Publisher: Seven Seas
Volumes: 8+/12+ (Ongoing), In Print
Shounen
Genre: Smut, Ecchi, Harem, Scifi, Conspiracy
Summary: It’s 2040, and the world has progressed into a utopia, with much of the labor automated by machines and AIs. Medical Student Reito Mizuhara was told he has a potentially lethal medical condition called Cellular Sclerosis, but if he goes into cryosleep for 5 years, then there should be a cure by the time he wakes up. Before he goes into cryosleep, he confesses his love for his childhood friend and fellow researcher, Elisa Tachibana. At first she runs off, but then later comes back to see him before he goes to sleep and tells him she will wait for him.
He wakes up 5 years later and is cured, only to discover a virus has radically changed the world- killing off nearly all the world’s men! He and 4 other male patients who were treated for Cellular Sclerosis are the world’s only immune men. The new government, called the United Women, wants him and the other immune men to repopulate the world, and somehow conveniently artificial insemination has not been successful. Reito though, wants to save his virginity to stay true to Elisa, even though she’s been missing for 3 years and her whereabouts are unknown. He decides to spend his time searching for a cure for the Man Killer Virus, but soon he finds a hidden message left to him from Elisa, that says, the virus was artificially created!
Review: I don’t normally read ecchi harem titles, especially ones like this one, which are basically soft porn. For the record, I was really hoping this would be more Scifi like Y the Last Man or something similar but unfortunately, it is not.
First there’s the main plot as Reito Mizuhara tries to find a cure for the MK virus, as UW agents try to seduce him into making babies as he tries to save his virginity for his girlfriend. Honestly I really hoped this interesting conspiracy style plot about the virus would redeem this manga somehow, however as of volume 8, this plot has been moving incredibly slowly. The few hints that have dropped so far are making me lose hope this is going to be worth waiting for. In volume 8 he finally meets Elisa, but they haven’t even talked yet.
A good portion of the plot so far centers around two of the immune guys, Kyoji Hino and Doi Shota who enthusiastically take on the role of baby making. This plot has them living out many of their sexual fantasies, and Doi Shota in particular was a badly bullied short guy before everything happened. That being said even though these male sexual fantasies make up the bulk of the plot so far, they have been fairly controversial among harem fans. The first controversy is the introduction of a couple underage girl characters. And honestly, I don’t have much to say about it. It’s just gross that they’re included in this story even though thankfully they are not main characters. The second controversy is the “Harem” part. Normal harem plots have multiple women falling in love with the main guy, and in this comic that’s weirdly missing. As it is, having a baby with an immune man guarantees a life of luxury and salvation from living in the slums. So even though these guys have plenty of willing sexual partners, it’s about as romantic and sexy as a fake green card marriage.
The introduction of the 4th Cellular Sclerosis Patient takes a very dark turn as he is abducted by a group of female cultists and raped repeatedly. I get this plot is supposed to show the dark side of the new all women society, but still, it’s pretty gross, especially how it’s depicted.
(This series is ongoing, currently 8 volumes have been released. This review will be updated later as more volumes are out.)
Recommended: All in all this ongoing Ecchi Harem series has a lot of interested readers, but there are many complaints about it, from having a couple underage girls in the harem, the lack of romance in the harem part and also many complaints about the main character, Reito, who seems to have taken a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the wrong manga.
Age Rating: R for explicit sex. Also female on male rape and sexual assault.
Related Series: World's End Harem - Fantasia (fantasy spinoff)
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