“Eroko-san on the Assault” Manga Overview
進撃のえろ子さん～変なお姉さんは男子高生と仲良くなりたい～
Shingeki no Eroko-san ~Hen na Oneesan wa Danshikousei to Nakayoku Naritai~
Assault of Eroko-san: A Perverted Oneesan Who Desires to Grow to be Shut With a Excessive College Boy
Due to retweets from artists and different manga-ka, I’m typically launched to new works. That is how the works of KONOGI Yoshiru got here to my consideration. On the time, she was writing Henjo – The Unusual Feminine Excessive-Schooler Amaguri Senko. However as some manga-ka will do in fashionable occasions, they’ll begin a brand new sequence to run in parallel. On this case, Konogi-sensei took one of many characters from Henjo, then created an oneesan lady to pair with him to create the spinoff Eroko-san on the Assault, which is printed within the seinen journal, Younger Animal. And now, the manga is completed and the characters return to Henjo. However how was the manga?
The Story, in Transient
A 27 yr previous NEET (Not in Employment, Schooling, or Coaching), otaku girl named SHINDOU Eruko runs a social media account below the title “Shingeki no Eroko”. There, she posts her fantasies about hooking up with a highschool boy. Sadly, Eruko has run out of cash. As such, she’s compelled to take a job as a handyman on the Handyman Amaguri firm. To her completely happy shock, she’s assigned a cleansing job at an area bathhouse with a 17 yr previous highschool boy named Hoshi-kun. He’s simply her kind. And for Hoshi, Eruko is the proper, large-breasted “oneesan” kind.
Over time, the pair get nearer and reveal they’ve emotions for one another. They go on a date, although Eruko worries in regards to the social and authorized penalties of relationship a 17 yr previous man. Issues are additional sophisticated when Hoshi’s feminine classmate and pal, Koharu, seems to be Eruko’s subsequent door neighbor. She didn’t count on Hoshi to maneuver in along with her for the summer time, with the permission of his mother and father. Not solely that, she has his father’s permission to be intimate with Hoshi.
Thus their life as a romantic couple begins. However can it final as Eruko will get a job at an organization to do social media stuff whereas Hoshi tries to turn out to be a mangaka?
Age-Hole Romance
As I beforehand acknowledged, the thought of a 17 yr previous younger man and a 27 yr previous girl having a romantic (and sexual) relationship could also be off-putting for some. For me, I bear in mind what it was wish to be 17. Biologically talking, 17 is when males are hitting their sexual peak. Guys need to have intercourse on a regular basis at that age, and admittedly, an “older girl” in her 20s who may educate one the ropes can be extremely desired. As such, I didn’t let this side of Eroko-san on the Assault hassle me. Plus, within the story, Hoshi’s mother and father gave consent for the connection to occur.
That apart, the fantasy features of such a relationship from each the female and male perspective are coated. If that have been the one factor the manga did, it wouldn’t be price studying. Nevertheless, Konogi-sensei goes deeper. She takes a have a look at the insecurities a 17 yr previous man would have relationship somebody 10 years older than him. For instance, Hoshi-kun worries about whether or not he can sustain with an grownup girl since he’s nonetheless in highschool.
Transversely, Sensei additionally peeks into the thoughts of a 27 yr previous girl who all the time wished to this point a teen boy, however for apparent causes, couldn’t. Eruko has very comprehensible considerations about relationship a 17 yr previous lad. Regardless of having Hoshi’s parental consent, she nonetheless worries in regards to the police arresting her. She worries extra about what society will consider a 10-year age hole between them than Hoshi does.
It’s these critical moments that make Eroko-san on the Assault so fascinating. Positive, there are the comedy moments too, however this isn’t only a attractive teen fantasy sequence, nor an grownup girl’s fantasy sequence. And that’s factor.
On the Ero Entrance
Eroko-san on the Assault is a seinen manga sequence. As such, it goes into extra grownup areas than a shounen title. Nevertheless, Konogi-sensei doesn’t dwell a lot on the visible, ecchi features of the story. Certainly, when Hoshi-kun and Eruko lastly have intercourse, that’s not proven, nor did it have to be. I think a male writer might need gone slightly extra erotic on the drawings and proven extra.
That’s to not say that Konogi-sensei doesn’t present something. There will likely be glimpses of erotic moments, however they’re typically stored temporary. And Barbie Doll nudity is all that’s proven in these moments.
A lot of the erotic components are within the ideas of characters, particularly Eruko. Konogi-sensei accents this by having hearts seem in Eruko’s eyes. However weirdly sufficient, as lewd because the ideas and a few visuals could be, there’s a healthful component that runs via the sequence as effectively. A part of this stems from the truth that each characters are virgins.
One other component that provides this manga a healthful feeling is that each characters need to marry. And past intercourse, each have turn out to be accustomed to residing collectively and spending all their free time collectively. As such, when Hoshi has to return dwelling after the summer time break, each really feel lonely and miss one another drastically. I couldn’t assist however like that.
On the Official Tip
Shockingly, Eroko-san on the Assault is a licensed manga sequence. Effectively, extra like “was” a licensed sequence as no new chapter has been printed by them since October 30, 2023 (chapter 42). The corporate that had the license was a small, digital-only agency known as Comikey. As such, in case you are a print manga collector, there’s no method this sequence is getting licensed for print. The entire main publishing homes that would license it nearly actually received’t as a result of they wouldn’t have the digital rights. So for me, that’s a serious unfavourable.
Additional, Comikey requires of us to purchase their digital foreign money to unlock chapters on their app or on their web site. It’s presupposed to be a less expensive price than most publishers, however I don’t find out about that. For simulpubs, they declare to permit free entry to a chapter for the preliminary week earlier than it goes behind a paywall. I don’t like exclusivity if I’m paying for digital copies of one thing. That’s why I haven’t minded Irodori, as I can obtain a PDF copy of my manga and browse it wherever.
The primary two volumes will be bought digitally on Amazon for below $9. So whereas I’m completely happy that Konogi-sensei’s work had an official license, I’m not thrilled with the sort of license at hand. If I had the cash, I’d get this on print.
Closing Ideas and Conclusion
Regardless of its mildly ecchi and lewd features, I actually preferred Eroko-san on the Assault. Whereas I’m unhappy the manga got here to an finish after a wholesome 9 quantity run, each Hoshi and Eruko will likely be common visitor characters within the Henjo manga.
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