Title: Cheerful Amnesia Vol. 6
Author: Tamamushi Oku
Publisher: Yen Press
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 130
Genre: Yuri, Slice-of-Life, Comedy
Publication Date: May 27, 2025
Final Thoughts
We are here at the final volume of Cheerful Amnesia. While I will give my overall thoughts on the series in a moment, I was slightly disappointed with how it ended. While nothing was particularly wrong with how it ended, I was just expecting something more. Yes, they are married now, and I thought that we would get a proper epilogue; however, all we were treated to was the same old episodic gags. Nothing felt definitive or finished. Even the final chapters where Mari and Arisa consummated their marriage (way later from their wedding day), were something that I thought would have happened a lot sooner… especially with the way Arisa had acted throughout the entirety of the series. Be that as it may, the ending just felt like it was missing that punch or that extra tug to tighten the proverbial bow around the package.
Outside of that, looking back on Cheerful Amnesia, the series is a bit different from what was expected. After all, this is a 4-koma (four-panel comic) series; therefore, not much continuity between strips should be expected. While it did tell an overarching story, one of Arisa getting her memories back, realizing how much she loves Mari, and eventually marrying her, the small bite-sized strips added some extra comedy and flair to the series to keep things moving along at a pretty good pace.
Arisa, as a character, was a bit TOO over the top. Yes, she’s kind of a sex addict. Yes, she’s looking for any excuse to get in Mari’s pants, and yes, she’s dumber than a box of dead, wet rats and needs to learn about things in the most hilarious ways possible, and while that is her charm, it was a bit too much. I thought that her character could have been dialed back just a tad to make her more enjoyable, but oddly enough, despite my gripes, it worked rather well for what the series was offering.
As for Mari, I enjoyed her as a character. The emotions that you felt for her in the beginning, someone who loved the old Arisa, but was struggling with the new Arisa, while she had amnesia. It did tug at your heartstrings a little bit, but you have to give her credit for sticking with Arisa through thick and thin. Even if Arisa made things awkward, she never gave up, and that, right there, is true love.
I will say that while the series had some funny and charming moments, the jokes were overused, and things got old pretty quickly. Outside of the overarching story, the series didn’t truly do much to switch things up and make things more interesting. Proof of that is in the final volume, in how it continued the 4-panel gags once they were married and didn’t do much in the way of a true epilogue. While I understand this isn’t the type of format to pull something like that off, it still would have been nice.
This series is good enough for a laugh, and with it being only six volumes, one could finish this in just a couple of hours. The books are shorter than most volumes of manga (about 130 pages vs the typical 170-200 pages), so it’s not a huge time investment. This is one of those series that you’ll probably have a few good laughs with if you read it, but won’t miss something special if you decide to skip it.
Overall Score: 2.5 / 5
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