To be completely honest, the story is kinda bad, especially the way how they finish the story both in anime and manga. The MC is lame as expected but somehow it's addicting since the first episode and will make you binge the entire series in a short amount of time. The slow burn and all the mystery with the bizarre plot of determining who will be the next god is intriguing enough for my 14 years old back in the day.
The opening music is super good, and the art of the anime is pretty neat for the period it was released. However, the characters are awful sometimes and do not really contribute to the development of the plot. Have you ever heard of addicting garbage? this one surely is. They manage to build the tension but fail big in the final sequences and give a bad conclusion. Mediocre in execution and poor conclusion really make this series fall apart.
Reviewing this series gives so much nostalgia and i think, despite all of its minus points, it still is one of the most influential mystery/thriller anime of all time and the plot is unique considering the day it was released (still, it was way better than Platinum End - which has similar plot but falls even lower). Personally, i would suggest every anime fan (especially those who new to this sub culture world) to watch this because it is one of the most memorable anime for many anime fans.
