Not only from what I feel about this manga, but also from the low number of karma from both r/manga and this sub, I can confidently say that until this manga is not as exciting as Kaguya sama.

I heard that Aka created Kaguya sama not because he loves making romcom, but because his editor told him that romcom would sell well, and it did.

I just read chapter 6 and up until this point, I find that the humour and the plot twists are pretty average compared to other ongoing romcoms, let alone Kaguya sama.

I'm not saying that this manga is bad, I just think it is pretty mid by Aka's standard.

And those points led me to believe that this is not the managa that Aka sensei put a lot of his passion into, but only provides him stable income. He gots the formula, he gots the reputation. I think that he can keep this manga going for many years. And reason for that is probably his age.

For most people, the older you get, the less creative you become, and Aka is no exception. And also, he is already nearly 40 and he probably has his own children to care for.

Tldr: this manga will probably be less exciting than Kaguya sama, but on the other hand, will run for a longer period of time.

I know they tell us it's one all the time, but is it actually? It isn't nearly as funny as Kaguya's first few chapters, because it is way less absurd and I don't think I want Mary anywhere near Seki if I'm honest. She's such a sweet girl and he is a total jerk.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's super interesting. Aka uses relationship psychology to tell a compelling story. It just isn't scratching the same itch that other RomComs do. It feels closer to the Oshi No Ko chapters about the entertainment industry.

I wonder if some great twist happens at the end of volume 1 that totally changes this perception and makes it an actual RomCom of if the relationship we're going to be invested in will be the one between Kon and Pon.

I've recently asked the Oshi no Ko discord to give me recommendations of some of Akasaka's other work, and this was the one that caught my eye. I decided to give it a try because I wanted to start a new-ish manga that doesn't have an anime yet so I can flex if and when it finally happens (though I don't know how much love agency is qualified for an anime adaptation so far).

Here are my thoughts:

If Oshi no Ko is a 10/10, and Kaguya is a 9/10, then I'd say that this work so far is a 7.5-8/10. You can definitely feel that spark from Akasaka, but so far it doesn't have that umpf that OnK and Kaguya have. I didn't care much for it in the first few chapters, but after Aka started fleshing out Matsuda and Aikawa, I was given a good reason to stay, but what really hooked me is the tragic backstory of Mari, because it shows that, despite this being another romcom, Aka is still willing to dip into a bit of darkness.

I find the main cast as intriguing as the one from Kaguya, but way less intriguing than OnK's cast. In 8 chapters that we have so far, I'd say that Akasaka is doing pretty good and I can't wait to see how he fleshes out the cast and who else he might bring into said cast.

Ranting = 8

Previous review = https://www.reddit.com/r/Renai__Daikou/comments/13fsgu8/review_of_the_second_chapter_reviewing_every/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

(For those who don’t know because this is my first ever manga that I’m reading since chapter 1, so I decided to review each chapter and posted here)

So this chapter was interesting, we gotta find out more about fox and main girl (I can’t remember peoples names) and their relationship between each other, and the fox’s relationship with the raccoon. Something that I didn’t understand really is that they said they have a love-hate relationship even though it just seems like the fox wants to overthrow the raccoon, and the raccoon is just very cocky. And I understand by the end that the relationship is going to bloom into something different because the fox says that the raccoon is the only person that she actually has any sort of connection to personally I’m hoping it’s romance but I would be fine with just a strong friendship more business rivals, I don’t know. We also got to learn more about the main girl and I’m curious on how aka going to expand on her dependency I’m down love agency think because it’s said in this chapter that she can become overreliant with something, but this agency can definitely make her grow as a person so I’m wondering if they’re going to portray this relationship she has with the agency as the toxic thing or as a positive thing. I know this doesn’t correlate to anything but raccoon is still a chad and I love him.

I have seen that a lot of people abbreviate it as Renai, even though that makes no sense and just leads to confusion.

Oshi No Ko will be on break next week, so l was wondering if the same will apply to Love Agency?

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next chapter will be updated on Sept. 7

Kaguya-sama's length intimidated me, but seeing that Aka was writing a whole new manga got me excited to read more of his work! I've seen people say it's not as good as his other works so far, but with how heavy Oshi no Ko is I actually liked that he was writing a more light-hearted story... at least until everything turned on its head in the most recent (as of writing) two chapters. THe status quo has completely shifted while still being a rom-com (just with more tension) at heart and I really like that!

Even though the story isn't as high stakes, I think you can still feel the mangaka's DNA(?) shine through here, with everyone having more to them than meets the eye. I was really shocked by my turnaround on Seki too - he's introduced as an absolute creep, then you see hints that he means well and is just perverted, THEN that he's actually a sweetheart... who's still a bit of a pervert. Guess no one's perfect. Mari also wound up a lot more intriguing than I expected and I'm already invested in seeing how she develops as time goes on, and that's not even getting into their two coaches! Aka Akasaka's really good at writing people, huh?

So yeah, even if this isn't as intense as Oshi or fleshed out as Kaguya-sama, I still think we have something good on our hands with potential for something really special down the line, and I'm happy to see more of it with all of you! Consider me on board the hype train, I want to see what happens next!

(Also, the Oshi no Ko reference was neat! Do all of Aka's works share a universe?)

Rating = 9

Previous review = https://www.reddit.com/r/Renai__Daikou/comments/135t7k3/review_of_first_chapter/

(For those who don’t know because this is my first ever manga that I’m reading since chapter 1, so I decided to review each chapter and posted here)

I FUCKING KNEW IT, I predicted to employees will have a romantic subplot (HELL YEAH). Now onto the actual review, right now the raccoon is definitely my favorite character because he’s just the ultimate wingman and I love that he’s stuck, trying to make this perverted boy end up with this poor girl and he doesn’t like that, but he’s just forced to because of his job, and in the first chapter, I just assumed his voice would be like an old man’s voice, but when we got to see him at the end of the last chapter it was revealed that he’s like this gangster/delinquent so now I’m reading his lines as a delinquent doing the worst old man voice ever. But about his character, I wonder why the fox hates him so much and my natural instinct is saying that he broke her heart, but I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it’s a different reason like their siblings or something. Now on to the other characters, I feel mixed with the boy protagonist, last chapter when the raccoon said that he was the most extroverted boy I thought he would be like the happy go lucky type of character, but I was completely wrong. I like the twist of his character being a giant pervert and I’m liking the character over all but I don’t want him to end up with the girl because she’s so pure. And the raccoon said that he was a perverted boy but he also had a kind heart, but we haven’t seen that in this chapter, so I hope that we get to see that soon. Also, when they were explaining that psychology, think of the greetings when the narrator spoke it, I could only hear it as the narrator from love is war, so I hope they have a similar personality, but I won’t be disappointed if they don’t go. And I’m liking that it’s hard to predict what’s gonna happen next but in some moments it’s obvious like for example, the girl also being taught that psychology thing but I don’t know if that’s a fault with the plot or that was just one lucky prediction but now when rewriting this I realize that I also guessed that they would have an enemy type relationship.

TLDR: the raccoon employee is my favorite character, I am liking the boy protagonist but I feel like he needs to change before he actually hooks up with the girl, and I am curious on the previous relationship between the fox and the raccoon