Dec 26, 2018
This is just bad and, after the first act set in the school, incredibly boring.
I wanted to enjoy this as it seemed like a weird, dark manga (which I do really enjoy), but God this is bad. And so boring.
MC is first presented as a unlikable character, which I can enjoy if done well, but that changes when we are supposed to feel bad for him in the final act, though I just didn't care because he was such a horrible person.
There was a lot of lazy writing or plots set up that could've been slightly interesting (for this manga) that were then
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given up on with a 'just kidding' or 'i lied'.
The BORING AS HELL final fight was even given up on with some characters just saying 'I'm done for today' and pissing off, which just made me feel the writer didn't care enough to finish the fight in a half decent way.
I also want to mention:
->His parents, and other characters', shit actions DO NOT excuse his shit actions.
(Spoilers for this paragraph?) There was a creepy romance with a dead girl which the MC obsesses over but by the end we're supposed to support this because the poor MC 'was never loved by his horrible parents'. NO. That's not how sympathy works- it's still a creepy romance no matter his parents relationship with him.
He didn't learn from what happened to Haruka in elementary school, which was a result of his actions, as he continues to obsess over her. Why are we supposed to feel bad for him? He is an awful person, and the author trying to make him more likeable at the end of the manga only adds to my dislike of the MC.
The MC develops these powers half way through which gave me a rip-off and dull version of Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul when he uses his ghoul powers.
This manga does nothing unique or truly disturbing. It's mostly full of cheap shocks that don't challenge the reader.
I just found myself feeling detached from all of the events in the plot and the "struggles" of the MC. By making him unlikable for the first half, I didn't care for him at all by the end and actually ended up disliking him even more when I was instead supposed to be feeling bad for him. The plot, while in the first act, was bearable, it felt very stretched out and convoluted in the second act and I just found myself caring less and less with every page. I eventually started skimming over each page, willing for the manga to just end already.
I think if it had ended after the first act, I would've rated this manga slightly higher (probably a 5). The second half is what really let it down.
In case you couldn't tell, I don't recommend this unless you want to cringe and/or rage at this story that might've had a tiny bit of potential to be, at least, fun, but ended up being drawn out and boring.
There are multiple series that acheive aspects of this manga far better:
- Supernatural Invasion and the affects of society- Parasyte
- Uncomfortable sexual situations, along with the pressure and shame surrounding it- Aku No Hana
- Inner struggle of becoming part of the monster you detest- Tokyo Ghoul
- And just well done, terrifying horror with chilling art to accompany it - anything by Junji Ito
I urge you to read/watch any of these rather than this
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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