Without a doubt, the best LN series I have ever read. It's definitely not for everyone. I love me some gore, body horror and mutilation as much as the next person, but from volume 1, the story lets you know that it isn't f*%king around. Entrails are commonplace and each death is described in excruciating detail. That was enough to hook me for at least a few volumes by itself, but then the story did the rest of the work. Also the art... which is gorgeous. This is a series that is well-written, knows what it wants to say, and doesn't overstay it's welcome (Hell,I WISH there was more, but I suppose one bonus vol is enough). It might not resonate with many, but I did with me and I don't think I'll ever forget the experience I had reading each new volume as it was released.

If you're looking for a true dark fantasy story that will keep you guessing as to where it will go next, provide interestingly tragic characters that you WILL grow to love and conclude it's 9 vol. 3 arc run with a crescendo that forms one of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful finales I have ever read, then this is it.