My Bait Is the Girls · review
When you encounter a manga with a particularly low score, such as this one, your first reaction might to assume that it's a disappointing read. It is true that this manga falls short in many respects, however it is important to realize that this work isn't trying to tell a complex story with multi-dimensional characters. Therein lies one of the shortcomings of MAL's scoring system: it evaluates manga based on implied criteria that the author wasn't trying to satisfy in the first place. With that in mind, I want to outline the goal of this review: - Identify the purpose of the manga and discuss howwell it fulfills that purpose.
- Identify the target audience
- Give a score based on reasonable expectations
Purpose:
The purpose of this manga is to provide huge amounts of fanservice in a short period of time!!!!!!!! POGCHAMP!!!!!!!!
The story, characters and art all lend themselves well to this cause. The story is set in a remote village almost entirely composed of women with wildly exaggerated appearances and personalities for the sake of wish fulfillment and romantic appeal. The main character is an inconspicuous college student who is one of only a few male students and the subject of great interest among many members of the female cast. Amidst the fanservice, there is an underlying theme of mystery in why gender distribution is so uneven in this village and why so many of the main character's colleagues exhibit strange and often psychopathic behavior (nice! massive W.). The story starts with fanservice and the story sets up for further fanservice. :))))) The art is generic, but clean and well executed.
Target Audience:
People who enjoy fanservice as one of the main features of a manga.
While this manga is mystery driven, I would not recommend it to mystery enjoyers because the mystery in this manga exists for the purpose of fanservice.
Score:
Story and characters are of secondary importance so its not realistic to hold high expectations in these categories.
As a fanservice copemanga, this manga gets a 7/10. It's nothing special but will help you pass the time. Definitely Recommend!!!!!!!!
10/10!!!!!