it THAT interesting.
Vampire Knight: From vol 10 onwards is pure bad writing, and Yuuki is one of the biggest Mary Sues ever.
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Ao Haru Ride: Boring characters. Plain story.
Orange (TAKANO Ichigo): Same as above and just a big NO.
Suki tte Ii na yo.: Like, really? It's super predictable. I think it's popular because of Yamato, he's the eye-candy hero that kept readers interested, but the whole story would have been better starting chapter 2, but it followed the same boring formula in slice-of-life shoujo manga.
The ones I tolerated up to a certain part of the story and then dropped:
Akatsuki no Yona: I dislike the way the author wrote the antagonist. He's booooooring.
Ouran Koukou Host Bu: I really, really, really can't understand why is it so popular. Is It because Mamoru Miyano played Tamaki's voice in the anime version? I don't know, but this manga never made me laugh as much as the rest of the people nor I found it THAT interesting.
Vampire Knight: From vol 10 onwards is pure bad writing, and Yuuki is one of the biggest Mary Sues ever.
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4:06 pm, Jul 2 2018
Posts: 205
4:06 pm, Jul 2 2018
Posts: 205
Boys over Flowers - the guys were toxic and unbelievable in their redemption
Honey & Clover - super boring with poor(absent) female characters; possibly better if you're interesting of the thinking mechanisms of shy boys
Honey & Clover - super boring with poor(absent) female characters; possibly better if you're interesting of the thinking mechanisms of shy boys
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5:36 pm, Jul 2 2018
Posts: 9
Akagami no Shirayukihime and Vampire Knight
They're the most boring shoujo manga/anime I've seen.
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They're the most boring shoujo manga/anime I've seen.
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3:37 am, Jul 12 2018
Posts: 25
i hate most of shoujo manga i mean they have the same things the most popular guy at school who is arounded by beautiful girls and then he confess to the ugly/unpopular girl WHY ??because she is cute or he don't know the reason or she didn't pay attention on him or any illogical reason i also hate :
kaichou maid sama (stupid and childesh)
ouran highschool
fruit basket
special A
skip beat
private prince
hapi mari
wotaku ni koi wa muzkashii
namaikizakari
kawaii hito (i hated it but i don't know it's popularity)
kimi wa kawaii
kimi ni todoke
kaichou maid sama (stupid and childesh)
ouran highschool
fruit basket
special A
skip beat
private prince
hapi mari
wotaku ni koi wa muzkashii
namaikizakari
kawaii hito (i hated it but i don't know it's popularity)
kimi wa kawaii
kimi ni todoke
Member
2:20 am, Mar 24 2019
Posts: 2
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Member
3:53 am, Dec 12 2019
Posts: 22
I completely agree with the above comment, although I didn't even get around to finishing Red River, let alone reading it twice. I think I dropped it around the second time she was kidnapped and someone tried to rape her, and I just could not get over how much it glossed it over.
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9:50 pm, May 4 2020
Posts: 2
9:50 pm, May 4 2020
Posts: 2
red hair snowwhite and akagahime.
To be frank Red River is a shoujo that was published when shoujo wanst defined by its publisher or magazine. Shoujo was just a label plainly "for girl," and Red River feels more like a Josei/seinen by today's standard. In that respect, it is a story that uses historical standard from the past, where patriarchy persist as a culture. I haven't finish it yet, but Kail fits the very definition of a persona that exist around that age. I'm not justifying his behavior but I'm saying that's just how romance play out during that setting. While you're partly right, but I think you're downplaying the story by wateringdown your synopsis of the story.
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To be frank Red River is a shoujo that was published when shoujo wanst defined by its publisher or magazine. Shoujo was just a label plainly "for girl," and Red River feels more like a Josei/seinen by today's standard. In that respect, it is a story that uses historical standard from the past, where patriarchy persist as a culture. I haven't finish it yet, but Kail fits the very definition of a persona that exist around that age. I'm not justifying his behavior but I'm saying that's just how romance play out during that setting. While you're partly right, but I think you're downplaying the story by wateringdown your synopsis of the story.
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Member
10:40 am, May 5 2020
Posts: 3
Special A, since ML is too bad at communicating, and the FL is too naive and stupid.
Lovely Complex. Risa is way too toxic of a female lead. All her friends ever talk about is love, and it makes her think that she has to find it or else, she won't be able to function properly. She gets influenced by peer pressure.
And when she falls in love with Ootani, her good friend and a very short guy, she just pulls a million moodswings and makes him feel sad about her mood change( since before this happened, she was a cool friend he had that he could relate to a lot, so they relied on eachother)
Then, she just injects herself into his lovelife, being super whiny about her height and that she's soooo ugly (she's really not, she's actually really pretty) but ignores her idol-looking childhoodfriend. Nani...
She got angry at him for meeting his former girlfriend, but it was wayy early in the manga, and MC felt no love towards her (as he's said already) but Risa won't budge. At that point, she should've minded her bidness.
She even freaking entered his room at some point when he was sick and got kissed (granted, he did it in his delirious state, so it's not 100% her fault) but then she has the gall to be all sad and stuff when he doesn't remember. Girl, really?? If he remembered, he'd be creeped out for kissing his friend...
You're already on a tight rope for trespassing his room without his knowledge lol
Heroine Shikkaku.
The end result was ridiculous. FL had been hurt by ML numerous times, she'd finally moved on, and 2nd ML was happy cuz now he can be with FL. Then 1st ML gets jealous and she comes right back to him. Reason? "The heart wants what the heart wants"...bruh. Seriously?
Lovely Complex. Risa is way too toxic of a female lead. All her friends ever talk about is love, and it makes her think that she has to find it or else, she won't be able to function properly. She gets influenced by peer pressure.
And when she falls in love with Ootani, her good friend and a very short guy, she just pulls a million moodswings and makes him feel sad about her mood change( since before this happened, she was a cool friend he had that he could relate to a lot, so they relied on eachother)
Then, she just injects herself into his lovelife, being super whiny about her height and that she's soooo ugly (she's really not, she's actually really pretty) but ignores her idol-looking childhoodfriend. Nani...
She got angry at him for meeting his former girlfriend, but it was wayy early in the manga, and MC felt no love towards her (as he's said already) but Risa won't budge. At that point, she should've minded her bidness.
She even freaking entered his room at some point when he was sick and got kissed (granted, he did it in his delirious state, so it's not 100% her fault) but then she has the gall to be all sad and stuff when he doesn't remember. Girl, really?? If he remembered, he'd be creeped out for kissing his friend...
You're already on a tight rope for trespassing his room without his knowledge lol
Heroine Shikkaku.
The end result was ridiculous. FL had been hurt by ML numerous times, she'd finally moved on, and 2nd ML was happy cuz now he can be with FL. Then 1st ML gets jealous and she comes right back to him. Reason? "The heart wants what the heart wants"...bruh. Seriously?
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Member5:45 pm, May 5 2020
Posts: 27
Interesting replies. I can see some popular shoujos being brutally murdered here 🤣. I'll just give my answer.
Fruits Basket's love triangle plot between the characters made me lose interest in it since I'm not really up for those kind of plots.
In the past, I used to drown in mangas that had a candy girl plot (rich guy being attracted to a hardworking and poor girl) but as I dug deeper, I found myself liking shoujos where both of the leads had equal status because it resonates with real life better. Not that I hate the candy girl plot though!
So, shoujos like Kaichou wa Maid-sama! aren't really all that good for me.
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..........Meh.
Fruits Basket's love triangle plot between the characters made me lose interest in it since I'm not really up for those kind of plots.
In the past, I used to drown in mangas that had a candy girl plot (rich guy being attracted to a hardworking and poor girl) but as I dug deeper, I found myself liking shoujos where both of the leads had equal status because it resonates with real life better. Not that I hate the candy girl plot though!
So, shoujos like Kaichou wa Maid-sama! aren't really all that good for me.
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..........Meh.
Member
3:44 am, Nov 7 2020
Posts: 10
Ouran Host Club
Special A
Kaichou wa Maid Sama
Hibi Chouchou (not sure if this is popular)
Mind you, I LOVE LOVE chiches but for some reason, I can never continue these series past—let's say, Chapter 3.
I don't hate it, just really not interested.
Bonus: Sukitte Ii Na Yo (i can't stand ML's hair)
Special A
Kaichou wa Maid Sama
Hibi Chouchou (not sure if this is popular)
Mind you, I LOVE LOVE chiches but for some reason, I can never continue these series past—let's say, Chapter 3.
I don't hate it, just really not interested.
Bonus: Sukitte Ii Na Yo (i can't stand ML's hair)
Member
10:34 pm, Nov 10 2020
Posts: 27
Warn: Banned
10:34 pm, Nov 10 2020
Posts: 27
Warn: Banned
Fruits Basket. I just can't find the main character endearing nor can I find any member of the harem appealing. Even the concept of how she's surrounded by these people in the first place is difficult to understand. Seriously, what makes this interesting for anybody?
