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The best part about this manga is the concept, honestly.
I mean, people turning into human eating chickens? Sign me up. The fact I read Fourteen by Kazuo Umezo (1990) also played a big part in it. The MC in that manga was chicken George after all.

Sad to say, other than the premise and very few scenes sprinkled throughout the manga got me interested in the final product.

The art style doesn't lend itself to be able to present horrifying gore.
Neither is the comedy that good in it, especially as the story kinda drags on for too long.
The story is also terrible ... and only 1 plot point where the backstory of a villain and the purpose of the chickens is revealed was amusing.

I only recommend this to people who like mediocre manga to laugh at for whatever reason you might have or if you need more chicken in your life!

(PS. Go read the story of Chicken George iin the manga Fourteen instead you plebs!)

This one-shot is the debut work of Miura, author most well known for his renowned work Berserk (1989).

I mostly recommend this manga for fans of the author Miura (especially Berserk readers).

The art style is very detailed, but it simply doesn't look good to me personally. His art has improved a lot over the years and the art in this one-shot was a very good start, especially for his age at the time.

It was fun to see how the strength of Miura's character writing was visible at such a young age already. The characters are more complicated than it seems at first. The ... characters are also what makes it an enjoyable read as the setting is just a vague post-apocalyptical war. The fun of the one-shot is the characters within them. The way they think, handle and react on situation at hand.

The synopsis is what got me to read it.

The story was quite interesting and was developing nicely, but it feels as if the story was meant to be much longer. I don't know it this manga got axed, but it feels that way. I'll discuss this shortly under the spoiler part.

Only the main character and his mentor have deeper and interesting characters in my opinion, but that's okay since it focuses on their relationship and the growth of the MC into something beyond what he would have ever expected to be. The pint of the story got introduced pretty late, but got me excited ... to see where it would go. Sadl it didn't get expanded upon.

It's not as if the manga was long or enjoyable enough to make it a "the journey was enough for me" kinda thing.

It's okay, kinda fun, but unfulfilling.

SPOILERS, uh kinda:


After getting the backstory and reasoning for the mentor to train the MC, it almost immediately gets cut off. Ending the manga with a "the road to Victor's long cherished wish goes on!". This felt really unfulfilling and that's why I am rating this a fine 6.