Kamisama no Iutoori
As the Gods Will

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Well, this manga is an odd one.
It sounds just like another survival manga, the kinda "Everyone around me is dying" type. I can't say that it's totally original, but there's something special here- like the amount of cultural references, maybe it's the bizarreness level of this manga, or maybe it's just the fact that it's so unexpected! I mean, I don't know what this is about this manga, but it's absolutely awesome. Go read
NOTE: Because of the many cultural references, there are so many translator notes, so if you're not up for reading those, don't start.

A survival manga that tells the story of a mass murder that started in a high school, only to be found out on an international scale. Only a few students survive games -revolving around the Japanese culture- thus going to the next stage, in search for the "next god".

Unfortunately, the manga ended in the middle of a game because of a major plot twist. We didn't get to see lots of interesting events or what happened in the actual end. It wasn't satisfying, to say the least.

The characters stayed the same during the story minus minor character developments.

The thrill is there, but so much ... mystery and questions are left unanswered; for hell's sake, the manga ended while the investigation was still ongoing!

Art and Characters: 5/10, 5/10 (Mediocre art, fine when there's gore, characters clichéd sometimes ""driven by friendship"" and as I said earlier little to no development.)
Story: 7/10 (while not very original on the survival aspect, it differentiate itself with the Japanese games mixed in it)
Enjoyment: 8/10 (There was the thrill of finding out who will win, who will die next)

Overall: 6/10

So how I can put this? Well... let's make a quick resume of the plot.
We have a lot of high school students who are trapped in a game... a survival game... make by... God, 'cause He doesn't have much to do at all, apparently. And... they survive? At least someones, others are just completely thrown out before we can give a shit for their. Well, everybody who survives actually are some kind of nuts or perverts... or both, and everybody who's just a sane person just die horribly.
So, surprisedly or not, I actually liked pretty much this manga... at least the first ... 80% of its. The characters was interesting (even if some of they die too soon and I thought they can be more used), the plot was clever, the games was exciting and everything was fine. It wasn't my favorite manga ever, but I was having a pretty good time reading.
BUT! I begun to realize that something it was NOT ok when we saw the creepy otaku's backstory and... THAT THING came. THAT!
The 2-D girl!
I thought "... Wait, what?! No. Nonononononononono. No. Y-You're kidding, right?". It was so pathetic, because I kind of can feel when something like that it's just a joke and when it takes really serious, and HE WAS SERIOUS. Look, I wouldn't freak out just by that if it was a comedy manga or a serious manga who sometimes decides to make a joke (like Bungo Stray Dogs, one of my favorites anime ever), but this is not the case. "Kamisama no Iutoori" have its comic relieve, but nothing like this.
And, how I imagined, its was going worse, when the author included the "Ikuko", who even her name is translated like... "A girl about to come"... Do I need say more?!
At this point, I just wanted to end this manga sooner as possible. I can't just stop now because I spent too much time on this shit for just give up and I was already on the final arc.
What makes me given a pretty bad score for this manga was the end, because I was waited at least something to compensate this... And it was the WORST END I EVER SEE IN MY WHOLE LIFE (by a manga)! Nothing makes any sense, the author just threw on a lot of bullshit, the climax (who was pretty good, I have to say) was ended by a way so frustrating that makes me think the author created a problem who he didn't know how to solves and just give up. And he didn't even give anyone a end, like, their stories are just end on the middle of the way and die there.
And I know it has a "continuation", but by the synopsis, it's a whole new story with differents characters and I don't give a shit anymore, because I'm tired of this author who can't even finish his story properly.