Rengoku no Toshi

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---- SPOILER FREE REVIEW---
This is my first ever review and I think it was important to do it with this manga.

The manga starts pretty interesting with a lot of mistery and mindfucks that slowly start to make sense as the story goes on, being a short manga (47 chapters) makes the main story short. And here is where the "problems" begin. I'm not saying that is something bad, but the story changes a lot and it takes a big turn on the final parts of the manga, also, there is a HUGE drop in the drawing quality after 60% of the story the same happens ... with the plot, it seems like the author didn't want to try anymore with the manga or he was sick or something, and it is really sad .
I think is definetely an ok manga for a fast read but it has some serious plot holes and the story pacing it turns weird. Despite that, I expected the manga to end HORRIBLY when I was with a few chapters left because of how the story turned and the quality drop in general, but I actually liked the ending although most people can find it lackluster.

PROS:
-The first chapters are REALLY interesting.
-The story is actually interesting and good for the most part.
-The art of the manga is great on the first half.

CONS:
-The BIG drop on the drawing quality after 60% of the manga (Just compare chapter 1-6 to chapter 38 or beyond). It is really infuriating.
-The plot holes even if they are not massive is still a problem.
-How the story and characters unfolds, there are a few chapters where the story turns a little "awful" and some characters are upsetting and disappointing.

Just Wow. I just dove blindly into this manga and I have no idea what to think now.

Story starts off with a world is being observed by someone or something(aliens). All we know is that the world the characters are living in, is somewhat similar to japan, but isn't japan at all. They have to figure out how to get out of this world. If they're caught, they'll be turned into puppets, they won't know to to trust or to turn to.

Thoughts:
I wasn't expecting that ending at all, I was mind blown with everything that happened. I thought that this was a nice ... concept of who is watching and what is above, watching us.

Rengoku no Toshi has two parts: the "mystery/action thriller part," and the "sci-fi love part" and both actually mesh together to a decent degree, I guess.
The story's confusing. Complicated? A little bit. Poorly explained and thought out? An understatement. Is it something completely unique? Not really, I just read Spirit Circle, which had the same underlying themes in the end.
I do have to say that for all of the confusing elements, random ecchi, genre switches, it does it's purpose as a mystery, and the ending isn't some BS "it was all a dream" sort of cop-out. The story was thought through as much as ... the author could think of, and he realized it. The fact that a story like this actually has a proper ending is extremely surprising, to say the least. Sure, you could say that there's a lot of plot holes, and that a lot of things could have been explained better, people could have made better decisions, etc. Come on, now. It's a sci-fi ecchi horror manga. The fact that a series of believable events could have happened is more than what I could have hoped for such a story like this.
I finished it in one sitting, so that probably helped with understanding the story. But yes, it does occur to me that due to the fast pace of the story, there's a huge shift in goals in each of the characters with every revelation in the story, and it does feel a bit fragmented, because let's be honest, it is. There's definitely a decent amount of ecchi, which I honestly found strange for a story like this, but alright?
Still, it's alright. It's fine. Just another random manga to pass the day