I just binge-read this and I made the effort not to drop this just so I could make a proper review.

This was a terrible horror manga. You could put together a random series of gore images and get a better result that the whole 7 volumes of Shokuryou Jinrui. Why? Because the plot is an absolute mess and the characters are a joke.
It's pretty common to read people complaining about plots and disregarding it because, well, yeah, sometimes some mangas don't have good plots but they're still enjoyable. This is not the case. I will not spoil anything so more people can feel inclined to read this review, but basically nothing matters. There's so many jumps, inconsistencies, contradictions that the whole possible story loses any meaning. The plot doesn't make sense to such an extent that you just can't care about the story not the characters even a bit. It's so bad it makes you wonder if you skipped a "comedy" tag when reading the plot summary.

(And I'm not even mentioning the many moments that take your suspension of disbelief and just go the extra mile, so anything you read feels downright dumb; nor the cliches that feel absolutely outdated for this day and age).

The characters are build just like the plot that holds them, so all you have left is some kinda cool looking art that you could easily enjoy with a simple google search and call it a day. No one, absolutely no one, needs over 60 chapters of cringy storytelling just for a couple cool shots.

This is a random collection of images trying to disrespect your intellect for 7 volumes. Anyone trying to figure out if it's worth the read should take my word for it and skip this one.

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Holy shit, this was actually a really good read. I wasn't expecting to be impressed at the beginning, but reading the whole manga transformed my score from 6/10 to 9/10.

The first third of the manga feels like it would be another dark, edgy, shock-factor story, however, it really finds it's tone in the last half. Don't go into this manga thinking you'll get a super-serious drama/suspense/horror masterpiece. There are many moments where it shifts from dark to comedic, shocking to absurd—it complements really well most of the time. When a character dies, you feel empathy, and most of them have interesting backstories that are at least briefly talked about.

Also the art is FUCKING SUPERB! No exaggerations here, 10/10 art worth reading for the illustrations alone. Overall, very interesting, but don't go into it expecting too much seriousness in the plot aspect.

PS can people stop comparing this to Promised Neverland? They're totally different storytelling-wise. I've read the first 60-ish chapters of PN and it's a completely different experience

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