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Hello! Starting today I will be giving you this blog to give my personal review on manga and anime I've read/watched. I will try to get a blog out every week, and will give notice if the upcoming review will be delayed. I will provide much of the necessary for the manga/anime, but if you think I should add anything, tell me and I'll be glad to obliged. The follow in is the first week's installment. Thank you and good night!

Title: Ren-ai Shijou Shugi (Love's Supreme Principle)

Artist/Author: Minami Kanan

Where to find it: onemanga.com, mangafox.com. Not yet available in English.

Categories: comedy, drama, mature, romance, school life, shoujo

Summary: Karate girl Seri tries to kick away her past in order to catch a new guy at a singles party, but Tamaki, a childhood flame from her old karate dojo, shows up to show off and makes her heart pound. Their reintroduction leads to a karate challenge, and if Seri loses, she must become Tamaki's "toy"...!? It's a game of love with more rivals and obstacles than either Seri or Tamaki could have foreseen!

Review: Minami Kanan has always feed my smutty side, her manga nearly always fulfilling my needs in terms of soft porno. Ren-ai Shijou Shugi, however, was lacking in many of the traits I go for to be adequately "filled" by a manga. Seri, the main character, is upbeat, excitable, and fun. Great! Absolutely nothing we haven't seen before, right? Then she runs into Tamaki at a blind group date, who she apparently had some trauma with while she was a student at his father's dojo. The beginning to much much to rushed. It took two chapters for the two to go from master/servant to boyfriend/girlfriend. Although it tries to give the illusion of passed time, it doesn't work as the manga-ka had hoped it would, making it seem like the change took place over the course of about a week. After their love has been realized, the love rivals pour in. They all seem half baked, I mean, a sex addicted teen, overly attracted teacher, to clingy underclassman, and others of the sort. They all seem to unreal, especially after they realize that Tamaki and Seri's love is "to strong and pure to be trifled with." The back stories left very much to be desired. Also, Minami Kanan's style of art is chunky, but I've grown used to it. About half the series is someone having sex with Seri, and it ain't always Tamaki ;). In short, the entire manga gives off a feeling of being half-baked and forced, but if you like a light read that you don't need to get to involved in, check Ren-ai Shijou Shuji out. It's 41 short chapters long, with plenty of smut to keep at least some of it interesting.





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