Never Say Ugly Manga Reviews (P.3)

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ストーリーで読むこと

Reading in stories

This review contains spoilers. 社会問題って名前だけが先走ることがある。ネットのニュースやツイッター（X？）、TikTokなどメディアは問題をわかりやすく「切り取る」ことに長けている。背景、歴史、現代人の気持ち…そういうものをある程度わかりやすくして箇条書きやショートムービーにすることで人から人へ伝播していく。しかし、箇条書きの間にある行間はだれが埋めてくれるのだろうか。問題提起をした当事者の歩んできたストーリーはどうやって伝えればいいのだろう？キーワードだけが大々的に独り歩きをして社会現象を起こす。そうした事態の処方箋がわたしは漫画や映画などのサブカルだと思う。ただ下手なポリコレは不自然さやお説教くささが目立つ。この作品はお説教くささはありつつも、主人公への共感やキャラのリアルな境遇に作品として面白さがある。後半は「男らしさ」に言及していく兆しがあり、女性向けながらも完璧な男性がでてなくて大変好感が持てた。興味がある人もない人もぜひ読んでみると自分なりの発見があると思います。

This review contains spoilers. Sometimes only names take precedence when it comes to social issues. Internet news and Twitter (X?) Media such as TikTok are good at “cutting out” problems in an easy-to-understand manner. Background, history, feelings of modern people... such things are spread from person to person by making them somewhat easier to understand and making bullet points or short movies. But who will fill in the lines between the bullet points? How should I tell the story that the person who raised the issue has walked through? Only keywords cause social phenomena by walking alone in a big way. I think the prescription for such situations is a subculture of comics, movies, etc. However, the lack of naturalness and lack of preaching is conspicuous, which is bad at Polikore. Even though this work is preachy, it is interesting as a work due to the empathy for the main character and the real circumstances of the characters. There were signs that “masculinity” was mentioned in the second half, and even though it was aimed at women, there were no perfect men, so I had a very good impression. Whether you are interested or not, be sure to read it, and I think you will find your own discoveries.

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そっか〜

I see ~

もっと美人に生まれたかったとか、女性らしい声が良かったとか色々思うけど、結局どうであれみんな何かしら悩んでるんだね。いや、でも悩んでない人もいるんだろうけど。みんなが、自分らしく生きられる世の中っていつか来るのかなぁ。って思わせる内容です。そして、とても面白いですし、いい漫画だなーと思います。それぞれ皆が個性的で、でも全然嫌味がない。早く続きを出してください〜読みたい〜！

I have a lot of thoughts, like I wanted to be born more beautiful, or that I had a good feminine voice, but in the end, no matter what, everyone is worried about something. No, but there are probably people who aren't worried. I wonder when the world will come where everyone can live their own way. The content makes me think. Also, it's very interesting, and I think it's a great comic. Everyone is unique, yet they don't dislike it at all. Please post the continuation soon ~ I want to read it ~!

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大勢の人に読んでほしい

I want a lot of people to read it

美人が婚活してみたら、で気になった作家さん。立ち読みで気になって一気に２巻まで読んでしまいました。問題提起はかなりハッキリ、でも、結構どれもワカル……って感じです。どうやって折り合いがつくのか、目が離せません。

An artist I was interested in when a beautiful woman tried marriage hunting. I was curious about standing reading, so I read up to 2 volumes at once. The issues were raised quite clearly, but it feels like pretty much all of them are ridiculous... I can't take my eyes off how they come to terms.

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胸の奥がムズムズする感覚になります

It makes the back of my chest feel stuffy

私自身も「ただしイケメンに限る」的な考えがあるので、良くないよなと自認しています。そして、女性に対してのルッキズムについても納得することがたくさんあって古い考えの人と話しているとモヤモヤします。完全に差別的な考えをなくすことはできないかもしれないけど、多くの人が外見至上主義的な考えを持たない世界になれば良いのにと思います。

I myself think “but only for good-looking guys,” so I admit that's not good. Also, there are a lot of things that convince me about lookism towards women, so I'm confused when I talk to people with old ideas. It may not be possible to completely eliminate discriminatory ideas, but I think it would be nice if it became a world where many people don't have outward appearance supremacist ideas.

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面白いテーマ

An interesting theme

人間も動物ですから、本能的に美しい(生き物として強い)個体に惹かれるのはもう仕方が無い。とはいえ、それを言動に出して誰かの尊厳が傷付けられることはあってはならない。良いものを褒めるためにそれ以外を貶す必要はない。そう考えていますが、醜さの表現が誇張され過ぎていて疲れてしまいました。これはもう少し個性的の範疇にするとか、柔らかい描写に出来なかったのかな……。大きな鼻の穴はダメ、角張った輪郭はダメと何が不細工なのかを再認識させられるような気分になったのが残念です。ルッキズムを壊すどころか刷り込んでる。「見てくださいこれがブスですよ！でも差別はよくないからね！」ではなく、「色んな美しさがありますよね」と取れる絵の表現だったら言うこと無しでした。

Humans are animals too, so being instinctively attracted to beautiful (strong living creatures) individuals is unavoidable. Nonetheless, someone's dignity must not be harmed by putting it into words and actions. In order to praise something good, there is no need to belittle anything else. I think so, but I'm tired because the expression of ugliness has been exaggerated so much. I wonder if I could put this in a slightly more unique category, or if I couldn't describe it softly... It's a pity that it made me feel like I was reminded that large nostrils are no good and angular contours are bad, and that it made me realize once again what is clumsy. Far from destroying the sense of look, it's imprinted on it. “Look, this is ugly! But discrimination isn't good!” Instead, there was nothing to say if it was a pictorial expression that could be taken as “there are so many beauties, right?”

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おもしろい

entertaining

容姿に対してとにかくいろんな考え方が出てきておもしろい。私も容姿について考えるのが好きなのでこんな漫画に出会えて嬉しい。次巻が楽しみすぎる！

Anyway, it's interesting that so many ways of thinking about appearance have come up. I also like thinking about appearance, so I'm happy to come across comics like this. I'm looking forward to the next volume too much!

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たくさんの人に読んでほしい

I want a lot of people to read it

私もルッキズムに捕らわれている1人なので、読んでとても考えさせられました。人の魅力は見た目だけではない…と頭では分かっているけれど、やっぱりキレイな人の方がもてはやされ、得をする。人生のスタートラインがれそもそも違うと思ってしまう。この作品には、美人、ブス、普通よりちょっと可愛い程度の子、娘をもつパパの立場の人、コンプレックスのあるイケメンなどなど、色んな立場の人たちの感情がよく描かれていて、とても良かったです。きっと多くの人が多かれ少なかれルッキズムについて思うところはあるはずなので、多くの人に読んでもらいたいです！

I'm also one of those caught up in lookism, so reading it made me think a lot. I know in my head that the appeal of people is not just their appearance... but after all, beautiful people are touted and profitable. It makes me think that the starting line of life is different in the first place. The feelings of people in various positions are well depicted in this work, such as beautiful women, ugly people, children who are slightly cuter than normal, people in the position of dads with daughters, and handsome guys with complexes, etc., and it was very nice. I'm sure a lot of people think more or less about lookism, so I want many people to read it!

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ものすごく面白いです！

It's really interesting!

作者様の他作品のファンですが、こちらもとても面白かったです！！上手く言葉がまとまりませんが、天才だと思います。3巻が待ち遠しい！！

I'm a fan of the author's other works, and this one was really interesting too!! I can't put together words well, but I think he's a genius. I can't wait for volume 3!!

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多分結論は出ない問題だと思うけれど

I think it's probably an inconclusive issue

正直、自分はそこまでルッキズムに拘りがない方だと思う。多分それは日本人の平均的な顔と平均身長、平均体重に生まれてきたから。ラッキーなんだろうと思う。だからなのか、時たまルッキズムに拘る人との会話に即座に反応できず、というかどこを気にしていたのかが全く分からない事がある。見た目を弄る笑いは子供の頃から面白さが分からないし、自分は他人の服装や外見に評価をしないので、そこを基準にしている人と会話をすると認識のずれを感じる。この漫画を読んで、自分の感覚は一般的ではないんだなと再認識した。そしてやはり生まれ持ったものからルッキズムは派生するから、なかなか結論は出ない問題だと思う。言いたいことが多すぎて漫画の内容とずれてしまいましたが、漫画は非常に読みやすくてテンポもよく、面白いです。

To be honest, I don't think I'm that particular about lookism. Maybe that's because I was born with the average face, average height, and average weight of Japanese people. I think I'm lucky. Maybe that's why sometimes I can't respond immediately to conversations with people who are obsessed with lookism, or rather, I don't understand what I was concerned about at all. I haven't understood the fun of laughing that makes fun of appearance since I was a kid, and since I don't evaluate other people's clothes or appearance, I feel a gap in perception when I have conversations with people who use that as a standard. Reading this comic made me realize once again that my senses aren't common. Also, since lookism is derived from what we were born with, I think it's a problem that's hard to come to a conclusion. There were so many things I wanted to say that it was out of line with the content of the comic, but the comics are very easy to read, have a good tempo, and are interesting.

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ブスとは

What is ugly

私にとっては、とにかく面白いです。最終巻は泣きながら読みました。挑戦的で価値観について深く考えさせられる良い作品だと思います。作者の方のいろいろな気持ちが伝わりました。このようなテーマをよくここまで描かれたと思います。ありがとうございました。

For me, it's just interesting. I read the last volume while crying. I think it's a good work that is challenging and makes you think deeply about values. The author's various feelings were conveyed. I think this kind of theme has been well drawn up to this point. Thank you very much.

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なんか泣ける

Something makes me cry

容姿うんぬんのテーマですが、それぞれいろんな想いがあるという寄り添う作風に泣けた。すばらしい漫画ですね。

It's a theme about physical appearance, but it made me cry because they all have various feelings, and the snuggle style made me cry. That's a great comic.

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おもろしいです！

That's interesting!

This review contains spoilers. 色々と考えさせられる漫画でした。それぞれのキャラクターの気持ちや描写がすごく刺さります。みんなそれぞれ違う考えや違う経験がありだからこそぶつかり合うし、差別や格差が生まれる。それは、時と場合によっては悪いことではない気もしますし、けれど良いこととも言い切れませんよね。社会の難しい問題や人間関係を、ルックスという、みんながわかりやすく感じやすい内容で描かれているなと思いました。続きが楽しみです。

This review contains spoilers. It was a comic that made me think a lot. The feelings and depictions of each character really stick. Everyone has different ideas and different experiences, which is why they collide with each other, and discrimination and disparities are born. I also feel like that's not a bad thing depending on the time and circumstances, but I can't say that it's a good thing either. I thought that difficult social issues and relationships were depicted in terms of looks, which were easy for everyone to understand and feel. I'm looking forward to the continuation.

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作り込んだ作品ですね

It's a made-up work

いい題材だと思ったし、作者さんがすごく事前リサーチをやり込んだ感じがします。また、ルッキズムという大きなテーマをうまくまとまった形で、それぞれ選んだサブテーマにて問題提起が行われたところで第1巻お終わりました。うまく進行させたと思います。色んな考えの人がいるので賛否両論、感じ方もそれぞれだったり難しいテーマではありますが、昨今の特に欧米を中心とした世の中で急速に大きくなっている思想だと思います。特にアメリカ等の多国籍な国では文化的背景なども様々で、文化、見た目、性などに関し多様化しています。今後2巻、3巻と続くであろう本作、期待しております。

I thought it was a good subject, and I feel like the author did a great deal of preliminary research. Also, the first volume ended when the major theme called lookism was well organized, and issues were raised with each selected sub-theme. I think it progressed well. There are people with various ideas, so it's a difficult subject, with pros, cons, and ways of feeling, but I think it's an idea that is rapidly growing these days, especially in a world centered around Europe and America. In particular, in multinational countries such as America, there are various cultural backgrounds, etc., and there is diversification in terms of culture, appearance, gender, etc. I'm looking forward to this work, which will continue with 2 and 3 volumes in the future.

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かなり良い

pretty good

This review contains spoilers. Twitterで一話流れてきたのを見て買ったけど、二話まで見せた方が絶対良い…！一気に引き込まれた。どうなるんだろ…

This review contains spoilers. I saw episode 1 playing on Twitter and bought it, but it would definitely be better if I showed up to episode 2...! I was drawn in all at once. I wonder what's going to happen...

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泣きました

I cried

リアルです。「美人」も「ブス」も言われる側からすればどっちも呪いの言葉なんですよ。美人は得だよね、とよく言われますが本当にそうでしょうか。外見ばかり褒められて内面は全く知ろうともして貰えない。じゃあ明日突然この顔じゃなくなったら？急にこのスタイルじゃなくなったら？老いが怖い。太るのが怖い。だってそれを失えば私の価値は無くなると、そう思わされるから。外見ばかり繕って着飾って、他人の価値観に左右されて。本当の美しさとは？と考えさせられる作品。もっともっも色んな人に読んで欲しい。

It's real. Both “beautiful” and “ugly” are curse words from the point of view. It's often said that being beautiful is a good thing, but is that really the case? They only praise their outward appearance, and they don't even try to know their inner world at all. So what if it suddenly doesn't look like this tomorrow? What if it doesn't look like this all of a sudden? I'm afraid of getting old. I'm afraid of getting fat. That's because it makes me think that if I lose it, my value will be gone. I only fix my appearance and dress up, and I'm influenced by other people's values. What is true beauty? It's a work that makes me think. I want more and more people to read it.

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美醜に囚われる全ての人々へ

To all people who are trapped by beauty and ugliness

SNSが普及している現代は他人と容姿を比べる機会が増え続け、美醜に対する目が厳しくなってきているとひしひしと感じています。私もルッキズムに囚われている者の一人です。そんな人々に是非読んで頂きたい作品です。ルッキズムに対して同じように疑問を感じている人がいるんだと少し救われたような気持ちになりました。

In the modern age where SNS is popular, opportunities to compare appearance with others continue to increase, and I really feel that eyes on beauty and ugliness are becoming stricter. I am also one of those who are caught up in lookism. I definitely want such people to read this work. I felt a little saved by the fact that there are people who feel the same doubts about lookism.

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面白かった

That was interesting

This review contains spoilers. 自分が年齢を重ね若くて綺麗な女の子が羨ましくて仕方なかったので、1巻を読んで止まらなくなり全巻読みました。山井さんと白根さんそれぞれの一生懸命な生き方が面白かったです。最後は清々しい気持ちで終わりました。

This review contains spoilers. I couldn't help but envy young and beautiful girls as I got older, so I read volume 1 and couldn't stop, so I read the whole volume. The way Yamai and Shirane each worked so hard was interesting. At the end, I finished with a fresh feeling.

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タイトルいまいちじゃないですか？（参戦）

Isn't the title bad? (Participation)

「見た目は関係ない！」「自分を卑下するのやめよう！」とか言う良い子ちゃん系美人女子。｢お前が言うな！」「ブスは損してる！」と思っている拗らせブス女子。このよくある女子の価値観バトルをそのまま漫画にした感じ。お互い「相手の考えを変えてやる！」「分からせてやる！」というスタンスなのもリアル。女性だと、どっちの気持ちもわかるし、どっち側にもいたこともあると思うんだけど、だからこそ「どっちも面倒くさ…」と思ってしまう。そこに参戦するのがブスいじりで笑いをとっていた女芸人「容姿いじりはダメなのに、匂わせネタで皆んな笑うじゃん」表面上は『見た目は関係ない世の中』だけど、皆んなの心の底では笑っている。ちょっと意地悪。漫画は理想や希望が詰め込める。良い子ちゃん系美人女子には、一度窮地に立って貰って本音を吐かせて自分を知って貰いたい。反省とかいらない。それでブスは努力しようとは言わない。取り敢えず頑張ろう。色々。…？？？こういうテーマって綺麗事では割り切れないし、開き直るのも違うし、答えを出しても世界中の人間に浸透させることは出来ないし。分かり合うのは無理なテーマ。作画はラフめなので好みは分かれそう。フィクションでこの感じは作品というより作者様の価値観を聞かされてる感覚にもなる。ギャルが出て来るシーンの「この時代にこのタイプのギャルいたっけ？」は他の漫画でも結構あって、私は脳内で時代補正かけます。少し読み進めると作者様が乗ってきたのかな。面白くなります。タイトルは美人とブスがそれぞれ別の感情で言ってるのかと思うと面白いです。

“Looks don't matter!” “Let's stop belittling ourselves!” A beautiful girl with a nice girl who says something like that. “Don't say it!” “Ugly is losing money!” A relentlessly ugly girl who thinks that. I feel like this common girls' value battle was made directly into a comic. We both said, “I'm going to change the other person's mind!” “I'll let you know!” That stance is also real. As a woman, I understand both feelings, and I think I've been on either side before, but that's why I think “both are bothersome...” The female entertainer who competed there was an ugly messing around and laughing “You can't mess around with your appearance, but everyone laughs because of the smelling material.” On the surface, it's “a world where looks don't matter,” but at the bottom of everyone's heart, they're laughing. A little bit mean. Comics can be filled with ideals and hopes. I want beautiful girls with good girls to get to know themselves by getting in a tight spot once and let them express their true intentions. There is no need for remorse. So Ugly doesn't say I'm going to make an effort. Let's do our best for now. various things. ...??? This kind of theme can't be divided by being clean, and reopening it is different, and even if you give an answer, you can't infiltrate people all over the world. It's an impossible subject to understand. The drawing is rough, so it seems like they have different tastes. In fiction, this feeling is more like listening to the author's values rather than the work. “Were there any gals of this type in this era?” in the scene where gals appear There are quite a few other comics, and I can correct the times in my brain. After reading for a bit, I wonder if the author got on board. It becomes interesting. It's interesting to think that the title is Beautiful and Ugly, each with different feelings.

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惹きこまれる部分と納得できない部分がある

There are parts I'm drawn to and parts that I'm not convinced

This review contains spoilers. 四巻までは、ちょっと引っかかりを覚える部分があっても、またその別角度からの考えや色んな立場の人の描写があったことによって多角的に問題を描かれている感じがあって、もやもやを引き摺ることなく楽しく読めてました。梨花も知子も、良い部分もあるし甘い部分もあるしちょっとどうなの？って部分もある。矛盾も抱えてる。そしてちゃんとそれに二人共向き合っているから楽しく読めた。けど、五巻。萌え絵の部分でちょっと「ちがーう」という思いが出てきた。私は萌え絵（というより、男性向け作品での女性キャラという方が正確かもしれませんが）が好きな女性です。山本さんがその立場の方として萌え絵が好きな理由を述べるシーンがありますが、それに全く共感が出来ないのと、強いとか弱いとか自分を介入したうえで好きになってる訳じゃないのになぁと思ってしまってどうにも納得いきませんでした。あと、奈緒美とか知子が萌え絵女性キャラを『男性に都合のいい女性像』と評したことも。それ言ってしまったら、女性向けコンテンツの男性キャラは女性に都合のいい男性像じゃないの？それは良いの？って思うし、矛盾が出てくる。それこそ小坂さんが劣等感刺激される高身長イケメン沢山だし。真村さんが地味な子を主人公にしたいって出した漫画も、男の子は当たり前のようにイケメン設定。夢があるしドキドキすると思うからそれでもいいのではないか、と提案もしてますが、二次元の良さ自体がそこでは？夢を見たいからこそ、理想が詰まったものになるのは必然。それが萌え絵だし女性向けイケメンキャラでは。というか、萌え絵って少女漫画の画風から派生したものっていう話をどっかで見た気がするし。あと、女性は『可愛い』が好きな人も多いし、だからこそ萌え絵に可愛いを感じて好きって人も多いと思うし私はそう。若いから云々は正直あまり気にしてない。私の場合は、それに加え、女の人の在り方の一つをあざといとか、媚びとかぶりっことか評して切り捨てるような風潮が好きじゃないから、それを肯定する過程で萌え絵を愉しんでいる部分もあるかもしれない。好きなキャラが上記のような言い方で叩かれがちなのが嫌だった身なので色々思う所があった

This review contains spoilers. Up to volume 4, I was able to enjoy reading it without haze, even though there were parts that stuck a little bit, and there was a feeling that the problem was depicted from multiple angles due to thoughts from different angles and depictions of people in various positions. Both Rika and Tomoko have good parts and sweet parts, so how are they? There is also a part called. There are also contradictions. And I enjoyed reading it because they both faced it properly. But volume 5. A slight “different” thought came up in the Moe picture part. I'm a woman who likes moe (or rather, female characters in works aimed at men may be more accurate). There is a scene where Yamamoto-san explains why he likes Moe Ee as a person in that position, but I wasn't really convinced because I couldn't sympathize with it at all, and that it didn't mean that I fell in love with it after intervening with myself, such as being strong or weak. Also, Naomi and Tomoko have described female characters in Moe's paintings as “images of women convenient for men.” Having said that, aren't male characters in content aimed at women images of men convenient for women? Is that good? I think, and a contradiction comes up. That's why Kosaka-san is so tall and handsome that stimulates his sense of inferiority. Even in comics published by Mamura-san saying that she wanted a humble kid as the main character, boys were set as handsome guys as a matter of course. I have dreams and I think it's exciting, so I'm also suggesting that might be fine, but isn't the advantage of two dimensions itself? It is inevitable that it will be filled with ideals precisely because you want to dream. That's Moe Ege, and it's a good-looking character for women. Or rather, I feel like I've seen the story Moe E is derived from the style of drawing in girls' comics somewhere. Also, there are many women who like “cute,” and I think that's why there are many people who feel cute and like Moe pictures. I honestly don't really care about that since I'm young. In my case, in addition to that, I don't like the trend of dismissing one of the ways a woman is to be sarcasm or to criticize her for being flattering or flattering, so there may also be parts where I enjoy Moe painting in the process of affirming it. I didn't like the fact that my favorite characters tend to be hit in the same way as above, so there were a lot of things I thought about

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まさにルッキズムをテーマにした漫画。人それぞれ容姿に対する考え方が違うので、皆が同じ考えになることはないけど、自分と違う考えを持っているキャラを見て「こんなふうに思ってる人もいるんだ」と勉強になります。見た目も性格も違う知子と梨花の同級生コンビが容姿について意見を言い合ったり、喧嘩になることもあるのがリアルです。どんな人でも悩みとコンプレックスがあるのですね。話は面白いですが、絵が好みではないので☆−1です。

This is a comic with the theme of lookism. Each person has a different way of thinking about appearance, so not everyone has the same idea, but I learn by watching characters that have different ideas from my own, and “there are people who think this way.” The reality is that Tomoko and Rika's classmate duo, who have different looks and personalities, express opinions about their appearance, and sometimes get into fights. Every person has problems and complexes, doesn't it? The story is interesting, but I don't like the pictures, so it's ☆ -1.

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