モテキ 1

Moteki #1

by Mitsurou Kubo, 久保ミツロウ

藤本幸世（ふじもとゆきよ）、29歳、彼女なし。恋にヘタレな草食系男子。そんな彼に、人生初の「モテ期」がやってきた!?　過去すれ違った女性たち……ロックフェスで盛り上がり損ねた、アクティブ美人・亜紀（あき）、温泉旅行でも友だち以上になれなかった、ボーイッシュ系・いつか、ラブホまで行っただけ……のフェロモン美女・夏樹（なつき）他多数との再会と恋のチャンスに孤軍奮闘する幸世の、痛くてせつないラブコメディー!!

Genres: Manga, Slice Of Life

226 pages, Paperback

First published March 23, 2009

About the author

Mitsurou Kubo (久保 ミツロウ, Kubo Mitsurō) is a Japanese manga artist, writer, and radio personality born in Sasebo in 1975. She is known for writing on Yuri!!! on Ice, an anime series co-created with Sayo Yamamoto. Two of her manga have been released in English; Moteki by Vertical and Again!! by Kodansha USA. She and Mineko Nomachi have a radio program called Mitsurou Kubo and Mineko Nomachi's All Night Nippon.

Reviews

[Aishwarya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book from Netgalley.
It was a hilarious and short read. I only wish the main character wasn't so desperate but I guess anyone in his situation might react similarly.

[Helen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh man, the main character was SO unlikeable.

[Rebo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a strange book. Different from other manga I’ve read. It’s basically about a 30-year-old virgin but not quite as hilarious as the film about the 40YO one. The MC is one of those passive loser types who is (way too) desperate for a gf/to be laid/to be loved. There were times when he came off as way too creepy and dislikable, and other times when I really felt for him. His biggest flaw is that he’s so down on himself that he is clueless about when a girl is actually interested in him or not.

This was a really long volume and it felt a bit repetitive and slow at times, like the MC wasn’t really making any progress at all, or that he would seem to but backslide. The worst part is that I can already kinda see where the story should be going but he can’t be that self aware yet.

I struggled about rating this. I didn’t really find it funny at all (Maybe I’m not a big enough otaku to get all the little inside jokes or maybe if I were a guy i would find the misogyny funnier.) I think if this had a little tightening it could have been a lot stronger. I was also disappointed that it seemed to just end. Like no cliffhanger or real resolution it just sort of stopped...

I could see myself reading more if other volumes are translated, but it’s not at the top of my list.

[Danning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great art ok subject