It's good, BUT...

It's a great game, like all Kairosoft games are. The only thing about this one is that it starts off at a great pace. After getting through a couple of your first manga's you'll get the hang of making a better one to rack in more money and better your time management. The only downside I would say is; after you get to your 3rd publisher it gets harder to get trophies (which allows you to obtain more manga publishers) after you get all the trophies for the 3rd publisher it is almost impossible to get trophies for the 4th publisher without grinding out some manga to level up your 4 main skills. This could take forever, especially since a level up on stats only gives you +2, and your goal is 200+ Other than this slow and dragged out part of the game it gets back up to speed and you'll be able to get your final 2 publishers. After getting the trophies from the final publisher then you can freely write manga to gain money and be #1 on the leaderboard. Great game over all, hoped this helped! :)

Very diverse and packed full of variety

As someone who plays Kairosoft games when I'm exercising, I've spent a good amount of time in the game. Actually 16 years worth so I've seen most of what this game has to offer. I've played the girl's part and the original and will get around to the comedy one soon. Kairosoft gives you the choice of three paths which surprisingly do offer substantial variety from the other. It took 13 years in the girl's path for me to discover everything available in that path. My highest record of sold manga was 500 million. I've very proud of how much content Kairosoft continues to deliver in their tycoon games and their hidden jokes continue to crack me up!

Enjoyed it BUT

Honestly, really like this game! It’s super entertaining, but always has me stressed out lol. The publishers ask for so much with so little time (which is super realistic) but with such a weak work lvl in the beginning it makes it increasingly difficult to make a good rep with them. But maybe idk what I’m doing. Otherwise this is a fantastic game.

LOVE KAIROSOFT

I have played nearly every game and this one was fantastic. I check every so often to see when new games are released and it's been awhile! Hoping someone at kairosoft might see this and realize you have fans who are excited for new releases! Or even translated games that haven't been released in English!

Iffy

I enjoyed how Kairosoft was innovative in making this game and tried to add many new aspects to it. However the game had too much micromanaging in it and the addition of stamina was quite annoying as it lead to the micromanaging. It is also extremely hard to build up skills with them going up usually 1 or 2. Another downside is the fact that getting the publishers beyond number 4 is nearly impossible. It took me a long time to get to that point.

Great Game!

This game is really good! I am really addicted to it, If you're looking forward to buy this game, I totally recommended, At first it seems boring but then you'll love it, You guys had me impressed and I can't wait for a new game to come out from you guys!

Horrible text formatting errors

Almost every time text comes up in the game, words are missing a space between them - sometimes it happens multiple times in one speech box. It makes the game almost completely unplayable. I went into it ready to overlook it happening a few times, but it just keeps coming up. I could maybe understand this appearing in a free app, but this is a $5 game from a dev with a decent track record.

One of the best Kairosoft games!

I started with Game Dev Story like you probably did, and I've played through almost every Kairosoft game like you might have. If you're a fan of Game Dev Story and/or Anime Studio Story you should scoop this one up for sure!

It's the manga artist experience you've been waiting for! Create a manga masterpiece and draw your way into the nation's heart.

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Anime News Network Fri Jan 13 2012