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Review: Kujibiki Unbalance Vol. 1 - Manga

Kujibiki Unbalance vol 1

So I just got done with the first volume of Kujibiki Unbalance in manga form and just had to do a little review.

Anyone familiar with Genshiken will know the story behind this series, if you don’t here’s the short of it. Kujibiki Unbalance was a fictional anime/manga in the Genshiken anime/manga, was canceled in the anime and then the creators decided to create an actual series based off of what was presented in Genshiken. Now that’s all done I’ll break up the review as we doing with anime on the show.

Plot: 
Much like the anime Kujibiki follows the same story in the anime Chihiro, the unluckyest person ever becomes the sudent council president elect and along with three other classmates they must preform duties that the current student council assign. In volume 1 they mix and match stories from volume 1 and 2 from the anime as well as a story from the novel. Overall it’s the same thing you’ve seen (if you’ve watched the anime) with a few liberties taken ( fan service, swearing…)

Art:
I was absolutely blown away by the art every page was drawn in amazing detail. I found myself just staring at the pages after I was done reading. I can’t say enough about the art in this book you just need to see it for yourself.

Final Thoughts:
This really is a fun enjoyable read. It really gets you into the story and the art helps you to fully immerse yourself into the overall story. The one thing that I found that bugged me was that Del Rey decided that whenever yen was brought up they would convert that into dollars and I know that the dollar isn’t doing so well right now but 100 yen does not equal 1 dollar. That all being said if you’re a fan of Genshiken and have watch the Kujibiki anime or just want something fun to read pick up this book.

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