Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun: My Anime of 2014
A review first posted on Deremoe in September 2014 I’ve never enjoyed such a cute romcom in my lifetime the same way I did with Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun. It’s about this guy named Umetarou Nozaki, which illustrates Manga under the pen name Yumeno Sakiko. That, and how he uses his experience in real life for the Manga series that he illustrates. After I have watched the whole series in full, I now further understand why the series is entitled as such — it’s not just about Nozaki being the main character, but it’s the fact that Nozaki really dedicates himself as a manga-ka. Notice the fact that Nozaki uses his IRL situation to make his series that it does even bother his friends and his lovelife. This guy, ladies and gentlemen, is a real example of a person who treats his career as if it was his wife (I’m talking to myself as I type these words). I’m glad that he’s no Gary Stu (unlike Mahouka’s Tatsuya) since I’ve been wary of that nowadays, speaking in terms of his misunderstandings and such. Come to think of it, the only problem I had is this: Why in the world a person who has zero experience in lovelife excels in wooing a shoujo Manga fanbase? I think that’s a fallacy, more so a hole in the character’s description. ...