Sep 4, 2025
Mikoto-chan is not a consistent romantic comedy and what romance exists is dysfunctional & unhealthy alongside other factors that I'll cover in the following paragraphs.
The initial chapter is light hearted in comparison with the rest of the series. The story is about an unhealthy yet realistic dependency relationship forged by trauma, grief, guilt and doubt in oneself. Despite how the detailed characters & side cast care or feel about themselves, the relationship is off-putting due to the lack of positive vocal acknowledgement between the parties about their suffering.
It's human rather than cookie cutter but the shift after the first chapter is noticeable in a way
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that it doesn't recover from, whether that's good or bad is up to your experiences in life & in reading but it has major tonal whiplash from chapter to chapter and sometimes page to page.
Based on my experiences there needs to be major acknowledgement of the aforementioned emotions & themes before romance or unmanipulated relationships can even be a factor. At chapter 17 so far very little has been addressed and both internal & external manipulation of various forms has increased despite the glimmer of progress & improvement.
On another note the artwork can be beautiful one minute, purposely funny another and poorly framed/placed the next. It became rather frustrating and someone explained it perfectly by saying “why is it drawn like everyone is looking up so you can see into their noses”.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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