Monochrome Kitan

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Personally, I don't really write to many reviews since I'm not very exceptional at it but this manga needed some justice. There is so many things to say about this manga considering the rarity of it. Although, of course theres a few quirks but if you are the type of person I am you will enjoy it regardless. The story starts off a bit slow with a girl named Ririko who had just lost her father under strange circumstances and is only left with a mysterious card. Along the way she meets two quite interesting characters. One named Shirou who is serious, smart, and hates ... the responsibility hes been given and another named Kurokichi who is strange, quirky and quite mysterious for the most part. Both have distinct personalities and for me make the story quite interesting. It reminds me a bit of the setup in Zombie-Loan almost to be honest. But yeah, some notable things I should say about this manga is it seems to be directed towards a alternative audience. So if you do not enjoy crude, obscure, dark, colorful, bruting, and highly contrasted things then this manga may not be for you. The story does has its downfalls but the artwork tends to make up for that as well does the distinct settings and unique dark atmosphere with psychotic characters and interesting elements surrounding them. Also this has nothing satanic, illuminati, or cult related type things. If anyone does claim this to be true then they are just spouting nonsense, this is as about satanic as Naruto. Seriously, conspiracy theorists please stop. This is just a manga with a gothic type feel to it and is why it has such peculiar elements involved in it. So please read it for yourself and decide whether or not you like it, who knows, if you enjoy that sort of thing then this may quite possibly turn out to be one of your favorites.

Well, let's begin...

Story - 3/10 I had no idea what was going on. It was so confusing and rushed, I feel like it would have been a lot better if they slowed it down. It seems like they're trying WAAAAY too hard to put gothic / psychological themes in it. This manga reminds me so much of Pandora Hearts. It's like a combination of Pandora Hearts, Black butler, and Death Note. I'll go on more about this in the art and character section.

Art - 8/10 I liked it. I feel like they over did it with the ... gothic ness though, because the girl is like wearing... skulls everywhere and spider web leggings. The art reminds me of Black Butler, like the way they draw the eyes.

Character - 5/10 Oh god, I didn't give the character a high rating because I've seen them in other mangas before. The main girl... doesn't she remind you of Misa from Death note? The hair... the personality... The black haired guy wearing the hat... doesn't he remind you of a combination of Gilbert from Pandora Hearts and L from Death note? I mean... the outfit.. the hat.. the hair... and then the eyes look like L's from Death Note. I guess he's too lazy to be L from Death note... but still........ Now for 4 eyes, doesn't he remind you of a colder version of Light from Death note? And then the other characters... I swear I saw a guy wearing a hat that reminded me of Break from Pandora hearts...

Enjoyment - 4/10 Art was nice to look at, there were a FEW funny moments here and there. Story was confusing and boring and was too fast. I think they added way to many psychological scenes that weren't really needed.

Overall - 4.5/10 Well... if you like gothic style mangas and pigtails, go ahead and read this. This isn't the WORST I've seen, but definitely not the best. The story could have gone pretty nicely...

Well, Good day!