Harems are generally not series I gravitate to, but this one was pleasant to read. In our story, Uryu Kamihate is a very interesting and level-headed main character. In spite of the story's spiritual aspects, Uryu is a hardcore atheist, making for an interesting dynamic between him and the characters the girls, and him. The artwork is stunning, too! A prime example is the star shower, whether it's the delicately drawn faces or the interlaced star pattern above. Charters are more or less typical of the genre in general, with larger breasts, short clothing, etc. Manga seems promising and is off to a good start.


Thank you, Netgalley and Kodansha Comics, for providing me with this ARC.

an interesting harem manga with a very nice art style. i thought the storyline was lacking and perhaps not for me. unfortunately i will not be continuing with this series.

There are a lot of harem comedies in the manga realm. The ones with plenty of heart and imagination are the series that outshine the bland and uninspired harems. It’s why series like Love Hina, Tenchi Muyo!, and even Monster Musume have stood the tests of time, thanks to their memorable characters, strong sense of humor, and terrific narratives. Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, the debut series from Marcey Naito, has some potential to be great. However, it needs to weather the same storms most harem comedies must sail through first.

Taking place in Kyoto, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister follows Uryu Kamihate, an aspiring student who wants to get into medical school. He finds himself living at a shrine, with the three Amagami sisters Yae, Yuna, and Asahi also sharing a space with him. Despite living at a shrine, Uryu’s thoughts on spirituality are atheistic, which sometimes riles the middle sister Yuna. However, after coming an understanding regarding their backgrounds, the Amagami sisters welcome Uryu to their home…to a certain extent.

However, when head priest Chidori arrives, the truth behind why he’s allowed Uryu to live under his roof is revealed. As he’s getting old in age, Chidori brought Uryu to take over the shrine when the time comes. On top of that, he wants him to take one of his granddaughter’s hand in marriage. The situation takes Uryu and the sisters aback, but there’s little that they can do about it. After all, if Uryu wants to live at the shrine and study at Kyoto’s most prestigious high school, he’ll have to go with the flow.

The narrative of Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister begins with the same scenarios we’ve come to expect in harem comedies. A guy comes to live under the same roof as a bunch of beautiful women, finds himself in an accidentally promiscuous situation, and is now the scorn of the more smarter of the women. It’s a trope that almost every ecchi manga does, and it’s certainly hard for harem comedies to try to think of a different way to begin the story. Nevertheless, things get off to an uninspired start in Naito’s debut.

Thankfully, it’s when we get to know more about Uryu when the tale turns interesting. We see why he’s gone full-blown Atheist with his faith, what inspired him to want to become a doctor, and how he was raised since he was young. It gives way to a solid understanding of why Uryu has his current mentality, with his nose deep in the studies and his focus staring sharply towards his dream. The same can be said about the Amagami sisters, who actually share some things in common with Uryu.

When Uryu’s forced into doing some marriage interviews with the sisters, you get a very good idea on the kinds of characters these maidens really are. The ditzy Asahi is a competitive runner, with dreams of gold medals for her talents. Stoic Yuna only wants best for her siblings, as well as her desire to keep the shrine running. Messy Yae is an acclaimed artist, who sometimes takes her passions more seriously than her actual responsibilities. All three have their good sides, with their flaws helping to shape their personalities overall.

Visually, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister is what you’d expect from an ecchi harem comedy. There’s plenty of detail placed in when the women aren’t wearing much clothing, as well as the facial expressions of embarrassment on everyone’s faces. But it’s in the quieter moments when Naito’s talents are showcased with great beauty. A great example of this comes near the end of the first chapter, with the mixture of floating cherry blossoms and the meteor shower in the sky bringing forth a truly mesmerizing moment!

Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister may have many similar harem rom-com tropes, but it at least has some genuinely sweet moments. The bonding between Uryu and the three siblings has plenty of chuckles, alongside some endearing moments. Perhaps Naito can do with shrine maidens what Taishu Tsutsui did with flunkies in We Never Learn, but one will have to wait awhile to see if this one will be just as memorable. Until then, consider the first volume of Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister a good start, albeit not a great one.

This type of story is not usually my cup of tea. This volume had a lot of fan servicey tropes that make me roll my eyes, but this series gets points for being self-aware of the genre it's in and messing around with conventions. I like that our main guy has a personality, opinions about what's going on, and a goal he wants to achieve. The titular sisters, while somewhat stock characters, still have sparks of originality to them. I hope further volumes lean more into its more original aspects. If you like harem manga, give this a shot.

I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this, as usually harem troupes aren't really my thing. However, by the end of this I was pleasantly surprised! The ending alone bumped up this review to 4 stars for me, as the twist was not something I was expecting at all! Very intrigued now to see where this story goes.

I really enjoyed this Manga, it is your typical harem Manga but it was also really good and cute. The character development was really good and I enjoyed how the main character got to know each sister In more detail. The ending?- definitely makes me want to read more! I wish the second volume was out already!

Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister is a harem series really, but gladly not the worst. Uryu Kamihate wants to become a doctor and studies hard for it. He now needs to move to another foster home and the place is actually a shrine and there are three miko there. These three girls are the granddaughters of the priest and the old grandpa wants Uryu to marry one of the girls and continue as the priest of the shrine. I actually like Uryu, since he's quite normal, humorous and serious. The sisters are your basic cliches though, the youngest being cute and athletic, the second one a tsundere and the oldest one gentle with big boobs. The plot feels like something I've read a thousand times and the need to save the shrine and whatnot. I'm glad this isn't as ecchi though, although we get to see naked bodies and boobs everywhere, but it could be worse still.

The art looks amazing when Naito draws whole page poses. Otherwise the art is nice too, but the depth in the pictures is the best when used in said poses. I hope there will be something different in the series, since otherwise this is just another harem series. The potential is there, I'd actually would enjoy if there wasn't romance at all in the series, but just an out of necessity sort of marriage.

ARC Copy...quite split on this one, on side I did like how both parties can come to some common ground on "spirituality" eventually despite being absolute opposites on the subject. However...the harem premise is too far fetched for me.

I received an ARC for free in exchange for an honest review.

I am eager to read volume 2! This was a very cute story and I love all three sisters. I am interested to watch how their personalities develop and fit (or not fit) together. It definitely recommend if you like watching hard exteriors crack or budding romance!

For those who were fans of Love Hina, we have something that may give you nostalgia vibes.

For atheistic Uryu, getting sent to live in a shrine rent-free isn't the worst that can happen to him. Residing within the shrine with three shrine maiden siblings, while a headache, isn't that much worse. However, when it turns out the owner of the shrine, the mikos' grandfather, informs Uryu that the condition for staying in the shrine rent-free is to marry one of his granddaughters, Uryu realizes he's hit the bottom of the barrel regarding his luck.

With nowhere else to go and the bribe of getting help entering a prestigious school hanging over his head, Uryu has no choice but to make nice with the three girls and try to work towards getting to know them so he can make a decision on which one to marry.

Just a small warning, as with Love Hina, there is a decent amount of boob and panty shots.

Funny and with excellent art but I've seen this story a thousand times and I'm kind of over it. Plus it's way too echi for our ya crowd and we don't really buy manga for adults so...
If you like just faintly lewd stories, you'll probably like this just fine.

Review to come March 7th to blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just adored the cover and I was in for a bit of a harem comedy! Well, this one certainly delivered on all fronts. It reminded me a tad of Love Hina. Studious guy getting into all sorts of girl/perverted problems and the girls don't let him study but instead insist to help him or have something to tell him. And it certainly was a harem. We got the older girl who is all nice and neat, there is the little sister who is very proactive, and there is the middle one who is DEFINITELY NOT IN LOVE WITH THE MC AND HATES HIS GUTS, hmpf. And of course there is plenty of accidents. He walks in on them changing. Stuff falls and she falls, then he falls, coincidentally, in a very lecherous way upon them. It is your standard harem romance stuff. However... I loved it. I ate it all up! It just worked in this one for me. I knew from the start that his being a boarder at the shrine had something extra to it, not that hard given the title and the hints, but still I loved it when it all came out at the end of the first chapter.

I was at first worried which direction this may go, because none of the characters are in for what grandpa wants. Marriage. One of the girls getting married. And really? I couldn't blame them, but I was hoping that this wouldn't take over the whole plot with them being grumbly about it, because I just wanted fun and seeing the girls get closer to Uryu. See them have fun. See Uryu open up more! Thankfully, things get settled quite soon and I was smiling!

Thankfully, the next parts after that is Uryu going on dates/interviews with each of the girls and it was just so much fun as we really get to know the girls some more. We already had seen some hints here and there (that Asahi is sporty or that Yae is an art student), but these chapters gave so much more insight! I especially needed some insights on Yu-chan. I mean, I could see she is a sweet girl, but it did get on my nerves how aggressive she was at times, not giving him any chance to explain.

I loved that this one took place at a shrine! That we see the girls hard at work as Miko, trying to make people happy and get people to come to the shrine.

Our MC, Uryu-kun, is hard-working and I really liked him. Yes, he needs to be a bit less on the facts-side and also look on the more fun side of the world. Like with the meteors, don't just dash a girl's dream with science and hard facts. Just not how to do it. But that is how he does it very often, much to the frustration of Yu-chan. XD Thankfully, as the story continues he sees there are other things in life and opens up a bit more and that made me smile. Yes, studying is important, especially when you have a reason like he has, but you also need to see fun things, enjoy the miracles in life. I loved how sweet he was towards the girls, like how he took Yu-chan on a date to a cat cafe! That was just so cute!

The ending OH MY GOOODNESS! I need all the deets now. I mean he was falling down? And then it ends like this? I need deets, you cannot just end it like this! Nope~ XD

I do want to mention, so far my favourite girl is Yae! She is sweet, a bit of a ditz, and um, another reason. :P

The art was just STUNNING at times. Really, I was just staring at my screen open-mouthed because of how gorgeous it was. Other times it was OK, still nice! Loved the character designs, and glad they didn't go for the typical nerdy guy design but made Uryu look cool. Nothing against, nerds, but I am a bit tired of the wishy-washy MC in harems design.

All in all, give me the second (and how many volumes after that) volume! I need more. This was just so much fun! I am glad I got the chance to read it~

Art style:- 5/5⭐️
Plot:- 4/5⭐️
Characters:- 4/5⭐️
Romance:- 4/5⭐️

Thank you to Netgalley & Kodansha for the e-Arc. Tying the knot with an amagami sister is a pretty cute and wholesome manga. The three sisters have different personality and interest, you can see the difference between them. Our MC is an orphan and his background story is sad that I actually teared up while reading it. He looks tough and heartless but he is a person that cares a lot deeply. The plot is getting interesting at the end, I'm expecting more on the next volume.

Thank you Netgalley and Kodansha Comics for the opportunity to read and review this.

This is a very cute story for the first volume, and while I enjoyed the storyline, there was one thing I didn't like, which was focus on big boobs, and the fact that the story also focuses on this. I would have enjoyed the story more if it wasn't for this.

As this is just the first volume, it does hang a cliffhanger, and I am very intrigued to read the next volume.

I received an e-galley of Tying the Knot with an Amagami SIster, Volume 1 by Marcey Naito from Kodansha in exchange for an honest review.

Things I liked:
- the humour and general ridiculousness of part of the premise (a young man is taken in by a shrine but he is told that he needs to marry one of the three sisters living there)
- I haven't read many manga with modern priestesses at a shrine so I like that aspect of it

Things I'm not a fan of:
- the overly sexualized sisters

While I do recognize that this is a trait of many manga, it's not the type of trope that I enjoy too much in the manga I read. I think that I would read the next volume to see where the story may lead but at the moment, I don't feel too invested in the characters.

Rating: 4.2 out of 5
-Characters: 3.75/5
-Cover: 5/5
-Story: 4/5
-Writing: 4/5
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Type: Manga
Worth?: Yeah

First want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this in exchange for an honest review! I was a bit excited to read this manga just because it seemed a bit light hearted. It did deliver a bit on the light heartedness but there was some serious scenes in the mix to really balance the fan service off. I have to agree with a reviewer on the whole "big boobs = comedic relief." It is as old as time. I am usually not a big fan of love triangles, squares, etc. I think it is a waste of time, most of the time.

I kind of hope it goes the way this volume ended though with these kind of tropes you already know who they will end up with. Does this mean I hated it? Not even close. I was so annoyed that it ended because I wanted more! I really enjoyed this manga and can't wait to read more. I am sure the adventure is going to be great.

Uryu (a young man a little too focused on his studies) is ending his time in foster care due to age, and is taken in by a master of a shrine suddenly. When he gets there, he has a misunderstanding with three sisters (Yae, Asahi, and Yuna) that is very by the book in terms of a plot device within manga. Yae is a ditzy art student, Asahi is a young, athletic girl, and Yuna is your typical super serious hot-head.

While this type of Rom-Com harem theme is usually my go to, the beginning of the volume felt a little to generic. Thankfully as the volume progresses his interactions, even while over the top, create more genuine emotions and relationships between the characters. Once the master of the shrine (the 3 sisters' grandfather) returns, he tells them about to plan to have him inherit the shrine by marrying one of the daughters. This leads to expected, but very entertaining hi-jinx.

By the end of the volume, I was fully invested in the characters and how this story is set to play out in the rest of the series. The volume ends on a very intriguing cliffhanger, that I think will hook many a reader. If you like romance comedy, with a dash of harem, and a light sprinkling of ecchi, I can definitely recommend this as one to check out.

Honestly, I felt like this one was kinda lacklustre for the first 4 chapters - very typical and tropey, with lots of fan-service - though I did like the characters and enjoyed their interactions. But then the final chapter in this first volume added a plot twist that bumped this up in my estimation!

Thank you to netgalley and Kodansha Comics for the e-arc!

Uryu-Kun, who is solely focused on becoming a doctor and wanting nothing to do with women, was invited to stay at this temple with the idea of him just being a boarder. But really the priest has plans for him to marry one of his 3 daughters.

So this is a Shonen manga and I normally don’t super love Shonen as they aren’t normally my thing. But I did enjoy this manga for the most part. It took me some time to warm up to it but I really liked how they brought depths to uryu with his mother dying and that’s why he doesn’t like gods. Throughout the manga, it really showed how deeply losing his mother affected him and I really loved that aspect. Especially as someone who has lost a parent. I also liked how different each of the sisters were. Yuna-nee is my favorite. Overall I really liked it but if you don’t like Shonen manga this is for you.

Very typical trope where male lead has to choose one of the sisters to marry. It does look like they are hinting at him ending up with all three sisters. I do like the male leads focus with being self sufficient and determined to study to get into medical school. As well as the high school aged sister, she offers a very realistic take and approach to the situation. The older sister is a ditzy airhead with big books and the younger sister is a more perverted girl that is middle school age and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Art was nice but the story is not for me. This is for the audience that likes harem romances/guy dating all the sisters romances.