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I will start my review by an advice to anyone who is currently reading the manga or planning to : drop the manga at chapter 100-105. Nothing you will read afterwards is worth your attention. I have seldom seen such a drastic drop in quality in a manga. Had it ended right at chapter 100, it would be considered a classic.
Thus, I will review the different aspects of the manga BEFORE the drop in quality and then explain said drop from my point of view.

The first 100 chapters are amazing. It is very similar to higurashi in a certain way; with a constant looming threat ... that seems undefeatable. Suspense is omnipresent, along with an adequately cryptic lore that does not explain itself to the reader immediately. I found myself reveling in the few moments of moe that the manga offers in the midst of the thick atmosphere. I just hadn't enjoyed myself so much in a while getting through the manga, after the first few chapters, I already found myself hooked ; eager to learn more about the lore and characters.

The art is also pretty good. It's noting out of the ordinary; but I appreciate the simplicity of the character design that does not fail to look good, cool, or cute. Most of the cast is female yet it does not delve into excessively sexual combat outfits. I also appreciate the gothic inspired clothing for some members of the cast.

The characters are pretty interesting : they do not necessarily answer to known stereotypes, and prove to have defining characterists and traits while not trying to hard to be quirky. The main cast revolves around the main characters and evolves through his influence, each having their own opinion on the main character ; which develops through the various events. Dialogue also happens between different characters, lwhich makes it feel homogenous while their relationships evolve. Overall, the characters all feel very human ; and despite their unique condition even relatable. Keep in mind this whole section goes to waste after the 100th chapter though, as the manga goes on litteral creative mode and f*cks up every character rightfully (only one remains decent).

Ah, the drop after the 100th chapter, let's talk about it. So much to say, so many flaws to list, and such disappointment for wasted time that I don't even know where to start.

New characters are introduced with straight out annoying personalities, fan service which was limited to a healthy amount becomes rampant and cringe inducing, to the point where I had to skip pages. The story starts steering towards a different direction than the one we initially began with.

Some characters start to get seriously annoying and are ruined throughout the second part of the manga, while no new character introduced proves to really be worthy of your attention.
I swear, the right way of describing such a drop would be going creative mode on a regular save in a video game, destroying and messing every thing you worked for.
The plot twists end up being disappointing, and I honestly refuse to believe they were planned from the start ; because what we were being teased with through the lore sounded much more exciting. I really think Lynn either gave up on it or maybe was pushed to write more.

Manga readers, be warned, the end is not even bad in the author middle finger kind of way; it's bad in the "uh, that's it ? that's all there is to this ?" kind of way. Do yourself a favor and stop at the 100th chapter, so that you may keep it as a memory of a great manga.