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Jan 29, 2024
I ADORED this series, and I think most people that like well thought out mysteries, surprising twists, and deep emotional characters will also grow to love it. The series packs a punch, and tells a well written, satisfying story with only 51 chapters. Stop reading my review, and just go read it, but if you want a little more info, here.
Plot: As the synopsis says, the general plot is about a class, with a strange ranking system, and one day, the number 1 student who was popular, loved and beautiful commits suicide. The day after she was found dead, everyone gets a note
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laying on their desk from her. Deciding to figure out what happens, the class begins reading their notes once every day, one person at a time to try to figure out what happened to her, and what the cause behind the whole class ranking...
Pacing: You could argue that pacing is one of the most important elements of a mystery, and this story does it very well! What's amazing about the pacing is how captivating it is. I binged the whole series in one day. It's refreshingly unique, and the pacing is great for the type of story it's trying to tell, with at least every other chapter giving you bits and pieces of the puzzle. I can't get too much into the plot without spoiling (And trust me it's better to go in blind), the hidden sides of all the characters, and how it progresses the story is truly great to read.
Characters: We have two main characters, that have unique personalities, and character types that I don't see frequently. I liked how they made the characters not the top or the bottom, just giving you an idea of what it's like to be in the rankings without needing to fall in the basic categories, The tippity top or the lowest of the low. At the beginning of the story, I was mildly interested in them, but as the story went on, I was really emotionally attached to not only our main characters, but many of the side characters. The great part is the story can give you characters, and you feel like you understand them, then they pull out a twist, perfectly fitting with the genre.
Relationships: I think this was one of the most intriguing elements of the whole series, seeing how other characters interactions created almost like a web in the classroom (Though I think some of the side characters could have some better established relationships) that was interesting to see how it all played out. The relationships that are definitely focused on the most is all the characters relationships with the girl that committed suicide, building up her character quite well, and it was nice seeing how she interacted with the class. Over all, I enjoyed the relationships.
Overall feelings: Read it. It's so underrated, and a hidden gem
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 29, 2024
!WARNING!
Before reading know that the series is currently on an indefinite hiatus due to the authors health issues, which has been going on for 4 years. I didn't know that when I started reading, and although I enjoyed the series it definitely doesn't provide a satisfying last chapter
Alright, now on with the review.
Characters: I'd say in this story there are 6 characters that are relatively main, besides our main two Toru and Koyuki. I think overall the characters are nothing to write home about but they are in general above average. Some of the dynamics are quite refreshing, and I enjoyed the chapters where they
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built up relationships and connections in the group that weren't centered around our 2 main characters that added depth to the group. I very much enjoyed that not every girl ever was falling for the protagonist, and they mostly focused on our main girl and him.
Romance: As one of the prominent themes throughout the story, it was fine. Koyuki may be a little too tropy for my liking, and there is some unnecessary melodrama between them as you can expect from most romance, but their dynamic is quite nice and I overall found myself rooting for the romance to happen. That does bring me to the second love interest, that I disliked, though not immensely. I do wish that she had a crush on one of the other main characters, like Toru's best friend who I wish was more relevant.
Plot/ Mystery elements: The plot is pretty intriguing. The overall premise is about a world where most have something called an iris, a magic ability unique to each person. Unfortunately for our main character, he doesn't have an iris and gets bullied and shunned for that. Due to that he strives to draw as little attention to himself, although it becomes hard for him to keep up that policy after the school famous Koyuki asks him to go out with her, and he slowly meets good friends, and solves iris related mysteries with them, because despite being an "Iris zero" he has an almost magical ability to figure out other people's abilities (I'll touch on why it's almost magic in a second)
First off, although this sort of premise has been done before, I found it interesting, and looking for something new to read I started it, not realizing how prominent the mystery was going to be. It's not that I minded it but it reminded me of that one anime Hyouka quite a bit. I do think if you like that anime you'd enjoy this series. I think they overall execute the premise pretty well.
Next, the irises. They are veryyyy overpowered in a lot of cases and can be used to solve most of the mysteries quite quickly if they just asked the right questions, though I'm willing to let that slide because otherwise there wouldn't be much of a plot. The iris ideas are pretty creative, and I enjoyed wondering what type of iris the new character would have.
Now let's touch on the main characters ability to solve literally everything, and draws insane conclusions from very little. Now this is very normal with detective anime, and it's far from the most outrageous I've seen, but it still takes away a bit. Though you can usually see where he comes from, and the little details do add up and it can still be very satisfying. Though there is no way he could have solved most of those cases without literal magic to guess some of things he did.
Overall enjoyment: This is highly based on opinion and personal bias, but I enjoyed it enough to give it an 7/10, and would reccomend to friends (if the series was finished) It may have bumped up if it had a proper ending :')
That's all for my review! Happy reading!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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