Saya Namekawa, bullied by some of the other girls in her middle school, has resolved over the summer to become a badass delinquent that nobody will mess with. Resolved to, sure, but she still hasn't quite gotten the hang of it. Sure, she does talk in a 4Kids-dubbed Joey Wheeler tough guy accent (no doubt a speech pattern hard-translated from the Japanese), but she's always trying (and failing) to act like a delinquent to get people's attention, however positive or negative that may be.
Whatever side of the spectrum it falls on, this new persona puts her at odds with the serious-minded class rep Tojo. Funnily enough, however, Tojo not-so-subtly hides a distinctly perverted side that seems to only come out around Namekawa.
This leads to our heroine
ending nearly every short chapter being comically molested and licked all over
by Tojo, one way or another. (All kept PG-13, for better or for worse. Not even any undie-flashes or shirt-lifting! But at least the vagueness is there, so us pervs can theoretically imagine anything we like.)
The series is basically a very readable fusion of the Japanese-style humor that I have mentioned once or twice already on this blog, as well as tasteful ecchi. There’s almost no story; it’s a gag manga. I will say that would probably work against it for any serious readers hoping to get invested.
Another interesting thing about Namekawa-san Won’t Take A Licking is that our two protagonists’ antics also seem to awaken lesbianism in many passersby who happen to witness them together, most notably a pair of visiting underclassmen girls and Namekawa’s other friend, the pet-keeper Inukai, who quickly gains a desire to add Namekawa to her collection.
That is, cage her up, teach her tricks and order her around.
So there's likely going to be escalating levels of both silliness and perviness. Fingers crossed.
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