# Review on Onani Master Kurosawa
[ ! WARNING ! ] This review contains spoilers for Onani Master Kurosawa. Do not read this review if you have not already read Onani Master Kurosawa. This may also contain minor spoilers for 'Koe no Katachi'/'A Silent Voice'. I do not recommend you read this review if you haven't seen Koe no Katachi, as it is a beautiful movie.
Anyways, on to the review.
Onani Master Kurosawa was a rollercoaster, which each scene displaying the characteristics and personalities of various characters, which becomes important due to the major character developement Onani Master Kurosawa faces. This story was about redemption, a 14/15 year old who lives to masturbate in the girls bathroom, and acts brutally cold and unsociable, and who turns into a better person due to the challenges he faces after being caught. There are many things this manga did really well, and things it didn't do so well.
[ Artstyle ] : (8.5/10)
The artstyle further dramaticized each dramatic scene with it's intensity, and complimented the story quite well. Whether you like the story or not, you may agree that the artstyle is really interesting. So far, the only issue i've had with the artstyle is some seemingly out of proportion moments, where either the face or the body is unnaturally off, which happened a few times.
[ Plot + Story + Premise ] : (8/10)
This one is argueable, after having mostly reread Onani Master Kurosawa I noticed that some parts of the plot felt a little bit inconsistent or just not amazing, but that's not to say it wasn't really good in general. The story itself kept me quite interested and to some it may be repelling, it's about a kid masturbating in school after all, and they really empthasize on that with various graphic scenes.
[ Pacing ] : (8/10)
I don't know about you, but personally I was really satisfied with the pacing, especially in the first half of the read. Some people may not have been as hooked throughout a lot of the manga, and may think that it was too slow, but it was fine considering there was noticeable character developement and plot. The reason I didn't score this lower is because I tend to be satisfied with medium to slow pacing, but there is still a too slow for me, and Onani Master Kurosawa wasn't too slow or too fast in most of the read. Some parts near the end may have felt slightly rushed though, because of the immediate transition to him being older, which felt a bit different than the rest of the pacing. I like to compare a lot of the changes to the movie 'Koe no Katachi' or 'A Silent Voice', due to it's somewhat similar theme of character developement and redemption. For those who haven't seen Koe no Katachi, I highly recommend that you do before flaming me for spoiling. The difference between Koe no Katachi's developement and Onani Master Kurosawa's developement is that Koe no Katachi knocks out the parts of the main character bullying Shoko Nishimiya in the first 20 or less minutes. Then on is just him trying to redeem himself and become a better person, that isn't to say he stops growing there, though. Now in Onani Master Kurosawa, it felt as though the majority of the read was him not yet developing significantly, and I feel as though that was a slight downside
[ Characters + Character Developement ] : (9/10)
The characters in general felt pretty real and honest compared to a lot of romance stories. Character developement was the main theme due to the main characters will to become a better person and redeem himself, despite being bullied and shamed by all the other students after admitting to what he's done. The character developement felt a little too strong sometimes. What I mean by this is by the end of the manga, he was too nice and the change felt too different from his true self. Yea, I know this sortof doesn't make sense because we're talking abuot character developement, but some of his changes felt unrealistic, that's all. It wasn't that big of a deal though, because it wasn't killing the character developement completely.
[ General Execution ] : (8.5/10)
Onani Master Kurosawa was well executed, it's difficult to really complain about it, because the artstyle, plot, story, pacing, and characters complimented eachother quite well. Not too much to say about the execution as a whole, so I'll say that overall it's pretty great.
[ Overall Score ] : (8.5/10)
After reading Onani Master Kurosawa I really felt as though it belonged in my favorites due to it's amazing artstyle, well crafted characters, and the meaning packed into it. It was truly one great read, and like all others, it's not one without flaws.
