マリッジトキシン 4 [Marriage Toxin 4]

マリッジトキシン [Marriage Toxin] #4

by Joumyaku (Writer), 静脈, Mizuki Yoda (Illustrator)

結婚詐欺師・城崎と共に婚活を続ける下呂。『ハムスター使い』・嵐山の護衛依頼を請けるが、『殺し屋狩り』から出会い頭に凶悪な一撃を受け――!?　さらに、五大名家の一角『獣使い』の企みで嵐山の命が危険に曝される……。『獣使い』の本拠地へと乗り込む一行だが!?　目指すは最高の結婚…世界一ハードな婚活バトルアクション!!

Genres: Manga, Action, Romance, Shonen, Comics Manga, Crime

194 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2023

About the author

静脈 (Joumyaku or Jōmyaku) is a japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Rosa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Things got a bit out of hand... You can read it in English, legally and for free at Manga Plus

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

The fight between Gero and the so-called ‘hit man hunter’ rages on, along with an… assist… from Arashiyama. But they all have bigger fish to fry, which is certainly appropriate when taking on the Beast Clan.

Oof. Any time I wonder ‘what the hell happened?’, well, it’s not going to be a good review day. Especially when it’s a series that was so howlingly wild as this one, which had no apparent limit to its insanity.

Whatever happened between the last volume and this one, well, it absolutely tanks it this time out and very, very little of the story works. Even with the incredibly generous allowance I’ve given it to be super dumb, it’s just not doing it for me.

Partly it comes down to the old adage that a hero is only as good as his or her villains. That may very well be true, given that every adversary in this arc is so utterly dull and uninteresting.

The hit man hunter, whose name is Piichi, turns out to be a normal guy with a normal goal who just happens to be able to keep pace with Gero (they make some hay about mutations and such, but who cares?). He’s dull and uninteresting.

Besides Piichi being boring, his fight with Gero illustrates that the story is slowly running out of ways to make Gero’s powers interesting. Being a poison master should offer a lot of options, but now mostly involve Gero juicing himself so he can punch stuff.

The head of the beast clan is your bog standard creepy manga villain who’s a blood slurping pervert with a maid assassin. So he’s perverted, dull, and uninteresting. The maid’s turn as a black belt bear, exactly what it sounds like, is the most interesting thing between the two of them.

Normally the zany level in this is just right, but it collapses in on itself completely with this volume. With a story that doesn’t have much to offer beyond mixed bloodlines and the dumbest way to imperil a woman I have seen in ages, it’s like the whole thing starts to blow away on the wind.

The one opponent that Gero takes on who is obsessed with making a combination sport melding birds and baseball is kind of fun, although it kind of runs the wrong side of the very thin line between crackers and stupid.

Arashiyama and her hamsters are amusing, I suppose, but something about all of this just clomps along like they forgot to add in the fun part. An army of koalas should be funny, yet it doesn’t work.

And I think it’s the story, not me being cranky, because they bring back the music guy from the last arc in the omake that ends the volume and the visual gag with him is actually dead funny and the absurdity I want from the story.

It all runs so hard on the wrong side of that aforementioned razor’s edge of wacky and dumb that I think I only have one more of these left in me that reads like this before I quietly bow out and leave it to its devices.

2.5 stars - ehh, I could round this up, but I found this such a staggering disappointment while I was reading it that I can’t in all good conscience pretend I enjoyed it much at all.

[Sim · Rating 3 out of 5]

black belt bear and squid ink pasta when you're fighting for your life

[Katie❄️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is like a weird Sakamoto Days meets Mission: Yozakura Family. A master assassin where everyone he's trying to save is a potential marriage partner. Oddball.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume was….a lot. The battling is too OTT, and it’s hard to see how he could survive. The combat does not play to his strengths at all, and you have this hit man hunter guy that is weird but a savant fighter…I hate when action stories take the route of pulling out stronger and stronger “last” moves at the final moment, and then meet ever stronger bosses.

I guess the hamsters are supposed to be comedic, but I don’t feel they add anything, and it annoys me that shes so useless. I can’t help but wonder if Gero’s sister ever pops up - yes, he’s getting married so she can be with her gf, but i assume she was also trained.

Then this whole blending blood thing is just irritating. Yes, let me sample your blood and somehow make super soldiers with your abilities. And the one girl was…wearing a bear. I don’t even know.

[Yoshiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

POPKULTUROWY KOCIOŁEK: Czwartą odsłonę serii Marriagetoxin zasadniczo można byłoby opisać słowami: jeszcze więcej tej samej sprawdzonej treści. Nie znajdziemy tutaj bowiem niczego odkrywczego w scenariuszu, ale i tak lektura mangi sprawia dużo radości.

Tym razem obserwujemy, jak Gero ratuje pewną specjalistkę od chomików, która może zostać wybranką jego serca. Zanim jednak ewentualne uczucia będą miały szansę dojść do głosu, trzeba sobie poradzić z szeregiem różnych niebezpieczeństw na czele z Łowcą Płatnych Zabójców.

Jest tu naprawdę dużo widowiskowej akcji, która wypełnia większość stron tomu. Dopiero dodatkiem do tego są wątki romantyczne, chociaż te z każdym kolejnym rozdziałem zaczynają coraz mocniej ewoluować i stawać się bardzo ważną (jednak nie pierwszoplanową) częścią tytułu...

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[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gero confronts the Hit Man Hunter… only to find out that he’s actually a freakishly strong guy who just wants to make the world safer for normal people (and open a cafe with his girlfriend).

So a truce is formed and everything is fine… until the leader of the Beast Master Clan decides to use Arashiyama as bait to get Gero on his island for nefarious reasons.

Gotta say, though, I’m proud of the revelation that Gero has about how he’s handling this job. Good going!

[Bee C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great volume to this series. Gero continues his quest to find a wife while accepting jobs that help others instead of murdering them. 😂 He finishes his fight with the hunter that’s been aiming for Arashiyama just to have all of them team up to fight the Beast Clan. They have a hold of Arashiyama’s life and Gero plans to save her! A lot of fight scenes and comedy throughout makes for a good and fun story. On to volume 5!

[Zephorah Dove · Rating 3 out of 5]

WOW

It's been a while since I've read this series but I am still enjoying the ridiculousness of it all. Gero continues to be hilarious and adorable.

The hamsters are super cute and I hope they get the finishing blow on the beast master. It's what he deserves.

[aurellia ✧⁠*⁠。 · Rating 4 out of 5]

ohmygod i hate dogo just kill him already he might create a powerful mutant with a mix of hikaru gero's blood and piichi's blood 😭

also arashiyama i really hope she'll end up with hikaru, best girl ever. they've known each other for a long time i think they'll make a good pair 👻

[Paola · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is so ridiculous is amazing! 🤣

[Jourdy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hero is the ultimate reluctant hero, but he’s also such a good guy like at heart you can’t help but love him.

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of fun. Get weird monster abilities, but it's really out there and I'm not digging it that much.

[Log · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was a bit weaker, don't love the beast island arc tbh. Arashiyama is still saur cute tho :')

[Nav · Rating 4 out of 5]

Please see review of the first in series.

[Lucinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love Arashiyama and all her hamsters lol

[Andrés · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encantan los nuevos personajes. Voto por ella!

[Paris · Rating 3 out of 5]

maybe a 3.5, am I losing the plot?

[Lailah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[ReadingFrog · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay i didnt actually see that coming at the end!

[Luke Larson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glad to see Gero can break out of his poison master conditioning and force himself to eat what Arashiyama (hamster master) prepared for him. Also the hamster master totally has the hots for him. He most likely won’t end up with her though.

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

More serious than other volumes and animals are hurt on page which was upsetting but still over all enjoying and want to read more