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Cutie Honey #1-2

Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection

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One of the most recognized super-heroines in manga history finally has her original story in print! Both volumes of Go Nagai’s 1973 cult classic are collected in this oversized hardcover tome. Beautiful but unassuming schoolgirl Kisaragi Honey has a secret--she's actually an android! Through her father's amazing technology, she can transform into the unstoppable Cutie Honey. It's a power that the nefarious criminal organization known as Panther Claw will stop at nothing to possess, even if it means destroying that which Honey loves the most. Experience the original saga of Japan's iconic super-heroine by Go Nagai, the author of Devilman!

480 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1974

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Go Nagai

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Kiyoshi Nagai (永井潔 Nagai Kiyoshi, born September 6, 1945 in Wajima, Ishikawa), better known by the penname Gō Nagai (永井 豪 Nagai Gō?), is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. Since 2009, he is a member of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee.

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Profile Image for Dan.
3,213 reviews10.8k followers
August 29, 2018
Professor Kisaragi creates a cute android named Cutie Honey and sends her to an all girls school for her education. When he is killed by an evil organization, Panther Claw, Cutie Honey swears revenge!

My dive into the early days of manga continues with Cutie Honey. If I was looking for a manga that perfectly illustrates the differences between Japanese and American comics of the early 1970s, this is it!

Cutie Honey is an android that resembles a cute teenage girl. Thanks to Professor Kisaragi's airborne elemental solidifier, she can switch between seven different forms, each with different abilities by shouting "Honey Flash!". And she's briefly naked between each transformation because why wouldn't she be?

So yeah, while this is largely a super hero style comic, it also has a pervy streak a mile wide, chock full of boob and butt shots, mostly of Cutie while she's between transformations but also when she's showering or taking a bath, which she does quite a bit.

Also, most of the female characters at the boarding school are lesbian, either cute like Honey or brutish and hairy. The cultural differences between American and Japanese comics are very apparent.

All that aside, the book is a lot of fun and action packed. Cutie Honey tears through the Panther Claw like a katanna through a watermelon, switching forms, kicking ass, and winding up in situations where she is naked and almost powerless.

The characters have interesting designs, Honey being the standout. I was surprised how much attention was given to developing the women in Panther Claw since most of them were cannon fodder for Honey. The art was better than Devilman, also by Go Nagai, and Captain Harlock from around the same time period.

A few oddities I want to mention but couldn't work in elsewhere:
- a guy gets karate chopped in the bleeding hemorrhoids four or five times.
- While Cutie Honey eats food for energy, she's too shy to reveal if she pees or poops.
- One of the ladies in Panther Claw is named Breast Claw. Of course.

Of all the classic manga Seven Seas has released so far, Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection is the best. No regrets on this purchase, either for its place in manga history or pure entertainment value.
4.5 out of 5.
Profile Image for Gonzalo Oyanedel.
Author 23 books78 followers
August 23, 2020
Formidables contradicciones presenta Cutie Honey, luchadora cibernética que sin embargo inspira a las chicas mágicas del mahō shōjo y heroína sexy que no se limita a la exposición de piel, siendo además un dechado de valentía e independencia frente al que palidecen los patéticos personajes masculinos. Go Nagai se inspira en la versión catódica de investigadora estadounidense Honey West para presentar a una justiciera de alter ego cándido a quien lo le evita las situaciones picantes (pero jamás groseras) que además refrescan su obra dominada por los densos enfrentamientos de Mazinger-Z y Devil Man; muy poblado está el planea de las magical girls, mas "La guerrera del amor" -como se describe a sí misma- ha sabido destacar en su nicho.
Profile Image for Thiago Rigueira.
7 reviews1 follower
February 11, 2023
Fruto de seu tempo, Cutie Honey nos mostra a vida conturbada de uma super heroína androide que busca vingar a morte de seu pai/criador que foi morto pela organização criminosa Garra da Pantera.
Profile Image for Rebecca.
4,332 reviews69 followers
November 28, 2018
While this is definitely sexist and outdated in a lot of ways - unwanted touching played off as humor, mostly - it is still easy to see why it was such an influential book and is worth reading as a piece of manga history.


Full Review Eventually Appearing on ANN.
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360 reviews3 followers
August 4, 2022
Un manga divertit d'humor eixelebrat. El dibuix és molt expressiu i ajuda a donar força a la part còmica. Els vestits de les dolentotes són tot un festival imaginatiu. Molt divertit, m'ha agradat molt la traducció catalana d'Ooso còmic.
Profile Image for Victor The Reader.
1,858 reviews25 followers
February 27, 2019
This collection of an ecchi (Japanese for “sexy” or “naughty”) manga from the 1970s, it’s full of obscurity that’s humorous from its odd art style, characters and their personalities to its fanservice of its protagonist. Still, it’s a good funny series that provides some decent action scenes that balances it all (Grade: B).
Profile Image for James.
211 reviews9 followers
July 4, 2021
Horny, hilarious, and deeply important.
Profile Image for Sara.
17 reviews1 follower
August 20, 2023
What the actual everliving fuck?
Profile Image for Miriam.
19 reviews
February 24, 2021
I am pretty familiar with Cutie Honey as this was the first manga of Go Nagai I have ever read before discovering the superior animated adaptations. Unfortunately, it's not a title of quality, as it is a product of it's time (1970s), but it doesn't excuse the fact that there are a lot of other manga from that time that are of higher quality and that they age way better (Hideko Mizuno's Fire!, along with many other vintage shojo) and it makes me sad that Seven Seas didn't give those titles a chance for english translation because they actually deserve it. This makes me wonder what Seven Seas was thinking when they picked this up (Probably to cash in on Cutie Honey Universe. Honestly, nearly all of the titles of the Classic Collection are questionable picks, with the exception of Claudine.).

Cutie Honey is about a high school girl named Honey Kisaragi who is actually an Android manufactured by her father. In her body, she holds the Elemental Fixation Device (or something else. This manga was so forgettable for me), which is targeted by the notorious Panther Claw. For this reason, Dr. Kisaragi sends his android daughter to Saint Chapel to keep her safe from them but unfortunately, they come after him and he calls Honey for help. Along the way, she meets Seiji, Junpei, and Danmei, the odd family who seem to be vested into Honey and follow around with her on her adventures.

It doesn't take a detective to see why this manga for the Classic Collection flopped so hard (apparently, Cutie Honey didn't even manage to sell 5K copies, which was stated by the translator as the licenses for the manga costed a fortune). Story was poorly written. Icky and problematic moments like Honey's Teacher, Alphonne, masturbating in front of the class and Junpei licking Honey was just creepy (and pedophilia possibly?). The art was egregious, which isn't a surprise, as this was by Go Nagai.

Overall rating: 0/10. Creepy and distasteful. Skip it and read something else.
Profile Image for Diogo Muller.
794 reviews9 followers
October 16, 2023
Oh boy... this sure is a product of its time.

When you read a Go Nagai manga, you kinda know what to expect - there'll be some nudity and some sexy/sexist jokes that didn't age that well, and it sure is the case here. 2/3 of the jokes on this would be completely unnaceptable nowadays. There's also so much nudity that it almost crosses the line between "Erotic" and "Porn" - so, if you are bothered by nudity, skip this, easily.

So, why does it still deserve 2 stars? Because, well, if you skip all the distasteful and juvenile stuff, there's still a fun action manga in here. Fun fights, creative enemies, this is very much a reflection of the action series of its time, but in a good way. There are a lot of good ideas and innovations here, but they are brought down by all the outdated jokes.

This is... not good, but it's interesting as a mirror of its time, the good and the bad.
Profile Image for Coke Fernández.
360 reviews6 followers
December 29, 2020
No es malo, pero sí simplón. Solo ofrece batallas constantes y viñetas picantonas. Eso no quita que sea una obra con la que pasar un rato entretenido.
Profile Image for Anaïs.
12 reviews5 followers
March 4, 2022
complicado
mais valor histórico do que realmente de conteúdo
Profile Image for Bobby Stringini.
230 reviews
January 24, 2025
I have been a long time fan of the Cutie Honey character. Like most Americans, I was first exposed to her in the OVA series that ADV localized. Since then I have seen various iterations and interpretations of the character over the years, from her original anime series to her big budget live action film. It is very interesting to get a chance to dig into the original manga that helped create such a long running and iconic character.

This version of Cutie Honey is definitely made for a more mature audience, and contains all the perverted trappings you would expect from something written in the 1970's. Nudity is a plenty, jokes are tasteless and dated, and the blood flows freely. I will say, while I would never consider this book gory, I was actually surprised at how quickly characters were just killed off in fairly brutal fashion. Obviously, this one is not for the kiddos, or for a lot of readers to be honest.
If you do decide to read this, keep in mind that there is a lot of material in here that would probably not fly today. Specifically scenes of Honey or other female characters being touched without giving consent. There is also a lot of bondage jokes... Like, a lot. Is this the most shocking or perverse manga I have ever read? Oh heck no. I own volumes of Ogenki Clinic, and the complete Urotsukidoji manga. This is just surface level on the Shock Train.

I, personally, loved the bizarre humor that just popped up everywhere. This series is 100% tasteless, knows it, and plays to it. I appreciated that, as most modern manga rightfully plays it much safer these days. The plot is pretty straight forward, although the last couple of chapters feel like everyone involved knew that cancelation was coming, so they rushed into a final big battle. The tone is all over the place, as well. In one scene Honey is mourning the loss of a character, in the next it's a gag about Junpei trying to see her naked in the bath. Total whiplash.

Is this my favorite version of the character? No. I actually prefer the version used in Cutie Honey F and the live action movie, but I appreciate what Go Nagai did here, and I am grateful to see what how the character evolved from this manga into something much different. As a part of manga history, and specifically as a start to a very long running character, this manga is a fun time capsule, though.
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Author 11 books40 followers
August 9, 2023
Cutie Honey has always been one of those series that's been on my peripheral. I know she's important to the magical girl genre and has one of the best anime theme songs ever. However, I had never read the original manga until now!

I was pretty shocked reading the first few pages and had to double check what I was reading. Ha ha ha. I did not know the original Cutie Honey was erotica, so I was a little off put, but I eventually read the entire thing--Cutie Honey is such an impactful work that I had to see what was what. It blends eroticism and violence into a manga depicting Honey's struggles with loss and revenge.

The story at its core is great and I can see why Honey is so beloved years later, but I also felt the fast changing tones of the story was a bit much for me. It swapped between pure erotic jokes, serious death, slapstick, humor featuring bodily functions, and back to seriousness so fast I'm impressed Go Nagai got it all into two volumes.

While reading, I felt many of the jokes did not age well (particularly the ones about the "ugly" girls), and I wish I'd known the genre of this book before I started reading (that's on me for not looking up the history lol), but I can see why this book is such an important work, for both erotica and the magical girl genre.

I really enjoyed the two interviews in the back of the book, one discussing Honey's creation and the second talking about the importance of erotica as a genre. They were a nice touch at the end of the book.

Whatever her start, Cutie Honey is an iconic character and I'm glad to have read the original.
Profile Image for Kate (Looking Glass Reads).
467 reviews23 followers
November 29, 2018
I have long loved classic manga and anime. When a new edition of an older manga comes out you can bet that I am first in line for a copy. Obviously, I jumped on the chance to read Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection by Go Nagai. Cutie Honey is a lot of things. In one sense it’s a magical girl manga. In another it’s a sci-fi manga. It’s a mystery story. There’s violence, nudity, and sexual themes. And I loved every second of it.

Professor Kisaragi is the creator of an android he’s raised as his own daughter. When Honey Kisaragi finds out that her father has been murdered she swears revenge. In addition to attending the all-girls school her father enrolled her in, Honey now has to fight Panther Claw, the evil organization responsible for her father’s death.

Cutie Honey touches a lot of themes, balancing them extremely well. It is a revenge story, the tale of a teenager bent on vengeance for her father. It is a science fiction story filled with androids, gadgets, and villains who’ll do anything to gain Professor Kisaragi’s knowledge. It is also a magical girl story. Kisaragi Honey has the ability to change into several forms. When she does this in order to fight Panther Claw she is known as Cutie Honey.

The series is action packed. Cutie Honey can more than hold her own against all manner of villains Panther Claw sends her way. Yet, raw fighting power isn’t her only strength. Honey’s cleverness shines through as well, particularly when dealing with bullies and various issues at school.

There is a good deal of violence and sexual content in here. If you’ve read some of Go Nagai’s other works – Devilman for instance – this won’t be much of a surprise. There are some sexual situations and characters are often depicted naked. While Honey is changing forms she’s momentarily naked, and quite understandably so. Yet, this nakedness isn’t always portrayed in a sexual manner. It’s portrayed as very normal. There isn’t anything overtly sexual in circumstances such as Honey showering, etc, despite it being quite easy to use these scenes as nothing more than fan service. That said, there is sexual content in here, most often played for laughs.

As the manga is originally from the 1970s the art may not be what all readers expect. It is more ‘cartoonish’ at times than others, but magnificent nonetheless. Characters are drawn with incredibly distinct, extremely memorable designs. I really enjoy Go Nagai’s art, perhaps because it is so very different than much of what we see today.

Alas, the story remains unfinished. Such is the fate of serialized manga sometimes. Yet, enough of the story is told to feel satisfactory. Many incarnations of Cutie Honey have been released over the years including various manga, anime series, and movies. If you want other variations on the story or a more thorough conclusion, I’d suggest checking out some of these.

I would absolutely recommend picking up a copy of Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection by Go Nagai. It is a great story with very memorable characters. This all-inclusive hardcover edition is gorgeous, if a little more expensive than some other manga, and absolutely worth the price.

I received a copy of this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This review original found on Looking Glass Reads.
Profile Image for Kim.
265 reviews2 followers
November 15, 2018
I was quite excited to find out that Seven Seas Entertainment was going to release the original Cutie Honey manga - and this release doesn't disappoint. With occasional full color pages and all of the typical Go Nagai off-color humor, this certainly isn't a release for everyone. There's toilet humor, lesbianism as humor, and, well, Go Nagai's art...can be something else. It's juvenile, to put it mildly, and I think for readers used to high production, super slick art styles, it would be extremely off putting. All of that aside, Cutie Honey is, hands down, my favorite magical girl, and, in some circles, is considered a start of the Magical Girl trope in anime and manga (along with Sally the Witch). She's a confident, smart, and more than capable heroine. She doesn't have a savior - she's literally a one woman army against the forces of Panther Claw. On top of that, she has heart and is an engaging and intriguing character. It's nice to see the magic that made me fall in love with the character has been present since day one.
Profile Image for Brandon.
1,339 reviews
August 8, 2020
It's hard for me to defend Go Nagai's artwork or his writing, but I always feel compelled to praise his work because the concepts often revolutionized manga and anime, and are thus historically significant. The background, according to an afterword by Nagai in this same volume, is that Toei Animation approached him with making a new series because of the success of their adaptation of his Mazinger Z mecha series. So Cutie Honey begins as something of a "pilot" for Toei's anime, and, as many of Nagai's '70s works went, the manga ended up being really short compared to the length of the TV show. This ends up having a strong effect on the story of the manga, as the revenge plot against the Panther Claw organization ends up being only half-fulfilled. However, the manga also ends up feeling "tighter" than Nagai's earlier Devilman (though I'd still say Devilman is superior).

The story begins without much originality. The genius inventor Dr. Kisaragi creates an android daughter who can transform into a superhero to defeat the evil Panther Claw organization. Honey Kisaragi is thus a combination of the first Kamen Rider (transforming cyborg) and Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy (robot offspring). Honey's body contains the "Airborne Elemental Solidifier" device, which can create matter from the elements in the atmosphere, which Panther Claw want so they might create diamonds out of thin air, or something. Panther Claw break into Kisaragi's lab and kill him, so Honey ends up fighting them out of revenge (not too different from Takeshi Hongo's pursuit against Shocker). Panther Claw appears at first to be led by the whip-wielding Sister Jill, but it isn't long before the witch Panther Zora is revealed as the true leader of Panther Claw (Jill is thus the sub-leader in charge of the Japanese branch, being the only branch we see in the manga). Black Claw is sent by Sister Jill to kill Dr. Kisaragi, followed by Fire Claw sent after Honey. Upon Fire Claw's defeat, Jill appeals to Zora, who grants her access to some of Panther Claws greatest warriors, who soon attack Honey together and form the basis of the rest of the manga's conflict. From here on, the story comes into its own, and stands rather tall as a decent little manga. Honey is first seeking vengeance on behalf of her father, but after Sister Jill expands her range of violence Honey doubles down on her hatred of her foe. The manga ends with Sister Jill's defeat and a reference to challenging Zora, but it stops before the Panther Claw organization is formally defeated (perhaps to allow the anime to finish the story, but the anime would diverge too much from Nagai's more brutal manga).

Nagai's Devilman felt a bit too "episodic" in its beginning, with the manga roughly divided into five story arcs, one for each volume. Cutie Honey benefits for being only two volumes long and having both volumes follow the same story as it develops. The closest comparison between Honey and Devilman would be perhaps to link Sister Jill to Sirene and the many Panther Claw warrior women as Kaim and the two other demons under Sirene's command. That is, Cutie Honey gives us nothing as game-changing as Devilman's apocalypse. What the manga does give us is a transforming female warrior who would go on to inspire the later Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure properties (like Cutie Honey, they were also animated by Toei). I guess we could also say the constant nudity in an otherwise action-based series would foretell things like High School DxD, Highschool of the Dead, Triage X, ValxLove, &c.

On the subject of nudity, I can only assume the nipples and butts were mostly unheard of in the early '70s because none of this stuff is really "hot" at all. Nagai isn't great at anatomy. There are too many panels where you see Honey or Sister Jill's full body and you can see how fucking long their torsos are. Like, under the bust and down to the top of the hips would be roughly 1/3 a character's total height, when it should be closer to 1/4. Asses end up being too long as well, though at least there's some meat in them, where many later manga by other artists would give everyone a pancake ass. So good for Go, I guess. The point is, there's enough nudity that it warrants an "ecchi" tag, but nothing ends up being remotely titillating until perhaps the scene when Honey is masquerading as a bronze statue and the old guy and little boy are fondling her body, and the old guy starts sucking her nipples and the kid is kissing her butt, and then the kid starts licking her crotch. Oh, actually, I just remembered Honey seemed to fingerbang Aki early on, and either flicked her nipples or tickled her armpits a little later (Nagai's wonky art made it hard to tell).

Nagai continues to prove his zaniness elsewhere. Honey's entire school is filled with thirsty lesbians (I didn't include this in the previous paragraph because all but Aki are meant to be not-hot). Honey's teacher looks like a man in drag, as does the teacher's lover. So they're either ugly homosexual crossdressers or ugly homosexual women, but either way Nagai's being a goofball by being offensive on purpose. There are a gang of sukeban who really look more like bancho, and Nagai does not shy away from showing the curly hairs coming out of their leader's nipples. Beyond these sexual oddities, the manga also features a wealth of violence, with Panther Claw members brutally murdering bystanders, Honey brutally murdering Panther Claw members, and a fucking bombing raid on Honey's school wherein almost everyone is killed and we see bloody limbs and heads fly everywhere and Aki is fucking burned to death by Dragon Panther.

Oh, and the Panther Claw bosses all look wack as fuck in that unique way only Nagai can pull off. The main villain wears a panther on her head. Tarantula Panther looked pretty cute until it turned out she had a spider ass, and when she shoots web it looks too scatological for my tastes.
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4 reviews
April 13, 2023
I definitely wanted to like this book more than I did. After watching Hideaki Anno’s fabulous live action adaptation, I had to check out more of the source material.

The original Cutie Honey doesn’t have too much to it. It’s a transforming magical girl manga with a lot of nudity. The nudity isn’t what I’d call tasteful, especially with a lot of voyeuristic scenes and one case where it got a little rapey.

The art was really nice though. I dig Nagai’s art and just having the classic Cutie Honey book is kinda neat. The story does lack substance I think. There is a good balance between dark themes and the cheeriness of it all but it seems like Nagai is more concerned with focusing on a detective with hemorrhoids or a gang of conventionally unattractive women.

There’s a lot of old school charm to draw me into this but overall, it’s not a very strong story and doesn’t pay off in the end, whether it was intended to be the end or not.
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357 reviews4 followers
August 24, 2021
Did not finish...

Look... I should have known better... but I saw the title and the cover, I read the back cover and thought, "hell yea, vintage robot magical girl sort of thing". Dear reader, I was wrong, it's by the creator of Devil Man... which should have been a clue. However I was naive and thought, "oh well maybe it's forgettable and weird and cutesy that's why we don't talk about it like their other work. Nope, it's just... it's A LOT, maybe it's for some people, but for me this was not it. It's far more graphic than I could handle (at least sexually), and I only made it 2 chapters in.

Oh well.
Profile Image for Gale.
44 reviews1 follower
March 8, 2025
There's not much for modern audiences here, and even for someone who enjoys reading vintage manga, Cutie Honey has aged poorly in many aspects.

Honey herself is an enjoyable character. She's clever and funny with a decent design. The villains and fights are servicable. The art is pretty amateur looking, and the transformation sequences are silly, but that's Go Nagai for you.

Unfortunately, what I'll call the "slapstick segments" are the real sore thumb here. They're juvenile and cringeworthy at best, and at their worst, they're... extremely uncomfortable and icky.

But for what it's worth? I still enjoyed my time with Cutie Honey.
Profile Image for Kole.
432 reviews2 followers
December 13, 2025
I don't really know how to describe this one.... I guess smut for 12 year old boys? The 1960's Batman show mixed with a magical girl show with lesbians, bloody murder, and hemorrhoid jokes but not really as fun as that sounds? Won't even touch on some of the creepier elements of the whole thing (besides you know, the whole thing...) but very much a product of a very male, very misogynistic viewpoint.

Not recommended except for it's historical value, which I couldn't tell you what that is but hopefully is more important than the after blurb which argued its importance was a way for young boys to see boobs.
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446 reviews25 followers
June 14, 2019
This collection has pretty much everything that a serial comic/manga could have to appeal to young adults of the 20th and 21rst centuries: action, comedy, girl power, cats, fashion, androids, more cats, as much tasteful and humorous nudity a teenager would want, and of course more cats.

While some might find this collection to be 'below their reading level' in terms of the previously mentioned, give it a chance. I would normally give this series a single read, but due to the way Nagai goes with the plot, and of course the dated look of the illustrations, I would read it all over again.
Profile Image for Seth Isenberg.
53 reviews1 follower
August 4, 2020
Seven Seas' presentation in this Classic Collection series is fantastic- second only to Vertical in publishing classic manga with new translations.

It is hard to find anything redeeming about this one. Humor fell flat, the fanservice just seemed... icky. The baddies were halfway inventive but mostly goofy looking, and the characters were all one-dimensional. I could see how all Nagai's skills would better serve a serious monster manga like Devilman, but I just don't get the appeal of this one.

However, as always, Zack Davisson's translation was excellent. Just not my cup of tea.
Profile Image for Ada.
2,163 reviews36 followers
no-intention-of-reading
April 28, 2021
Dear Future-Me,

I know I know I know, the words 'classic' combined with your nerdy interest in manga and a hardcover edition are the ultimate catnip for you.

Stop it, you're not a cat. Control yourself human!

Yes it's a classic but there is a reason why you don't enjoy most of the classics: you can't handle the -isms. Even though the humour sounds a bit like you would enjoy, trust other reviewers. They mention things you really dislike.

Don't be a completionist. Spend your money on other unnecessary things, like snacks.

Greetings,

Past-Me
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865 reviews20 followers
December 28, 2019
I sort of knew what I was getting into when I picked this up having seen the anime. That said, this may be the horniest superhero comic I've ever read, and I'm including pornography in that statement. Not that this one ever rises about T&A as far as explicitness. That said, it's an absolute blast to read, with a gallery of bonkers villain designs, it starts with a quick pace and never really lets up. It makes this one the most fun of the batch of classic manga reprints I've read this year.
Profile Image for Robert.
27 reviews
June 14, 2021
A glorious catalog of inappropriateness! Go Nagai shifts from breathless action to vulgar slapstick to traumatic violence at a jarring pace, while never losing the protagonist’s emotional through line. Drawings are loose and flowing. Layouts project the reader across the page with verve and then toss them out the window. Yes, it’s perverted, yes it’s wrong, but it’s also brilliant.
Profile Image for Rubèn.
58 reviews
April 9, 2024
Val a dir que no m'havia informat suficientment bé sobre què anava a llegir, anava amb unes expectatives i ha resultat ser una cosa diferent. Ara bé, aquesta cosa ha sigut desagradable i absurda principalment. Un manga que ha envellit molt malament, entenc que potser fa 50 anys devia ser una cosa prou innovadora per alguns aspectes que presenta, però no puc justificar la resta de contingut.
560 reviews14 followers
August 2, 2022
A high quality, horny as hell parody of the transforming girl manga genre, with a few too many older stereotypes played for laughs and pointless nude shots to deserve anything higher than a "meh" rating.
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