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Ichigoki's Under Control!! · review

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Top reader Feb 9, 2025 · 3 min read
2 /10

Though my personal rating for this manga is very low, I'm giving it a mixed rating because in this instance I can see how someone else with a different sense of humor could enjoy this series. Here are my thoughts on why it's a mixed bag: Gag humor manga is always a hard type to recommend or not recommend, because people don't laugh at all the same things. That being said, this series is particularly divisive with its humor and caused a huge drop-off in readership by chapter 2, which probably instantly spelled its demise. The theme is creative enough and could work, and is honestlya pretty strong concept to work with. However, its main weakness is that the female lead is (presumably intentionally) an extremely unlikeable and miserable person to be around for everyone that ever meets her, especially the male lead. Because of this, we as viewers have to see her misbehaving constantly and then receiving next to zero punishment for any of her actions. This is a pretty frustrating trope that I see people hate on quite often and I think is what turned the majority of the audience away aside from not vibing with the humor. If this trope doesn't bother you or you even like it, this could be a good choice to pick up. If it does bother you, then you're going to get burnt out from the manga very, very quickly.

The art itself is generally pretty solid if not a bit boring/nothing special, and I actually liked a pretty good amount of the (serious) character designs that weren't used for one-off gags. A few of them had me wishing the series was some other genre and hadn't exploded so fast! Unfortunately, most of the characters beyond the main duo are also pretty forgettable beyond their designs and don't have enough personality traits to be super notable. The main duo does have strong chemistry, though not always (or even often) positive, and I generally found the main character to be...fairly likeable? He has some lame moments. But a manga with only two functionally remotely interesting characters is pretty rough, since even romcoms aren't prone to going that far.

Obviously take into account the fact that this series got axed if you're considering giving this a go, because if you're looking for a satisfying story that gets smoothly wrapped up in a little bow at the end, you're not going to get it with how fast this ended. If you're okay with that, want to try out a gag manga with a very weird sense of humor, and have a little bit of time, it's worth a shot to see if your humor matches up with the series. I think this manga is a pretty good candidate for a three chapter test to see if you find it personally funny, and if you don't, just drop it and move on, because its sense of humor doesn't change at all throughout the series except to get more insane and rapidfire as each chapter goes on (likely because of the axe it got hit with).

Otherwise, if any of this review turned you off from it, I'd say just be on your hunt for something else.

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