Emperor to Issho is wonderful yet wholly unremarkable. It is unique yet ordinary. Charming yet standard. It is a manga full of personality sincerity and creativity yet there is nothing particularly special about it save for one aspect. Based off of what little Ive written so far your mental image of Emperor to Issho might be one that is uncertain uncertain of its quality its style and its nature. Though there is one thing that is certain: This manga has a penguin in it. For a brief introduction Emperor to Issho is about a high school girl who finds an Emperor Penguin squished into her fridge and decides to adopt it with most chapters focusing on life with a penguin which is native to Antarctica in your average Japanese home. Emperor to Issho basks in the warm glow of the ordinary. Despite its unrealistic premise the manga for the most part is extremely grounded and merely consists of a penguin doing penguin things with some goofy offbeat antics as would be expected with a comedy sliceoflife manga. Emperor that being the penguin is in most aspects a completely normal penguin who is also a pet with the majority of the cast quickly accepting the sudden existence of this penguin. The manga being so ordinary helps to convey a feeling that I personally found really cosy and coupled with its adorably simple art style I think this characteristic works in its favour. I believe its also worth mentioning that the manga is also generally pretty funny. The scenarios it sets up are as youd expect pretty normal and follow suite with what one would expect from a comedy manga with a penguin Besides Emperor being materialised within a fridge. There are some clever gags here and there which have gotten some chuckles out of me but theres just something about this goofy looking penguin standing around minding its own business that is infinitely funny to me. I love this little fella like you wouldnt believe. 2500https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/359815922384371714/860998992703520768/unknown.png What may be its greatest strength is how secure the manga is of its own identity. Emperor to Issho is a manga about family life with a penguin. It never strays away from what it originally intends providing the reader with a nostalgic feeling of comfort. It is a short and sweet manga and one that may not take up a lot of vacancy within your mind days after you finish it but its just an adorable read that will leave you satisfied once you finish it like a nap after a filling lunch. Emperor to Issho is exactly what it needed to be. It doesnt break the mold or reshape the genre in any way its just a cute little manga about a funny penguin. It doesnt shy away from being heartwarming yet it never becomes overbearing. The author wanted to show how adorable emperor penguins are and he succeeded. Leave all your worries behind dont sweat the details and just enjoy this regular old life with Emperor. Some things dont make sense but who cares about any of that when you have a pet penguin? 440https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/308275811696377866/861002782819876914/unknown.png Thank you for reading.