D-Fragments Manga Vol 1 Review

Many of you would know D-Fragments from the hit 2013 anime series of the same name.  This comedy manga by Tomoya Haruno like its anime is very funny.  The book is centered on Kenji Kazama a 2^nd year delinquent who seeks to take over the school as the top delinquent.  He and his gang’s first target is the Game Development Club where they hope they can score some free video games from the nerds they think manage it.  Unfortunately for them things rapidly spin out of control.  They are instantly captured and tortured by the girls until Kenji joins the club.  From there Kenji becomes the straight man to the eccentric antics of the different club members: Roka Shibasaki, Chitose Karasuyama, Sakura Mizukami, and Minami Osawa, the club adviser.  After joining he comes into conflict with a rival game development club and its president, Takao who hates Roka and her (fake) Game Development Club.  Kenji takes it upon himself to fix the rift between both game development clubs when the volume ends.

As is typical with most comedy manga; the art is focused on the characters with the backgrounds just there to set the mood.  Tomya Haruno does a very good job of capturing the characters as they switch from normal to chibi form and somehow keeps the controlled chaos under control.

Overall, if you are a fan of the anime series, you will certainly enjoy the manga it was based on.  It’s full of the same humor and general hilarity they would come to expect.  I eagerly await the volume 2 release of the manga as well as the release of the anime.  If you want a good comedy anime or manga series I recommend your picking up either the manga or anime as they are released.

Story and Art - Tomoya Haruno

Publisher - Seven Seas Manga
Date of Release - August 2014