Taiyo and Mutsumi are aware of that and joke about it, so it means that it's the author's intention.
That doesn't make it funny just because he's aware and tries to make it a joke. I have no problem with ensemble cast series but go read the first 17 chapters of any of the 3 stories I previously mentioned and count how many characters get introduced in that period and how many are the exact same as another character already in the story.
What is funny is something entirely subjective, but the fact that it's the author's intention means that he isn't doing stuff out of nowhere or because he don't know what he is doing, you're criticizing that he is introducing some characters that are like the same as the older brother as if it's something that the author isn't awared of it when is the opposite, so this end up reducing the problem more about the reader than the author itself because i don't have a problem with the crazy girl and the parrot guy for example.
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I never said he isn't aware of it. I'm saying that doesn't solve a problem. If I'm aware I dumped chocolate sauce in my meatloaf and when everyone digs in I say "yeah I put chocolate syrup in haha" that doesn't make it suddenly a good meatloaf.
My problem with Yozakura is that.. I feel nothing for those characters after all of those chapters. With Beelzebub that people cited as example I was already into the manga on the first chapters while here were on chapter 10 and I don't feel attached to the manga.
But you're treating this as a real problem when is something much more about personal opinion, if you are or not bothered by him introducing some characters that are purposely similar to the older brother, i agree that he should focus more in the family but about this topic of similar characters, i don't have a problem, i laughed with these crazy characters (specially the parrot).
That the characters lampshade how many individuals have the same "MUTSUMI-CHAN!!" gimmick trait is not evidence of anything. It could very well just be Gondaira self-admitting to how he's done this already.
That's because the series seems basically unable to build up characters as people outside of their gimmicks. Take the family members, besides main duo of Taiyo and Mutsumi, all of them have a single defining trait (Siscon, big sis, coward with weapons, gamer chick, nya, big guy with bucket) and have virtually nothing done with them beyond that single trait. What're their personal lives like? Do they have any histories? How do they see each other or the world? We're over two volumes in, and we have no idea on any of those things beyond Kyoichiro being friends with hammer cop (who in himself is an extraneous character). It fundamentally fails at making the characters anything more than cutouts.
My first post opened with "my issue" not "the issue"
This is the same thing as you saying that Shiibashi didn't foreshadowed anything in Kamio Yui just because you don't want to recognize so you have a argument, here the author is literally saying to you "yes, i know i'm creating crazy characters that are obsessed with Mutsumi, don't you noticed the pattern?"
Taiyo and Mutsumi are a family. simply.
You know, if you are treating the complaint as "not a real problem" just because it's a personal opinion... well, then, nothing can be considered a real problem. It's a work of fiction, the way they are judged is inherently subjective. Not even editors have objective standards for what the manga they publish should be.
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Real problem is a objective argument, a real plot problem, inconsistence, plot holes and etc, complaining about comedy not being funny or that the author is purposely creating similar characters is something subjective because it goes about you having a personal problem or not.
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