Reviews

Ultrabaroque Deprogrammer is a series that takes a very complex topic for the plot and executes it brilliantly. The story was tight and constant with amazing insights into brainwashing and how human beings think. The use of symbolism is pretty much visible from the mention of the Tower of Babel and St. Augustine both of which play a great role in understanding a lot of things. The strong point of the manga would be how it depicted the complex working of minds and expands the lore of brainwashing better than the likes of Inception. The characters did need a bit of more seriousness and improved writing but they did serve well to the story nonetheless. Now let's talk about the thing that I avoided up until now "Art", it is the weakest part of the manga which might make a lot of people drop it after a few pages, especially the character art, it looks very weird at times almost like characters have some kind of genetic deformity like Down Syndrome, but also, at times the page spreads look magical too and it uses page spreads a lot which is understandable with such plot. I would say if you can look past the art initially then this series has a lot to offer from its lore about the human brain to how easy it is to get manipulated but above all it uses a few hard psychological evidences and theories to expand on it. Just to clarify what the reviewer above said the manga is most definitely completed but it does leave some space for a sequel.

Overall if I have to rate each aspect as below:
Plot/Concept = 9
Story = 8.5
Characters = 7.5
Art = 6 : Page spreads = 8, Character Art = 4

Final Rating = 8