Ajin
Ajin: Demi-Human

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This story is cool from very many angles. The idea of undead humans is cool, the fact that they don't know whether they are undead or not until they die is cool. The way they materialize their powers is cool. Mostly, the main villain is extremely cool.

I must Admit I saw the anime before I ever read the manga but I can assure you the manga is way better, not to say the animation was bad by any means, but I do believe the 3D animation was not the best weay to adapt a manga with such gruesome and graphic scenes.

If you are ... a fan of mangas like Akumetsu, where one person pretty much forces their entire government into surrender, or psichological horrors like Zankyo no Terror, you will 100% love this manga.

It is a story about some people who can't truly die, they revive/heal after they die. The story starts out interesting until about mid way through where it seems to start becoming repetitive. I can't say this manga is boring, but I can't say it's completely interesting either. Only the first half is interesting, the rest is just is... I don't think I ever read a manga that revolves literally around the same enemy for 17 volumes straight. Should have been over at 10 volumes in my opinion and be done with it. I wish there was more of origin story about why "those ... people" can't die, in the end I can't be disappointed because I didn't come with expectations, but I'm sure glad it's over... So I can move on to the next manga, lol.

Story 5:
Characters:7
Art: 7
Overall:6

Ajin is pretty trash.

Actually, some themes and and some of the characters could have been good, or potentially great, but inevitably, the author wasn't able to balance anything properly and the result is generic "hero" BS when all things are said and done.

We have the themes of government entity vs the supernatural. Good vs evil. How do you quantify morality? If aliens only looked human, would you consider them human? If alien-looking humans had the same emotions as human, would you consider them human? While definitely not exactly unique, the story could have been good enough. Anything would have been insightful into an otherwise ... boring story. Our MC's personality profile seems to align with an apathetic psychopath sometimes, and at other times, more of a regular hero-type protagonist, trying to stop peoples' actions. He sometimes trusts people too much, yet at other times, doesn't trust them at all. Basically, he has no consistency and doesn't seem like a well-rounded character. Rather, it seems like his actions entirely depend on the what the story needs him to do at the current moment.

On one hand, we have the MC getting experimented and tortured by the government day in and day out without respite, and then on the other hand, we have MC linking hands against the "evil Ajin." He simultaneously massively distrusts the government, yet also willingly puts aside his hatred to fight against a common enemy, which just doesn't seem very realistic. Even the story is just complete BS. The MC just merely "hires a detective" to find out secretive information in order to propel the plot forward and make him take action. There's no meaningful moral conflict that the story tries to frame, but merely sorry attempts at doing so.