nathandouglasdavis

I would say that the most interesting quality of this manga is the sense of offness about having a crybaby fighter. It sorta reminded me of how Vash from Trigun's hook was that fe was a pacifist gunslinger (though obviously this manga veers far more into the psychopathic direction towards the end). And I suppose I appreciate how this manga is definitely not making the fighters look cool as a lot of fighting manga are wont to do (or at least the fighters didn't come across as cool to me). That said, I think this manga is still subtly glorifying a hyperviolent form of masculinity--like in the way all the female characters we see are drawn to the hyperviolent men or the way that bullying is treated as kinda being the fault of those being bullied for not properly fighting back. And this isn't ideal since it could contribute to readers having a skewed view of what it means to be a man (especially if they consume a lot of stories that portray masculinity in that sort of way).

The artwork isn't very good, especially when compared to the average manga from today. Perhaps I shouldn't be comparing it to artwork from today, but I don't think I could be honest with my rating if I didn't do so at least on some level.