Mermaid Boys

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There aren't a lot of mermaid mangas out there, and this probably has to be my favorite mermaid thing since mermaid melody. Its nice its finally a guy whose the merman...and he's SO adorable!

Story 8/10
Merman sees girl.
Merman falls in love with girl.
Merman makes a contract to give up his good looks.
Merman finds out he's a scrawny boy now as a human!

The story isn't re-inventing the wheel at all. But the thing about mermaid Boys is, well, it doesn't have to. This manga takes a comedic approach to the mermaid genre and really plays it up.

... Character 8/10

One of my favorite parts about the manga is how there are other mermen besides Naru. Its good it isnt a rehash of the little mermaid and all the boys have their own reason to go on land and associate with humans.

The main female is also great. While she is swarmed with options, she isnt the terrible bland female protsgonist who lets the guys flirt with her. She hurts Naru, tells him he's a perv if he gets to far, and holds her own. She also has a wonderful backstory on how she is nervous swimming because of what the ocean reminds her of (you'll have to read the manga to find out! I dont want to spoil).

Enjoyment 10/10

The way the characters interact is hilarious. I laughed so hard at Naru's attempts to fit in as a human, from thinking underwear is a hat to just being a plain ol dork. they say love can make people a little crazy, and this manga does just that!

Overall 8/10
This manga changed my life. It fed my mermaid addiction with hot guys. If you want some great art with a fun story, I recommend to purchase it and support the artist who made this beautiful "tail."

I understand why this manga was dropped by the publisher because it might be the worst thing I have ever read.

My main problems:

- There isn't a single likeable character. Everyone is either a pervert or stupid or both. I'm under the impression that this was a comedic choice, but its not even funny.

- Naru is a questionable person at best, but all of the "rivals" are worse than him and somehow he's always in the wrong? There are multiple moments that are supposed to make you sympathize with Loa or Arashi but they've both tried/succeeded to assault Nami multiple times, which makes that a ... weeeee bit difficult.

- Moana is a doormat with no other real character traits. She doesn't have much other purpose than to create fake tension.

- Nami is a doormat that lets men try to assault her even though she's shown multiple times that she's very capable of self defense (haha so funny you've kicked Neru through yet another window).

- The main plot seems to be completely overlooked at times because there were multiple moments when Neru absolutely should have died and didn't because the characters are just too stupid?? I guess??

- Nobody's motivations are ever explained and everyone hates everyone when it's convenient to add story tension.

- Neru is 21 and Nami is like 15. He physically ages down in human form but that helps absolutely nothing.

- Super forced miscommunication that's resolved so horribly

- So much wasted potential because the bonus content in volume one shares the original story plan which was MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WAS PUBLISHED.

Great read if you want to oogle hot men though.