真剣で私に恋しなさい！

MAJI DE WATASHI NI KOI SHINASAI!

MANGA

STATUS
COMPLETE
VOLUMES
6
RELEASE
June 26, 2013
CHAPTERS
33

DESCRIPTION

Kawakami Momoyo is a notorious, woman-chasing, large-breasted master fighter. She and her friends at school end up in all sorts of weird situations, often involving people attempting to defeat Momoyo. Now there are new transfer students from Germany joining their class. Who are these new students, and will they fit in with the crazy bunch surrounding Momoyo?

Based on the same visual novel from Minato Soft.

CAST

Momoyo Kawakami
Miyako Shiina
Kazuko Kawakami
Yukie Mayuzumi
Christiane Friedrich
Yamato Naoe
Margit Eberbach
Shoichi Kazama
Tatsuko Itagaki
Cookie
Saki Mimori
Gakuto Shimazu
Takae Tachibana
Takuya Morooka
Monshiro Kuki
Tadakatsu Minamoto

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REVIEWS

AngeVNs
89/100
The most underrated action-heavy romcom of all time
This review is going to be very biased because I am a huge fan of the original visual novel that Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (most people call it Majikoi) is adapting.

Majikoi is a very unique story. On the surface, it seems like a slice-of-life romantic comedy, but the cool twist is that all of the main heroines are powerful action girls. That alone may not sound especially unique on paper, but the catch is that they all fight with samurai weapons and martial-arts styles: swords, tonfa, naginata, spears, bows and arrows, or simply punches and kicks. The main girl can even Dragon Ball-like ki powers.

All of the characters attend a school called Kawakami Academy, where a large part of the student population (especially the women) are capable of becoming strong warriors with very specific weapon specialties or fighting styles, such as judo.

This alone would make for a fun and unusual slice-of-life romcom setting, but Majikoi goes a step further by having some of the best comedy I have seen in a manga. Calling it wacky and over-the-top is not exactly unique for a comedy manga, so I will do my best to explain what makes it stand out.

It is not simply a basic comedy routine where someone makes a funny statement and someone else reacts with a snarky comment (aka boke tsukkomi). Not that there is not the occasional joke like that, but if anything, ALL the characters themselves are generally full of quirks.

They are usually defined by specific traits that are surprisingly down-to-earth but turned up for comedic effect. For example, one of the main girls, Kazuko, is so obsessed with exercising that she will still work out while dragging around a tire. Miyako, one of Yamato’s childhood friends, is so obsessed with him that she wakes him up in the morning and constantly confesses to him. Then there is Yukie, who is so socially anxious and shy, but wants friends so badly, that she copes by using ventriloquism to talk through her small horse-phone strap.

And these are only three examples among at least 30 total characters who appear throughout the series. That is one aspect that could be a little much for some people: this is a comedy series with a very large ensemble cast, and they all eventually become important or receive a decent amount of dialogue.

If you are someone who only wants a small cast of seven or fewer characters, this probably is not the series for you. But as someone who can always appreciate a well-executed ensemble cast, I was particularly impressed by how nearly every character is likable or has some kind of memorable trait.

The comedy can also become surprisingly referential. In addition to references to Dragon Ball I mentioned above, there's also a case where a few characters straight out of Street Fighter make quick cameo appearances for laughs. They'll also make occasional other references to popular anime, manga, or visual novels.

While I would say that most of the character quirks work, there are probably some that could annoy certain readers. A few of the characters in the protagonist’s class are extreme perverts, including one of Yamato’s male childhood friends, Gakuto. Thankfully, the other character quirks are usually enough to make up for that if you do not enjoy this type of humor. Still, keep in mind that these characters exist, and they are even more extreme than the usual perverted male-sidekick archetype.

That said, in addition to the goofy comedy and large cast of characters, there is occasional decently well-done drama. We see this around the Kawakami Family, which is the large friend group the main character is part of at the start of the story, and where the majority of the character focus is on. What's notable about this friend group is it actually has multiple bros in it.

While things generally start off nicely enough, there is occasionally a little conflict when the childhood-friend group, especially when they eventually add two 2 heroines in. There is some friction while everyone gets used to each other, but I feel like the drama was actually well done and not drawn out, which is nice to see.

Yamato, the main character, is someone who is very smart tactically and can be immediately underhanded. A lot of the humor and over the top fight scenes in the series are made more fun with Yamato doing some "battle of wits" style strategies on the level of Light Yagami from Death Note or Lelouch from Code Geass (though toned down for a slice of life setting).

Despite the 5 girl harem set up there are only maybe 2-3 characters who are openly in love with Yamato at one point, and the whole point of the series is NOT having all the girls fall in love with him, something fairly unique for a harem romcom setup.

The main romance of the story (as the cover art shows) is with Momoyo, the strongest woman in the world and arguably the strongest character in the entire setting. She is so powerful that she gets bored very easily and is naturally very picky about which guys she would be interested in. To the point that she hits on girls because they are more fun to hit on.

The whole final arc is about Yamato finding a way to properly ask her out in a way that will get her to reciprocate. It is really fun and has a lot of excellent fight scenes with goofy tactics and jokes.

That is all I can give away about the Majikoi manga without giving the whole story away. I just think it is a really fun, unique, comedy-heavy manga with a fairly fun cast of characters, goofy humor, a surprisingly good amount of wholesome and down-to-earth friendship moments, fun action scenes, and even decent enough romance.

Sadly, since it is not officially licensed, it might be harder for people to find. But if you can find time for a unique romcom with women who can physically fight while still being able to sell a bunch of goofy, quirky jokes, I heavily recommend this manga.
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