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Attack on Titan was the biggest, most popular anime of 2013 by far, and Shingeki no Kyojin was also huge, reaching second place in manga sales in Japan for 2013 and defeating One Piece's five year reign as most popular manga in sales in 2014. Naturally the question comes, how good could it be?

STORY- 8/10
While the manga suffers from even more pacing issues than the anime did in the first half, the overall storyline is decent, even with some characters dying that you don't care about. While the story does deviate from Titans for a certain period, it does so for an understandable reason, even if it gets kind of boring in some of the dialogue scenes.

Didn't like how Eren and the gang went from seeing their hometown get screwed over as kids in Chapter 2 to having to participate in the largest scale battle in the series so far two chapters later. The pacing does get better later on as Eren gets introduced to the Survey Corpsmen and they go off on their expeditions.

ART- 7/10
SnK's art reminds me of rough pencil sketches, and are pretty crudely drawn. That might put some people down but can also help a reader see the dark aspects of the story with the bleak faces on the characters. Could've been better, like in Levi's side story No Regrets, but still readable and enjoyable. Scenes with the 3DMG in use were pretty cool though.

CHARACTER- 8/10
So...the three main characters are okay, but not great, apart from maybe Armin. Eren the badass main who seeks to kill all the Titans, Mikasa the even more badass female lead who seeks only to protect Eren, and Armin the crybaby who is secretly a brilliant strategist and actually does stuff. The side characters are many and aren't very well known at first, but are eventually unraveled to have their own motives for joining the military.

While there were problems with the characters in the anime, as many weren't fully developed by the time Season 1 ended, the manga sufficiently solves those problems by fully developing a good portion of the cast that was neglected during the first season and even gives some of the more generic characters (Mikasa and Levi for example) some more character depth. Still some deaths of minor characters we don't care about, but still better than what Season 1 of the anime could do. The introductions of the characters weren't that great and I had to do some reading before I could fully understand them.

ENJOYMENT- 8/10
Being a fan of the anime, it was only natural that I would come to like the manga too. Seeing how the characters develop and the twists in the plot. Action sequences were nice, we learn more about the world of the Titans and some of their motives behind the actions.

OVERALL- 8/10
While there are still some problems in the story, along with some plot gaps and confusing scenes, the manga is still a very good series to read and one of the better ones out there, even with its pacing issues and such. Would recommend to people who are fans of dark action/post-apocalyptic and the casual reader. Not recommended to those who enjoy extremely well-thought out storylines with anti-heroes that have struggles with their humanity and such, and have extremely high expectations in manga.

Haha honestly I give this manga a 10/10. I've never been so obsessed with a manga before. The artwork is beautiful in my opinion and the story line is attractive and interesting. Seriously one of my top 3. The romance is great as well. It's not overbearing but it's there enough for it to be part of the story. I seriously love this manga. I'm always smiling stupidly at cute scenes and have even cried because the story got to me. I've re-read this several times as well and enjoyed it every time!

The characters are also great all in their own aspects and I've never thought that a character was not needed. Each plays their own role perfectly and I've come to love and appreciate each and every one of them. And if you love strong heroines you'll seriously love Yona. Shes adorable and is growing in her own way. I absolutely hate mangas where the main character takes forever to take the first step and actually develop. There's so much character development in this story it's great. You can see how each and every one of them has grown and I love it.

The storyline as well has a nice depth to it. It's not a shallow shoujo where the story revolves strictly around romance. Each character has their own story and the mangaka brought together everything nicely. It's nice that we get to see the backgrounds of side characters and not just the mc's. Some people may not like it but I really do seeing as it creates a whole other opportunity for the readers to really appreciate the side characters. The storyline flows very nicely and I never once thought "this mangaka is pulling shit out of her ass." I'm seriously always on the edge of my seat waiting for the next update and I'm never disappointed at the progression of the plot.

And this is low key a reverse harem. Haha I say low key because it's not like everyone's trying to the mc's pants. Not at all. They treasure her too much to even try :') It's absolutely adorable. The bishounen game in this manga is strong hee hee

Overall would I recommend this? YES DEFINITELY! STOP READING MY REVIEW AND QUICK START READING THE MANGA.

Well, so far I have found the other reviews to be to extreme, which is what prompted me to write this review.

Is this manga good? Well, that depends on taste but regardless it shouldn't be getting anything less than a 5 nor anything more than an 8 regardless of an individual's taste. This is due to reviews containing at least a few objective parameters or else they become meaningless.

I'd like to start by saying that this isn't a think very hard manga. You're supposed to go with the flow of the story and enjoy it for it's sadistic revenge elements. This is what the manga set out to do and does rather well. If you can't do that, then this wasn't meant for you.

I'll address the complaints I saw:

The major complaints seem to stem from the Hero's healing power. As it is actually explained in the first 5 or so chapters, the hero's ability isn't so much to heal. What it does exactly is undo time, whilst letting the hero experience the injury he is undoing. Through the "experiencing" the hero gains access to the person's memories, which allows him to learn some of the skills of the person and learn their info. In turn this allows the hero's stats to get boosted. The author does take liberties with this but so do most manga authors with their power systems. Overall, I don't think the MC's powers are so hard to get your head wrapped around of.

The exchanging of fluids with the heroes leads to stat boosts and that applies to all the heroes but the MC gets raped the most because he is initially weak, which allows him to be abused, which leads to the revenge story. The other heroes are strong to begin with and in a way or other related to the royalty so they go under no risk of rape due to the consequences of doing so.

Story: 7
The story is a sadistic revenge fantasy. The MC who is classified as a hero healer has the power I stated above but in the original run he gets abducted and drugged to the point he is completely addicted, and loses his mind, by the princess hero of the Kingdom. What follows is four years in which he is raped, beaten, tortured, and treated worse than a beast by anyone who wants to. This leads to him wanting revenge not only against his main abusers: the princess hero and the other heroes but also against the entirety of the kingdom itself. At the end of those four years, in the final battle against the demon king he is able to squash his addiction and regain his mind. Through regaining control of his will and body, he understands the various abilities he has gained and how he can use his healing abilities in combat. This leads to him defeating the demon king and using his heart, which acts as a magic amplifier, to 'heal' the world and turn back time by four years. There he begins his revenge, starting with the princess, by torturing her, raping her, and then altering her memories to alter her personality and make her his willing slave. From then on he begins his plans to bring down the entire kingdom.

Art: 6
The art is pretty bland. The details and artistic emphasis are left to the scenes which belong in a doujin. However, overall the art isn't bad, just not particularly detailed. As such it is clear and it is easy to follow the plot and fight scenes.

Characters: 7
The author allows you to see the transformation of the MC as a do-gooder village orphan to a man guided solely by sadistic revenge. He wants to see the world burn and whilst he won't hurt innocents for no reason he takes their deaths as further motivation for his revenge. The rest of the characters, well they redefine evil. Only when they meet someone even worse can you see their redeeming qualities as some of them have limits to their evil actions whilst others do not. Then there are the characters that the MC recruits in his revenge plan and whilst they constitute a typical harem, that is not their first role. Their first role is as useful companions needed for the MC to get his revenge.

Enjoyment: 8
You either laugh at how fucked up the plot and characters are or you revel in the revenge fantasy or a bit of both. Regardless, highly entertaining. The protagonist is dark gray morally and those are my favorite types as I see them the most human and natural.

Overall: 7

i came across this series as per The Animeman's video lol

but i actually enjoyed it! I'm a huge sucker for stories that take place in dark urban settings so this review might come off as being a bit biased.

Story: 10 (might containt some spoilers and is a bit confusing lmao)
Basically, (from my understanding) a selection of people have been abducted by aliens or something and have been placed in a fake version of Tokyo, where everything is monitored by an Eye. Anyone (except some special people) who talks about knowing the city is fake is going to be "killed", which means getting turned into a puppet for the aliens to control. however, there are also these people called "managers", "experts" and "specialist" who are like human commanders under the aliens. "managers" basically know everything and sell people out in exchange for their lost memories, or they can be promoted into "experts", and further into a "specialist". right now, there are 3 specialists in the fake city, and the key to escape the city lies within them. so, they have to be killed in order to obtain the key to escape. oh, and they all have regenerative abilities. so thats fun.

the story follows Makoto, Yukiko and Ruka as they try to uncover the secrets and figure out a way to escape the city. it jumps all around the place, from thriller, mystery, horror to some teeny tiny bit of romance (I'd say initially between Yukiko x Ai and Makoto x Ai, but the ship kinda goes towards Yukiko x Makoto later on).

Art: 10
oh the author is doing fanservice right god damn

like the art is clean asf no cap

Characters: 6
This is where the series' main flaw lies.
To be, the characters just aint cuttin it. My favorite character right now would be Tanisako because he just reminds me of Llyod from Spy X Family lol but he is extremely rutheless though.
The main problem I have would be with Makoto. He is just your generic, typical, self-insert MC in every anime or manga. He is like those "i believe friendship will overcome anything" type of guy. So you might need to get used to him. But one redeeming quality about him would be that he is not a dimwit and is quick to pick up things.
Yukiko started off pretty strong. I liked her character not only because of her design, but because of how cunning and sly she comes off as. She is like your drug dealer kinda guy. However, this slowly faded away, as she slowly becomes one of the "MC-kun please save me!" type of girl. But yeah I still like her cuz she has some good personality.
Ruka is the only good character out of the three. He is the smartest of the bunch and we actually get to see some character development of him, from a crazed maniac obsessed with Artificial Intelligence to a member who shows sympathy towards the other members of the group.

Now that I think of it, isn't Ai's name the same as AI? Coincedence?

Enjoyment: 10
I love the dark urban setting of the story.

And I love me some good personality.

10/10

Overall: 10
I don't want the character score to be holding this review back as it's only 25 chapters as of now. And I give overall scores based on my enjoyment score, so its a 10/10.

"Why is living so hard?"
Cocytus, a GL manga which gives you an in-depth view of a girl's thoughts and daily life. To be honest with you, I was careless and didn't check the tags. What I ended up with was a GL manga, which I always avoid. But I had found out half way through reading it, so I though, why not just keep reading it. Now, even though it is classified as a GL manga, it really only has 3-4 pages of actual GL, just keep that in mind. (Spoiler Free)
(I will be focusing on the one-shot Cocytus for this review)

Story - 7/10

The story was actual really deep, which I did not expect. It gives you a sneak peek of a schoolgirl's thoughts and actions when they interact with their friends and classmates. It seemed to be quite unrealistic at first, but the more I read it, the more truthful it seemed. Though this may not apply to western girls, it sure as hell applies to Japanese schoolgirls. Spreading rumours and pretending you don't know someone is only a small part of their daily lives.

Art - 5/10

At first sight, I loved the artwork. I enjoy this type of art style and found it really nice to read. That is until I found the mistakes. Tons and tons of mistakes, such as eye displacements, limb displacements and messed up proportions. The background had a style so simple that it made the manga-ka look lazy. Or maybe she really was just lazy.

Character - 6/10

The characters were interesting, but I have seen all of their personalities a few times before. The socially inept one, and the normal one who (plot twist) isn't really normal. Their personalities weren't that bad, but there sure was room for improvement. There was also character development, but a lot of that occurred awkwardly and wasn't fluid to be that good.

Enjoyment - 6/10

I thought this series was quite decent, and the drama it had going on in 60 pages really got the pages turning for me. The downside was the GL. As I said before, I was not a fan of Gl, and I am even less of a fan for it now.

Overall - 6/10

The series could have used more work on perfecting its art and deepening the characters. But overall, I thought it was a decent manga. (And thank goodness there weren't that many GL elements invlolved.)

well, since no one has reviewed this manga, i might as well:

dolls code follows the life of Yuuki Oku who finds his way to a a secret institution that 'teaches' (its not really teaching but like?!??!) child criminals. but heres the catch: in a class of seven, each kid has a part of their body taken away from them.

to graduate, they need to find the 'puppet student' amongst them who was created with the missing body parts and retrieve what was taken from them.

REVIEW:
to be honest, i didn't really think that a pretty complex story line could actually be unfolded within 10 chapters -and honestly, it couldn't. character development is something you really need to concentrate on while developing any storyline, and this manga doesn't really cut it. you can really see the rush of character development in the mc (like she's super cute and all but??? bruh) HOWEVER, taking this into consideration, the actual story line and plot unfolding wasn't too bad.

if you're looking for a pretty good quick read that covers the themes of mystery, supernatural, psychological and horror, this is one that you probably might want to look into.

(side note: some of the characters are pretty good looking hehe)

STORY: 8
ART: 8
CHARATCER: 4
ENJOYMENT: 8
OVERAL: 7

Evergreen is not your casual non-concequince anime incest garbage anime, like ''KissxSis'' or ''Oreimo;''it genuinely blew my pants off with its twists, and i'll be mentioning a few of them, so spoiler alert is in order here, i suppose.

Story: It's not really any different from the usual, ''pathetic protaginist aiming for a girl way out of his league, without even realising it's love'' anime/manga plot on the surface. It's the sory of Yoshimatsu Hotaka and Awaya Niki, with Hotaka being the president of the lazy manga clun and Niki being the ace of the swimming club. Hotaka enjoys admiring her from above and below, at the same time literally and figuratively, at the same time. After he's told he has to do a swimming test to continue as a student, i believe, he ends up having to be around the girls from the swimming club and they watch the poor little guy pathetically embarass himself in front of them, and most importantly Niki, with her actively helping him with the test like the best friend you'll ever have, starting an great relationship.

Honestly, the story seems, as i mentioned, generic and overdone, but the twists and plot points revealed later on will definitely surprise you. I won't reveal the most amazing one(even if i did warn for spoilers, but shut up)because it'd ruin the whole story for you. I'll give it an 8/10, for being great but not too ambitious.

Art: Damn, i love how Kasukabe Akira drew this series, from the attractive and appealing body designs on all the characters to the beautiful background, nice-looking actions and the petrifyingly real emotions portrayed through the art style. I mean, i felt Hotaka's pain for a second when he cried desperately and rolled around in be-- I'm making this sound bad, aren't i? 9/10, nonetheless!

Characters: Here's where it gets real: Takemiya Yuyuko's pretty well-written characters that are generally believable and likeable. Hotaka, for a prime example, is a slightly anxious, slightly depressed student who just strives to interact with Niki, as if she's this...beautiful sun he can't reach(bad example, since he sees her as a lion, but eh). Niki herself, however, is not that simple to understand. She's energetic, beautiful and friendly...when she's happy with life, per say. When falsely accused, Niki goes all bully-like and could even resort to violance, going back to how she feels because of her past and all. The two side-chararcters that confused me a little, Hitachi On and Soga Shinsuke, who are also the side romance of the story, are hilariously fun to watch at times; On is Hotaka's kouhai an arguably his therapist. She's a smartass most of the time and enjoys pretending to misunderstand Hotaka just so she can see his reaction, and she's quite great in my opinion. Soga... The hell was the point, really? I mean, he's necessary so On doesn't remain alone and such, and their sub-plot was adorable beyond belief, but in the end what do we get from him? He shaves his haircut so he can prove he's gotten more serious about his studies and he realises that he likes On more than his 12 and a half thots at the school. He's not really...deep or interesting to any extent, but the other ones are great to me, so have a 7/10.

Enjoyment: I realised i spoiled what i didn't want to spoil by mentioning ''KissxSis'' and all, but nevertheless i LOVED reading this reletively short read. The ending is basically where the story began, but in a perfectly done way, with the character arcs fulfilled, and Hotaka finally feeling satsified, even if he can only watch Niki from afar and keep her back subtly. 10/10 in enjoyment, nothing else to say there.

My overall enjoyment with the seies was immense. Like most series i finish, am reading, put on hold or just drop, i found it randomly by browsing the ''Lovely School Life'' section, and i was happily surprised. Full recommendation, it's satisfying, the twist was straight-up brilliant and while Niki's 180 personality shift was literally the biggest bitch move i've ever read about, it worked perfectly and made sense. 8/10. Thanks for reading and i say give it a read, you might like it! Bye.

The first vol. (6 chapters) was great, interesting, and just plain out weird. Although I cant seem to find the other so called two vol. I hope I can finish this ......... complexed manga. So if you wont weird and horror I say read it. lol

tl;dr: If you have a foot fetish, then this manga is probably for you otherwise you'd best not read

Plot:

Fairly simple one consisting of a chapter-based style story which revolves around our protagonist following around the eccentric girl Komura, as she does various tasks that one normally would use their hands for, with her feet. There are all kinds of foot-related fetish's going on, from feet kissing to feet holding to even making noodles out of feet. There's also slight glimpses of romance, and while they are pretty cute moments, don't last too long to write about

Art:

The art is fairly good, fits the overall atmosphere of the manga well and the feet certainly have their attention to detail

Character:

Character's as well I didn't find to be too bad. You have your typical MC who acts as the straight man character in all the situations and gets dragged around by the female lead. You also have your eccentric female lead who is very skilled at using her feet to do pretty much anything (and I mean literally anything)

Enjoyment:

I didn't find this series to be too bad in terms of having a good time, from a personal standpoint I would've liked some more romance but it's nothing to get salty over. If the thought of using your feet to do certain things sounds disturbing to you then you'd be best avoiding this as they are quite a few things done which seem kinda unpleasant being done with feet


but if you're a foot degenerate then you'll have a field day

This one is just ok. Admitedly, I base this on two chapters only, but it has the feel of Momoiro Heaven, although Momoiro Heaven is much more enjoyable. The main girl is a bit feisty, the main boy perverted. It is a commonly used and often enjoyable character combination.

In this case though, I just have no interest in the characters. Thet aren't nice, engaging, or interesting. With so much shojou out there, the mangaka needs to have hooked me in the first couple of chapters.

Altohugh it may improve as the story goes on, at this point I would say find something different.