Jul 20, 2019
Yakushoku Distopiary
(Manga)
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I think the author should have leaned more into the absurdity of the world. Over the top, edgy, whimsical, and fantastical. If it was ever serialized again, the best advice I could give the mangaka is to be more self-aware when writing and embrace the absurdity of such a setting. Sometimes I thought the edge was tongue in cheek and it did seem self-aware of what it was at times, but too little too late. There were some little bits here and there that did make it entertaining, but overall the seriousness of which it took itself made it a slog to get through at
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