Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai

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Synonyms: My Charms Are Wasted On Kuroiwa Medaka, Kuroiwa Medaka is Proof Against My Cuteness.

Japanese: 黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: May 26, 2021 to ?

Genre: Comedy

Themes: Love Status Quo, School

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Kuze, Ran (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.22¹ (scored by 11,470 users)

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Ranked: #5795²

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Popularity: #512

Members: 35,830

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To say that Mona Kawai is cute would be an understatement; she is breathtaking in every single way, and she knows it. At school, she is fawned over by boys and girls alike, and she graciously welcomes it all as a natural reaction to her irresistible charm. That is, until she comes across Medaka Kuroiwa, the boy who is seemingly immune to her overwhelming charisma. She goes out of her way to talk to him and even dials her cuteness up a notch, but no matter what she tries, Mona cannot wipe the scowl off Kuroiwa's face.

Backed into a corner, Mona is forced to use the most devastating weapon in her arsenal: her physical allure. Such drastic measures would leave other boys foaming at their mouths, but Kuroiwa remains unfazed by her attempts. Little does Mona know that the only reason Kuroiwa just barely abstains from succumbing to her charms is because he is training to be a monk and thus trying his best not to be held down by worldly pleasures. As Mona goes all out to entice Kuroiwa, she fails to realize that his unintentional chivalry might just make her fall for him instead.

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Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai has been published digitally in English as Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms by Kodansha USA since March 8, 2022, and in print under the Vertical Comics imprint since June 20, 2023. The series has also been simulpub through K Manga.

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Sep 20, 2024

naaastysandwhich

Recommended

Preliminary (98/? eps)

This a pretty good series, but it does take a bit to hit its stride.

If you were to stop after twenty or so chapters, you'd be left with the impression that this manga is entirely about a self-important chick trying to get a simp-resistant dude to start simping over her on principal, all while she refuses to admit she actually likes him. And while you wouldn't necessarily be wrong, there's quite a bit more to it than that- although it takes a bit longer to establish as much.

By 40 chapters things are a bit more clear. What's interesting about this series is that ...

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Dec 8, 2023

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Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (115/? eps)

Kuroiwa Medaka is another entry into the aloof boy, outgoing girl high school harem romance. While it has teased genuinely interesting introspection for the primary female lead, it often doubles back on these developments in favor of standard faire harem hijinks. This tendency, stacked on top of a milk toast male protagonist, weakens an otherwise pleasant shounen romance series.

PLOT – 3/5
The central gimmick at the beginning is that the main female MC Mona Kawaii (ha) is very cute and has a compulsive need to be adored by everyone, while Kuroiwa Medaka believes himself obliged to follow the precept of celibacy in his training to be ... a monk. When she tries to get his attention, he, with all his willpower, resists showing affection and Mona, infuriated, resorts to more unchaste and aggressive ways to woo him over while unexpectedly falling in love with him. This gimmick does carry for a while but does get stale. The plot has begun to wash this out, however, and replace with a general harem romance dynamic.

CHARACTERS – 3/5
When the story was focused on the gimmick, it briefly moves in an interesting introspective direction regarding Mona in which she becomes aware of and evaluates this need. However, that is eventually replaced by more cute anime girls who mostly talk about (1) their one or two distinguishing interests and (2) how much they like Medaka. There is a charm to the female characters because they do become aware of their failures, do not understand themselves and contemplate insufficiencies in their character, and are aware they are in a competition with each other.

Medaka, on the other hand, in a humorous self-aware meta-statement, is called boring by one of the love interests. Though Medaka’s circumstances are clever and make his reactions to the girls understandable, it becomes difficult to understand why these girls like him so much. This starts to change around 80 - 90 chapters in, but that is more than enough time for audiences to lose interest.

ART – 3.5/5
I personally enjoy the art. It very consciously limits backgrounds and invites the reader to focus on the dynamics of their facial expressions and personal feelings. This decision is probably why the characters are charming despite mostly lacking substance.

CONCLUSION
I am caught up and still enjoying it from week to week. If you are looking for a different variation of Rent-a-Girlfriend, this might be amusing and fun to you. I am a little disappointed with it becoming a harem when I think it should have stayed a love triangle and focused more on the weaknesses of the girls rather than just their lack of courage to confess. It also could take Medaka’s commitment to becoming a monk more seriously to add interesting perspective.

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Nov 8, 2024

Nel999

Not Recommended

Preliminary (101/? eps)

I started reading this manga because I was really in the mood for some slop rom-com, but I wasn't expecting this to be so disappointing.

First off I'll point out some of the positives: the art is really good.

Now for the negatives: characters are one dimensional, the development they get is really slow or non-existant, the male MC is flat and has no personality, every girl falls for him for no reason, when the author doesn't know how to keep the story going, they just introduce a new girl... I stopped reading after they introduced the 4th girl, I'm pretty sure it wasn't gonna stop there, ...

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