Ningen Bokujou
Human Ranch

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We have here an actually interesting and original isekai; no cheap comedy, no magic. It is more about survival, horror, fear and lot of suspense. A class on a field trip gets transported with the whole bus into a parallel world inhabited by elves who breed humans for food and it’s up to the main characters to find a way on how to escape.

Not many people will like story such as this. It has many so-called 'edgy' elements, like gore, sexuality and rape, so here you have your word of warning.

Characters are well written, as long as the story goes. Each has some strengths that ... are required for the group's survival (one is the smart and calculating, other is strong and reliable, or another one keeps the group composed and together etc.). The story keeps us caring for the main characters; it showed us it is easy to die and therefore we are rooting for them like they could die any moment. This brings a lot of suspense to the whole reading experience.

The story is finished, but for some of those who are not reading a lot of horrors, it may actually feel unfinished or even cut. It is not. It is important to know that for horrors, it is pretty common to leave us hanging or leave some mysteries unsolved. That’s the appeal of horrors.

It is easy to read and easy to get through. If captivated, one can read the whole thing in one day; it’s really short. For those who want to start with horrors, this is a good candidate.

Pros:
+ suspense; very exciting read
+ each character has his/her important role
+ short, straightforward, easy to read

Cons:
- not for everyone (contains gore, rape...)

Double-edged:
+/- many unsolved mysteries, but that is to be expected
+/- pretty much concluded, but keeps the readers wanting more

9/10 (GREAT)

An actual good (isekai) horror story? Count me in. Pretty easy read. Not too complex story, yet it is well structured, well paced, and quite claustrophobic. Hell, this was nailbitingly exciting to read.

Is this a masterpiece? Nah, not even close. It is a good, easily digestable horror, which gives you some cheap thrill. So this is not where you will decipher the meaning of life. [As a note, the storyline strongly resembles the western teen horrors, so it is not the typical japanese type of horror, so prepeare yourself for the "to be continued" aftertaste, but it is pretty common in the horror genre]

The characters ... are fine, nothing fancy, but they were interesting and sympathetic enough to make me care about them. Therefore, it was able to maintain suspense, unlike lot of other horror story. Also this is a short story (only 28 chapters). One would not even expect excessive complexity from a work of this scope.

All in all if you feel like you want to read a popcorn horror to kill some time, then I definietly recommend it.

Not good! A quick read at just 28 chapters but really not worth the effort. Character development non-existent (to be fair how can you do much in 28 chapters), plot holes, lame ending, and pretty much no redeeming qualities.

Story: Started out rather ok and somewhat interesting, but by the end very bland with no interesting developments. Most of what happened felt extremely predictable down to the last chapter.

Characters: Dear god. The main characters are to have been friends for a very long time, yet it seems like at some points they don't even know each other. Each character fills their role and only ... their role, no character has any development. The MC is infatuated with someone we learn very little if not nothing about, she is the most boring romantic interest in any manga I have read.

Art: so-so, not bad but not phenomenal either. There are stories with great art / terrible story, terrible art / great story, and everything in between. This falls into meh art / bad story

Could it have been saved?: More chapters could have led to more world building and character development that could have maybe saved this