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Aug 25, 2019
There is a lot of mediocre slice of life manga out there, but when you find something good, let me tell you all, it's something special.

I've just finished reading the last chapter. What a journey. Too many great slice of life gets repetitive, because they are generally stuck in some gimmick. The characters never evolve and even in comedies this can get really frustrating.

"Yugami-kun Doesn't Need Any Friends" is not one of those. It's actually probably my favorite slice of life of all time.

Yugami and Chihiro development throughout the series is amazing. Both themselves as characters and especially their relationship. I really care for them ...
Nov 23, 2018
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (289/325 chp)
Shokugeki no Soma is a textbook case of a manga that lost itself along the way.

Somewhere along the line, the story stopped being about a cooking school and over-the-top villains came into picture and the manga became a hot mess after that.

After a very, very long arc with the first over-the-top villain, another one came into line, and by God, it's the worst character. Yeah, the worst character. Not the worst character in the manga. Not the worst character in WSJ mangas. Not the worst character in any manga. It's the worst character in any given story I've read.

This character ruined the power levels of ...


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