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Review: Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 11

Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 11 Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 11 by Junko
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Hm. :/ Unfortunate. I didn’t like this volume as much as I usually like the volumes in this series. Clearly. By a wide margin, considering my rating. I wanted to give this volume mercy--to rate it 3 stars--but 3 stars means “I liked it” and honestly that seems like a bit much. 2 stars means “It was okay,” and I think that’s all I can give this volume. Which sucks, because I enjoyed the previous volumes so much that I literally felt WITHDRAWAL after finishing them.

The first couple chapters in this volume comprise of the resolution of the “Oh No Kae Got Kidnapped” arc (my dub), and then it very strangely has a three chapter mini-arc at the end of the volume that is completely and utterly unrelated and unconnected to the previous arc, made even stranger by the ending of the arc which was a tense and dramatic cliffhanger. So you’re all “Oh no what will happen next????” and all tense and whatnot, except then you have to suddenly completely change gears towards this really silly mini-arc? Whack. But that wasn’t even a big or my main problem with this volume.

The resolution to this arc was way too silly, unrealistic, and rushed. It felt like everything moved way too fast, and things worked out way too conveniently (Kae surviving a fall out of a hotel window, Nana randomly being able to do fighting moves he saw in an anime… and it WORKING, etc.). It was also way too goofy for my tastes, and felt too much like a cartoon for little kids. This meant that no events ever felt tense, suspenseful, or dramatic. To top the disappointment off, it wasn’t even as funny as usual, and only made me laugh once. I really hope this is a one-off thing, and that the whole series hasn’t always been this way and I’m only now starting to realize and get bothered by it.

The only good thing about this volume was the ending, because it finally brought back some of the intense drama that I usually love from this series.

This volume was a huge letdown, but since I’m behind on this series I already have the next two volumes lined up and ready to go so hopefully this returns to its regularly scheduled hilarity.


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