Name: Spoiler-free review of Ase to Sekken. Facing insecurities and allowing yourself to be happy.
Item: Sweat and Soap
Rating: 83
Author: Benkei

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Spoiler-free review of Ase to Sekken. Facing insecurities and allowing yourself to be happy. · Waifora

════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Considerations ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ ● This is a spoiler-free review. ● 80+ in my rating means really good. ● I've got to read this work on a friend's recommendation. I didn't look too much into the synopsis and just started reading.

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The Story ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Asako works as an accountant for her favorite soap company. She loves Lilia Drop because it's the only brand that can help her with her excessive sweating. She's constantly ashamed of it and afraid of people smelling a bad odor coming from her. Everything changes when Natori, a development chief at Lilia Drop, spots her because of her smell, and now he's mesmerized by her sweet smell.The story of Ase to Sekken is really good. There's a really good amount of romance, drama, comfiness, and comedy. For me, reading this story felt like reading a romantic paperback book or movie, in which you start with the setting and, as the pages go by, you start to see time passing by, relationships and characters changing until you arrive at a really good and deserving ending.

A point that I feel obligated to mention is the amount of fanservice in this manga. Especially in the beginning, you have breasts, underwear, and lewd scenes pretty much everywhere. I dislike when authors force a lot of lewdness because it can be used as an excuse to lack in other areas, such as story. People will keep reading for the lewdess and so on.

Thankfully, Ase to Sekken isn't like this. The story does move forward well and has about 5 pages of really hard lewd per volume, which isn't all that bad IMO. I just ignored it. If you can't tolerate ecchi or oversexualization, that may be a manga to skip.

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The Art Style ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The art style is pretty good. What you can expect from a manga with a solid team of creators and assistants. Even in impactful moments, I felt like they used the light well and there was a good representation of smells, scents, and such.

(It's hard to find an image without a spoiler. That's one.)

There's honestly nothing for me to complain about. Even the lewd parts are well drawn. Backgrounds, expressions, details, and clothing are pretty good.
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The Characters ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ There are a fair number of characters in this manga. Asako, Natori, their families, co-workers, and friends; I felt like each one had a different personality, adding different flavors to the drama. Some have their own personal dramas and relationships, so they're able to evolve together with the story.

As I always like to talk about the main characters, Asako is great. We get to see her past and the explanation for how she behaves and thinks the way she does. We get to see her grow up as a character during the entirety of the series, and it's very pleasant to watch. The same applies for Natori.
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Conclusion ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ If you're like me, you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you don't want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point:

Read it. If you're okay with some really lewd scenes, go for it. It's a really good romance with really good characters, and there's such a sweet ending that I was kind of emotional about it. It is a solid adult romance manga.