Name: Fantastic art, great comedy, and decent story.
Item: Rosen Garten Saga
Rating: 85
Author: headrest2887

Waifra

Fantastic art, great comedy, and decent story.

This manga is not for everyone. I'd go as far as to say that this manga isn't for most normal people. However, there is a good chance that if you have found your way to this review that you may be one of the people who would really enjoy this manga. I think this manga is actually criminally underrated. It should be way more popular than it currently is.

I'm going to mention some of the major things that people may find problematic, but that I don't personally consider to be an issue (my reasons why are explained in the sub-bullet points):

There is a lot of nudity.

- After the first two chapters, the nudity isn't nearly as egregious. It is still very common, but this is not a manga that is intended to be used as wank material (at least for me). This manga is not on the same level as many of the other thinly veiled hentai you may be familiar with.

There are a lot of instances of sexual violence (such as rape).

- There are a lot of instances of rape, however within the context of the manga they are depicted in a comedic and completely unrealistic manner. One of the main characters, for example, uses magic to turn his enemies in battle into enemies and then rapes them as a show of dominance. This is played for laughs and is not meant to be taken seriously.
- I acknowledge that people may find this to be very distasteful, so I encourage you to not read this manga if you are very squeamish when it comes to this topic (although, again, this sort of stuff is not taken very seriously, I'd compare it to how killing is in a Call of Duty game - it's not given much weight in game and so most people don't react much to it when they see it).

Sexual humor and dick jokes are everywhere.

- This is a personal preference. Some people can't stand this sort of humor, and it can certainly get old. I don't think it has gotten old as of chapter 31, but my thoughts could certainly change if the same jokes are being repeated at chapter 100.
- An example of this would be how there is a character whose entire gimmick is (mild spoiler)

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that he uses something called "3 sword style" like in One Piece, except instead of holding the third sword in his mouth, his third sword is his 1 meter long penis which he uses in battle. Most other characters in this manga take this character seriously, which is a large part of why it is effective as humor.

I've given a few reasons why people might not be into the manga, so now I'll give a few reasons as to why I personally enjoy it.

The art is fantastic. I started reading the manga because of the artwork. It reminds a bit of Akira Hiramoto's (creator of Prison School) artstyle which I am very fond of. I wouldn't say that it is at the same level, but it is still better than most manga out there.
The comedy is great. I find this manga hilarious. I'm not good at articulating why I find things funny, but if you like absurd humor then I'm sure you'll enjoy this manga.
The characters are very solid. There is a very large cast of characters, and all of them have unique traits which allow them to stand out. The main character clearly has some sort of unrevealed history that I am interested in learning about.
The story is not as shallow as you may think at first. It certainly isn't groundbreaking in any way, but I would give the story so far a solid B. The author has a plan and they seem to be following through on it. It should be noted that it is very possible for things to change and for the quality of the story to take a nose dive going forward.

To conclude, I think this is a very solid manga with a lot of potential. If it is able to follow through on its current trajectory, I can see this becoming a cult classic. I am also looking forward to this artist's future work. They are very talented and it appears this is their first manga (at least it is the only one listed on AniList).