My first impression since I saw this series years ago was iffy at best. Chapter 0 was a confusing mess for both story and art. With that, I decided to pass on this series.
It was not until now that I see that series is still on going that I decided to try again as I always loved reincarnation stories and if it still on going, that means this was loved by some people.
And I am glad that I tried again, it was still hard to read this in first few chapters. The manga suffers and is the weakest in its art. The art is not awful or anything but the characters unfortunately caught the same face syndrome.
And this is a very bad thing to have for a story that have a big cast. Not only that, this is a reincarnation story so each characters have two "faces" so to say. This is especially bad in the girls. If your only characteristic is too have long hair? Too bad there's another 5 characters like you.
As weak as its character design are, its strongest point in my opinion are the characters and the world this story has woven.
This story has a big, big cast and each and every one of them is an intricate story that impacts every chapter with their own twist plot in the searching for the truth of what happened in their past lives.
This is a drama there is no doubt but I do not see it as a pointless drama. There is miscommunication that makes you want to go in the story and yell at everyone to just be honest but mostly this story has woven a world with rules that restrict some characters.
Other than the central main characters, you never know who is on your side and who is the "enemies" as each characters have their own agendas whether its grudge/mission from past lives or fear for their lives now.
Another thing is that this story is heart wrenching. This is a story about reincarnation. But this is also a story of past grudge, worry, fear and most importantly guilt. The things they weren't able to do and the things that they have done and the fine line of paying for those actions or leave the past as it is.
Either way, if you love big cast of people with intricate relationship, past and feelings and a brilliant world building then you should give this series a shot.
