Mirukara ni Ayashii Futari · review
The problem with reviewing this work as a weeb in America, is that the idea that goths and punks are just weirdly dressed nerds, who are usually kind and helpful, is not a groundbreaking concept the way it might be in a more socially conservative country like Japan. So far, this series has exactly one joke and it's: a normal person going "oh no! a punk and a goth! surely I am doomed!" and then the punk boy is thoughtful and the goth is a shy nerd. badum-tish. This is essentially a gag-comic that happens to be using a serious art style as part ofthe humor, you see these two boys drawn like they're in a serious drama/horror manga, and then they help a grandma cross the road. badum-tish. you think this joke would be overly repetitive, and then they introduce the punk boy's younger sister who dresses Lolita and has a scary doll, she's also nice! badum-tish!
If you have ever experienced anti-goth discrimination? This comic will either feel like a hilarious trip down memory lane, or a series of weird microaggressions that you thought we, as a society, had moved beyond in this year of our lord twenty twenty five.