Beginning with the plot. The story mainly focuses on Azuma Shinonome. A young girl (without going into any great detail to avoid spoilers) who has gone through many overbearing and horrendous events in her life, that have led her to be nothing more than a broken girl, inflicted with deep emotional and psychological issues. Azuma is the main character of this horror/psychological manga, where she and many other characters try to defeat “devils” in another world.
The art in Sekai Oni is pretty decent. The uncanny style that Okabe, Uru incorporates into his story really adds to the atmosphere and tone of the manga. Its bizarre projection of the “devils” create a sense of disturbance. The one thing I will critique about his art is that the characters themselves all seem to be pretty similar. With a few define touches, it’s basically the same character, just with slightly altered appearances. Occasionally the background will also be bland, but for the most part it’s full of vivid detail.
The characters have been fairly adequate thus far. Okabe has done a good job so far in adding a good amount of back story to a couple of the characters, which are filled with various elements to get the reader to feel sympathy or shock for the character. There is still much for improvement though, as a variety of the characters do not stand out as much, or have gotten any sort of character development.
Overall, it is a fairly good manga. If you are looking for a story with some interesting psychological elements and uncanny art, then you should definitely pick this up.
