Gleipnir

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I enjoyed the manga overall, but personally, there were just too many ecchi scenes for my taste. They could have easily been left out, but for some reason, the author chose to include them. If it weren't for those scenes, I would have easily given it a 9. However, with them, I’ll stick with a 7. Despite that, the manga is still worth checking out, so if you're interested, I'd say go ahead and give it a read!

Story: The story is interesting, but it can be a bit predictable at times. Despite that, I still enjoyed it because I like the genre and setup. It's ... got a mix of action, supernatural elements, and some darker themes that kept me hooked.

Art: The art style fits well with the tone of the story. It has great attention to detail, especially during action scenes, and captures the darker, intense moments perfectly. However, the art can sometimes be a bit fanservice-heavy, especially in the ecchi scenes.

Characters: The characters are fairly well-rounded, though some may feel a bit one-dimensional at times. The main protagonist has strengths and flaws that make him relatable, but there are moments when the other characters' reactions to events feel exaggerated or unrealistic.

Reactions: Overall, the characters’ reactions to situations feel a bit forced at times, especially during the ecchi scenes, but it doesn’t detract too much from the plot. If those scenes were toned down, I think the character development could have been stronger.

Overall: I think others will still enjoy this series, especially fans of the genre, but if you're not into ecchi content, it might be a bit much. For me, those scenes were unnecessary, but the overall story and characters make it worth reading.

This manga starts really good, an interesting premise, cool power concept, and the fights can be really nice. The art, despite not being anything extraordinary, flows really well, and the story starts strong but has its ups and downs.

On the other hand, the characters are unbearable, we have the hot girl + loser dudo, a group of generic, barely relevant friends, a villain with a cool power but very convoluted story, and some side baddies on the way. The story could do with some filler, so to speak, more slice of life moments, and probably less exposition and flashbacks to compensate. Id love more side ... baddies and more bonding between the MCs and their allies. Finally, with time, the fanservice becomes too overbearing. Theres no need to slow the story down to get 2 whole pages of just booba.

Im looking forward to see how it goes, and I am hopeful the story will be good in the end. Too much stuff introduced that for now leads to barely anything.

Usually, I have to go out of my way to find faults in whatever material I read/watch, but this one reveals it all by itself.

The plot has a good concept, but the problem is the delivery. It was interesting for the first 30 chapters, which I had been binging at that point, but it *seriously* fell off after that, which lead to lower motivation to finish reading, but I finished reading for the sake of finishing anyway, which is only chapt. 84 as it stopped updating. For a manga tagged as mystery, it reveals itself too fast, leaving little room for speculation, which is supposedly ... the bread and butter of the mystery genre.

The pacing is fast, quick to the point. As much as it is a positive, it is also a negative. It leaves no breathing room for the readers. I am talking about getting to know the characters in a lighter way. The manga only presents the characters in a way that says "woe is me, I was once happy, yet I was traumatized...", but at the same time, why would the reader expect a breathing room in a mystery manga? Anyway, what I mean is, the characters don't think like what an actual person would do. Sure, it's unique, but a bad kind of uniqueness.

Oh yeah, speaking of characters, none of them were memorable, except freckled blondie just cause she's hot—speaking of hot, let's talk art. A lot of the characters suffer from same-face syndrome, so it is easy to confuse one character for another even when they have unique outfits. The anatomy also annoys me very often. However, to the artist's credit, the monsters are drawn pretty good.

My overall enjoyment of the series started from high to low. After chapter 30, which, once again, I binged up to that point, I've only been reading on and off. I couldn't find it in me to continue reading, but I finished it anyways for the sake of finishing it.
So, anyways, WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS MANGA? Nope. For one, the manga is still ongoing, but hasn't seen any updates for a very long time. So if you wanna read to finish it, you're in the wrong place. Second, it's not worth it. Even applying my bias towards Gleipnir, I still think it is a waste of time.

That's it, have a great day.