Ranked #695

X-Day (Manga)

Story: 8/10
4 persons (3 students and a teacher) meet in the school chat room. They all blame the school as the source of their problems, so they decide to blow it up. As the characters get to know each other, they begin to realize that their problems are situated in other aspects of life as well, not just from the school. They start to help each other to deal with the problems.
'Loneliness' is a very important part of the story.

Art: 9/10
The art fits the serious theme; no chibis, no overdrawn gestures or expressions.
Sometimes you can feel the characters suffering because of looking at the pictures. Sometimes there may be a lack of backgrounds, but sometimes it just fits the scene. A small amount of panels also contain just 'screenshots' from the online conversation, but that's okay, because it may give you the feeling of a 'real online conversation' and how else would you be able to tell the reader what they're writing there?

Character: 10/10
All characters have their very own problems which makes them rather unique and special.
Jangalian, a grumpy biolgy teacher, is stalked by his boss's daughter and annoed by his students.
11 is overstrained by her life; she was dumped by her boyfriend, who took a younger girl, who starts beating 11 at everything she was good at.
Mr. Money is abused by his mother and she blames him for all her problems. Therefore, he's afraid of women.
Polaris is very shy and silent... as long she has to wear her school uniform. As soon as she dresses as a gothic lolita, she's a totally different person.

Enjoyment: 9/10
The manga is nothing for those, who search for some happy-go-lucky-mangas with cheerful characters and a world full of joy. it's the exact opposite. It shows four normal persons, who can't deal with their problems anymore. The main problem is something everybody knows:
Loneliness.
I enjoyed this manga very much, because it was deep and I guess everybody felt already like some of the characters already.

Overall: 9/10
It's an awesome manga with elements of psycho and a bit of romance. It shows how your problems can bring you down and your friends can build you up...
And that's blowing up the cause of your problem isn't always the only solution. read more