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I like stories that focus on anime or manga fandom, otaku or similar subjects. After all, a manga artist making a manga about manga fans is likely writing about something he knows. Plus I enjoy trying to spot all the references to other works. A good example of this is Genshiken.

Genshiken gave us an entire world and it’s otaku characters. That includes the club’s favorite anime and manga, Kujibiki Unbalance.

Story

Rikkyoin High School isn’t like other schools. Everything that requires a decision to be made is decided by lottery. Even getting in to this very special school requires luck, because the only way to become a student is to win a position.

Chihiro won his placement. On the first day he won the position of President on the student council. Chihiro has always been cursed with bad luck, so all the winning he’s doing has to make you wonder. Is his luck changing, or is it just getting worse?

My Opinion

Ok, I think this is like the 3rd version of this story, and from what I’ve heard they’ve all been different. I can certainly attest that the manga is very different from the bonus episodes included in the Genshiken DVDs.

That’s not a bad thing. The bonus episodes that I’ve seen didn’t look like they were planned very well. It certainly wasn’t an anime that was worthy of the adoration it received in Genshiken. This manga might be able to come closer to the extremely cool story we’ve gotten glimpses of in Genshiken (Last time I write that).

This version seems to have a more coherent story. It makes more sense, at least to me. The characters seem more like real people and some of them are even likeable.

The art looks amazing. The character designs are meant to be cute. That means the usual high school students that look like they belong in elementary school. It doesn’t go as far as some titles, but it does use several other tricks to make the characters cute. That’s not a bad thing, but can get kinda weird with all the panty shots and fan service thrown in.

Is it worth it?

If you’re a fan of… the manga and anime that inspired Kujibiki Unbalance, it’s definitely worth checking out. It seems to come a bit closer to the ideal Kujibiki, even if it contradicts previous hints of the story.

Kujibiki Unbalance is a cute and wacky manga. Don’t take it too seriously and it could be a fun diversion.

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