Enter Ayeshah, an ill-fated orphan who gets adopted by a bunch of aristocrats, and as you would expect, they're all snobby and, in the purest sense of the word, downright sadistic idiots. The characters are dull and the protagonist could very well be a front runner in a stupidity contest. But the suffering doesn't stop there, no. See, during chapter 4, I got to experience a muster of shockingly bad plot twists. Plot twists they were, as I didn't see most of it coming. I'll give the author some undeserved credit here. After that it progressively spirals down into a bottomless pit of horrid narrative by repeating the same scenarios over and over. Her 'secret' had no substance, considering how hyped up it was all throughout. It was just way too predictable.
Overall, it's a theatrical neo-impressionistic psychodrama and a poor tearjerker that tried to salvage whatever it could with random poetry and religious metaphors in the latter half. Ayeshah's Secret may very well be a synonym for melodrama, due to how overt it is with it's approach. Art is incredibly inconsistent and can be quite confusing with how it diverges from seinen-esque gothic style to realistic imagery in a span of few panels. On a surface level: just digital eye candy. Internally: a monotone mush of various art styles trying way too hard to be symbolic. In addition, it does nothing in regard to differentiating between reality and fantasy/dreams.
I really tried to enjoy this, but I guess it was not to be. So, if I haven't at least slightly swayed you over, then I'd suggest reading first 5 chapter so you can decide for yourself. If you liked Akame ga Kill's (anime) thematic, then you're probably gonna like this as well. It's basically that, just way more condescending... and it has hot guys.
