Nisekoi Kicks ASS

I’m reaaaaaallllllyyy getting myself into a pickle taking on this much manga in such a period of time, but whatever.

Anyway, I read the one shot of Nisekoi (which was pretty much an extremely abridged version of the full manga series with some key differences), and I was hooked.

CHECKLIST:

Main Character (Ichijou Raku)

• Is a male.
• Isn’t a good fighter, but isn’t a pussy.
• Not afraid to call a girl a monkey, gorilla, etc repeatedly.
• Is the son of a gang boss.

Main Female Character (Kirisaki Chitoge)

• Beats the shit out of people.
• Yells all the time.
• Part American, Part Japanese (just like O-Ren Ishii from Kill Bill [without the Chinese]).
• Kill Bill is the best movie ever made.
• You don’t like Kill Bill?
• You are a FUCK.
• Go die if you don’t like it.
• She still has her own moral code to follow (I’m talking about Kirisaki Chitoge again).
• She is the daughter of a gang that rivals Ichijou Raku’s father’s gang.
• She’s not cute at all.

Main Character (Onodera Kosaki)

• Has the key! But is it the right key?
• Is really kind of a third wheel, which is necessary in this manga to add a cool element to the fiery tandem of Ichijou and Kirisaki.
• Is a sense of calm in terms of personality, but in terms of bringing an X factor to the plot, she’s HUGE.
• Yeah, we kinda got a love triangle. Never a bad thing.

Humor

• Fantastic facial expressions.
• The thing I like most about this manga is that there’s never a dull moment.
• Funny misconceptions.
• Awkward confessions/confession-like moments.
• Crude language.
• Constant name calling/ass whopping.

Miscellaneous

• Girl with deadpan expression but not a deadpan personality. She’s very blunt and sort of a schemer.
• Very good art, translations from the Imperial Scans.
• Many many many different “promises from ten years ago.” Like pretty much every character has made a promise ten years ago to a significant other, but none of them can remember the name or face of these people.

The Biggest Fact

• BAM Moments GALORE. Once you get into the 20s (chapters) then there’s a BAM moment ever 12 pages or so, it’s absolutely AWESOME.