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Originally Posted by Vexx
I see your point (I found myself unable to finish M.I. as well though I did force myself through 5 books) but we have to keep in mind that this is a fairly *old* manga, in some ways the ancestor of manga like A.Y.A., LH, or even Mahoraba: Heartful Days.
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Yes and no. Many of todays well-known shounen comedy romances are influenced by MI in some area or another, but they're usually not striving for the kind of slice of life reality or social satire MI is famous for. That's one of the main differences between a seinen manga like MI and shounen romances. Other similar manga like MI would be Hoshisato Mochiru's "Living Game" (1991-1994) or Hara Hidenori's "Fuyu monogatari" (1987-89).
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The humor in M.I. is 'primitive' (the surrounding characters very unlikeable by present standards) --
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I do like Yotsuya's antics very much but I'd never change with Godai. Yotsuya & co. are sometimes really mean
