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Pandora hearts is really something special for me. It's plot and storytelling is outstanding. When I came across this manga I didn't have much expectation. I thought it was just an ordinary fantasy-shounen manga. So, I started reading it to pass my free time but then I realized I've underestimated it. Starting from story, art, characters, enjoyment overall everything is perfect. It is one of the most well developed manga I have ever read.

Story: 10
I'm not going to describe the summary since it's already written in MAL. Now at first, Pandora hearts's story is very mysterious. It's more like a puzzle. When I started reading ... it, I got really confused & couldn't grasp the story. I thought the author is just tossing us some unnecessary mysteries. But all the mysteries got clear after reading it fully.

The author, Jun Mochizuki played her trick very well. She covered the whole story under a coat of mysteries. So, it's really hard to predict the story's movement. When a mystery got revealed, it raised more questions in my mind. But whenever I thought about the story's movement or predict something, I got always fooled by it's plot twists. And "Plot twists" are the best thing of Pandora Hearts. I've never seen amazing plot twists like it in any other mangas I've read so far. So, I can assure that, you'll be at least surprised by it's amazing plot twists. Another amazing fact about Pandora Hearts is, it doesn't have that much filler like chapters or plot holes.

So, overall Pandora Heart's story might look uninteresting at first but if you read it further ahead you'll able to understand what Pandora Hearts really is.

Art: 10
I really liked the art-style of Pandora Hearts. It suited with "Victorian era" like environment pretty well. Though first few chapters might look pretty much decent but it'll get much better and better, when you'll read further more chapters. Jun Mochizuk's art has another specialty. It can bring our inner emotions while reading emotional panels. And character-art is also amazing. Almost every character looks beautiful. Background arts like feathers, flowers, chains, ribbons, dark shades etc symbolic things looks very amazing and also gives Pandora Hearts some uniqueness.

Character: 10
It is indeed one of the best thing of Pandora Hearts. It has a large cast of characters. Every character has his/her own unique personality. After reading some chapters you'll start to love the characters eventually.

Starting from main character Oz, Gilbert & Alice, almost all the characters have their own important role in this manga. The background story of all the characters are very well made. I couldn't predict who is the good or who is the bad guy here. It's like all the characters are tied up together from the very beginning of the manga. Their acts are also mysterious. It's hard to predict what are they thinking or what they are going to do. And this fact interested me form the very start. I knew that the characters were just fictional, nothing else. Still, when I was reading it, I also got quite attached with the characters.

Enjoyment: 10
As for enjoyment, it's not like other shounen mangas, where it has a lots of fighting sequences or something like "nakama power" etc. But it is still enjoyable for it's awesome storytelling and characters. Since, I prefer psychological & mystery over other titles I enjoyed Pandora Hearts a lot. The most enjoyable part of it is, how it explains or reveals mysteries.

First of all Pandora Hearts might look like ordinary and full of cliché moments at first. But if you read further you will understand how much dark it really is. Sudden turn of events are another enjoyable fact of Pandora Hearts.

Overall: 10
So, overall I think even Pandora Hearts has some odds, it still deserves 10/10 rating. It is a "Masterpiece" in my opinion. It's really hard to find mangas like it. It took 22 chapters for me to get hooked up into it. So, if you find it boring at first don't drop it. Otherwise, you will miss something great.

Anyway, Pandora Hearts is my most favorite manga. It might sound like I'm just glorifying it because I'm a fanboy of it. But, it's actually not true. Read it yourself to judge it. At least, I'm sure if you read it completely, it will also become one of your favorite manga (If you don't like mystery then that's another case :| ).