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So despite the problems with this manga, I did enjoy it more than I thought the rating would tell me.
Story-wise, it is nothing original. It has Saw motivations, similar to Torikago no Tsugai, but with nothing particularly though evoking. It doesn't pique your curiosity much at all as to who the killer is. Lots of actions taken by characters also were pretty dumb, like in bad horror films. The reveal of the perpetrator is not that climactic, though it should have been a bit more ceremonious maybe. The injection of moral dilemma was a bit too trite and repetitive, though it did help move the ... plot along. However, I did appreciate some of the worldbuilding, but this came as way too little and too late in the end.
Artistically, it is very cookie-cutter. Still shots are serviceable, but the scenes of supposed violence are not very well done. It doesn't have any particularly memorable art. It just feels a bit soulless and mass-produced in aesthetic. However, the starting scene of the tutorial game was probably the best, in my opinion.
Characters, as mentioned, are dumb. They do at least differentiate between the seven, which is nice, and they are all distinct in personality. Their dumb actions decrease any sympathy one might have for them. While distinct, they are sort of reduced in complexity, particularly for those who fail early. But I will say that for 6 chapters, even the ones who get offed first got decent coverage to flesh out more than one trait as to who they are as people.
As I said before, I weirdly enjoyed this despite expecting nothing but trite crap or nonsensical plot like from Shoujo Shikkaku. The worldbuilding part was a slight detail but I enjoyed that immensely. Other than that, the history they build behind this ridiculous game was just so random and yet I didn't find it any stupider than I Know What You Did Last Summer. It was also a short story and a short read that progressed snappily, which lessened any pain one might incur reading the next character screaming about saving their own hide.

I love death games, despite that I would have to say that, I think nearly every single one is the same, I can even predict who is going to survive at the end and in which order the last survivors wil die. SPOILERS FOR...EVERY DEATH GAME I GUESS, everything in brackets are spoilers.

(the last survivors literally in every manga or show are smart and serious guy, the cute girl who is maybe in love with the main guy and of course the main guy himself, first one of them to die is of course the smart guy that I love in every manga but still, ... then the same thing happens, either the girl turns out to be the organisator or anything, or when main guy doesn't know what to do, the girl tries to kill him, main guy fumbles but survives, there are exceptions but still, tons of death game stories are the same, and I love them.)

So about the manga, it was a good read, I read it in one night, started at 4AM finished at 5-6AM so yeah I really enjoyed it. artstyle in manga is nothing unique, but art itself is great, gore elements were drawn on a really high level, so like maybe all of us are, if you are reading it for gore, you can check it out, so yeah solid.

Story (5.5/10)
Yeah, what did you expect, it is a gore death game manga with six chapters, but even considering that, there is an interesting flashback, well not really a great flashback, but it was kinda complicated to say who is wrong and right so bonus 0.5 points on that

Characters (5/10)
I love good characters, but I kinda think that survival mangas have something you can call an advantage, but it is really difficult to fully use that advantage, characters are already in a death or life situation, if conveing their emotions correctly, reader may feel like characters, are already well developed. This manga I wouldn't say conveied their emotions poorly, but it really didn't have that thing that would make any character stand out, but characters were not boring, so that's a plus

Art (8.5/10)
Really solid art, gore elements as I said were great, but the only thing I will pick on is, that really many mangas have simillar or even the same artsyle, that's not really that much of a downside but still art was great.

Enjoyment (9/10)
It was really easy to read, I haven't felt the feeling of, yeah maybe tomorrow, I really enjoyed.

Overall (6/10)
Yeah arithmetics don't match, at the beginning I wanted to read a manga called Penalty School, but I couldn't remember the name, Ithought the name was pentaly school, so I stumbled upon this manga, I enjoyedd it, if you are into gore I would recommend, if not, then I guess not, why are you even here what did you expect. Solid 6 or maybe bit lower, still not bad.

It's spoilers to say that this has a hilariously bad plot with twists you won't see coming because they're so stupid. But that is honesty the only selling point the manga has going for it. The art is the same stupid panty shot amateur effort, and the violence is nothing to write home about. Pretty much a rip-off of Saw when it comes to the various "death games". But it's only two volumes, so if you need something to read you might as well power through this one in less than an hour. I do have to point out that I am unsure why manga ... like this is so philosophically and artistically bankrupt. It really takes two volumes to say nothing and at the end of the read you feel nothing.