New Normal Manga Reviews

SUBHADEEP DUTTA

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Jul 22, 2025 (PST) | Total Reviews: 101

not bad

“New Normal” caught me by surprise. It’s set in a post-pandemic world where masks and social distance have become permanent—but instead of feeling cold or dystopian, the story feels oddly intimate and real.

What I loved most is how it explores human connection in a world where touch and closeness are rare. The main characters feel so genuine—awkward, cautious, but craving warmth. Their slow-burn relationship is filled with quiet moments that hit harder than dramatic ones.

The art is clean and expressive, and the emotions are subtle but powerful. It’s not a flashy manga, but it sticks with you.

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Jul 15, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

面白い

interesting

This review contains spoilers. なんというか着想が凄いなぁと感心させられる作品。親世代はパンデミック以前の生活経験者であり、その年月だけで口が性器のように感じられる価値観にまで様変わりするかな？とちょっと違和感はありますが、まあ、有り得ないとは言えないですもんね。単なる恋愛ものかと思いきや、結構組織的な犯罪に巻き込まれたりもしてビックリ展開キタ。とにかくヒロイン達可愛い。

This review contains spoilers. I am impressed that the idea is so amazing. The parent generation is a person who experienced life before the pandemic, and I wonder if that year alone will change things to values where the mouth feels like a genital organ? There's a slight sense of incongruity, but well, I can't say it's impossible. I thought it was just a love affair, but I was surprised to get involved in quite a bit of organized crime. Anyway, the heroines are cute.

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Apr 30, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

欲張り出来るマンガだなぁ

it's a manga where you can be greedy

基本、近未来SFマンガなのに学園マンガ、恋愛マンガ、それにコマンド要素も味わえてとても欲張りに色々楽しめます。そして何より、個人的には絵がストライクで好きです。

Basically, even though it's a futuristic sci-fi manga, you can enjoy school manga, romance manga, and command elements, and you can enjoy a lot of things very greedily. And above all, personally, I like the picture strike.

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Apr 14, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

面白い

interesting

コロナ題材のパンデミック作品。久々の大当り作かな？絵もキレイで、キャラも魅力的。ストーリーも弛む事なく面白い。こういう話はオチが難しいとは思うが、上手くまとめて欲しい。

A pandemic work about COVID-19. Maybe it's been a long time since I hit the jackpot? The pictures are beautiful, and the characters are attractive. The story is also uninterrupted and interesting. I think this kind of story is difficult to get to the point, but I want it to be well summed up.

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Apr 28, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

19話> 次回気になる

Episode 19 > I'm worried about next time

絵が好みで毎回楽しみに読んでいますが、何か不穏になってきました。　今後NTR展開だけは勘弁してほしい。

I like pictures, and I look forward to reading them every time, but something has become disturbing. I just want them to forego NTR developments in the future.

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Oct 27, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

かわいいー！

so cute!

まだ、序盤だけど、とにかく絵が可愛い。実際にマスクを外すのを恥ずかしがっている小学生とかがいると話に聞いたので、あながち空想話ではないんだよねー

It's still early, but the pictures are cute anyway. I heard that there are elementary school students and the like who are actually shy about taking off their masks, so it's not really a fantasy story

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Oct 14, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

ラブコメかと思いきやシリアスSF

I thought it was a romantic comedy but serious sci-fi

コ◯ナを題材にしたシリアスな内容登場する女の子が全員可愛く、特に唇にエロスを見出すというマスク社会ならではの発想に惹かれました。題材が良いため先のストーリーが気になる良い作品だと思います。登場人物1人1人の物語をもう少し長く深く掘り下げても良いかなと感じました。安易にロマンスに逃げる事なくストーリー重視で作品を完成させてくれることを期待しています！

All of the girls who appeared with serious content based on the subject were cute, and I was particularly attracted to the idea unique to the mask society of finding eros on their lips. The subject is good, so I think it's a good work where I'm interested in the previous story. I felt that it would be good to dive a little longer and deeper into the story of each character. I hope they will complete the work with an emphasis on the story without easily running away into romance!

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Oct 11, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

good

Good

今までにないような新しい世界観のストーリーで面白かったです。絵もすごく美しい絵で読みやすかったです。

It was interesting because it was a story with a new worldview that had never been seen before. The pictures were also very beautiful and easy to read.

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Oct 01, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

斬新

novel

近い将来こんな風になっていくのかなと少し怖くも感じましたが発想が斬新でこれからどうなるのかとても楽しみです。今マスクをすることが普通になっていますが、作中では口元を隠すという行為自体にエロスを感じます！

I was a little scared to wonder if it would be like this in the near future, but the idea is novel and I'm really excited to see what happens in the future. Wearing a mask is now normal, but in the story, I feel that the act of hiding one's mouth itself is erotic!

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Sep 22, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

近未来

The near future

まだ収まってないですからね.......次の世代で、作中のようなマスク生活が当たり前になったら興奮の対象が口元に.......他人事ではなくゾクリとしつつあくまでフィクションと言い聞かせて読みました。絵も綺麗です?

It hasn't settled down yet... in the next generation, when mask lifestyles like the one in the story become commonplace, the target of excitement becomes the source of excitement... I read it by saying it's just fiction while being horrified, not someone else's matter. the picture is beautiful too?

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Sep 18, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

タイムリーな作品

Timely work

もしかしたら、未来はこんな時代になるのかもしれないと思わざるを得ないストーリーです。共感できました。絵が大好きです！家から一歩出たら、マスク着用が普通になった現実の今、マスクなしでは人に会うのに恥ずかしさを感じる気持ち、わかります。数年後にも読み返してみたい作品です。

It's a story that makes me think that maybe the future will be like this. I was able to sympathize. I love the picture! Once you step out of the house, I understand the feeling of feeling embarrassed to meet people without a mask now that wearing a mask has become normal. It's a work I want to reread in a few years.

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Sep 17, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

リアルタイム的な

real-time

This review contains spoilers. 流行の最先端・・。今後このテーマを色々な作品にする人達は各ジャンルで多くなると思うけど、時代の先取り。まさに今を描かれているので続きが気になります。。

This review contains spoilers. At the cutting edge of fashion... I think there will be more people making various works on this theme in each genre in the future, but they are ahead of their time. It depicts exactly now, so I'm curious about the continuation..

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Jul 19, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

面白すぎ

That's too funny

続きが気になりすぎます早く続きが見たくなるのでぜひ皆さんも見てみてください

I'm too worried about the continuation, it makes me want to see the continuation soon, so be sure to check it out too

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Mar 08, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

こんな世の中にはならないで欲しいですね

I don't want the world to be like this

面白いと思います。時代の取り入れが早い。低評価の中に、いくらなんでも食事のときはマスク外すだろという意見がありますが、もしマスクが下着のような位置付けになったとしたらの話なので、そこは否定すべき点ではないと思いました。もし食事中の飛沫が今以上に恐れられ、1人1人個室での食事が当たり前になり、マスクの性能もあがりマスクを一日の途中で外すという概念がなくなったらこの話のようになるのもおかしくないんじゃないでしょうか。

I think it's interesting. Adopting the times is fast. Among the low ratings, there is an opinion that masks should be removed when eating at any cost, but if masks were positioned like underwear, I didn't think that was a point that should be denied. If droplets during meals are feared more than now, and eating in a private room per person becomes commonplace, and the performance of masks increases, and the concept of removing masks in the middle of the day disappears, wouldn't it be strange for this story to become like this?

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Feb 05, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

おもしろい

entertaining

少しのページしか読むことができなかったけど続きがとても気になる。

I was only able to read a few pages, but I'm really curious about the continuation.

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Jan 11, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

よく考えられていると思う。続きに期待。

I think it's been well thought out. Looking forward to the continuation.

This review contains spoilers. 3巻まで購入しました。絵が好みで、途中笑えたりドキドキしたりよく出来ていると思います。作中で描かれるマスクは、N95マスクの紐のように頭部にフィットしやすい形状に進化しています。ソーシャルディスタンスを注意する際に、教師がディスタンッと略して注意します。長いもんね。東京が封鎖されていたのは驚きました。土地家屋だけ残しても仕方ないので住民もいたのでしょう。ということは、最後の1人が亡くなるまで封鎖されていたのか？現在の世界人口が15億！？パンデミックのその先で不便さを強いられるこどもたちに切ない気持ちになります。この生活が当たり前になった世界では、きっとこういう風になるだなと想像して楽しめます。

This review contains spoilers. I bought up to 3 volumes. I like the picture, and I think it's well-made, making me laugh and get excited along the way. The mask depicted in the story has evolved into a shape that easily fits the head, like an N95 mask string. When paying attention to social distance, teachers abbreviate distance and be careful. it's been a long time. I was surprised that Tokyo was under lockdown. There was no choice but to leave only land and houses, so there were probably residents too. Does that mean they were under lockdown until the last one died? The current world population is 1.5 billion!? It makes me feel sad for children who are being forced to experience inconvenience beyond the pandemic. In a world where this lifestyle has become commonplace, you can enjoy imagining that it will surely be like this.

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Dec 18, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

時代を取り入れるスピード感が凄い

The sense of speed that incorporates the times is amazing

This review contains spoilers. 今年の春夏頃、漫画の登場人物がマスクをしているのを見て気持ちが沈むことがありました。漫画を読んでいる時くらい現実を忘れたい！と。この作品は、パンデミック後に生まれた子供達が主人公で皆マスクをしています。が、読んでも気が滅入ることはありませんでした。時代を取り入れて、それを活かしたifの物語を世に出すスピード感が見事だなと思いました(他にも同様の作品があるかもしれませんが今年つくられてるものはどれも速い部類と言えるでしょう)1話目のグラビアのページが印象的です。下着姿のお姉さんの、マスク越しの鼻と口に興奮する少年たち笑2話を読むと、大らかな家庭と厳格な家庭などマスクの着用意識にも差があるのかな？という感じです。恋人や性の話のオープンさに家庭差があるのと同じですね。辛い時期がどれだけ続くかわかりませんが、個人的には面白い漫画、あるいは音楽や映画や様々な娯楽があれば、元気を出して生きていけます。創作者の皆さんのアイディアと逞しさに感謝です。

This review contains spoilers. Around the spring and summer of this year, my feelings sank when I saw characters in comics wearing masks. I just want to forget about reality when I'm reading comics! and. The main characters in this film are children born after the pandemic, and they all wear masks. But I wasn't depressed when I read it. I thought the sense of speed of incorporating the era and putting out an IF story that made use of it into the world was amazing (there may be other similar works, but all of those made this year can be said to be in the fast category) The gravure page from episode 1 is impressive. If you read episode 2 of Boys Who Get Excited About Their Nose and Mouth Over a Mask by an Older Sister in Underwear, I wonder if there is a difference in how to wear a mask between a relaxed family and a strict family? It's like that. It's the same as family differences in how open they are when it comes to talking about lovers and sex. I don't know how long this difficult period will last, but personally, if I have interesting comics, music, movies, and various entertainments, I can cheer up and live. I am grateful to all the creators for their ideas and perseverance.

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Feb 08, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

めっちゃキレイです。

It's so beautiful.

イラストがめっちゃキレイです。現代らしいストーリー展開で衝撃的でした。青春というのが時代に合わせて変わるんだろうなと思いました。

The illustrations are so beautiful. The modern storyline was shocking. I thought youth would change with the times.

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Jan 29, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

タイムリーなストーリー

Timely stories

ちょっと前までは「パニック」と言えば自然大災害だったが、新型コロナでパンデミックが変わったと思う。この作品は題材がタイムリーだし、描写が感情移入しやすいと思う。

Until a while ago, speaking of “panic,” it was a natural disaster, but I think the pandemic changed due to the novel coronavirus. The subject of this work is timely, and I think the depiction is easy to empathize with.

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Jul 01, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

最高

highest

This review contains spoilers. 個性的な漫画で最高です！！ただ、基本的な流れはよくあるラブコメのような感じだったので、もっと掴み以外も良ければ文句なしでした。

This review contains spoilers. It's a unique comic and it's the best!! However, the basic flow was like a common romantic comedy, so if anything other than grabbing was good, there would be no complaints.

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