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Mieruko-Chan, Vol. 1 by Tomoki Izumi
4.0

What could have been a silly dumb premises turned out to be a rather funny, and by the end, heartfelt supernatural tale.

Mieruko-Chain can see the dead. She just chooses to ignore them. She doesn't want them knowing that she can see them. Mostly because she doesn't want them following her around everywhere. But when she goes to school and notices a lot of spirits following her best friend around she tries to find a solution to stop them from showing up so much. Hence we get plenty of funny situations and a rather sad and tender moment by the very end that made me want to read more.

It helps the art is great. The spirits are disgusting and scary looking, making for both a spooky and funny story to tell. The story has some fanservice moments but nothing over the top. Panty/bra shots but it goes in context with what the girls are doing and it leads to, again, funny situations I don't want to spoil. I also really enjoyed the ending and gave me the feels all in 3 pages.

Overall, def want to see more from this series. A 4 out of 5.