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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.
Instead of instant overpowered status, Kinji gets dropped into exploitative corporate labor practices, and mining that absurdity for comedy gives the series a distinct identity in a crowded genre.
Watching the aloof, mysterious Koizumi light up completely over broth and noodles is a genuinely fun beat that the series leans into chapter after chapter without wearing it out.
Morishige is genuinely inventive at escalating a simple premise, finding a new elaborate desk project and a new way for Rumi to get dragged in almost every chapter.
The joke is simple and keeps working anyway: ordinary cat chaos drawn with the exact same meticulous dread Ito uses for his monsters.
Set during Magic's early-90s boom in Japan, this leans into card-shop nostalgia and a slow-burn classroom rivalry without ever feeling like empty pandering to fans of the game.
Machio's inability to discuss anything without pivoting to exercise advice carries the whole series, and it works because the manga never breaks the bit.
Niche extra for people who already love these six idiots, not a starting point for anyone new to them.
Visually striking companion piece carried almost entirely by Ueda's rough, distinctive art, let down by disjointed, hard-to-follow plotting.
Visually stylish shoujo romance whose central hook, blackmail dressed up as research, never fully shakes the discomfort critics flagged from the start.
Pure manzai-style gag comedy that leans entirely on its cast's chemistry rather than story, and mostly earns it.
Watching Fujimoto's art and tonal control visibly sharpen across just four stories is the real reason to read this one.
Kurokawa setting her own feelings aside to help Seiji chase someone else is the kind of setup GE: Good Ending refuses to leave static for sixteen volumes.