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(Currently on chapter 53 on the date of 8/9/16)
If there are any grammar problems, let me know!

=TL;DR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REVIEW=
I came to this manga with a strong heart and a raging erection and what came out of it was just more than a little tease of the tip. This manga itself is amazing and seems to be one that I would recommend anyone who isn't just looking for titties to just read and enjoy.
SCAO Rating system. (Story, characters, art, and overall)

[S]tory
The story is summarized at the description of the web page but basically, our MC, Kasuga Arata lives in a normal town ... until suddenly, it's not the fire nation, but a Black Sun appears. His life was created in a tiny ass book and now he possess a Grimoire (basically a mage book). The story itself is kind of unique but also has that cliche feel to it and it doesn't make you go wow, but as the story progresss you find that it builds up from that original setting and doesn't abandon it half way. You know how it happened, and they will continue to build on that, rather than giving a story and showing you titties every second page. You start to invision yourself in the story and makes you want to have a sick ass magic book for yourself too.

[C]haracters
The MC is Kasuga Arata and man does it give you one interesting and funny MC. In most cases, the MC in any ecchi manga/anime is one gigantic pussy and will find himself accidentally falling over and landing on big tits or pulling down panties with his mouth but not this one. Kasuga himself EMBRACES his pervertism and this makes him a really enjoyable character and not a cut and paste pussy ass bitch of an MC. The SCs are also very nice, but cliche at the same time, from quiet. flat girl to obnoxious big titties girl. The villians are my main concern though. In short, they have no objective. They have the typical, "I want to destroy the world!" background and it just makes it seem like they are just there for forwarding the story. Although, they are still remotely interesting, but not enough to make me feel like they are any importance to the story.

[A]rt
The art is very nice, especially when it comes to summoning a spell or using a weapon, the artist uses what they can of the page to make it look like it's really coming at you. The environment is also a nice added touch, but it doesn't expand too much on it. The main point of interest is the characters. They all look very unique (aside from the MC) and the instance you see the character you know who exactly it is and what they are like. It's also not too noticable of a difference (i.e Danganronpa characters) that they are the highlight of the page, they blend well with the other characters and it just makes it seem nice.

[O]verall 8/10 Arararararagi-kuns.
I would recommend giving this manga a shot, the anime is nice too but the manga is more well built so to speak. Art is fun and unique, just makes you want to read and look at it more. The manga gives you a nice vibe rather than just skipping through the pages to just look for some fan-service. If you want just pure fan-service, I would recommend reading To-Love-Ru or Rosario Vampire. One of those two will make you do the Full Salute or Rushing Rivers.

=TL;DR=
Fun story, interesting characters, awesome art, a right amount of fan-service and an amazing story to make you want to keep reading.

[Semi Spoilers but only disclosing what happens in the first chapter so you better be not surprised]
=TL;DR WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM=
You follow the main character Machiya Tomohiro, a cameraman working for the Film Research Club. The only thing he ever wants in life to to record and film. One day he bumps into a girl named Mashiro Mai, who asks him to record her daily life. Being the edgy man that Machiya is, he accepts and continues to film her for the next few days. One thing leads to another and suddenly Machiya finds that Mashiro is a crazy murdering bitch.

Now, as someone who ... really enjoys reading graphic manga, Dead Tube really shines upon itself on it's artwork, thanks to Kitakawa Touta, but my main concern is how hard it tries to be to, "become the most edgiest manga" in the story line. I won't be spoiling anything that happens after chapter one but I will hint out that everything past chapter one is a disappointment. The format of the story is just fantastic, showing how crazy humans can be just for fame and fortune, and will do anything for it, but it will bring you down that it just kind repeats itself for the next several chapters. All they want and do is sex and murder, giving you a vibe that it just repeats itself consistently. After chapter 15, it just becomes ridiculous and uninteresting, trying to keep itself up with being edgy. In my opinion, you don't connect with the story and just basically stay for the artwork provided. One thing that really grinds my gears is the characters.

The characters are cliche, plain and uninteresting to see. You get your MC, boring, has no meaning in life and just stays there for plot convenience, then you have SC, who is a crazy yandere bitch that will do anything for money and fame (or just outright crazy). Any other character introduced will just make you annoyed to the point you're asking yourself 'when will they die?' and if that thought ever arose from my mind, I would drop the series completely. You don't really feel for the characters but rather to just pitch a tent or unleash the water gates.

The setting of the story is pretty common too. You have the highschool, the MC house, sometimes the SC house and it just really doesn't bring much to the table. Though after the 12 or so chapters, the setting changes completely which is good in a way but it doesn't change the fact that the story itself is kind of bland.

Bad notes aside, I've been mentioning this a lot in the review but the artwork is just tremendous. The way the facial expressions are, the movements and the gore really gives you a great feeling about the story. It may look normal and typical the first few frames but focus a lot on the characters faces and it's somewhat realistic.

This has been my first review so I apologize if everything is all over the place or there is grammar mistakes but I thank you for reading and taking your time this far! I will give my overall verdict.

As seen above my review, I am giving this a 6/10 Benedict Cumberbatch's. The reason why it isn't any lower is because of the artwork alone. The story is unique in a way but it doesn't try hard enough to make it seem unique and special in its' own way and continues to try so hard to be edgy that it's a complete square. The characters are boring and uninteresting and it just doesn't make me want to keep reading. If you're here for the titties then enjoy them while it lasts because it will get boring real quickly.

=TL;DR=
Story is special but doesn't highlight on it, the art is amazing, with having amazing facial expressions, characters are boring as shit, you're most likely going to read it for the titties.
Thanks for reading! (　＾∇＾)