Wow! This was not what I expected. Like most people, I learned about this manga from the anime man, but from his video my impression of the manga was that it was gonna be some subpar garbage "edgy" story with little interesting aspects. Boy, was I wrong!

The only reason I started reading it is because I am a huge horror fan and I was excited to see all the gore and over the top graphic scenes that were hyped up to be there. So far it has been rather tame actually. There are a lot of things that I ended up liking. I liked the whole countdown which gives us a cool sense of progression, I liked the character backstories that fit in with and make sense of their ridiculous personalities, I liked the different interactions, relationships and betrayals developed between the characters, I liked how the plot progressed, I liked the artstyle from how realistic the backgrounds are to how expressive the characters could be when overwhelmed by emotions, I liked the whole poisonous insect folklore thing. And while this manga definitely has a lot of room for improvement (somewhat-generic character designs, not-so-original plot, unrealistic behavior) there are no aspects of it that I would call straight up "bad".

In short, this manga is a lot less messed up, and a lot better than I expected. I read both volumes in one go and now I'll gladly wait for the others to be translated. I actually recommend this manga, it doesn't deserve the low rating or the hate for it's "edgyness", which is a criticism I have never taken seriously, especially for horror series.