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Its not common to get an excellent anime adaptation, let alone one that's made by Netflix. This adaptation is one of the rare cases where the animation servers only to elevate an already excellent storyline. Having read the manga sometime ago, I watched the first episode expecting Netflix to butcher this title, taking into account its somewhat lack of popularity, compared to other manga at least. A relatively old manga that's focused on story and not on fighting or fanservice is rare in todays market, so I had really no hope that this anime was going to be any good, and by some miracle, I ... was extremely mistaken. The animation is incredibly clean and looks pretty all the time. This anime asks the ages old question of: War, huh, what is it good for? A nice reflective anime that doesn't try hard to come off as deep but still manages to shake ones brain in the process. Full of mystery, suspense and good psychology (for an anime at least). The story is convoluted enough to the point where mystery abounds yet it isn't unnecessarily hard to follow, if you liked Monster, then this anime is a must watch. In my humble opinion, this is an instant 10/10. I'm not really into thrillers yet this series is one of my favorites, I think that says a lot about this entry.

After watching the OVA, I was surprised that this manga had many chapters not yet animated and was keen on reading it. Unfortunately, my expectations were shattered when I read past the first chapters.
This manga starts off strong and surprisingly inspirational, Kintaro is a hard working man who studies life itself, at least in the first chapters, it does have its charm. But then came the rest of the manga and it took a complete turn for the worse, instead of Kintaro learning about life while hopping from different part time jobs, it becomes a storm of fetishes and the authors weird projections and insecurities. ... This manga had so much potential but in the end, it settled for being mundane and disgusting.
If you want to read it, go ahead. I had to stop many times while reading it because things either made no sense at all or the story at the time was focused entirely around weird sex practices. I'd recommend watching the OVA instead though.

Honestly, I can't believe this was made by the same person who made CSM. This has to be probably the best thing I've read in my life.

I don't even remember the last time a manga had me hooked since page 1, this work of art manages to do this exact thing with its incredible plot twists and gruesome depictions of a postapocalyptic frozen world where people have different superhuman skills and seek ultimate survival even if it means ending the lives of other humans.

I have never in my whole life read something as incredible as this. Totally recommend it.

This manga has one of the best fights in the history of manga, full of fantasy elements, incredibly drawn, good pacing and everything, followed by one of the worst parts of any manga I've read before. It was honestly so disappointing. I honestly can't believe it still. This manga is one of those mangas that has an unnecessary amount of ecchi scenes which makes it much less enjoyable in my opinion. If you're looking a for a good shounen with a solid story and ending, your time is better spent reading something else entirely. Luckily it has many likeable characters which have some sort of ... development over time.

*SPOILER ALERT*

I'm talking about the Arthur vs Dragon fight followed by the Tamaki vs Assault fight. Everything after Arthur's fight against Dragon ceases to make sense, I would simply stop reading after that.