A review by davinareads
One Room or Happiness by Hakuri

dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Volumn Read: 1-9
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I always find it hard to rate manga based on one volume. For me, I need THE ENTIRE series done because "a kid got kidnapped and instead of being terrified she is happy and grateful because her parents never gave her any attention" sounds VERY wrong.

But that is the plot of the story and like most manga, there is a deeper and darker story to it. And I found myself loving that story.

I found loveable characters and monsters. The mystery behind them was intriguing, their pasts unthinkable, their relationship between one another - the kidnapper, the kidnapped, and the detectives - is beautiful.

To me, it's an original story that I haven't read before. I enjoyed the character development for both of our mains and I am EXTREMELY disappointed that the series is ongoing so I'm left at a crucial cliffhanger!

Overall, from what I've read up so far, it is a unique story. While the summary is creepy sounding, the story itself does develop to something that is in an odd area of bitter sweet. I'm excited to see where this will go!