Gokurakugai

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If you like animanga like Bleach and Jujutsu Kaisen then you should pick up this manga.
The manga has some of the best art I have had the pleasure of looking at. Characters are interesting enough for me to be invested in the overall story, but I will say that I have not been in love with a character yet. The main character Alma feel relatively generic, but I would not say that is bad a thing. On the surface it seems that his personality has the same "skeleton" as Yuji Itadori. There is not much that is special about this manga as a whole, ... but also there are no negative aspects of it yet. This short little review may seem like it should actually be "Mixed Feeling" but the reason I am flat recommending this is because there are only 21 chapters. Not enough has happened yet for me to truly say that some people might not like this. If you like battle shounen for the most part you might as well pick it up as there is no reason for you not to read it yet, and if you are not generally a fan of battle shounen then there is nothing in Gokurakugai for you really.

Came across a volume at the bookstore and thought the art looked really good. To be honest I am surprised by how low the score is on MAL, given that 20 chapters in it has done well what you want a new story to do: introduce the premise, build the world/setting, introduce the characters in a way that isn't overwhelming, etc. Maybe it's a little generic as some critics say, but in this case it manages to feel fresh. I'm someone who has grown out of the target demographic (shonen), but I still feel like there's something here to keep me invested.

I see this manga ... as a better and less edgy Tokyo Ghoul (in terms of the opening arcs) that includes elements from Kekkai Sensen and Noragami that I enjoyed. The characters are definitely the strongest element of this story, as not only are their designs unique and memorable, but their personalities and development are coherent. Of course, as of now there aren't enough chapters to judge if the character arcs are "good", but so far the foundation for a solid story is here. The art is really well done and the humor is notable as well. The battles are easy to follow and visualize, which has been an issue for me in other shonen manga. I hope this author continues this work for as long as they are able.

Found the artist on twitter and just got swept up by how good the art is, had to read the manga, didn't disappoint, great character designs, very expressive faces, good panel layout, great environment, amazing art all around, fights aren't good though, there isn't much choreography and it's not particularly engaging, and so far the magic system doesn't seem suited for a shonen series, now that i think about it, there wasn't even a single proper fight yet.

Story is very generic and just bleh, i don't really have a better word for it, bland, boring, shallow, uninspired, even when something interesting shows up, nothing is ... really done with it, monsters that don't wanna eat humans, even though they have to? glossed over, demi-human racism? glossed over, domestic violence? glossed over, self-h*rm? glossed over, unaliving? glossed over.
Every other chapter, a thread shows up, but it's not followed upon, maybe the author thinks that by just mentioning or showing something is the same as tackling it, i wouldn't complain about this if the manga had an interesting story and was developing clear themes for the reader to think about and these threads were just to give an idea of the wider world, maybe it's too early for this with just 4 volumes, maybe not.

The characters are another problem, they're either super boring, completely generic or outright annoying as hell, the guy who sells them info is legit all three at the same time.

So far i don't see many reasons to keep reading and i can't see that changing in the near future.