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Monday, September 18, 2017

Manga Review: Nisekoi: False Love, Volume 22, by Naoshi Komi


Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)
Release Date: July 2017
Volumes: 25.
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 1. 21. 23.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?!
Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?! You won t want to miss out on Shonen Jump's laugh-out-loud feel-good manga series!
It's hate at first sight when Raku Ichijo first meets Chitoge Kirisaki. But much to their chagrin, the two are forced into a false love relationship to keep the peace between their feuding gangster families.
Marika has been too sick to come to school lately, but on Valentine s Day she shows up to gift Raku with chocolate and once again declare her love! She presses Raku to reciprocate, but before he can respond, she is whisked away to her family s home in Kyushu because of her failing health. But Raku and the gang won't let her disappear from their lives without a fight!"

Review:

And we get the big blow up over Tachibana. We get to see her rescue, there's a ton of fighting and craziness. Her fiance has a subtle reveal, and it was an odd choice on my part. I think that it seemed to say that even her mother didn't think it was going to go through. (Though part of me really wanted it to be a guy that Tachibana would like. I just want to see her romance work out. Can she get her own spin-off romance, please?)
After the conclusion to that, which is rather sweet, Raku is being pushed to make a choice. Now there are two people urging him to acknowledge his feelings, accept them, and then decide for himself which is better. Kirisaki or Onodera? It definitely seems like Kirisaki to me, and that seems to be where everything is pointing. But, we still have a few volumes until we find out for sure.
This volume was fun. All of the Tachibana craziness was good, and I liked seeing all the sweet moments with her. I liked seeing how everyone was actually on her side. Then, afterward, I liked the overdone date with Chitoge. The cliffhanger is probably leading to a cute scene with them next? We'll see, I suppose.

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