It has a cute premise but I found it dopey and too silly. Also, Hime is possibly the dimmest child every born, and while it's adorable that her dad wants her to be proud of him, it's just too convoluted a premise.

The starting pages were bright and full of colour. I loves the suspense and then the reveal of the secret. I enjoy how manga is so emotive. Then like usual with manga the rest goes into black and white pages.

We begin with the full story. The shame of the father of his secret is apparent. How he dare not let his Hime know. the lengths he goes to hide this is endearing. There is a lot of fun humour surrounding his job and his young daughter.

I thoroughly enjoyed this manga it made me laugh quite a bit and I went through a wheel of emotions with it.

A gorgeous light hearted read about a father and daughter. Eager to see what vol 2 has to offer.

I loved this so much !

Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this. I saw the title and I was like "Oh no what's going to happen." It started of very strong with the key to the shed and since then I couldn't keep my eyes off this volume.

The story follows Kakushi Gotou who is a single father an raises his daughter Hime. However what Hime doesn't know is that her father writes perverted manga volumes online. And Kakushi likes to keep it that way and will do anything to prevent her from seeing it.

When I saw Koji Kumeta I had to read this! I read his Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei series so I was really excited to read this volume, and I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed at all! I Absolutely loves the art once again, he really has a specific style and it makes me want to read more and more. It's absolutely beautiful and I could read it all day. I also really loved the jokes in this. I laughed out loud so much and would not stop for multiple pages.

This volume is pure gold and I can't wait to read the other ones in the future!

Aww, that was adorable. Our MC is so worried about doing right by his little girl that he goes to the most hilarious lengths to hide what he does for a living.

Definitely worth it if you're looking for a lighthearted read about a father loving his daughter with everything in him. The bonus insight from the author is also nice.

I can't wait to see what Vol 2 has in store.

This manga is about a single dad, Kakushi Gotou and his daughter, Hime. Seemingly they live an ordinary life as Kakushi is a manga artist. The only thing, which creates the problems is that he doesn’t want for her daughter to know about his real job, as a dirty manga artist. It’s quiet hard as he is a really well known person and it causes the weird situations during the whole story. It was a funny, silly and cute read for me.

Kakushigoto is not a new manga to me. I've been watching its anime adaptation since it started airing about two months ago and man... I was hooked. Story focuses on a young manga artist, who is also a single dad, trying to prevent his ten year old daughter finding about his job. Why? Because he draws dirty manga. Yep, that's the whole premise.

I'd like to say that first thing that totally captivated me was unique artstyle of Koji Kumeta. Some might say it's weird, but I love it. For plot itself... it's a bitter-sweet slice of life, focusing on Goto's daily lives. It will definitely hit you harder if you are parent yourself, but even so... it's just sad. We also get some scenes from future, with Hime finding his dad's secret. What lead to this? Read to find out.

I usually prefer manga over anime, but Kakushigoto is great in both mediums. Can't recommend this enough.

The premise of the book sounded interesting: a single-father manga artist writes dirty manga series and is terrified what it will mean for his daughter should she find out. The dad, Kakushi, has been working successfully as a manga artist for more than a decade. He seems to be fairly well known for his many dirty manga series and his single goal in life being to prevent his daughter, Hime, from finding out what his real job is leads to predictable hijinks.

Manga can often be over-the-top and completely unbelievable, but I found that to especially be the case here. It’s not that the story needs muted or realistic, but the conceit needs to make some sense. Kakushi spends literally the whole time going to insane measures to prevent his daughter from discovering what his career truly is, but it’s so ridiculous that it took me out of the story. Each chapter is only 8-10 pages, as well, so there’s so much insanity trying to fit into such a small space that it ends up being pretty confusing.

It’s touching to see a dad care so much about his daughter that he goes to such lengths to make sure she has everything she wants in life, but it’s wrapped up in such a weird story I found it mostly fell flat. There are some genuinely funny sight gags, but you catch one that makes you laugh every 10 pages or so amid the breakneck main plot. It’s a tough book to follow.

The book is drawn well, so it’s nice to look at. But in the end, I just didn’t feel like this one managed to land for me. I love manga, and am willing to suspend just about any amount of disbelief you ask me to, but the character motivations and actions still have to make sense and the story has to be coherent. I found Kakushigoto volume missed the mark on both points.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kodansha Comics, and Kouji Kumeta for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book was cute and funny. It features a dad who draws adult manga and he tried to hide this from his daughter. He is also single. Whatever happened to mom is only very slightly touched upon in the first volume. A lot of this is about his work and hiding the titles and characters from his daughter. She thinks he's a businessman, but he cannot tell her his dirty secret!

This was a cute and fun first volume. I also like the structure. The very beginning and very end feature a moment when the daughter gets to see her dad's secret for the first time when she turns eighteen. This is a manga I wouldn't mind continuing.

The plot falls a little flat. It’s really silly, bordering on completely unbelievable - and without the presence of any actual teens in the story (this book is going to be cataloged under YA in my library). I don’t know how appealing it will be to fans outside of manga circles.

3.5 stars

A solid storyline and illustration art style I could track, this manga is broken up with vignettes of the authors life.

'Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition' is the story of a working manga artist intersecting his life as a single father to a 10 year old daughter and his secret life as an artist. We meet other characters who give us the lifestyle and laughs as he creates a facade for his daughter to not have the reveal to his true vocation until her 18th birthday.

This is a really fun manga, written and drawn with a lighthearted tone even when Kakushi Goto works on adult mangaka. It presents what a mangaka's life could be like, with scenes that is universally shared by writers, artists and creators all across the creative spectrum. The parts where he procrastinates and then ends up doing and finishing a lot of work is so funny and relatable to me, personally. I liked how he goes to great lengths not only to hide his "Secret Ambition" so he could protect Hime, but also just to show how much he loves and cared for his daughter. Hime, who for the most part is a 10-year-old kid, shows maturity and an adorable sense of personality that balances the comedic aspect of the whole book with heart and feels.

Apparently, the creator has been doing mangas for a long time (I'm sorry i didn't know) and it really shows in the way the story progresses how much he knows his material and how to navigate the world of mangakas. I also didn't know that this book was turned into a show and I would like v much to see if they were able to capture the fun and heart of this wonderful manga. I really liked it.

Tiny bit of irk for me though were the unnecessary upskirts, sexy poses of the women (while all the men looked like wimps), and the later part where women acted like airheads. That's maybe bec there's a different demographic who might respond better to that, but I just wish the creator made different choices with regards to those.

Still, it turned out well for Hime, and the parts where she accepts her father just as he is (leading to the ultimate acceptance later) is really good and was handled v well. It now makes me wonder where Kakushi Goto is in the "present" time, but maybe that's going to be in succeeding volumes so I'm looking forward to that.

*The eARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review. It doesn't affect my opinion of the book. Thank you.
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I always wanted to read a manga series and I decided to try this one out !!

It is a cute story about Kakushi Goto, who is a single father trying to hide his real job as a manga artist of a top selling raunchy series, from his ten year old daughter Hime. In order to hide this fact, he enters into numerous humorous situations, which is what this book is all about.

Overall it was funny in parts but I found it repetitive and nothing new happening.

This was such a fun story about a dad who hides the fact that he is an erotic manga created from his daughter. It was so hilarious what he does to hide it from her, but of course she knows something is up. Really enjoyed this one and excited for volume 2.

It has been a while since I tried a new manga series and I decided to give this one a shot. honestly it was really enjoyable and i would recommend you try it even if it isn't normally your kind of story type.

Synopsis
Kakushi Gouto is a single father who has one goal- to hide his real job from his young daughter Hime . His true job is- he is a top selling manga artist of a raunchy series. In order to hide this form his daughter he ends up in (often) humerous scenarios and this volume gives a glimpse into some of these.

Overall I really enjoyed the manga. The art style was clean and beautifully detailed for the story it portrayed. The plot followed as you would expect and kept me giggling at all of the hilarious mishaps Kakushi went through to hide his job from his daughter.

Characters and Plot
All the characters within the story were well developed however i feel like a lot of the side characters get more time to develop than Hime, who is one of the main reasons behind the story. I hope Hime and the side characters continue to get developed in order to keep the plot and story moving as otherwise the story would potentially fall a bit flat. Due to this the relationship i was hoping to see develop between Hime and her father felt a bit lackluster. I'm sure as the story develops this will pick up but at this point it just didn't work for me personally.

The comedy, the main reason i chose this story, was as you would expect. Lots of different issues and ways of hiding what Kakushi really does for a living, and the variety of different issues he faces kept me chuckling at the story throughout. It was a good manga to spend reading on a sunny Saturday afternoon for a few hours.

Final Verdict:
Overall an enjoyable read and I would definitely look into reading future releases. If you are not normally one for this kind of story at least give it a shot as i was surprised at how much I genuinely enjoyed the characters, story and art style and it's definitely something different!
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Kakushi Goto is a successful manga artist for a rather raunchy series, one which he desperately doesn’t want his 10 year old daughter to find out about. Leaving the house every morning in his suit, Kakushi Goto hopes to avoid Hime Goto finding out about his big secret.

KAKUSHINGOTO follows a few different storylines involving some truly fun characters, from Kakushi Goto’s staff, to Hime Goto’s teacher. Additionally, as a single dad, Kakushi Goto is seen as quite a catch by most of the ladies he interacts with, which leads to some very amusing misunderstandings.

The art style is sleek, with a fun element throughout, with the panels being easy to follow. Whilst the volume is black and white, the beginning and end parts are in colour using a simple colour palette which reflects the story nicely.

You also learn alot about the manga world throughout this volume; the editors' side, and even the influx of knock off merchandise. Kouji Kumeta even pops in to share his experiences and thoughts as a manga author.

The overall arc of the first volume in this series was very entertaining, with characters that I genuinely care for, and so I will definitely be hunting down the next volume in this series.

This was a cute little story about a man trying to hide the fact he writes dirty manga from his ten year old daughter, often going to large extremes to do so. While the family moments are cute and fun to read, there weren’t as many compared to the rest of the story.

I thought it was going to be more a family slice of life, but it was more the daily life of a manga artist. I liked the truth about the business excerpts, they really helped to paint the picture for us. Those moments were fun and often full of humour, but I felt like I was losing interest often. It wasn’t very easy to read at times, and the extremes the dad would go to hide his secret were a bit much. It would’ve been stronger if it had a tighter focus on having a continuous story rather than situational moments that broke up the flow.

I love the art style. It’s different from many others I’ve read and has its own identity, but fit well into the type of story it’s telling. I was reminded of the manga Bakuman a lot, and would recommend those two for people wanting to learn more about the industry.

DNF. I have tried to read it a few times but, unfortunately, it’s really not for me. I was interested by this manga because I have heard good things about it when it first came out in French. I think that the humor and the drawings could appeal to other and that I’m just not the targeted audience.

What I’ve read really confused me and it wasn’t easy to read which didn’t compel me to keep reading the rest of the volume.

This was actually a really refreshing read! Not something I would have expected to read about, but it kept me captivated the whole time. I can't wait to read more volumes!

I thought this comic would be an amazing read cause the subject is wonderfully promising. But I lost my interest while trying to focus on the story. I thought this was very difficult to follow and and not easy to read. Maybe it is the structure or maybe something is lost in translation, I am not really sure. I love drawing very much though. So I would definitely give the author and the artist another chance. But I didn't finish this book.

3.5 stars.
This Manga is completely over the top and ridiculous in the most adorable way. It was such a wholesome and fun read and I had a lot of fun with it. It did get a bit repetitive and tedious towards the end, though because it was very one note. But all in all, a quick, fun read