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What a trainwreck of a manga. What an absolute mess.

But even so, chaos has its own appeal. This is a trainwreck that you don't want to turn away from.

The main conflict of this manga is really only explained about 15 chapters in. The character motivations are all over the place. The mangaka throws in strange characters with ridiculous motivations at a whim, and conflicts escalate beyond unbelievable. The thing is that it doesn't seem like the mangaka doesn't know what he's doing. He's doing it all willingly and with utmost sincerity. The panels are fantastic, the art is simple but consistent, and the ... action sequences - though often messy because of the 101 characters tossed in for the heck of it, and the ridiculous and over-the-top scenarios that verge on insanity, are so very inventive that you would need to have downed the entire bottle of Tequila in order to imagine something like that.

I don't for a moment believe anything that is happening in the manga. It's such a mess that even real life doesn't compare. But perhaps that is Hits greatest appeal. It is a stupid, stupid manga that doesn't care about the norms of storytelling. The story is all over the place, and the characters are woven in and out with the finesse of a child building a set of legos. It just wants to entertain. And damn does it do so.

8/10 yet not recommended, why?

Characters (7)

The characters are utilized well and have distinct personalities… they are also all a little uncomfortable. The things they get up to go a little bit beyond your average anime fanservice and beyond what your average person thinks is morally correct. In some ways this is a strength to those of us with dark humor but at some points it's just overdone and not all that funny.

In terms of design, every character looks appealing (unless they are meant to look unappealing) and there are different body types for each. Each character looks different, an amazing escape from lots of manga ... where everyone looks similar. If it were character art only this would get a 10/10.

Art (8)

The art is unique, expressive, and consistent. But there are little mistakes here and there that take away from the experience. There also doesn't seem to be much thought put into the backgrounds, the character art can mostly make up for this but it’s still a little distracting.

Story (8)

The writing is satisfying and fast-paced. Characters are used to their full potential (even if that's a bad thing). The story is mad interesting, if not ordinary, and had me invested. The relationships in it were pretty twisted and although it did go a little far I still found myself laughing at some of them… not all, definitely not all.

There are some things that are a bit too hard to look past, I won't tell you not to read it if you're planning to, but if you're on the fence maybe just stay there for a little bit until someone else writes a review.