Still, it holds true to its characters and their roots - latching on primarily to Ageha and Amamiya - to drive the story as each action creates consequences in the timeline. A manga that could have really taken off but marketed to the shonen audience rather than the seinen audience, leading to cancellation.
Story (10/10) - As stated above, the story is driven by the characters and their actions based on a single plot-point - although the web does grow as the story grows. However, the end goal never changes making it a character driven manga. Psyren's shortened life takes the most of what it has left to speed things up and bring a fairly satisfying conclusion.
Art (8/10) - Very shonen-style but for the most clean with gorgeous panels. Near the end, some pages lack shading and work gets slightly sloppy but still delivers on the big moments.
Character (9/10) - Each character is given life. Ageha and Amamiya are given the most in-depth look but each character has their own arc that gives readers something to be excited about. The only knock I have - which is due to the shortened lifespan - is the fact that two of the main characters drop off the face of the earth for 60+ chapters. Presumably they would have gotten their own fleshed out arcs had the manga survived rather than being rushed back into the story for the final act.
Enjoyment (10/10) - fun and interesting matchups, relationships, twists and turns, the characters. It's an easy 10 rating for me
Overall (10/10) - Fantastic characters driving a story that focuses on space and time, as well as the limits of the human body and brain, and how we can control our own devastating powers, as well as the lengths we will go to survive and gain more power - for whatever our reasons may be. The artwork hardly ever disappoints. Epic moments aplenty. Emotional moments all around. For me, its one of my favorite all-times, just unfortunately cut short.
