Now that this manga is about to get an animated version and I wonder out of so many shoujo manga why this one? and based on user RoseFaeries review I thought I should write about how much this manga made me reflect on some very problematic points. 520https://cdn.comicdays.com/public/episodethumbnail/316112896925306860f0fda5242a36ee0f3e6be571197a084f?1665465918.png The story of the main couple begins many years ago when the protagonist Isaku becomes an orphan and goes to her grandfathers house to be taken care of by the overprotective yakuza member Keiya who from that moment on becomes her father mother and brother. Everything starts to get complicated as the years go by and the girl starts to have feelings for her bodyguard father mother brother LOL despite the age difference. At the beginning of the manga the protagonist is only 15 yearsold and her guardian is 26 yearsold. Age gap is a recurring theme that we often encounter in various shoujo titles and many of them are wellexecuted but in this case I felt that the age difference not only highlighted a significant gap in maturity but it also revealed a lack of respect for Isakus emotional wellbeing. The kind of relationship portrayed by the male protagonist is completely disconnected from Isakus reality and experiences. Of course not to mention all the issues related to him creating her as RoseFaerie pointed out very well. I wont take too long to comment on very random plot facts such as for example why would a 26yearold man waste time going to school? But I need to point out that Keiyas treatment of Isaku is very uncomfortable since he treats her like a child all the time but at the same time feels attracted and doesnt let anyone near her which actually makes sense in this manga because 95 of the people who approach the female lead are horrible people who just want to abuse or treat her with no respect at all sigh. 320https://64.media.tumblr.com/46c147c47d8638cebbe255e1b1f2d6e8/c3a75b1b2f39f4e70e/s640x960/d2f7ce06044064c4fe6ac159039e3bfdfa17b2ed.png I hate this guy so much I wish I could portray the involvement of the protagonists as something positive but the word that best describes it is troubling. A large portion of the scenes contain very specific points of sexualization like for example when both are together in a pool and Keiya refers to Isakus body as the way he likes it and many of them occur even before any direct consent is given by the female protagonist. In fact at various points she explicitly asks him to stop. It is clear that she is just a teenager who has never had any kind of love experience and he is the super badass and super experienced guy who has been with several women by the way this is treated several times with the greatest naturalness in the world. The worst part is that he wants to keep her in a childlike state but also desires a romantic and highly physical involvement with her. So why did I continue reading? 500https://www.theanimedaily.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/10/AGirlHerGuardDogAnime.v1.jpg Beats me. Keiya is extremely handsome and the author certainly knows how to make use of that aspect in various scenes. I also reached that point of how worse can it get? and believe me each time was a new surprise LOL. The relationship with older men who created the female characters is a topic treated with utmost casualness in this title. To conclude its not a manga that I would recommend. I think there are several other titles with bad boys that are much better and less problematic. However with the anime adaptation to come I believe many people will become interested in A Girl Her Guard Dog. Im curious to see how they will address these aspects in the animation.