
Is This Wasn't My Plan Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
This story earns a redemption arc that shouldn't work on paper through patient, mature writing and a genuinely compelling lead.
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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.

This story earns a redemption arc that shouldn't work on paper through patient, mature writing and a genuinely compelling lead.

This found-family drama carries real emotional weight, though the plot's deliberate vagueness and a divisive art style keep it from being a clean recommendation.

This is a comfortable, well-executed version of a familiar 'second chance' premise, carried mostly by its lead and its art.

This clever showbiz hook is undercut by an unresolved cancellation and a genuinely mixed reader reception around its lead character.

This substantial, well-populated entry in the villainess genre has a genuinely distinct emotional center, even if its family-reconciliation arc and official translation both draw real criticism.

This competently executed spin on a very familiar trope is carried by a likable lead and a structure with real forward momentum.

This charming, well-executed entry in the 'genius baby star' subgenre leans on real acting craft and found-family warmth to stand apart, even if it isn't the first to try this exact premise.

The hybrid-fighter premise is genuinely distinctive and the early volumes deliver on it, even though the series stretches thinner the longer it runs.

The purify-and-befriend structure gives this a genuinely different rhythm from most isekai, even if the comparisons to more famous entries in the genre are hard to shake.

This gentler, more character-driven take on the 'reincarnated as someone else' isekai formula stands out even though the adventure plot around it doesn't do much you haven't seen before.

The game-powers-in-reality hook gives a familiar noble-revenge formula real distinctiveness, even if the opening stretch takes its time getting there.

The contrast between Nezumi's gentle, familiar-feeling art style and the brutal world it depicts is what makes this stick with you, even when the story goes to genuinely ugly places.