Review: The Geek Ex-Hitman, Vol.1
An otaku assassin, followed by a girl otaku/fujoshi assassin, what could possibly go wrong?
Meet Marco, an otaku and assassin who decides to retire and go to Japan to watch anime, go to concerts, and get all the goods for his favourite show + more (also he is afraid of cockroaches). He is done with murder and all he wants is live a quiet life. I really loved that he was wooed by anime and decided to just give it all up. Then again, I can’t blame him. Being an assassin is a tough and tiring job, whereas now he can just enjoy some quiet time. Or well, in the beginning.
Because of course, people aren’t happy with him leaving not the assassins and not the people who have been looking for him for years as he is so dangerous, so insert more assassins, including a girl named Viviani who is a BL fujoshi and makes up all sorts of cough interesting BL stories. Then there is a guy named André who sticks around, in his words to make sure these two don’t do anything…. but actually he just loves the pancakes in Japan.
At first they are pretty stand-offish towards each other, but slowly they are just getting together for things (mostly otaku stuff) and they even are thinking about making a doujinshi, yes really. I was just laughing and enjoying myself so much. I loved the mix of action with humour with otakuness.
The art is a bit rough/not entirely my style, but it does fit the manga.
Plus, I love the action scenes! Marco may be retired but don’t screw around or he will go all out (in otaku fashion at times which had me in stitches).
All in all, this is one series that I definitely want to keep on reading!
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