| Title | : | 見える子ちゃん 1 (Mieruko-chan, #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 404065658X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9784040656588 |
| Language | : | Japanese |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 146 |
| Publication | : | First published April 22, 2019 |
ある日突然、普通の人には見えない異形な存在が見えるようになってしまった「みこ」。彼女は彼らから逃げるでもなく、立ち向かうでもなく…精一杯シカトしつづける事に。怖いようで怖くない、新感覚ホラーコメディ!
見える子ちゃん 1 (Mieruko-chan, #1) Reviews
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Mieruko- Chan is a funny little slice of life comedy, filled with silly antics and grotesque ghosts... wait, no, I'm not joking. You see Mieruko can see ghosts. She tries her best never to acknowledge them (if she ignores them, sooner or later they go away), but sometimes that is extremely difficult.
This first volume gets three things majorly right. First off, it is funny. I genuinely laughed several times while reading it as Mieruko sees something and does her absolute best to ignore it... which leads me to the second. The ghosts are horrific. I mean seriously... wow. In a way this adds to the comedy as she has to look at these things and just keep moving on as if nothing is happening, but seriously, some of these are the things of nightmares.
(This is one of the easier going images from the first book. In other words, expect an emphasis on the horror side of this horror comedy)
Final thing it gets right is that extra chapter. I won't spoil it, but I will say it added a sentimental touch that was pulled off well, and didn't feel like a cheat.
My only real complaint is that I felt like the volume had a bit too much in terms of fan service, some of which was creepy in not just a a horror sort of way and was not particularly appreciated.
Still, all in all this has been a fun ride and never boring. I'll give the second volume a shot as well. 4/5 stars. -
27/10/20
I had high hopes for this manga, but unfortunately those weren't met. That's not to see that this is a bad series -- in fact, I actually really like the artwork as well as the main character. I am however not too sure what this manga exactly is aiming to be. At the moment it's looking to be a slice of life type with the twist being that Mieruko can see yokai. If that's the case, then I don't expect this gag to hold up for a long time. I'm really hoping though that the plot will develop, although I fear that that won't be the case.
A small note was that there is quite some fanservice in the first two chapters or so, which I felt was kind of overkill, but after that, it definitely (and thankfully) died down.
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This wasn't scary per say but rather a funny take on cryptic tales that we have seen often in movies and books. The artwork was impressive. All of the ghosts here were well drawn out which really makes you think how the MC can keep her composure during the jump-scare moments or to endure and swallow her screams is quite admirable 😂 I just wish the plot wasn't repatative. It uses the same concept over and over which is underwhelming to read. Another thing that you might want to know is how MC got her powers to see ghosts. Well, That isn't answer in this book. If you are looking for weekly comedic Horror then give it a go.
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What could have been a silly dumb premises turned out to be a rather funny, and by the end, heartfelt supernatural tale.
Mieruko-Chain can see the dead. She just chooses to ignore them. She doesn't want them knowing that she can see them. Mostly because she doesn't want them following her around everywhere. But when she goes to school and notices a lot of spirits following her best friend around she tries to find a solution to stop them from showing up so much. Hence we get plenty of funny situations and a rather sad and tender moment by the very end that made me want to read more.
It helps the art is great. The spirits are disgusting and scary looking, making for both a spooky and funny story to tell. The story has some fanservice moments but nothing over the top. Panty/bra shots but it goes in context with what the girls are doing and it leads to, again, funny situations I don't want to spoil. I also really enjoyed the ending and gave me the feels all in 3 pages.
Overall, def want to see more from this series. A 4 out of 5. -
2.75
Unique plot, liked the characters but too much fan service. And the girls are a little sexualized in a way that as a girl it makes me uncomfortable. -
The unseen monster elements are pretty horrific, if you like gross horror. I like the concept, the kid suddenly able to see all these spirits(?) that were formerly invisible. So far no explanation or even much plot, just her being terrified and disgusted and trying to hide her reactions so they don't know she can see them.
I may or may not pick up the next volume -- based solely on premise I'd give the series more time to prove itself, but it was also way, waaay too fanservice for me. Like, not just the usual skirt-flip bs, but teen girls getting felt up by hideous monsters. Not my thing. -
خیلی یهویی میکو شروع به دیدن هیولا ها میکنه و اینکه اصلا پیش زمینه ای براش نذاشتن عجیبه ولی در کل داستان روند خوبی پیدا کرد حالا برم بقیه ولوم ها رو بخونم ببینم چی میشه
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2.5
Kinda dumb and a bit annoying with the fanservice and her always crying about seeing the monsters, but the monster designs are pretty creepy. I just hope she finds a way to either get rid of them or interact in some way other than crying and being scared all the time because that'll get old real quick. -
This is another manga that started as a web serial on twitter, which at first sounded very odd to me, but apparently a number of amateur Japanese creators have made their way into pro publishing this way. Our story: Miko is a high school girl who can see weird horror monsters. She desperately tries to not respond to them so that she can come across as an ordinary girl to others, and that can be quite difficult at times. This setup sounds somewhat like Natsume's Book of Friends but is definitely its own thing.
It's quite cool to see how this story's conception evolved from its first episode to the end of this first volume. It starts off rather fanservice-y with lots of panels featuring Miko and other girls in their underwear, etc. By the end of the volume the stories (and the "camera") have become much more sympathetic, both to Miko herself and the characters around her. The comedy got better, too. My partner has the next two volumes, and I will definitely be checking them out to see where things go from here. -
While I appreciate the concept of making yokai scary again rather than the cutesy iterations seen in most yokai manga, this first volume falls flat for two reasons. One, the completely unnecessary fan service and two, the repetitive structure. The fan service in this volume is the kind that makes me think, "I bet if the main character was a boy there would be no fan service". Not too offensive (at least by manga/ anime standards), but unnecessary and again makes me question whether this would be happening if the protagonist was a boy. With regards to the repetitive structure, while the last two chapters took different paths with the same formula, every other chapter was exactly the same: Miko is doing something mundane, she discovers there's a yokai, she tries to avoid it, shenanigans ensue. I understand that manga like these are going to be a tad repetitive, the fan service and the fact that I didn't find ANY of the punch lines funny made the repetition worse.
I borrowed the second volume so I'm going to at least read that one, but I doubt I'll continue with this series. It's just not for me. -
A girl can see the most gruesome things in the world.... no one else can though. We see our girl try to manoeuvre through life and ignoring all the creepy things, because she knows (and we know) that acknowledging them is going to be even worse for her. Still, I felt so sorry for her as she does attract all sorts of creepy spooky gruesome stuff. *shivers* I wonder how long she can hold it up though, we do see her on the verge of a few breakdowns and I was just cheering for her to keep it up, not much longer, you can do it.
The contrast between her and her best friend is huge, but they are still the best friends, and I love how our girl is, despite being swamped by creepies, still making sure her friend is also safe and happy. And she can help out in a way.
Oh, and one chapter broke my heart. :(
The art is fabulous though, especially the creepy monsters are drawn very very very well, nightmare fuel.
Maybe I will write a longer review tomorrow/soon, for now this will do! -
An initially cool take on the "I see dead people" genre has Miko "Mieruko-chan" Yotsuya suddenly begin seeing monsters, demons, and spirits that are invisible to everyone else. The only way she can cope and keep from attracting their attention is to pretend she doesn't see them. And most of the book is just her seeing a new gross monster and ignoring it. Over and over. One search for a totem to ward them off doesn't really go anywhere, and then we're back to ignoring.
In addition to the repetition, there's some low-key fan service of the high school girls.
I was ready to two-star this and put it aside, but a cutting little twist at the end has me curious to see if the creator is actually ready to pick a direction for the story. -
This was alright.
A little too ecchi for my taste, but I will probably check out more of the series. The plot also became super repetitive after awhile. I mean we get it you hate this gift/curse (however you want to see it), its the same thing with avoiding eye contact and internal screaming. It got old and this was a short manga, so I am hoping I don't get burnt out too quickly from this series.
What I did like were the instances where Mieruko uses her ability to help out in particular situations. If the story evolves into more of that, then I will probably continue. -
Reading this as a book of the month. And I really like the concept of if I ignore it then it will go away my only worry is where dose the story go from here but I want to find out.
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Oh I quite enjoyed this.
It's about a high school girl who can see ghosts but the spirits are very frightening and show up everywhere. They dont seem to want anything but I could feel the main character's stress from all these encounters!
She just tries to ignore them but it's so hard when they're everywhere! Looking forward to the next volume.
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Miko sees dead people - although not her therapist, which is unfortunate because they might have helped - and some other stuff that Freud would have had a field day with. Nobody else does, however, so she does her best to ignore them, which is kind of difficult when spirits keep showing up in the most unfortunate places.
Only that Sadako book keeps this from being the weirdest thing I read all week. I think this is meant to be a comedy, given most endings of the various chapters, and it’s amusing at points, but it’s also really bizarre. The stories follow a basic pattern of Miko hoping something doesn’t show up and then being discomfited when it inevitably does.
And it veers hard into some weird ecchi vibes at points, leaning into male gaze and posing and such. To my own surprise, I really liked Miko’s friend Hana, who overcomes her introduction as a giant pair of boobs to turn, if not into a fully realized character, then at least a clearly good friend. The two provide a cute contrast to one another.
It gets better as it goes. I didn’t love the initial chapters - I can go another lifetime without seeing spirits made entirely of hands copping a feel on somebody and them not noticing. As I alluded to, there’s a lot of odd sexual moments in the depiction of the spirits - there’s a story about a couple who clearly deserve one another that is... phew... yep. That’s sure a design.
Once Hana gets more invested in trying to get a little peace and quiet, it improves - there’s a story with a fortune teller that’s pretty predictable but I still liked a lot. The comedic timing in that one is pretty sharp.
Then there’s the last story, which takes what was done before this and uses it in a unique and genuinely surprising way. It continues the vein of discomfort but also injects some warmth and drama into it that I appreciated, while still being amusing. If the book maintains that vibe it’ll do okay.
3 stars - it has some rough patches but there’s a potential here that, if it can lay off fetishizing its characters as much, could lead to better things. And hey, a good surprise out of that last chapter counts for a lot. Definitely worth a second volume. -
Content warnings: Ghosts, body horror, groping, disturbing imagery
This manga might be my new favorite thing. It follows a girl, Miko, as she goes about her daily life with one major problem: she can see ghosts. They are not friendly, and no one else around her can interact with them. Sometimes it’s funny, other times it’s horrifying, and I am so interested in where this story is going.
The ghost designs are so excellent. The art style really balances the slice-of-life and the ghostly terrors. They’re so inventive, and each one has me both terrified and unable to look away. The page-by-page jump scares are exquisite. I really enjoy Miko and Hana’s friendship, they do every day girl things that leave me convinced they are girlfriends.
There is a brief introduction of rules and lore, with the breaking spirit beads and visits to mediums. It’s light in this first volume, and I really hope it gets explored. -
Goodreads says 2 stars means "it was ok," and that seems a fair review here. I was hooked into checking this out for a fun premise and good art. The book is well-drawn but the first 40% or so is distractingly fanservicey (given that the two main characters are underage girls).
The monster designs are appropriately creepy, selling the "what if you opened your locker and something straight out of Junji Ito was sitting there staring back at you" vibe pretty well. Miko's largely successful efforts to feign apathy are entertaining, occasionally eliciting a genuine laugh.
Strictly speaking, the book delivers on its premise: deadpan comedy with injections of horror. There's just not a whole lot else going on here. The book saves its most interesting moment of genuine characterization for a final bonus chapter, but otherwise Miko feels less like a character than an obligatory vehicle for the author's concept. Ultimately I'm not sure I got much more joy from actually reading the book than I got from just reading its description. So, yeah: it was ok. -
Mieruko-chan Vol. 1 is a mildly comedic look at one high school girl’s battle to stop seeing horrific monsters everywhere. While the premise is funny, the comedy is average. Additionally, the prominent amount of fan service may not suit every reader’s tastes, and the lack of genuine horror may not give horror fans thrills and chills. Still, there’s an audience for this series: here’s to new readers finding it!
Full Review:
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Fun and creepy from what I've seen so far as it's still ongoing. First few chapters tend to oversexualize the mc, but it goes away as the series progresses.
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This begins very differently than it ends and it's neat to watch the creator's idea of what he wants the story to be evolve over the course of the book. Definitely worth a second volume.
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Idea buena, pero por algún motivo el autor decide sexualizar a menores de edad. Además, las chicas son inverosímiles, hablan de sí mismas como lo haría un p4j3ro de mediana edad.
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3.5⭐
¿Qué pasaría si de un día para otro lograsen ver monstruos a su alrededor? En lo personal saldría corriendo, o me da un patatús.
Esto es lo que le toca vivir a una estudiante de preparatoria. Miraku-chan, quien tiene que fingir la inexistencia de los mismos para continuar su vida y evitarse un mal mayor.
Hablemos de que sentí nervios en el estómago con cada avance, pero también reí bastante.
Los gráficos son buenos, la trama envuelve y cumple su cometido.
No puntue más porque siento que faltó más 🥺
Sin embargo, en camino al siguiente >>> -
4/5 This a fun horror manga. It’s different and very weird. A horror and slice of life manga wrapped in one. Mieruko-chan is a high school girl who can see apparitions. Not friendly Casper ghosts but Junji Ito hellscape apparitions.
Mieruko goes through her life ignoring the beasties out of fear that if she lets on that she can see them they will follow her or interact with her.
Creepy ghosts, cute girls, and a dash of comedy make this a fun light hearted horror tale. Some people will mention the fan service but it’s not over abundant though honestly I’m the wrong person to comment since I love it.
Our cute haunted Mieruko-chan on the cover of volume 1.
Read for The Manga Squad. Manga of the Month October 2021
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Miko is a high school girl who can see supernatural spirits \ ghosts , but she ignores them and act like she sees nothing .
it got creepy art , comedy and interesting characters .
I really enjoyed it . -
Slice of life manga with humor and a funny looking ghosts.
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Not entirely what I was hoping for, and much more fan-service than I anticipated, but it is promising. This is a comedy about a girl who see scary/gross-looking ghosts and has to pretend she doesn't.
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Miko has a secret...she sees dead people and it is terrifying.
Before starting my review I will offer a bit of a warning to those that might find some content from this book bothersome. First there is at least one bath scene where Miko discovers an unwanted guest and her younger brother walks in and accidentally saves her from her ghostly experience. There is no nudity in the book that I can see but some people still find implied or near nudity to be offensive. Secondly a majority of the ghosts in this story may share a basic human structure but are often grotesque in their appearances which might bother more sensitive readers including at least one jealous spirit whose face looks like some combination of a vagina and a lamprey. Finally at least one ghost in this story is a bit of a pervert and although those that he touches are unaware due to his lack of substance and invisibility to his victims we are able to see what he is up to through Miko's eyes and which is less then appropriate even for a ghost. Thankfully he gets his just deserts in the end. All in all I would probably classify this story as Older Teen (though kindle doesn't show the back page of the book so I can't see what it really is) though some Teens might be able to handle what this book has to offer if they are mature enough and not easily spooked.
Miko is an average high school student but her world is changed forever when she suddenly sees and hears gruesome apparitions who manifest normally hidden from the rest of the unaware world. Being a teen Miko is not only not exited but she actively does whatever it takes to avoid letting these monstrous looking entities from knowing she is even aware of them as she does her best to protect herself and to a degree those around her unaware of what hides in plane sight (though even the worse of them do not seem to be corporeal enough to actually harm anyone...yet.)
Now mind you the story while filled with ghastly ghost beings of various degrees of realism and strange shapes this is not entirely a horror story as those around Miko continue to live their lives regardless of Miko trying to keep her cool with strange things around her. In fact some of the best parts of the book that I enjoyed were not the very expressive character reactions or the monster like beings that fuel Miko's nightmares but the times when her ability to see ghosts turns out beneficial like when she and her friend find an abandoned kitten and find it a new home or a particular scene at the end of the book which was super touching. If you want to find out more I guess you will have to read it for yourself. :)
The only thing t hat really bugged me about this book is that the translation notes and explanation of honorifics is not at the end of the book like many other series. It was certainly a surprise considering I found it nearly 1/5th of the way into the book and some of the translation notes were related to parts of the manga i hadn't even read yet so putting it so early was kind of a tease for things yet to come rather then an explanation. At least it was not filled with any real spoilers. -
4.5
Me apareció un tik tok con el anime de este manga y me llamo mucho la atención así que decidí leerlo y me ha gustado bastante.
Miko es una chica que puede ver fantasmas y las ilustraciones de estos son muy buenas me han gustado medio creepy.
Hace tiempos que no leía manga y que bien hacerlo de nuevo con este, que tiene gore y humor. -
Read 3 volumes.
Ehh it was okay. It has fan service as others have said but not as bad as I was expecting. Even so, the plot is kinda weak and I can’t see myself keep going. I might return to it when it’s a completed series. Overall, interesting start to a series but didn’t hook me right away.
Edit 10/3/21: I just read book 2 and it gets so much better. There’s no unnecessary fan service and an actual plot is taking shape. I’m upping my stars to reflect that. I will be reading on!
Edit 12/1/21: Book 3 is getting better and better. I loved what happened with the cat guy and I'm interested to see what's going to happen with the two familiars and the big monster guy.
