Reviews for Brynhildr in the Darkness

~This is my first revive, so be gentle~ (I tried my best to make it spoiler free) So Gokukoku no Brynhildr, the new mange from the author of "Elfen Lied" (which most of you must heard of and maybe even seen and love it like I do) Gokukoku revolves about a man named "Ryouta Murakami" that lost his childhood friend "Neko Kuroneko Kuroha"(neko for short) in a tragic accident. One day, a new girl that looks exactly like his childhood friend comes to his class, and what happens from there is history. Story: 8.5/10So as expetd from the author of Elfen Lied the story here is beautiful.

It is a bit predictable at start, but it gets better with every chapter and I'm sure there's a lot to look for.

Art: 10/10

The here art is absolutely beautiful. I enjoy every and every page. Amazing drawing skills.

Charcter: 9/10

Maybe I'm being too kind here, but the realionship of Neko and Ryouta is really great and most of the other girl characters are also really nice and like I said, same author of Elfen Lied, so I'm sure there is still a lot of depth hiding in the main charcters. The characters desings, also, is really nice.

Neko is just lovely.

Enjoyment: 8/10

I think it depends a lot in the chapter you read. Some were much better then others and some of the chapters in the middle of the story were a bit boring for reading, but just a bit. On the other hand, the thing I still wait the most every week(or more, unfortunately) is the new chapter of gokukoku and most of them are great and even better then what I expected.

And like I said, the art is just stunning and it makes the chapters a lot nicer to read.

Overall: 9.2/10

Gokukou is a great manga. I really think so. Again, I am a bit bribed from loving Elfen Lied so much, but regardless of it gokukoku is a beautiful manga with a lot to wait for.

The only thing that I dislike about it, is the publishing time.

I don't know why but it has an undefined pulishing time and some chapters even had two-three weeks gap between them.

Apart from that,Gokukoku is a must read manga to all Elfen Lied fans and every one who is looking for a new(and pretty sad) mange to read.

P.S

Sorry for the long review, hope you like it and if you do rate it up, thank you:)

Brynhildr in the Darkness is a manga written by Lynn Okamoto. He will be more known for his other work mainly Elfen Lied . I am fan of some of his works including his short stories Flip Flap and Elfen Lied Brynhildr's plot was inspired of Old Norse mythology which makes for a way better and more complex plot than his previous works. However I honestly think that the actual core of the story is misunderstood so I wanted to share my interpretation because I really believe that although this manga is flawed it is also well written : ( Full spoilers) Brynhildr inthe Darkness presents an interesting story with main inspirations from Old Norse myths, including the Nibelungenlied (Nibelung), Ragnarök, and the Aesir–Vanir war.

The Vanir side of the gods is represented in the heroes of the story.

One of the older Norse(Germanic) gods is Nerthus, attested by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century A.D., long before the tales of the Aesir gods (Odin, Thor, etc). This suggests that the more recent myth of the Aesir–Vanir war ( a story of a war between two god tribes) may reflect a historical clash of religions, where the older gods had to fall for new ones to rise. This is symbolically reenacted in Brynhildr with Nature / Love vs Technology & Knowledge.

The legend of Nerthus tells of her traveling in a procession (notably with Freyja), bringing celebration and peacetime wherever she goes. During this procession, no one goes to war. This idea likely inspired the story of our main characters in Brynhildr, who fight Vingulf — or more accurately, struggle to survive its destructive forces. (Aesir–Vanir war)

Let’s unpack the Norse mythology references:

The Vanir ( Nature / Love / Fertility)

Kazumi → Freyja

Mythic Role: Goddess of love, fertility, beauty (Aesir–Vanir war)

In Manga: Kazumi is brashly sexual yet selfless. Like Freyja, she is held hostage by the "Aesir," and misundestood by them. She survives multiple attempts on her life (Aesir–Vanir war). Ultimately, she sacrifices herself out of love. The actual Freyja in the manga is a false decoy god until Kazumi becomes a true goddess herself, granting Ryouta and Neko their only hope at romance. (Aesir–Vanir war)

若林 初菜

Hatsuna → Nerthus

Mythic Role: Ancient earth mother whose arrival halts all conflict; symbolizes death and rebirth cycles (Aesir–Vanir war)

In manga, Hatsuna’s name (初菜, meaning “first sprout”) and surname Wakabayashi 若林 "young forest" and her ability to regenerate symbolize her as a living representation of primordial nature.

She endures the “Ragnarök” depicted in Brynhildr pushing the narrative that nature ultimately triumphs over human cunning. After hatching, she regenerates from her “Drasil,” reflecting her connection to an older Godess Nerthus that predates Odin and his control over gods as an "AllFather" figure.

This parallels the theme that Drasil, NOT "Ygg"drasill, is a world order lacking Odin’s sacrificial act (Ygg=Odin in Old Norse)

In essence meaning that the system Takachiho created is corrupt ( more on that later)

Other Norse figures / Heroes who join the Vanir in the manga :

Kana → Völva (the Seer)

Mythic Role: The prophetic priestess of the Völuspá, the sole witness of the gods’ end (Ragnarök)

In Manga: Kana, though unable to move, sees foresights and warns Neko of the Ragnarok (Loki awakening/ her having to use her hidden powers in volume 17) when captured by Makina.

Her role in the manga mirrors the Völva: the seer who survives to tell the tale of the Ragnarök.

Ryouta Murakami : Siegfried & Mimir

Mythic Roles:

Siegfried: The dragon-slaying hero of the Nibelunglied (linked to Norse Sigurd), famed for awakening Brynhildr He is the slayer of Fafnir( bearer of cursed knowledge = symbolically his family knowledge about the aliens in the manga)

Mimir: The wise being whose head Odin consults for knowledge of fate and Ragnarök. Keeper of memory, sacrificed for divine insight.

In Manga: Ryouta is a clear Siegfried / Mimir parallel — the “hero” who revives Brynhildr (Kuroha) from her amnesiac, dormant state, and who becomes entangled in a tragic love he cannot fully control. He walks the path of doomed knowledge and his capacity to never forget dooms him to die an early death. In a way he is just like Sigurd who inherits a cursed treasure that spells the downfall of his line as his father gives ryouta the cursed renmants of Mimir's head ( and knowledge)

Fun Fact Volume 16 Chapter 154 :

When Ryouta says, "This is already the 3rd or 4th time I’ve died," which then is followed to a scene of Makina in the alien ruins in Dresden) it sounds like a throwaway line but it’s actually a hidden lore bomb.

In the manga, we see him die three times:

Killed by Saori during the flashback.

Killed by Valkyria.

Decapitated by Makina

But here’s the twist:

The "fourth" death isn’t shown until the very end of the story, when it’s revealed that Ryouta actually died back when he fell off the dam with Neko — the supposed "accident" from their childhood.

That’s when his father resurrected him using Mimir's Drasill turning Ryouta into a living container of forbidden knowledge and linking him to the Norse myth of Siegfried, the bearer of the cursed truth.

And Mímir’s Well (his residence to be short) in Old Norse mythology is located beneath the YggDrasill root that stretches into Jötunheimr, the land of the giants

So him being decapitated, the line "This is already the 3rd or 4th time I’ve died," and a follow up scene in the underground alien remains in Dresden is deeply symbolic and foreshadows Ryouta having Mimir's head.

Neko (Kuroha) → Brynhildr

黒羽 (black feather) evokes the Valkyrie’s wings and power.

寧子 (quiet child) reflecting her purity and tragic duality.

Mythic Role: Brynhildr, Odin’s chosen warrior-maiden; valkyries choose who lives or dies (Nibelungenlied)

In Manga: Neko can absorb or transfer physical strength like a Valkyria on the battlefield in the myths (only when in her awakened valkyria state in volume 15 to Kurofuku / also Onodera use that power as valkyria to knock Neko out in Volume 16).

Her slow memory recovery echoes Brynhildr’s curse and awakening in the Nibelung.

Her love for Ryouta places her at the heart of the Vanir cause. Like Brynhildr torn between Gunther and Sigurd, Neko is entangled between two “brothers” in our story. (Nibelungenlied )

She (like Brynhildr int the myth) commits essentially suicide to join Ryouta ( sigurd) in death

Kotori → Grani / Idunn

Mythic Role: A mix of Grani, the horse Odin gives Sigurd to save Brynhildr (Nibelungenlied); and Idunn, goddess of immortality who is killed during Ragnarok.

In Manga: Kotori acts as Grani, Ryouta only reunites with Neko(who in her "awakened" or normal state is revealed to be Brynhildr) because of Kotori getting captured. When the Ain Soph Aur activates, Kotori sprouts 8 legs, evoking Sleipnir/Grani.

She also reflects Idunn, as she defeats Valkyria symbolically the goddess of eternal life overcoming the man-made fake goddess of death.

The Aesir (Power / Knowledge):

Takachiho → False Odin

Mythic Role: Odin, All-Father who sacrifices himself for wisdom but manipulates fate (Ragnarök)

In Manga: Takachiho’s greyed-out lens echoes Odin’s lost eye (though Odin sacrificed it for wisdom at Mimir’s well, Takachiho sacrifices his family, not himself, for power, giving his son Ryouta the responsibility of Mimir’s knowledge). He predicts his death, like Odin foresees his doom at Ragnarök in the myth.

Makina → Gunther / Deus Ex Machina

Mythic Role: Gunther, the betrayer of Brynhildr under his father’s schemes (Nibelungenlied)

In Manga: Like Gunther, Makina’s pride and manipulation lead him to capture Brynhildr (Neko). His obsession with proving himself to his relatives as strong and worthy is his undoing. (Nibelungenlied)

He's shown to be a "weak" demi god figure which aligns well with Gunther being a weak (physically) but powerful king in the myth.

Valkyria → False Hel

Mythic Role: Hel, goddess of death (Ragnarök)

In Manga: Valkyria, with her white hair and deathly presence, embodies a fake Hel, bringing Niflheim to earth (Underground Lab of Ichijiku in volume 9-10).

She’s defeated by Kotori (Idunn) through self-sacrifice life triumphing over death. (Ragnarök)

Indeed as Kotori in her awakened "Idunn Godess" state nullifies Valkyria's power we can infer she is a fake version of a god. (more on that later)

Drasil vs. Yggdrasill:

Yggdrasill (myth): The World Tree, where Odin sacrificed himself for runic wisdom (Ragnarök)

Drasil (manga): A man-made “tree of power” built without true sacrifice. Its rotting roots birth false gods, symbolizing the arrogance of science claiming godhood / fate

Murakami family & the cursed treasure:

Like Siegfried discovering Fafnir’s hoard (Nibelungenlied), the Murakami family finds the Yggdrasill remnants — a poisoned legacy that brings ruin to those who seek its power. This parallel deepens the manga’s theme of cursed knowledge: both treasures promise divine might but bring only destruction. (Nibelungenlied)

Old vs New Religion:

Historical mirror: The Aesir–Vanir war reflects warrior cultures supplanting earth-worship traditions.

In Manga: Vanir (Kazumi, Hatsuna, Kana, Neko, Ryouta ) represent nature’s endurance through love, prophecy, and sacrifice. The Aesir (Takachiho, Ichijiku, Makina, Valkyria ect) collapse beneath arrogance.

Takachiho’s quest to kill the idea that god exists raises the question:

Why do humans still cling to fate, even when we reject gods and religion ?

Final reflection:

Okamoto’s Brynhildr reimagines Ragnarök as a sci-fi saga where true godhood arises not from power or science, but from selfless sacrifice. The Vanir gods and heroes transcend humanity, meeting in the Edda — the mythic record of the gods. Meanwhile, the false gods (Valkyria as fake Hel / Fake Skadi / Fake Odin) fail, as their powers are born of corruption and often greed or control.

My experience of Brynhildr is that as much as I dislike the reliance of harem tropes to make the story entertaining and sometimes distasteful use of ecchi (Fck Takaya) , there's a true attention to character development and Old Norse symbolism which made it stand out to me as a great manga. (also please buy this manga if you like it as the scans online dont include some details of the storyline I have detailed)

Written by Okamoto Lynn, known for Elfen Lied, one should expect some similarities between the two. Compared to Elfen Lied, the violence and exposure is toned town, and so is the art quality imo (in the anime it's censored geh) However, that doesn't really bother me much, as Brynhildr makes it up for character growth... well, until something happens to the character, which would be major enough to be a spoiler so I won't say. I've only skimmed through the Elfen Lied manga, but Okamoto seems to have some kinda liking for sci-fi experimentation withgirls, cuz Brynhildr is pretty much another Elfen Lied, cept toned town and with a plot more centered on the male lead. Also, the male lead isn't that bad, but it's also kinda scary that he adapts to gore so easily. But then, +1 for Murakami's strategies and ability to confuse and awe the hell out of both his friends and enemies, just with his only significant trait being his photographic memory.

The story and plot seem very Elfen Lied like, a lil too much put that's ok, cuz we got waifus (go Kana potential!) with nice character back-stories and character development! Idk bout yall but when reading manga that tends to be a lil dark and gory, I like a good backstory to get the reader a good sense of what the character(s) have been through. After reading a few arcs you might find the story a bit gloomy and dragging on but w/e problems or flaws or even ridiculous plot armor might occur the characters make Brynhildr an enjoyable read, and their development throughout the story is what I see as the main reason to keep reading this.

For you stat nerds

Story: 8

Art:8

Character:10

Enjoyment:9

Overall:8

*For those of you who watched the anime adaption before knowing about the manga, plz be assured the anime is far from the manga, and edited/distorted way too much. Cuz ik what's like to be horribly disappointed with an anime adaption gone wrong, and this was one of the worst."

Since I first came across this manga, I seriously wanted to make a review but prolonged it. But here it is, my 1st review, though it has a bit of fluff in it. ;p Again, Kana 4 best gurl.

Gokukoku no Brynhildr happens to be a hidden gem of the manga world, passed up by obscurity, however, this makes it even more appealing of a manga, if nothing else. As expected of the mind behind Elfen Lied, Lynn Okamoto, Gokukoku is an intelligently done and fairly well thought out piece of work, rich in darker, more ominous airs. Unexpected however, is the "Death Note" style of command and control, cat and mouse esque thinking games also prevalent. Fans of grittier plots will certainly appreciate this particular story without the extreme sense that some horror or more psychological mangas provide. However, the gore and moderatelysexual themes may turn some readers off, albeit not nearly the level of Elfen Lied, for example.

Story/Entertainment: The story starts off fairly typically, almost giving off an "awkward neet" sense, however, it builds quickly, within the first few chapters, adding Okamoto's "bleak and grit" charm. This particular charm, which never truly escapes the story, is a particularly wonderful effect for fans of the style. One could say the transition from introduction to center-piece of plot was too fast paced, however it doesn't detract in any real way, skipping over unnecessary details and fillers. As the story progresses, the grimness pervades every corner of the story ensuring a continuing theme of death and failure only inches from the doorstep of our protagonists, in a way however, that only bubbles just beneath the surface. In doing so this method of writing creates a sense of safety and well-being for our cast only to be shattered not long after. This cycle builds and adds to the overall enjoyment of the story, rather than an expected and monotonous "edgy and dark at all times" narrative. If any qualms are to be raised in the overarching story concept, it'd be the somewhat harem-ish feel that comes into play after a point, which some of our more purist or serious readers may not agree with. This feeling isn't explicitly detailed, but there are times when you can find yourself somewhat frustrated with our damsels at death's doorstep almost throwing themselves at the hero, detracting somewhat slightly from the gritty theme. One could argue that it is a sense of relief, much need in tales such as this and given the somewhat scarce nature of these occurrences a valid point is presented, and should be left to reader preference. As such, the slight presence of a harem-ism will not detract from the score and should merely be a note in the back of the reader's mind, leaving us a 9/10 in both categories.

Art: The art quality is extremely high and even the pickiest of readers will have a hard time passing up Gokukoku no Brynhildr for it's artistic style. If any issue were to be raised, it'd be simply that noir-style art can make it difficult at times to discern the image of what's being presented. Despite this, it doesn't obscure the image entirely, and is a rare phenomenon, earning the art style an 8/10.

Character: Our character cast is another high earner for the simple reason that the character personalities do not detract from the story in any way. It does take some time to see our various heroes flesh out more unexpected traits from their stereotypical presets, but they do fulfill their roles very adequately. With Ryouta Murakami being the role of the hero and protector of Gokukoku no Brynhildr, his initial introduction is somewhat....opposing of what would be expected. In the first few chapters, most readers will assume, as stated earlier, he is another awkward neet character. This is cleaned up fairly quickly, showing himself to be our hero we expect, and the highly intelligent planner we didn't. Murakami proves himself to be the unexpected mastermind all too infrequently seen in today's Japanese stories, and is a highly refreshing, and exciting change of pace from the bumbling idiots normally placed in heroic-centric plots. Beyond this, however, there is little deviation from character archetypes by the rest of Murakami's cadaver. The quiet and all too innocent "memory ridden" heroine, the ecchi and straight-forward girl, and our hopeless, clumsy child round out the crew. Yet even with this present there are still moments of doubt drawn onto our characters, and you can find yourself second guessing the nature our heroines due to the story-writing, and as such, can be forgiven.

Overall: I highly, highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in a more serious narrative, looking forward to a grittier tale and unafraid of less cheerful and bumbling story. The negatives are nothing worth denigrating Gokukoku no Brynhildr over, and as such, I fully well would advise giving this fine manga your time.

*Note, you'll see I rated it a 10 on my score, however this is due to personal preference in genre. You may disagree, as a 10 to myself, may be an 8 to you, so this review will be based as objectively as possible.*

I don't want to go too in detail but just to quickly sum it up. The manga starts off pretty decent, the characters comical interactions with each bring a nice touch, the plot (for the first half of the manga) was fairly interesting but sadly this is another one of those mangas where things start off great but at a certain point you start noticing it go down hill. At around the halfway point (similiar to where the anime ended) the plot development starts getting weird. So much is crammed in the remaining chapters (120-181) that you see the pace is being picked up and quickly rushed along up to the point where you are at the end of the manga; realising how many things were added and quickly forgotten about.Then you remember the start of the manga that there were the original questions you hoped would be answered but were completely brushed aside a long time ago.

The manga is probably best enjoyed if you only read half of it similiar to where the anime ended, although it won't answer your questions you'll be more satisfied by how the turn of events came. Going any further only feels as if you are being bombarded by various ideas the author wanted in before it ended but there was not enough time to flesh out or explain the ideas but simply quickly slapped in "Okay, so X is here and Y is here and Z is here." but you don't get the why is XYZ there and for what purpose besides it simply being there.

If you are looking for one of those satisfying mangas where you can start from beginning to finish and actually be satisfied at how everything turned out and the majority of reasons why things occurred. This is not one of those mangas, maybe one day I'll find another like that but not today.

This is gonna be my first review so please be gentle. I just finished reading all the chapters from Gokukoku no Brynhildr and I have to say that I found it pretty cool. The story was awesome.It may be like Elfen Lied but it is completely different. Art was not something special,it was fair though. Characters were amazing.I loved Kuroha and Murakami very much.The bond between all of them was preety strong.Their friendship could overcome all the obstacles. Overall I higly recommend it to those who search for adventure,supernatural phenomena and maybe a little romance.Those of you who enjoyed Elfen Lied (like I did) will fell in love with this.:)

Gokukoku no Brynhildr It's simple one of the best manga for me. If you enjoyed Elfen Lied you seriously need to read this story. Everything inside it it's awesome. And whatever you would say guys, I think this manga It's very original

This is honestly the saddest manga experience I have ever had, the first 100 or so chapters are absolutely amazing and might've possibly been the best manga I've ever read but the proceeding 80 or so chapters dropped my score from 10/10 to 1/10. I'm honestly not sure how the series went in the poor directions it did but some advice I'd definitely give, after the end of chapter 100 or 110 or so when it feels like a stopping point, just stop. You can read more but don't say I didn't warn you. It is hard to go over the problems with this mangasince they take place so far in but it's a combination of dragging on and simply insulting the reader, it almost feels like the author was mad at someone and started writing to mess with them, that's how bad it was.

The story set up as a beautiful tragic romantic tale, and takes off with adrenaline packed chapters of mystery and intrigue without shunning any character development. A thrilling tragic atmosphere is set and maintained. After those first 100 or so chapters the quality drops dramatically with events taking place that don't matter anymore and vile things happening that are played off as "no big deal." It was sad to see the manga drop off so hard when it originally was so good.

The art style is maintained and very good throughout the manga.

The characters are fantastic but after the first 100 or so chapters, any remaining or new characters lost their charm (aside from one I suppose) and some of the new characters are just purely there to make you hate them even though they're actually on the "good" side.

Enjoyment, first 100 chapters 10/10 one of the best ever. Remaining 80 or so, one of the worst drops I've ever seen in any story.

I highly recommend the beginning of this manga but unless you're a completionist, just stop before it's too late.

I was a fan of this series. Until the Valkria arc ended. This review was written before the ending of the series because as of chapter 155 I have dropped this series. I don't care of it gets better this series has jumped the shark now, and that's not a good thing for the tone that this series tries to portray. Brynhildr in the Darkness is about a guy and his harem of magical girls. that's pretty much it. But the magical girls are given a very dark twist where they will die within three days if they don't have medicine that inhibits these effects. Eachgirl has their own power from world manipulation to future sight to enhanced hacking (more useful than it sounds) to Shoop Da Woop like laser beams. The series is, or was, creative in it's character designs, it was definitely interesting to see the ideas that Lynn Okamato could come up with. The main character has a lot of respect for the super powered women that have come to surround him, he often turns them away when they attempt to sleep with him so they don't make a mistake. They handle the fear of dying before procreating well, they handle the fear of death before marriage well and the character of Kazumi was an amazing character study to take a look at. But of course that didn't last past the first few arcs. The Valkria arc was amazing, the villain was a great character foil to Kuroneko and it had one of the most emotional character deaths I had seen in a manga or anime for the longest time. Then we end the arc on this note where Okamato could have ended the series and ended it well. The main character and the main love interest had finally kissed before the main love interest risks her life to save the rest of the cast. They'll be getting a supply of the medicine they need and the leader of Vingulf has been killed, and this is where the series should have ended. It's ending wouldn't have been nearly as satisfying as the Elfen Lied manga ending but not many endings are that amazing. But then it continues.

The series continues and it does look a bit promising, but as you read it drags on... and on... and on. Even though it's only 55 chapters as compared to the 100 chapters before hand this last sixth of the manga has been horrible with a massive amount of fan pandering. Then you have the creation of Takaya. I wouldn't have minded if this guy wasn't put into the role of hero but, well he is. Takaya is one of the most sexist anime characters I have ever seen and he down right rapes Hatsuna multiple times under the grounds that he's her boyfriend, this is the worst part of the series by far. Then you have the Amnesia, which is happening for a second time with the same character, it makes for a repetition of the first arc, which annoys the hell out of me. Then we have the blatant flanderization of the characters.

I mention Kazumi a while ago, she was an in depth character that starts off as a this greedy annoying bitch who isn't very likable, but then she goes through a character arc that has you routing for her. She has fallen in love with Murakami to the point where she wants to marry him. This isn't Hatsuna's puppy love or Kuroneko's self taught love for Murikami. It's truer love that stems from a feeling of trust. She wants to marry him and have children with him though she's willing to risk everything, including her life, to save him, if it meant his safety she would give up her chances to live out her dream of becoming a mother and loving wife. She is literally the only character left un-flanderized (when you take the worst trait of a character and make that their only trait).

Murikami was a very nice guy who legitimately cared for the safety of these girls but now he's just a plot device. He's been worse than flanderized, he's been changed as a character. Now he's just sort of an asshole, or the stereotypical harem master.

Then you have Hatsuna, a girl who has the power to regenerate any injury as well as acting as the white mage of the team. She was a strong female character who would fight back and was able to think strategically within critical situations. But she's reduced to a submissive victim. She's constantly being raped by Takaya, which is being used as comedic relief. I mean what the fuck Okamato? You wrote Elfen Lied, which was a masterpiece for many different reasons and then you went and wrote this. You handled domestic abuse so much better in Elfen Lied. And this has just become a series based around fan service. Speaking of which, all of the female characters get a breast enlargement closer to the current point, which was pointless.

What pisses me off the most is that this series had massive potential to be one of the best manga series I have read, and the second on that list behind Elfen Lied, but due to the last sixth of the manga so far having nothing but filler and fan service those chances have been ruined.

The only thing good I can say about this is that it is a very visually pleasing series.

Age Rating: M for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Disturbing Content, and Nudity.

Disclaimer: The last sixth of this manga is not for anybody who has a single liberal bone in their body.

Overall Rating: 5/10

I am really surprised to read all those positive reviews here since I dropped the manga pretty quick. What can I say? First I was excited to read another story by Lynn Okamoto who created Elfenlied one of my favorite animes. But as before when I read the Elfenlied manga I was pretty disappointed when I read Brynhildr. Elfenlied was, in my opinion, pretty much saved by the anime studio. They cut the story off at just the right moment before Okamoto messed his whole story up. When I read Brynhildr I felt like he did not really dare to do something new or atleast somehow different. He used all the same imagery and storylines, mixed them up a little and sold a new manga from it. This really felt like a lack of creativity, so I dropped it pretty soon.

This manga is very good but the only thing I hate is the tragedy. OKAMOTO Lynn seems to only like sad endings, like elfen lied, especialy when you know the end when you start to read it like Grave of Fireflies. Personally, it's frustrating. I want to watch or read because it's good and want to know what's going on and not know how it ends at the beginning. And also tragedy in the story is Ok but having the heroe(s) die... It's disapointing.

I'm reviewing part 1 here, up through the first half. I'm not as familiar with the 100s-ish chapters, so they aren't as fresh in my mind as the first half. Anywho, here goes my first review on this site. No spoilers, hopefully. This story is a great story for one main reason: the pacing. Everything flows together nicely. While a bit janky at the start, the crucial information is laid out and we understand who the protagonist is, thus allowing us to connect with this adventure. Apart from this one decision, though, the readers find out information when it's needed, and for justifiable reasons. Intelligent actionsare followed by consequences. If an action caused a problem for the main cast, Murakami knows not to repeat it. Unlike Elfen Lied, there is no justification as to why only women are given magic powers, but this series has forward momentum and goals to characters, while the latter tended to meander in its edgy scenes.

Not much to say about art. To me, if it's serviceable and I can recognize the characters and the actions, it's fine. What sells art to me are the right amount of excess details. Foresight, basically. But that's more towards heavy action stories. Does this story have that? No, but it has minimal action, so I'm not too picky. One art thing I'll praise immensely are the evil faces. You'll know them when you see them, and you'll never fall asleep after seeing them. Okamoto Lynn can make nightmare fuel, and that's an important quality for an artist. It sticks in the mind.

Now characters.

Our MC, Murakami, is a great protagonist for two reasons. One, he is intelligent, and lord knows shounen magazine lacks intelligent protagonists. (It's a ratio complaint.) Two, he is proactive. He chooses to involve himself with the plot and engages the villains while they engage the magic users and unknowingly him. He also has a will and sass, making it seem like he deserves the female attention.

Speaking of which, the rest of the man cast is pretty good. Kazumi, while being sexually active, existed before this crush, and continues to exist following it. A girl as forward as her is rare in this genre, and I find her quite endearing. The majority of the rest of the female alliance is good on a surface level, yet feel like real people. Possibly a tad trope-y, but these tropes are expanded upon a bit, so I like it.

Kuroha is an exception. I'm not fond of her.

SPOILERS BELOW

This is all over the place. My problem is hard to nail down.

Kuroha is two different people, and the most engaging of which shows up for a few chapters only to fade away. The first version we interact with for the majority of the story, she is a good person. After escaping her cargo hold, she wants to spend her remaining days helping people. This is fair, considering that she habitually forgets things due to her power, so having this desire for her supposed last days alive when nothing else exists in her mind, I'm okay with it. But past this, she gains nothing, and has nothing save her selfless attitude. Her affection towards Murakami is extremely immature, and since she is portrayed as smart and easily able to pick up on new things, this dichotomy rubs me the wrong way. The memory forgetting feels like an excuse to avoid her developing. Seriously, can she not find a hobby? Kana has an excuse for being bedridden, and Kotori enjoys the simpler things in life, and Hatsuna wants a normal life free of witch-related hassle. Kuroha has no excuse.

The second version is full of life, and is proactive. This is the version Murakami knew a long time ago, and a major part of his character is the guilt he feels over causing her to die. We don't see Murakami adjust to the new Kuroha, or get ample time to reconnoiter with the old Kuroha. I can't empathize with a female lead that I can't follow.

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As for the villains, the majority is nothing too special. For the most part, it's an evil lab that does experiments on girls for evil reasons. It exists for the plot. But while the setting is cliche, the people inside feel like people. Mostly. Putting aside the final villains (again, first half), the enemy magic users feel like people. Even those with brief talking periods, I understand where they're coming from beyond "bad guys tell me to do bad things". A couple humans even feel like humans, not simply of a "discarding trash" mindset.

Overall? Please read this manga, the first half. It's very gripping, and Kasumi is among my wall of waifus. But mostly it has fantastic pacing and a setting fueled by smart decisions. I haven't watched the anime, but it supposedly condensed 99 chapters into 13 episodes. This story needs to be adapted in full. There's little to no filler, and everything plays too well into each other.

If enough people favorite, I'll go over the second half with a critical eye.

I hate being harsh with manga that seems to have effort poured into it, but this manga is really bad. Initially I was interested in it, but eventually it became more of an attempt at Gunslinger Girl (note: Kazumi looks like a character from there). But, it soon became just a dull attempt at pulling your heartstrings by sympathizing with a main character who is dense and clearly an excuse to build a harem. The story continues to drone on with incomplete and shards of character development, but in the end it barely closes the doors on the characters - leaving questions open, while making thereader frustrated.

It seems that the author loves to add in facts and dilute it with fiction while using more annoyingly difficult words. The world is just a shitshow where miracles happen, while they attempt to salvage it with cruel deaths.

Beyond that, this manga is merely a slimefest.

I cannot for the life of me absolve this manga. The characters are forgettable and irritating - the artwork seems to ooze ecchi but scream editorial restraint or age restriction. The pacing of the plot begins slowly but then spikes in speed as it faces important nuggets/arcs.

Even trying to remember this manga about people forgetting each other while trying to remember each other makes me feel disappointed and frustrated with the bland story.

Gokukoku no Brynhildr Brynhildr in the Darkness I have one thing to say. Anyone who saw the anime adaptation of this manga in advance like me and liked the concept, but found the implementation horrible. He should definitely recommend the manga. It is far from a masterpiece, but it is significantly better than this questionable anime adaptation. From manga to anime, a lot of scenes were skipped and a lot squeezed together. Here you can see much more relevant dialogues and story-related details. Among other things, you can see a lot more of the characters, as well as the professor who was my favorite. One of the maindrawbacks of this work is definitely the SoL scenes that show her everyday life. Not only was their humor weak, but the content was always chewed through. There was a huge lack of creativity and often ended up with fan service and ecchi. These chapters were hard to read, but luckily they weren't big. The story-relevant chapters are solid and have kept me reading.

Story

The plot had a few twists and turns towards the end. There was nothing I would call a really significant plot twist, it was a minimal occurrence.

What did me most of all were the very well thought-out scenes and analyzes of the protagonist and some of the processes of events. These scenes stood out well from the usual.

The finale was not particularly impressive, rather average thought out and implemented. Everything that had built up for this was a little more interesting. In the end, the whole resolution was very interesting.

Drawings / pictures

The backgrounds are drawn quite interesting from time to time. Some details were hidden in the surroundings.

However, the characters are drawn very poorly, especially in relation to the finale. The distance between the eyes was almost amusing at times. With regard to this, it was mostly amateur drawings. But nothing that really bothered me.

Characters

The antagonists were at least interesting in their way of thinking. Nobody had anything particularly deep.

The protagonist troop was .. actually from time to time sympathetic. Especially Kana and Kotori were by far the best 2 characters. The protagonist had his brilliant moments, but mostly he couldn't convince me. The conversations between the characters were also very varied, between pleasant, interesting and downright boring.

Conclusion

It's been a surprisingly enjoyable manga. He had his highlights and also had a certain tension about the plot. I've seen far better, but it's definitely above average.

Alright, enough. I’m dropping it. I only continued this for the mystery part, because I really wanted to know about the aliens and all the stuff revolving around it. However, 100 chapters in, and there still isn’t much revealed. Everything that happens is so underwhelming, so I doubt I’ll be satisfied with the ending anyway. It’s crazy enough that I could get through 100 chapters, even though it’s so energy-depriving. I feel like an empty plastic bottle right now. The plot itself is a good idea, but the execution is so pathetic. It’s literally just a horny author, who gets turned on by gore. Every character is shallow, theironly personality being either whiny/arrogant or perverted. All the superhumans ("magic users") are female, because the institution used science as an excuse to see naked women and get paid for it. There’s literally no other reason why there aren’t any boys used for the experiments.

But the protagonist of course is a boy, so that’s why there’s a harem. You can’t have a male protagonist with only female main characters and not have a harem, right? Compared to other harems, the protagonist has already chosen “his person” before the harem came. Which is cool, but that isn’t stopping the perverts from forcing themselves on him. So many chapters & pages wasted with unnecessary “I want a child from him”-talk.

Or groping boobs. If the perverts can’t have him, they will let out their perversion on their same-sex friends. Who cares about consent? Because even if they say “no”, perverts don’t stop from that.

Just say you’re lesbian, if you love female breasts that much.

Literally every time they were taking a bath together, there’s at least someone comparing their size or groping them.

Do men really think that women don’t do anything else?

Is that actually a thing in Japan (women touching each other’s private parts without it being seen as sexual) or just fantasies, which somehow can be found in every single manga/anime, written by a guy?

I’m seriously considering to write a manga where men grope each other’s parts like that, just to show all the other male authors how ridiculous & pathetic it looks like.

Half of the series is just horny stuff, while the other half is gore. If you’re into that, you do you i guess, but definitely nothing for me.

Another page-waster is the unnecessary drama.

The protagonist keeps getting tragically killed with all the other characters being sad about it and crying their eyes out. Why? It’s very obvious the protagonist won’t die, especially not in the middle of a volume. And with 180 chapters; how would the story even continue if the protagonist died in the first 50 chapters? Absolutely nonsense.

The same goes for the other main characters. A main character either gets a heroic death or will come back to life again, if their death didn’t do anything for the plot. There are no excuses; every fiction works like that.

Yet the author keeps giving them dramatic death scenes, stretching it out through a whole volume sometimes. One volume was actually about a prediction of one of the main character’s death. Of course they didn’t die and it also didn’t get the plot going at all. What could’ve been resolved in one chapter, stretched 10 chapters, alas a whole volume, long. So dumb.

The last thing that really really annoys me is the “art”. If you can even call that art. The backgrounds aren’t drawn, but simply photographs with a cartoon filter put on top to make it look like it is. The author didn’t even try to make it look good tho. You can see all the wiggly lines still.

If it came out this year, it obviously would be that the bgs are ai generated images, but given it’s from 2013-2015, I guess it’s just a cartoon filter.

Look, I get backgrounds can be a pain, especially in anime/manga, where the artstyle is realism. However, it’s even more painful to look and read through this ugly laziness.

I hope the author at least took the photos himself, instead of taking random pictures from the internet to cartoonize, but the chances aren’t high.

The story came from horniness, there’s no creativity to be expected, after all.

Yesterday, while watching a certain youtuber's retrospective on Elfen Lied, I found myself curious as to what the mangaka, Lynn Okamoto, had produced after his first longform (and most popular- in the West, at least) work. Upon seeing the list of his manga, it clicked in my head for the first time that Brynhildr was by him- a return to SF after his sports manga, Nononono. I had heard of this series before in passing due to the anime airing, but had never paid it any special mind, and written it off as a seasonal SF harem romcom. I'm not sure what it was, really, thatmade me decide to take the plunge and read it. Perhaps because I had less than fond memories of Elfen Lied from high school, I wanted to see whether he had improved as a writer, or was rehashing his prior work like some kind of hack. Regardless of the how or why, I ended up reading all 181 chapters within twenty-four hours. This is unusual for me- I normally dance around a work and read about 20 to 30 chapters at a time.

But Brynhildr is different. It's got a strange, compelling quality, as laden with cardboard cutout harem tropes and haphazardly shoveled in lore as it is. Unlike Elfen Lied, which aggressively pursues despair to the point that it loops back around to being comedic, Brynhildr's character writing and melodrama actually tend to land more often than miss. In a lot of ways, it follows a more refined and articulate style of conveying its misery- the shocks and detailed gore never quite hit the highs of Elfen Lied, but somehow are more enjoyable and nuanced.

The character writing in Brynhildr is what really shines.

Despite the main guy being your typical harem protag self-insert loser, the way other characters bounce off him and shine is positively prismatic. Perhaps it's because of the highly violent, morbid stakes that the girls are subject to, but they all actually feel like rounded out and sympathetic characters. Not to say this is without faults- Okamoto's humor clashes heavily with the tone at all times, with more explicitly sexualized characters like Kazumi and later Takaya delivering their teasing horndog lines with just a touch too much seriousness- Kazumi, easily the most annoying and dislikeable of the main cast, comes off as a pathetic jealous femcel while Takaya's lust for his girlfriend frequently verges on making him look like a rapey creep.

In general, the clash between the dinky fanservice bits and the high stakes action is the weakest point of the series- only two fanservice-oriented callbacks in the entire series actually work, both very late into the story. However, while it's unbalanced and only tenuously entertaining at best, this off-kilter writing is what defines Okamoto's work-- maybe one day, he'll end up getting it right. I can understand what he's trying to do, even when he's not successful with it.

The plot, however, is nowhere near as good as the character writing. This may seem like a strange statement- as stories are rightfully defined by the strengths of their characters- but it holds true. In many ways, it is a rehash of Elfen Lied's central conflict, with many of the unintended thematic issues of his prior work seemingly directly addressed and fixed in this one. Making witches the direct result of experimentation by the institute, for instance, as opposed to diiclonai being born unintentionally from a virus, removes the rather ferociously deterministic undercurrents that Elfen Lied struggled with. On a small-scale, arc-to-arc level, though, Brynhildr still frantically struggles to keep its head above water. Okamoto is rather intuitively good at manufacturing scenarios that keep hype rolling in a serialization, but over the course of the series, the solutions that Ryouta and his little girlfriends come up with as they face increasingly powerful foes correspondingly become increasingly convoluted. There are more than a few times when you can quite plainly tell he's written himself into a corner and needs an out fast, causing narrative upset and occasional tonal issues.

One of his biggest problems- a holdover from his earlier works- is his inability to let named characters go, despite the frequent over-the-top gorefests. He's slightly better at killing people off here than he was in Elfen Lied- where this issue reached near parody levels- but it still remains a significant detriment to emotional investment in the story.

Beyond the character and plot elements, his art has obviously improved since his earlier works (I would be concerned if it didn't). The linework isn't phenomenal and his art style isn't exceptional, but his sense of composition and ability to execute pageturns is practiced and competent. The girls are pretty, the villains are intimidating, the big bad organization's pseudo-religious cult stuff is esoteric. His trademark violence is portrayed at just the right level of tastefulness for this sort of thing, always striking but never straying into hard gore territory.

All in all, it's a pretty alright work. Okay, even. I think if Okamoto continues to serialize manga at his current pace, he might make something good within another ten years.

The strange tone and unique narrative style set this manga apart from other SF harems, making it stand out in both good and bad ways. If you like high school harems, psychic gore witches, terminal illness despair, and Japanese SF interpretations of Nordic mythology, this is the manga for you. As puerile as it can show itself to be, there is a charm to the writing- perhaps a certain innate talent for tension and sadness- that'll keep you emotionally invested despite the work's many flaws. What Brynhildr does best, after all, is believe in love- through shock cuts of gore, suicide, despair, and bad fanservice, it never gives up on Ryouta's dream to bring the witches happiness.

First of all I rarely review something unless it really triggers me but nothing has ever bothered me except this one. I am quite kind when giving Score but its kinda subjective so take it with a grain of salt before you start reading it, or you might already finished and had the same impressions. Note : I Finished reading in on 1 day.. 1 frickin day. start from 11 am to 9 pm over 18 volume, 181 chapter 3600+ pages. This manga was amazing if you liked Elfen Lied well except it wont be what you expected, but i'll say you should give a try beforeskipping it so you know how unbearable it was to read it.

Be wary that theres no Proper Romance despite the flag, so yeah i warned you dont expect too much about your shipping.

Here we go,

Story 3/10 : Its good from 1-100, its quite written, they add some abit of drama here and there though on some scene, instead trying to make the readers "Feel" it'll make you want to throw up and laugh. Why? because it felt like forced but overall 1-100 is Quite good, its worth to read Thats why i am hooked on the first place by reading it on a single day.

So you got the point already. You've read the summary and you might as well read other reviewers or watched the "Anime" which seems like a trainwreck.

From 100-181 onwards everything felt starting falling appart, they tried to connect it but then Fails abruptly with scene skipping.

I am not going to lie from about 100+ manga i've read (not included in my DB) this had to be worst ending and pacing i've ever seen. Check it yourself i guess? I cant spoil you unless you're asking for it.

Art : Lets keep it simple, Grotesque Gore,Blood,Bones,Innards,Splattering,Not really cute but okay art they tried. Then what i mostly notice are their "TEARS" Oh god its looks like a fucking melted skin (exactly the same with manga art) or a cum you may say. I am not even exaggerating it because its actually looks like one.

Character : Nothing memorable, They tried to build character but always messed by nonsense scene. I doubt you can even cry by the Death of the characters. They felt like 1 dimension personality.

The 6 Main Character

Kuroha : The Memory cliche, Dere? Oh looks childhood friends.

Ryouta : Tragic back story,Beta MC,Hey at least its smart, but the persona are flat af

Kazumi : The Energetic one, Well except shes hiding her feelings about not wanting to die including how bold she is with MC wanting to bear his child. Well shes quite memorable tbh the character design(looks) making her looks like a side character though.

Kana : Goth Loli, Actually had backstory but not explained properly, the one that wants to protect. I think thats pretty much it? For a human personality shes just an average nice girl

Kotori : No one probably will remember her anyway so yeah i'll skip her

Hatsuna : Oh looks! Another girls who loves MC! Except you might regret shipping those two. You'll get it after you start reading it on Chapter 100+.

Like i said you'll probably only get attached to 1-2 characters Thats pretty much it. The side characters are easly forgotten, heck even the main can be thrown off easly.

Theres alot of nonsense emotional shift which is why it felt like a forced scene because the development are too slow due the chapter are catching up this "Drugs" timers. They should've be done with it. They did but seriously... Its just not enough for proper development.

Enjoyment 3/10 : Like i said it start out pretty good early then fell downhill.. i dont think fell downhill is a good word. How about Free Falling?

Yes after the Valkyrie arc on 100+ The arc were rushed, theres alot of things i dislike lik how this guy even here? Are we seriously killing over without any reason again? Why that scene not even mentioned? The last Volume (18) looks like a generic writings by 12 years old and i am not going to lie.

Do you really expect reader to enjoy something like this? And after all that crap The characters have been through you're not even going to do a proper ending? The hell man.

Overall : 3/10 I could even give it 1(Pathethic) because its not even a refreshing or a proper conclusion leaving more and more question isntead answers.

Like i said all those tortures and events they've been through and they gained pretty much little to nothing from it.

Its not satisfying at all.

Elfen Lied Safed with that endings, its heartwarming and it pretty much conlclude all character story by summing it up in a chapter. but not this one..

Its unbearable to read it and it leaves me a bad taste to watch more from this kind of manga.

God.. even Comedy/Parody Manga such as Bounbogami Ga could made me cry and a proper ending for the conclusion.

This one? Nope.

Looks foward to the ongoing Parallel worlds if you finished this one.

Thanks for reading

tl;dr: A manga with a great protagonist, interesting character relationships, and good writing that begins going downhill about 2/3s of the way through and botches the ending in a number of ways. This manga started out amazing but it lost a lot of that by the end. First off, the protagonist is awesome in that he’s strategic minded but not a jerk, kind but not naïve, and reliable but not overpowered. This is a core of a lot of the more intense aspects of the manga, wherein it involves him using his quick wits to come up with ways to get over the challenges they’re facing. This involves using and dealingwith a number of different powers, but the most interesting and crucial of these is foresight, which ends up allowing all sorts of crazy plans and situations to happen. There were a lot of fake out moments, both with events shown simply being foresight or illusions, and also characters basically being brought back after death. This did get got old eventually I admit, but it also added a lot of suspense and kept things moving really fast. This makes the more action and intense portions of the manga really interesting through most of the manga, though the last third or so started getting a bit weaker, and I feel that was heavily due to how it involved foresight less. Character relationships are the other crucial part of the manga, and they too for a good portion of the manga were great. There was a constant fear of death in most of the characters, and hence a push for them to do something with the time they had left, which pushed them to move fast in all matters. Hence, they were immensely happy just doing normal things, and that got conveyed very well and often very amusing. Furthermore, the protagonist being as dense as a rock regarding such matters required them to be very direct, which added even more amusement, and always kept it feeling like things were moving. About two thirds of the way through though, it starts getting a lot messier in weird ways due to things getting overtly complicated between them as a result of added variables, memory loss, etc. which felt badly implemented. The ending doesn’t really help in that regard, in that the ending is incredibly strange in that it has elements of being pretty solid regarding such matters, but the way it's done makes it feel kind of unsatisfying. As for the overarching plot, it is incredibly interesting for most of the manga with things slowly being revealed and the villains master plan seeming crazy but also grand and something the reader wants to understand. However, the payoff on that was a mess. It’s quite hard to end such long overarching mysterious narratives, and this did not succeed in pulling it off. The final arc where everything was finally explained ended up leaving a lot out, and even worse bringing up a lot of contradictions and random plot devices to keep things moving forward. While I appreciate it when things are overall consistent, I don’t mind too much with there being contradictions or forced ways to get around stuff established a long time ago. However, here it would be pulling out random things and throwing them out randomly from chapter to chapter and it largely made the ending feel arbitrary and not well planned as if the author just decided it was time to end it and forced it along as quickly as possible. This is up until the finale, where he suddenly decided to put on the brakes and have the characters spin their wheels pointlessly for a bit before finally letting things end, though the epilogue was decent enough barring the previously mentioned character relationship issues. The art was pretty solid all the way through.

Since this manga has a tragedy as its genre, then expect that there will a lot of dying and killing. First of, I will divide this series to three parts. Since this is what i noticed in the changes of the style of the story. The First part was neat. Well thought off. As said, there will be lots of killing and dying but there will also be saving of course. In this part, we will be shown a small scale conflict between the main characters against this organization of pure malice. This was a good start and made me keep on reading. The second part iswild, pure chaos. This is like the climax of this second story. Here, I didn't like what happened. In the first part, there was a rule established. We believed the rule. The rule was that characters/heroes come to the last minute to save this and that or perhaps and sudden twist to save this and that. That was on the first. On this second part, this rule was broken. More importantly, it was broken when, to my opinion, mattered most. Lives. Many innocents. Bystanders. Sure, just after that, the mangaka was quick to reason the event, saying it is logical, and nothing is to blame for the heroes/main characters. But he/she did not get that he broke his established rule, that he/she made his/her reader believed. I get the feeling many got angered by this.

The third part which is up to the latest, chapter 152 of the making of this review, was pure perversion. I just skimmed on this part. Rest assured, the hero/main character is not the guilty one but some introduced characters. The story here, on the first and second that was apparent, became so faint now. I believe the mangaka is having a hard time making his chapters interesting and resorting to this unintelligible bits, and not moving on with the story.

Rating the first part, my score is 7/10, the second is 5/10, the third is 4/10

One thing I forgot to tell, there are instances that are also stupid. The characters doing stupid things like guiding possible enemy unknowingly, thus allowing this enemy to take advantage. As vague as I can make it, to show you this so apparent lack of common sense. It was so out there. And don't be lead to this seem like clever solution, although the mangaka throws some scientific terms/reasoning, you would get that the lead to that situation borders to mental. Though it was really interesting at the start. Perhaps the mangaka just got tired of thinking.

I will start my review by an advice to anyone who is currently reading the manga or planning to : drop the manga at chapter 100-105. Nothing you will read afterwards is worth your attention. I have seldom seen such a drastic drop in quality in a manga. Had it ended right at chapter 100, it would be considered a classic. Thus, I will review the different aspects of the manga BEFORE the drop in quality and then explain said drop from my point of view. The first 100 chapters are amazing. It is very similar to higurashi in a certain way; with a constant looming threatthat seems undefeatable. Suspense is omnipresent, along with an adequately cryptic lore that does not explain itself to the reader immediately. I found myself reveling in the few moments of moe that the manga offers in the midst of the thick atmosphere. I just hadn't enjoyed myself so much in a while getting through the manga, after the first few chapters, I already found myself hooked ; eager to learn more about the lore and characters.

The art is also pretty good. It's noting out of the ordinary; but I appreciate the simplicity of the character design that does not fail to look good, cool, or cute. Most of the cast is female yet it does not delve into excessively sexual combat outfits. I also appreciate the gothic inspired clothing for some members of the cast.

The characters are pretty interesting : they do not necessarily answer to known stereotypes, and prove to have defining characterists and traits while not trying to hard to be quirky. The main cast revolves around the main characters and evolves through his influence, each having their own opinion on the main character ; which develops through the various events. Dialogue also happens between different characters, lwhich makes it feel homogenous while their relationships evolve. Overall, the characters all feel very human ; and despite their unique condition even relatable. Keep in mind this whole section goes to waste after the 100th chapter though, as the manga goes on litteral creative mode and f*cks up every character rightfully (only one remains decent).

Ah, the drop after the 100th chapter, let's talk about it. So much to say, so many flaws to list, and such disappointment for wasted time that I don't even know where to start.

New characters are introduced with straight out annoying personalities, fan service which was limited to a healthy amount becomes rampant and cringe inducing, to the point where I had to skip pages. The story starts steering towards a different direction than the one we initially began with.

Some characters start to get seriously annoying and are ruined throughout the second part of the manga, while no new character introduced proves to really be worthy of your attention.

I swear, the right way of describing such a drop would be going creative mode on a regular save in a video game, destroying and messing every thing you worked for.

The plot twists end up being disappointing, and I honestly refuse to believe they were planned from the start ; because what we were being teased with through the lore sounded much more exciting. I really think Lynn either gave up on it or maybe was pushed to write more.

Manga readers, be warned, the end is not even bad in the author middle finger kind of way; it's bad in the "uh, that's it ? that's all there is to this ?" kind of way. Do yourself a favor and stop at the 100th chapter, so that you may keep it as a memory of a great manga.