Ikenie Touhyou

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Contrary what the current mean score might make you think, this one actually isn’t bad. Ikenie Touhyou dodges the usual downfall of the “fatal irl game” types of stories that is being all edge with no substance. There isn’t too much of just a shock value content, in fact the manga itself isn’t too graphic – in a good way, as it leans more on the portrayal of unpleasant atmosphere than bodily harm. In this the way the “game” works ties too, as the concept of the punishment is a “social death” rather than actual one. This I consider to be the strength of Ikenie ... Touhyou, as while life or death situations might not be that much relatable, having your most guarded secret leaked onto internet is a threat that hits closer home. After all, most of us have something we suspect would be judged harshly by others should it become known.

The culprits have a motive that aren’t just “I’m evil”. The functionality of the game itself makes sense – while the app seems to have almost magical abilities and the authors seem to overestimate what can be done by programming, it’s certainly better than “it’s actually magic” or “it’s just a mass hypnosis lmao”. Overestimating the possibilities of current technology is quite common in fiction, so I’ll let it slide. While most of the time the progression of panic among the characters makes sense, at some points the descent into extremities seem to be a bit too fast, but as it happens in a Japanese school stricter than what western readers might be used to, it isn’t unimaginable that once a breaking point arrives, the descend is accelerated as the pressured students just snap.

I also appreciate that the story isn’t just grim, and offers shards of positivity for contrast and to make it less one-sided. This also helps to establish characters a reader would actually root for. Frequently in this type of story the cast feels just like slaughter material, but due to mostly non-fatal actions in Ikenie Touhyou the influence of the plot on the characters feel more permanent and less than one-off moments before a character is discarded forever.

Overall I would definitely consider it to be among the better works of this “death game” genre.

Also, the cover of the first volume is a clickbait.

overall it wasn't that bad.

the art was very expressive especially when there were heavy amounts of expression in destress or anger.
the first part of the story was interesting and drew me in, yet the second part made me fall off of this manga. personally i'm not a fan of shows or manga that seem like they're done, becuase it would be perfect to leave off on a certain note... but, the creator milks it, to where its lost its spark.

i wish we got more time to see the main character interact with the maker of the game, but we didn't.

the story was ... a bit rickity in the beginning, then i felt as if it fell apart during the second action of it.

i wouldnt read it again, and it was okay to read for a first/last time.
one thing i'm curious about, not everybody has something that can give them a "social death" having to do with sexual actions... yes there was the murder and the cockroach man, but i would've appreactiated something more(?)

well thats all, not a terrible manga nor a good one. its fine to read if you're bored

This is a bad casino royale.

Each week students have to choose one student who will be socially killed by revealing a video of him having sex or whatsoever.

Problem is, there are so many plotholes i had to drop the manga because it made no sense at all. In addition the characters are really really bad, why are they all perverts and criminals? I mean what s the point of revealing videos of them having sex if everyone in the class do the same perverted things and even worse things, how is that supposed to kill them socially? Everything is just pretty dumb in the manga. ... The students have the weirdest reactions ever to anything.

Art is ok, i ve seen worse.

I dont know what i could add, because the manga felt pretty empty. Well don t waste your time on this manga. I can t recommend it to any audience.