Manga Review: Betrayed by the Hero, I Formed a MILF Party with His Mom! Vol 1 by Ishino Yassan and Makoto Kuon

Hey all, Sam here.

You know what, I haven’t done a manga review post in quite some time (probably because it’s been a bit since I’ve read any), so let’s have a Manga Monday again. I make no promises about being able to bring this back every Monday, but I should try and get back to some of the series I was working my way through, as well as talk about some of the other volumes I’ve picked up, so maybe I’ll be able to get semi-regular with these posts again.

Today I’m talking about a fairly new release that I came across a couple weeks ago while online browsing new Sci-Fi and Fantasy books at B&N. It sounded interesting, but the title alone made me think it was something David would probably enjoy…so when we went to B&N a couple days later, David saw it in the store and bought it. And because the premise sounded interesting enough, I decided to read it as well.

Let’s dive into the review so I can talk about this more.

After getting kicked out of his first adventuring party, one man is ready to give them a mother of a time with his brand-new MILF party! Get ready for hot moms and revenge in this fantasy isekai tale!

Ceres thought his life was over after being abruptly kicked out of the Hero’s party by the arrogant Hero Zect. Alone and dejected, he stumbles upon an unusual slave market, where he finds none other than the Hero’s own mother, Shizuko! Ceres has a thing for older women, and realizes that this is his chance to achieve a lifelong dream: Assembling a harem of MILFs!

My Thoughts

Rating: 4.5 stars

It was definitely the title that caught my interest. Also the fact that it is an Isekai story. Our main character Ceres was in his 40s when he left his old life in Japan and was reborn in this world where the life expectancy is only in the 50s. Because of that, women are basically considered old by 18 and “put on the shelf” by mid-20s.

The story starts with the Hero Zect kicking Ceres out of the party (mostly because Zect wants the young ladies of the party–and any other ladies he comes across–to himself). After leaving Ceres decides to go check out a place he’s never been able to visit before…the slave market, thinking to get himself a domestic slave, and he discovers Shizuko, the mother of Zect (who Ceres has been lusting over basically his whole life…which, okay, there’s only like a 10 year age gap between them, and considering the setup of this world and Ceres’s having been Isekai’d, doesn’t actually feel all that weird).

When Ceres takes Shizuko to register as an adventurer so they can take on some jobs for some extra money, it is revealed that Shizuko actually was an adventurer before she got married, and that certainly makes things interesting. I’m actually looking forward to learning more about her adventuring past and seeing her in action more in the present. Shizuko was actually in an all-female adventuring party with the women who became the mothers of the rest of the Hero’s party, so I’m sure that’s going to make things extra fun later on.

From there, most of the rest of this volume is dedicated to Ceres wooing Shizuko and convincing her to marry him, both before and after some intimate scenes. And honestly, here’s where the volume lost a little bit of points with me because the sex scenes had a lot of sound effects on the page like “squish” and “spurt” and “splash”…and I didn’t need imagined audio while reading the scene. The art was well done and the little markings indicating movement was enough. For me the sound effects made it weird. But I realize that just could be me.

Oh, and when the volume nears its end, Ceres and Shizuko agree to head back to their home village, and Shizuko thinks about the fact that her party had made a promise to share their victories and rewards together…and how she thinks Ceres would be able to handle four wives…….so when this story pitches itself as the main character dreaming of forming a MILF harem, that isn’t totally accurate (although I don’t think he’ll be opposed to this idea).

Anyway, I look forward to seeing what happens when they reach their village, and I’m also looking forward to seeing Zect and the Hero Party struggle more and more as they realize that Ceres actually did most of the real work, like dealing with the paperwork to get them all paid, and all the cooking and taking care of camp needs and all of that.

The art style is cute, and I found the characters to be distinctly drawn, making it easy to follow who’s who in the scenes. And, as with most manga, this was a nice quick read. Volume 2 isn’t out until the end of July, but I already know this is a series David and I will be continuing.

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All right, that’s all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.