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Doubt is a very generic survival horror manga. It involves a few characters who don't know each other very well, quickly jumping into cliches from horror movies.

It isn't very dramatic as most characters are killed off screen and with little evidence pointing to the real culprit. Therefore, since the characters aren't trying to solve the mistery like the reader likely would want, it doesn't seem to have a plot.

While it is also made to look like a guessing game (kind of like psychological horror), most of the actions don't contribute to this feeling. Certain panels are clearly trying to set up a character ... as the culprit while it is fairly obvious they can't be because of how cheesy it looks.

By the end of the manga, character descriptions for the main cast are explained, as many plot twists are told to the reader. Instead of it being discovered throughtout the story, everything is just said at the end. These plot twists are so ridiculous, the reader likely wrote them off as soon as they thought of them.

Predictably, the villain is a crazy person who is just messing with people because of a childhood trauma, through supernatural powers (which didn't exist until the very end).

In general, it is a very basic and uninvolved saw-like manga. For a better experience, simply the beggining of Danganronpa is able to achieve a much better version of this psychological horror guessing game.

Cutie Honey Universe had a gorgeous art design, amazing voice acting, the new opening was good (even if all the fans wanted the same one as always) and the new weapons for honey were appreciated.

The plot was interestingly dark, as it attempts to put the main character in a pretty dramatic conflict, leading her into deep sadness. This contrasts with Honey's happy and positive personaility.

However, while this is clearly the main conflict of the show, more so than a monster of the week shounen anime, it barely produces any dramatic scenes. Most of the episodes are two characters talking, with minimum action or character development.

While ... the conflict is evidently dramatic, the main character doesn't react properly in such a situation. This is the main reason why Cutie Honey Universe is considered as wasted potentional.

The ending/climax was disruptive and made no sense so it doesn't really make the grind worth it: it doesn't match the development of the story.

The characters are quite well represented and the beggining of the show is fun so that's why it gets an average score of 5. If I were to rate only the good episodes, it would be an 8, as they are a lot of fun and I consider anyone could enjoy them.

It's certainly not a bad shounen anime; it's boring but at least it's not unappealing or generic. There are not many shounen anime like this (.Hack SIGN is the only one as bad as this one that comes to mind) so you won't feel that you've seen this before but it's an experience you really shouldn't have to go through.

It's particularly disappointing as Mazinger Infinity and Devilman Crybaby had done so well, so the revival for Go Nagai's properties seemed like they could do no wrong.

In conclusion, as a full product, Cutie Honey Universe is just average and you shouldn't waste your time watching average anime. Even for Honey fans.