I have finally finished this. This is a manga that gets better and better as it goes on. It's certainly not for everyone, but give it a try or two--I gave it a second chance (hated it on my first attempt, but it somehow stayed at the back of my mind) and to date, I can say this is one of the best manga I have ever read. 48622e

A couple of things:-

(1) The art doesn't have a consistent quality. The covers...

A collection of quirky, moving, and somewhat perverse stories. I've read a number of Furuya's works and I must say I like his drawings here; they are a lot better than in his other works.

On my first attempt, I stopped reading after the first few chapters and promptly forgot about it. After re-discovering it, I finished it in 2 sittings. I like the afterword by the author explaining his thought process behind the creation of this story. I did not know the Children's Crusade was a historical thing. At first I felt a bit uncomfortable reading this because it seemed twisted and rather...

Both the writer and artist are very creative; you can tell that they've put in quite a bit of effort into deg the looks of the characters, be it costumes, weapons, or fighting styles etc (the artist is evidently heavily inspired by King of Fighters--main character looks like K'.) The feeling I get from this manga is a bit like a modern-day Rurouni Kenshin. It's classed as a Seinen for the...

Art is pretty good; one can easily tell that many of the designs were KoF-inspired. Story-wise, it's like reading the prequel to some series...when you realise that's all there is to it, you feel nothing short of cheated.

I may have to re-read this, as I barely understood anything the first time. Still, it's interesting--in the same way that having your brains eaten by zombies might be interesting.