Zennou no Noa
Amnesiac Kid'z

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This manga reminded me a lot of Code Geass. It has a guy in high school that's seemingly normal using wits to try to overthrow the government essentially, with someone who is portrayed as being on the side of justice opposing him. Part of this worked, but parts of this did not. The basic premise of him using wits to begin a rebellion was interesting, and the individual situations that he came out ahead on also worked pretty well, and the suspense and action there worked well. The background themes relating to discrimination, what defines who someone is, and freedom also worked reasonably well. However, there wasn't really a hook with the protagonist, so there weren't ... really any moments that were truly amazing. Rather, beyond losing his memories, he seemed like a pretty standard character for such a part. Furthermore, the plans worked out way too well without explanation a lot of the time, and hence those weren't as amazing as they were properly fleshed out. Hence, a lot of the plot, once things got going, felt kind of random and really rushed. All of this comes to an ending that I think was almost good, but then got screwed up completely at the last minute. The situation right before the ending was perfect. Just extending that situation a bit further would have been perfect. But then it goes and tries to give it one more twist that tries to convey one more message about humanity, without any subtlety at all I should add, and it just kind of makes everything seem kind of dumb and pointless. The art was decent.

tl;dr: A manga with some good concepts that weren't implemented too well and an unforced error of an ending.

Zennou no Noa seemed liked a 'lets-give-it-a-try' sort of manga. Felt sort of dull at first, but by the end of the first chapter, it seemed to have potential. And it sure DID.
[NO SPOILERS HERE] [This is a not-too-long, not-too-short review]

OVERALL: 8/10
ZnN-TWoLM :P is very smart. The author has very nicely fused the story in 16 chapters. If your finding for a good thriller you can complete fast, you WILL like this. Whether you like it or not, you won't regret reading it.
[It would great if turned into an anime]

STORY : 10/10
This is the story of Escape.
2 years ago, a light bomb exploded in the ... skies in a certain part of Tokyo. Around 2 million people exposed to that light lost all their memories. All these people were shifted to an underground city and been living together ever since. They have been dubbed as 'KIDz' (i think its kinda dumb name, but it makes sense). Since they don't remember absolutely nothing but their names(of course), they had to be re-taught everything. The police and teachers and few other members who are living with these KIDz and have all their memories are called 'adults'.
It caused military dictatorship to rise in Japan. KIDz have been isolated from the rest of the world and are discriminated against.
They all seem quite happy on their own, but Noa, a teenager, feels like he has to get out. And when he encounters a 'spy' adult who may be related to his former life, he begins to execute his plot.

CHARACTERS:
Noa Ikurumi is one hell of a guy. 18 years and has a brilliant mind. Even smarter than the 'adults', he always make sure everything goes the way he wants.He would definately remind you of Light Yagami from the start till the end [which is why many recommend ZnN with Deathnote]. His attitude, the things he desire and the limits he'll go to get everything his way are very similar (I know, why am i recommending in reviews? Well, I find it hard to explain unlike other reviewers with their oh-so-great vocabulary. Then why am i reviewing? Oh bite me!)
The rest of the characters are all in the side with little role.

ART:
Art was the turn-down to me. The characters looked all sappy. Not that great.
[But never judge a manga by it's art......Never] Not this one either.

ENJOYMENT:
Now, this part would differ from person to person i.e. if they finish the whole manga.
There are some unnecessary comedy and ecchi scenes(nothing like That), very rare, but really doesn't add any meaning to that genre.
The author has put the story together very well in just 16 chapters. I kept wondering how would so much end in that much. The beginning, are all introductions to the story and all. Since Noa doesnt remember anything and the spy girl doesn't reveal much. But when Noa introduce the spy to His World, things set to motion from there. By the end, it is all very thrilling to whether his plan works out.
[Tip: don't keep any expectations for the end]

What you might or might not enjoy is The Twist...... (evil smile)

NOW DON'T MIND THAT 5. ITS THERE FOR A REASON AND THATS DUE TO IT BEING A VERY BLATANT COPY OF CODE GEASS.
This manga was a very quick manga that was very enjoyable as a read. it had a lot of details about everything and even little timelines and as the other review guy said, the ending was basically like as if the editor said...nope stop production.

Story- i would give it a 9/10 if not for the sudden OMG all in 2 chapter ending that this had. They developed it slow and well in the inital chapters until he escaped from the sanitorium with his ... "family" then it started getting faster.. not super duper but fast enough for me to notice.

Art- It uses what i call current generation manga art. you know what i mean of course. it dosen't look like Ranama 1/2 and it showed that the author and many artist helpers that drew this had a knack for tallent (just like 90% of manga out there) ...basicaklly most art will get a 9/10 from me if it's modern

Character- The characters seemed to be just dropped in and "half baked" including the main and his fiance. There isn't much if at all any development in any of them in terms of letting u feel deep within the man. this may also be due to it ending in 16 chapters. But they still are decent and u can just feel the man's masterpiece and kind of what he's been through..
any manga pulls this off these days however and u may be asking what's with the high scores for Art and Character if any manga could pull it off. well let me ask you this. if i rate it a 5 cuz every manga could do this then would you want to read it and think my review was bad??? yeah, manga's become manga's because they were able to come out on top of others.

Enjoyment- I'm giving it a good enjoyment score probably cuz i just finished reading it but yeah, it had a lot of what i expect from a good manga, all from action to the little bit of romance/ecchi ...and by little bit a couple pages. So yeah, even with the quick ending and the very bad endign itself i still got some enjoyment from it.

Overal-5/10 you may be looking at everything and think......fffffffffff what's going on. isn't there like a ....8 point something avg for the other 4!!??? well yeah. i would give it an 8/10 if this manga wasn't so shamelessly ripped off of code geass. now i have seen both seasons of code geass over 10 times, i'm a fan at heart. i went into reading this manga through Akumetsu(check it out) so i knew nothing of any similarites or were expecting any.... but i still saw them. the way the main character is such as genius at it all and his expression and deep past basically screams lelouch. his first two plans up to the sanitorium(that's not a spoiler) that might make u think..... uhhh ohh he's definnatley caugfht.....ooo wait..what???!! he planned it out :D yay.... then we bring his nemesis his sense of justice is the same as suzaku's and his last chapter dialogue with the main screams code geass. the last chapter WAS basically a remake of code geass. i can't write any spoilers here. so when u read the last chapter u will see. plus the "thing" in the background on page 25 in the last chapter... is that "thing" from code geass
Shamless too. i even went back to this page while reading to make sure what year this was published in...and of course...after code geass