So Dengeki Daisy. I have to mention that we speak of the hidden identity tag here and I love it In my personal opinion DD is probably the classic in genre when it comes to hidden identity combined with an intelligent more than average male lead. So onto the review now Plot: I would describe DD as a heartwarming manga with wellthought comedy. Really the comedy is good Before anything I just want to say that I dislike shoujo sweetness. Despite the fact that I have a lot of titles listed on my profile under Romance do not get fooled though I do not read too sweet titles Ungh. Okay I have read such but. Ungh. Anyway if I had to compare DDs sweetness to some other title it would probably be Kaichou wa MaidSama. For some reason the atmosphere is kind of comparable. The story is about a very intelligent male lead who is a hacker. Thats very right something rather unusual. There arent many titles that involve hacking out there. So the plot is not that much into the hacking world do not worry no backdoors no injections no DDoS attacks etc. Rather the plot focuses on the hard choices one can face in life it focuses on how much it is important for a person to be kind to be protective but also to be forgiving. I have to say that the favorite part of mine in the plot is the fact that the male lead Kurosaki Tasuku hides his hacker identity and the fact that he always backs up the female lead. One interesting side note as I speak Japanese the part in his name Tasuku even though the kanji character for it is not the same but phonetically it is the same as the word/verb to help/rescue. Isnt it cool? D Anyway I would rate the title with an 8 out of 10. Characters Design: The characters design at first is nothing memorable because the manga starts up rather light as a comedy. But the development is rather obvious later on when the manga switches from that sillydillywillie Dengeki Daisy style to a very intense romantic plot. Oh did I mention the age gap? Hohoho. We get a hot intelligent and mature male lead ...I would hit the 9 out of 10 button But the female lead indeed she was also welldeveloped to suit Kurosaki. Still she felt somewhat weak. Or maybe I am too much of a fan of strong female leads...? Okay maybe someone might argue on that one. Because she was portrayed as a person who went through a lot...but boy. Still I saw her as a weak character no idea why. Certainly she wasnt annoying like many female leads in shoujo genre. However I think she could be more developed on the display of her maturity side. I get it I get it she is just a highschool girl but the plot suggests that she is rather mature. And because of the female part unfortunately I would end up rating the characters design in total as 8/10. But psst. Kurosakis intelligence is hot as heck. Art Style: Yup not gonna lie. I liked the males design. Well what? I am into guys what do you expect me to rate? XDD Okay okay. Lets be serious. The art is not so clean. Some panels are obvious that the mangaka was in rush. But can you blame? I cant imagine working that to be honest. Overall the art style itself is welldeveloped. I have seen rather shocking drawings in the manga world the proportions can be wrong and bad etc. However in DD we get rather correct proportions well not perfect but still Hence I will rate it with an 8 out of 10.
80 /100
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