What I noticed after I finished the last uploaded chapter ~ 38 (my favourite one, ehehe) ~ is, for this manga to be enjoyed, you need to take your time and maybe take pauses. This manga is full of action - not in the sense of the genre despite a lot of fight sequences - but rather, there's happening so much rapidly in a row, it is very easy to accidentally skip some pivotal points. I got so confused that then the Manga seemed less enjoyable as whole, because I didn't follow everything concentrated. To not let this happen, I again recommend to slowly read and observe the Manga. Because it ain't a good-feel Slice of Life or an easy show with simple matters. What also leads into my advice to be slow is the Art Style, thus very lively, rich on detail but sharp and clean enough to perceive it good when paid attention to.
That aside; for me this Manga is again "a Manga that has potential in its story/lore, characters, and so on, but it didn't know exactly how to do it the right-right way" (I love Yakuza, psychological, and romance as a side thing) (there are some very interesting characters to me .. except the female protagonist xD).
The story tries to be and present something and a lot of times the Mangaka did a great job. Still, some chapters and moments felt unnecessary and drawn out; through tedious back and forth chatter and speculations of the characters, whereas to my PERSONAL taste some parts and information just could've been presented easier, faster and more excitingly. I feel like the manga missed suspension on parts that probably should have been more exciting. (Or it just is my personal taste after all xD)
Now I know this is totally contradictory to the above statement of mine. But exactly these two contradicting occurrences got me so confused and irritated about whether I like the Manga or not, also because I love the "genres" and some of their potential wasn't portrayed as I wished. So:
- All this stuff: Story/Lore/Telling + Dynamic (I don't know how you call all this professionally.)
= 6/10 ...(￣▽￣)...
From another point of view: I think this manga is very beautiful drawn. Props to the Mangaka, really! The art style quickly developed into an incredibly aesthetical piece of art to me. (I saved some good shots of this Manga for inspiration ;) I even liked the art style from the beginning and had the impression a few times that the drawing style was somewhere similar to Komi Can't Communicate. :D
- For the Art Style definitely:
= 9/10 , especially for the recently uploaded chapters (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡
What also, in a weird way, fascinates me personally are the characters. Above all, most of the male characters (including the older ones), but also the female supporting characters, are refreshingly staged and have their unique, albeit a bit exaggerated, personalities. And that is nice.
When it comes to the female protagonist, I find her from chapter to chapter, more even from scene to scene, likeable or absolutely annoying. Her personality doesn't seem stable as for a main character; she is rather one-dimensional and has barely depth. Unfortunately, I can only give her my sympathy for few moments and then again, I simply don't like her behaviour over the course of the manga.
(Most of the time she is annoyed and gets pissed off over a lot of little things (that maybe should be funny but I don't feel it), and then suddenly she is portrayed as someone that should be seen as special...sometimes she does unusual stuff, but I guess in the Manga it is just not good presented enough that her character really hooks me.
- Sooo the Character/Personality Design (1 minus point due to FemaleLead):
= 6/10 ...(￣▽￣)...
