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After giving Doku no Okurimono several chapters to find its footing im dropping this series at chapter 7.

Doku no Okurimono starts strong, we get some good character designs, a semi interesting story concept and some beautiful chapter cover art/chapter art. It also establishes itself well and you know what to expect from the series. The dialogue also seems decently written so I was quite excited for this series. It really seems like the mangaka put a lot of effort into the first chapter to get readers hooked and it does seem like the series is set up to be something decent but....

The manga seems like ... it had a lot going for it but issues present themselves from chapter 2 onwards.

We get immediate art quality drop offs. The veil of a realised plot begins to fall away and we start to see the writing flaws. Aku no Hana (Flowers of evil) is a story that is quite similar to the plot of this story. If youve read Aku no Hana and read Doku no Okurimono youll immediately begin to see the similarities. The issue is flower of evil delivers and is an amazing story where Doku no Okurimono seems like a soulless husk inspired by both Aku no Hana and Blue period, with none of the things that make either of those manga great.

The writing is painfully bad and it doesnt really seem like they have an idea of where its going. The plot doesnt flow and after its been established every chapter the characters make stupid decisions that could be easily fixed. The mc does something bad/shameful, he gets caught, he gets pressured to do another bad thing, repeat. If the mangaka has a point to the story or a purpose to whats going on the set up is so boring and stupid that its not worth reading through.

With every chapter released getting more thoughtless and pointless id really recommend avoiding this manga unless you want to read see how bad it is for yourself.

I binged this manga over the last week or so and I regret doing so

In this manga we have the story of a "Devil" a man that committed such heinous crimes (SA, extortion, extreme violence etc) in middle school and his life and the consequences after the fact. The manga tries to tackle the redeemability of such a person when they have lost their memories of these crimes and a story of penance with the guilt and weight of them.

The manga was interesting enough to finish reading online but after finishing it I cant say id recommend it. I feel like the story never really ... figures out where it wants to go and for the length of the story doesnt really have any redeeming pay off that its worth investing thought or time into. The psychology is very base level and the writing can be quite predictable and bad with the author often giving extremely obvious clues and repetitive storylines. I wouldnt say there was ever a "oh wow that was kinda cool" moment. The story just slogs on without any direction other that the overall plot of if the MC is worth forgiving. The ending feels extremely anti-climatic and gives you explanations and continuations to things you really dont care about.

The art is decently good and I do feel like it fits the story. The characters are okay but dont ever develop and I do feel like they were written from a extremely male perspective. There is multiple female characters that instantly fall in love with the MC even though he is a terrible person, and often times he has perpetrated crimes (especially of a sexual nature) against them. I also really didnt like the stories stance regarding the crimes and the forgiveness of them. I dont feel like the MC is ever forgivable and the way the story handles it borders on apologist BS. The story really seems to struggle with if we're supposed to like/forgive the MC or if we are supposed to be against him. Overall a depressing story with no real direction or payoff, I wouldnt recommend wasting your time with this one.