Love Dester

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This is a story about pure and twisted kinds of love, friendship, jealousy, humanity, all of which is nicely packed into a thrilling and suspenseful death game. The premise does sound quite funky at first, and it is, but the more you read, the more you realise there is something more behind such a bizarre setting.

The death game part is extremely captivating, and every arc was full of tactics and twists. The characters and their relationship grow while facing both their extraterrestrial captors' whims, as well as the worst side of humanity, represented by the other students. You will learn to hate ... herd mentality, as well as people's selfishness. Thankfully, people that should die properly die, and everything is wrapped nicely with no loose ends.

The love aspect really tugs at your heartstrings, where even background characters confessions that span for a chapter make you tear up a little. The drama that comes out of it really adds to the already engrossing setting. I sort of wish the epilogue was longer, with more depictions of how the couples live their lives from now on, but it certainly is conclusive, and it ends on quite the appropriate scene, as far as this manga is concerned.

The characters are great, deep, and make you want to cheer for them. I ended up rooting for the happiness of people that made me recoil at first, which shows how there will be at least some of the cast that you will inevitably take a liking to.

Finally, there is nothing to complain about the art, it is really enjoyable. It is especially amusing how much the way a character is drawn aids when it comes to accentuate your hatred for them...

Do read this manga, it is a real page-turner.

"Mikuni and his two childhood friends, Jiu and Shino, spend their days uneventfully, leading the student council of the Tsukishiro Middle School. Yet, when Jiu's determination to confess to Shino arises and threatens to disturb their harmony, the trio, as well as all third year students, get abducted to a derelict replica of their city. The responsible, an alien that goes by the name of "1st", announces his objective—observing "True Love" by having the students participate in a Love Death Game, where participants have to confess their love in order to leave, while getting rejected also means death."