This is my first manga review, so I'm sorry if it turns out bad
(May contain spoilers)
Story-6/10
This is one of those mangas you'd never expect to be serious . It started out as a slice of life sort of manga. The first arc helps you get to know the characters better, but I find it boring and cringy. After the first arc, it became more exciting and action based. I love the mafia aspect of this story, despite it not being very mafia-like at times considering the story and such. There are times when the story is being dragged on too much, even when it is not really necessary. The biggest downfall, in my opinion, are the last two arcs. The inheritance arc is well mediocre and a bit predictable, and most of the characters it introduced are discarded easily later on in the story. What throws me off the most is the final arc, I find the premise to be very interesting and it has a lot of potential, but the last few chapters are anti climatic to say the least, especially the ending of the manga, which is very rushed. The arcs before those though are written well, and provide good action.
Art-9/10
The art is very detailed, nice and you could see that it has a lot of improvement from the first few chapters of this manga. The backgrounds and character designs are drawn well.
Characters-7/10
My biggest gripe about the characters is development. Some of them evolve well, but there are some who are one dimensional. The biggest problem is Tsuna's character, he has the potential to be a great protagonist. But I feel like the ending just ruined it for me, as it seemed like the mangaka just eliminated all of the development he got from the story. As he did not progress much at all form the very first chapter. I also dislike how women are portrayed in this manga. While there are some good female characters, most of them serve irrelevant to the plot. I honestly felt that they could be more than just emotional supports, but the mangaka did not know how to develop their characters outside of it, or simply chose not to. However,despite the flaws, You would find yourself being attached to most of them, because they never fail to grow on you.
Enjoyment 8/10
While I dislike the way the manga turned out after the future arc and the ending in particular, I still enjoyed it. And if there would ever be a sequel to this manga, I would read it.
Overall-7/10
Katekyo Hitman Reborn is a manga with potential. Sadly, I think that the mangaka does not know how to properly execute the plot. This manga suffered from pacing problems, so if you like a manga does paces its story well, I guess this manga would not be any good.