The manga is pretty underdeveloped in a lot of ways. It provides the absolute minimum necessary in terms of world building and character background. There are character arcs but they’re very simple and not that important. And just overall there’s nothing too special or unique about the manga. Still, the protagonist is cool. The heroine is cute. And the manga is a good blend of action, adventure, comedy, romance and cooking that flows pretty well and at a pretty decent pace. Thus, it was pretty enjoyable most of the way through.
However, the ending I felt was pretty bad. People say that it was axed, and to be honest I don’t know whether it actually was or not, but it didn’t particularly feel like it. There’s a common set of issues with the endings to axed manga, and this didn’t have those. It had a completely different set of issues. Most of the manga is pretty much happy go lucky, but the end suddenly tried to be deep and go for a bittersweet ending. This doesn’t fit the rest of the manga tonally and is thus really disappointing. On top of that, the epilogue makes absolutely no sense plot wise, so it’s not like there was any point to it. It was just altogether unnecessary and unsatisfying.
The art isn’t all that unique, but it’s pretty good quality and the art style fits the story being told. There’s a good sense of flow to the paneling. Character design wise for the most part it’s pretty dull, outside of the main duo. Neither Gordon nor Arisa looks all that special at first glance, but they just work really well in context. The designs of the various post apocalyptic beasts is pretty good too.
tl;dr: A simple but enjoyable manga, other than the ending.
