Art - 6/10: Don't take my 6 as a bad rating. In fact, in terms of quality, it's rather good. That being said... it's not memorable. At all. The ecchi scenes are mediocre for the genre, the fighting scenes are up to par but not remarkable, and the characters are distinguishable but not groundbreaking. It did such a good job of meeting the standard for "good", but it did it in the most boring "check-off-another-box" kinda way.
Character 8/10: I really liked the characters. The cast was remarkable, and didn't become cardboard cutouts as they often do in rom-com animes, which is what this really is under its guise of a fighting one.
The interactions between the characters seemed genuine, except for the male lead, who is mysteriously liked despite having no redeeming qualities other than being brave. But that being said, no one seems to praise him for anything but bravery, so I'm not troubled by it that much. I wish he had had more (and better) character development, as he kinda didn't pull his weight.
Meanwhile, the female lead and her multiple personalities were the highlight of the characters, drawing the score up to its 8. Specifically, their interactions were interesting and fun and explored in interesting ways that didn't get tiring. It was fun watching them have fun. That being said, I have a massive gripe with how the ending treated them, which will be addressed in the spoiler in the next tab. I'll try to make it real obvious when it comes up.
Story 6/10: Each arc held its own. When new characters were introduced, they were interesting. That being said, it does suffer from a bit of the ol' Rosario + Vampire part 1 thing where each arc seems to have next to no foreshadowing before that arc shows up, and it lacks an overarching plot. Fights are good, character are good, story doesn't have too many plot holes. It'd be a 7 if I didn't dislike the ending so much.
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The show ends with Motoko's personalities being unified into a single personality with aspects of each of them. It's a triumph for her ordinary life and a sign of her moving past her past traumas. Everyone in the manga is happy for her, and she starts a serious romance with the male lead. It's supposed to be a happy event.
But it's a calamity for the part I felt interested in this manga for: the characters. With only 1 personality, she's only 1 person. Where this manga shines was in the interaction between the 4 personalities. By squashing them into one, it feels like telling me that merging Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas into a single super-warrior would be superior than having them separate. It just felt wrong, and left me with a sour taste in my mouth.
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Enjoyment 5/10: So, if you somehow got here without reading the above, I'll suffice it to say that the note it went out on utterly ruined all enjoyment I had had in the manga; it would have been a solid 7, bordering 8. And the end dropped it to a 5, leaving me disappointed and unsatisfied.
