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The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 13 (13)
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There’s no deeper meaning to this series, so any volume will live or die by how well it iterates on the same jokes it’s been doing since it started.
This one? Shockingly good. Oh, it starts out pretty wobbly - the opening chapter features a boar and precious little else except the usual ‘read this dialogue as either innocent or very not innocent� gag that doesn’t work at all as a joke by this stage.
Thankfully, it decides to really push for the absurd as it motors along. The next story involves Miku grappling with her conscience and some special guest stars. It gets very silly, in a good way.
Subsequent chapters involve the most ridiculous police dog, ice skating follies, and a guy who is definitely, 100%, not a bear. The series has gotten far better at landing an ending too - the pollen chapter is a snoozer, but the ending makes it almost worthwhile.
I always like when Miku gets to be a bit more involved and she has some of the best chapters. The one where she decides to see what Tatsu likes to read is hilarious because it goes exactly where you know it will until it goes exactly where it normally would not. It is a hysterical flip of the premise.
And the good police magical girls of PoliCure manage to show up a couple of times. At least once in the presence of a guy who knows a little too much about everything (his introduction still leaves me wondering if he’s hero� or villain�).
So, strong volume. It gets way more right than it does wrong and has a lot of fun subverting its own tropes to excellent effect. The quality is uneven, but when it’s on, it is on.
4 stars - solid work, no notes. It was a really good volume and a fun read.
This one? Shockingly good. Oh, it starts out pretty wobbly - the opening chapter features a boar and precious little else except the usual ‘read this dialogue as either innocent or very not innocent� gag that doesn’t work at all as a joke by this stage.
Thankfully, it decides to really push for the absurd as it motors along. The next story involves Miku grappling with her conscience and some special guest stars. It gets very silly, in a good way.
Subsequent chapters involve the most ridiculous police dog, ice skating follies, and a guy who is definitely, 100%, not a bear. The series has gotten far better at landing an ending too - the pollen chapter is a snoozer, but the ending makes it almost worthwhile.
I always like when Miku gets to be a bit more involved and she has some of the best chapters. The one where she decides to see what Tatsu likes to read is hilarious because it goes exactly where you know it will until it goes exactly where it normally would not. It is a hysterical flip of the premise.
And the good police magical girls of PoliCure manage to show up a couple of times. At least once in the presence of a guy who knows a little too much about everything (his introduction still leaves me wondering if he’s hero� or villain�).
So, strong volume. It gets way more right than it does wrong and has a lot of fun subverting its own tropes to excellent effect. The quality is uneven, but when it’s on, it is on.
4 stars - solid work, no notes. It was a really good volume and a fun read.
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