Considerations This is a spoilerfree review. 80+ in my rating means really good. Ive got to read this work on a friends recommendation. I didnt look too much into the synopsis and just started reading. The Story Asako works as an accountant for her favorite soap company. She loves Lilia Drop because its the only brand that can help her with her excessive sweating. Shes constantly ashamed of it and afraid of people smelling a bad odor coming from her. Everything changes when Natori a development chief at Lilia Drop spots her because of her smell and now hes mesmerized by her sweet smell. The story of Ase to Sekken is really good. Theres a really good amount of romance drama comfiness and comedy. For me reading this story felt like reading a romantic paperback book or movie in which you start with the setting and as the pages go by you start to see time passing by relationships and characters changing until you arrive at a really good and deserving ending. A point that I feel obligated to mention is the amount of fanservice in this manga. Especially in the beginning you have breasts underwear and lewd scenes pretty much everywhere. I dislike when authors force a lot of lewdness because it can be used as an excuse to lack in other areas such as story. People will keep reading for the lewdess and so on. Thankfully Ase to Sekken isnt like this. The story does move forward well and has about 5 pages of really hard lewd per volume which isnt all that bad IMO. I just ignored it. If you cant tolerate ecchi or oversexualization that may be a manga to skip. The Art Style The art style is pretty good. What you can expect from a manga with a solid team of creators and assistants. Even in impactful moments I felt like they used the light well and there was a good representation of smells scents and such. 320https://64.media.tumblr.com/944f812d4bf3e2ee6761b208bb8c016d/834cbf57944c8ba55b/s1280x1920/311da9dd9aa8df667546e4821f51dadbee4bb5b5.jpg Its hard to find an image without a spoiler. Thats one. Theres honestly nothing for me to complain about. Even the lewd parts are well drawn. Backgrounds expressions details and clothing are pretty good. The Characters There are a fair number of characters in this manga. Asako Natori their families coworkers and friends I felt like each one had a different personality adding different flavors to the drama. Some have their own personal dramas and relationships so theyre able to evolve together with the story. As I always like to talk about the main characters Asako is great. We get to see her past and the explanation for how she behaves and thinks the way she does. We get to see her grow up as a character during the entirety of the series and its very pleasant to watch. The same applies for Natori. Conclusion If youre like me you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you dont want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point: Read it. If youre okay with some really lewd scenes go for it. Its a really good romance with really good characters and theres such a sweet ending that I was kind of emotional about it. It is a solid adult romance manga.
83 /100
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