bookheaven | Thigh High: Reiwa Hanamaru Academy, Vol. 1

Thigh High: Reiwa Hanamaru Academy, Vol. 1 by Kotobuki

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What the hell did I just read? I'll be honest, one of those stars is for the fine art (seriously that's a huge selling point for this one). It's a humor manga that I suspect is a weekly thing because all the 'chapters' were short and shallow (far too shallow for me). This isn't my thing really but okay let's review it.

Reiwa is a secret paradise where precious young blossoms can bloom or some such (which is the tagline) Basically for no known reason all the boys here wear panties, bras and skirts and act out the worst stereotypes of teenaged girls (i.e. being fashioned obsessed and honestly that's all this is about). The blurb makes it sound like it's more than that "The hunks at Hanamaru Academy are putting the boot (and booty!) to gender norm uniforms" (I do see that it IS changed here on goodreads vs what's on the book) So I was expecting some social commentary....yeah not so much.

You get all the fan service though including up skirt shots of the guys panties and them in their bras.

So instead of vapid fashion-crazy teen girls you get vapid fashion-crazy teen guys talking about skirt lengths, the perfect tan and bra types. To be fair it's meant to be vapid. It's humor after all. My library has the next issue so maybe I'll read it but no way would I pay for this. It's just not enough plot for me.

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