This series is really special to me in a weird way. I could not tell whether I actually loved it after having finished it because I was so immersed in the story that it felt much more like an actual experience than something I was reading. I couldn't consider it in the same vein as most of the other manga I have read, and I think that in and of itself makes it a great manga.

The characters and their motivations and their growth alongside each other are extremely riveting. They felt like real people to me. I love how cutthroat Tetsuo is.

The only part I'm still not sure of my feelings about is the ending, so the last few chapters. I also am not sure how I feel about some of the author's depictions of Tetsuo, especially in chapter introduction pages, though I personally was fine with it (and I am trans myself).