It starts off with the main characters on opposing sides, but the enemy theme isn’t that prevalent after that, though the main characters do not easily consider themselves as comrades or on the same side either. The way trust and suspicion works in this manga is something that makes sense to me as a reader.
Now, about the premise. Guy who happens to be a murderer and totally suspicious stalks girl after finding her interesting... maybe. It doesn’t seem like it’s all the silly and simple though. If you’re hoping for a love at first sight thing with kind of brainless reasoning as to why the protagonists suddenly grow attached to one another - then too bad for you. But if you like that the characters actually seem to have proper motives and go about doings thing consistent with their characters - then this is definitely great. Whether things will develop properly along the love axis remains to be seen, but I for one am glad that the actions of the characters so far aren’t just attributed to something random like “oh I fell in love so”.
The characters have not been fully fleshed out so much yet because their motives have not been fully revealed nor the circumstances surrounding them. But they are interesting, can fight well, and we get a rather good sense of their personalities so far. I’m enjoying the gradual reveal of things as I slowly get a better understanding of why they do things they do.
Especially Ryang-ha, who is introduced as this rather OP guy with suspicious background and who can be a cold blooded murderer - manga does not shy away from depicting blood/injuries/death. Who is this guy and what’s his relation with everything and our other MC? I am very interested to see. I also very much appreciate his strength because it doesn’t feel underserved, and he’s also appropriately not immortal or omnipotent. Like obviously, since he’s the MC he isn’t going to die, but despite us readers being sure he’s extremely competent we are still able to feel that he’s in a difficult situation when he is in one.
Chateau is also decent, and seems to have interesting circumstances surrounding her. She’s badass in her own way but possibly overshadowed by everyone else - she lives in this world where everyone can fight competently anyway. But I like her this way - she does what she can well, but she also knows her limits and tries to consider her situation as well. Her interactions with Ryang-ha and the other cast is rather amusing due to her personality, and she’s not a delicate little rose either, both in mentality and combat prowess.
The action scenes are aplenty with gun fights and other close combat, and the art is pretty as well. Plot wise things are still shaping up but should be able to easily garner one’s interest. The setting is pretty fun and not your usual lame fighting stories since these people are definitely capable of killing and will do so without hesitation. They’re not little law-abiding citizens. Overall, a pretty decent story so far.
