Note: This article was posted on January 28 2022 on reebekillustrations.wordpress.com
New Podcast Episode: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year 抱かれたい男1位に脅されています。by Hashigo Sakurabi (Manga) | Episode 101
Happy New Year Everyone! it is 2022, and I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. I did and ate lots of cake and chocolate. I’ll be glad to get back into a regular routine.
Available to read on Futekiya https://read.futekiya.com/comic/616d0f5dbf897
listen to the Anime reviews of Dakaichi Anime Review: DAKAICHI – I’m Being Harassed by The Sexiest Man of the Year | Episode 23 – It’s A Yaoi Recipe! | Podcast on Spotify
Also very well known for the anime adaptation. I have written and talked about Dakaichi. It’s one of my favourite BL anime. The anime is so fun to watch. So when I saw that Futekiya has the manga licensed and translated into English, I can finally read it properly fully. I did buy the Japanese digital copy (original) copy on Renta (Japanese site)
I wanted to understand the full context of the manga. And make a comparison to the anime adaptation. The manga is much more questionable. I started to question why I like anime?
The drawing is sorta average, not great. I’m the anime, they polished very well. I’m not a fan of the manga, to be honest. It’s too fast and all over the place. I don’t know how this manga series become so popular to make it an anime. Maybe there was something that the studio/animation saw that could profit from. But the anime was ten times better. A lot of time, the anime is far better than the manga. Made huge improvements to the characters and storyline.
The manga is one big non-con story. It will not suitable for any reader who are uncomfotable with these themes. It is too outrageously non-con. I don’t know why that makes a good BL story.
So yes, it did make me question the anime and my liking toward the anime. If I read the manga first, I would be more likely wouldn’t be bothered watching the anime.
Check out my written review of the Anime of Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year.