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It was an emotional rollercoaster to say the least. Starting off with a light-hearted situational comedy with some supernatural sprinkled in, slowly but surely a solid storyline begins to flow in, and it is wonderful. Characterisation is amazing, I ended up getting emotionally attached to all of them, and with all this angsty and dangerous situations that happen to them and them being on the verge of death you get really nervous but also thrilled with finding out how the story will take it turn.
The worldbuilding is really neat, a lot of concepts that get introduced early on appear later in the story and get ... more important role. I really like dynamics between the characters, they are all memorable and loveable in their own unique way.
There is a nice amount of angst thrown in, and some readers may relate to the motives and situations characters end up with. (i genuinely cried during the picture perfect arc, mei's story really resonated with me and it hurted me on a really deep level i can't even describe) You may end up getting lost in all this amount of game-changing events happening in every chapter and all these revelations that you hardly have time to process, but they are brought back later so you have time to think about them. One of the things I really disliked about the story is that Hanako ends up dragging Yashiro out of literally any danger, and some ongoing jokes are getting annoying really fast (kitsune udon isn't brought up anymore, but one more daikon legs mention and i'll snap), sometimes writers even forget about some plot points. But honestly, for me it didn't really matter because you don't think about it while reading.
Did I mention that the artstyle is legendary? So, the artstyle is legendary and character designs are done incredibly well. Color pallete on official illustrations and covers is really unique and the atmosphere has its own charm, it's like you're reading a fairy tale from your childhood that grew up with you. In this world, even if the good will always win, there's no guarantee that everybody will meet their happy ever after.

One of the things that caught my eye was a unique artstyle of this show that can go from cute to creepy as fuck in a matter of seconds, but honestly, sometimes it becomes repulsive rather quickly. I enjoyed the overall concept and atmosphere of the academy, but I felt really uncomfortable during the games. I know that it was intentional, but for me this exaggeration of emotions, gambling and game thrill was way too over-the-top and made the anime way less enjoyable to watch. Honestly, watching anime girls orgasming and destroying parts of their body is a pretty questionable way to spend your time.
But ... I must say, I really enjoyed the idea of survival of the fittest and the way the weakest students stop being seen as humans, it neatly adds up to the unsettling vibe of the show. And yeah, soundtrack is gorgeous and the opening is one of my favorites.