The first few chapters were great, the characters were believable, the anticipated relationship development with our hero and heroine leaves you wanting for more, and the art promoted a sense of mystery and suspense which perfectly fit the story.
Fast forward a few chapters and I’ll guarantee that you will be utterly confused, in fact I’ll even be willing to bet my secret porn stash that you will be confused right till the end. The time skips, the introduction of random characters, the flash backs, I’ll assure you that no normal person can navigate through them without trouble on their first reading.
Leaving that aside, the characterisation has a lot to be said. What I disliked the most is the radical change of personality of our hero, even if it’s intended as part of the story it still feels that as a reader I was betrayed, since part of the reason why I picked up this manga was because of the authentic feelings that the characters radiated at the start of the manga. Really, the only character development or relationship development occurred just at the start of the manga.
Ironically, the only thing improved as the story progressed was the art, every other aspect of the manga pretty much degenerated.
I’ll acknowledge that the story is complex underpinned with great themes, however I feel that is no excuse to confuse us audience to this extent.
Honestly, it’s quite disappointing to see a manga that had so much potential at the start to end up like this. If only the story telling were executed better and the radical personality change were avoided, this would’ve been a GREAT manga.
