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Review: Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 14

Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 14 Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 14 by Junko
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Okay, gather 'round, you virgins!! —Best boy
Igarashi and Nana dancing
Behold!!!!! The final volume of Kiss Him, Not Me!!!!!

It was... *big inhale* GOOOODDD!!!!!!!!

(This is a review of Volume 14 only. To read my Series Review please click here )

The first third of this volume was funny as always, which was great, and then the remaining two thirds were actually pretty serious. Well… Maybe not super serious, but it definitely wasn't funny anymore. I guess by “serious” I mean it became more like a shoujo manga than a comedy manga. That said, I didn't mind because it was cute and still entertaining, god damn it!!!!

This whole volume—even when it still had the Lols—was pretty progressive and “in wit’ it,” if you fellow kids catch my drift. It was low-key feminist in how sex-positive it was! This whole volume was essentially Kae and (view spoiler) on a quest—nay, an epic journey… to fuck. I feel like I've seen this before, and the whole “oh no they keep getting interrupted right before he sticks it in” thing might not be all that original, but… Meh. It worked well enough. It's actually a pretty funny concept if you think about it, so I was down.

Nonetheless, that was probably where this volume lost its points: Its originality (or lack-there-of) factor. Nothing that happened was really all that… New. It's just lucky that this was a final volume, and that it ended up still being entertaining simply because it had these characters that I've been following for 14 volumes. Once the two lovebirds were finally able to make their way into Poundtown™, the ending was also super cheesy and unoriginal, though I can't say that it wasn't mostly satisfying. (view spoiler) The cliches are overused for a reason, people: they work!

Honestly, this is a super silly series so you really can't expect a serious, epic, or intense ending. I know I can't think of a better way to finish off this series, so really, in the end, the route Junko went might have been just perfect. Exactly what we needed to cap off this series.


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Volumes: 1, 2, 3-8 (N/A), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14*

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