Castration: Rebirth · review
This was hard to rate. On one hand, the concept was great; the art design? Phenomenal. Some of the best I've ever seen for this genre. The writing for Anzaki and Makino and the teacher specifically? Actually pretty complex. The author did a great job at giving characters conflicting internal motivations and making them question their motivations. The philosophical stuff about men and women? Pretty good, honestly. The author represented both sides in a way that honestly didn't feel like a strawman and simultaneously showed that women and men are a lot alike. There were even two big twists that were well foreshadowed that Iliked a lot. All that said, I could not recommend this in good faith. The scattered story with confusing and seemingly haphazard plot completely ruined reading this. This manga should've had 2-3 more volumes so the author could flesh out the plot fully in a way that makes sense. Near the end they were just going much too fast. It's not like the pacing was bad. The pacing made sense for the amount of information we were given. It's that the information given was very little and lots of pretty major plot points were glazed over. Also the ending was genuinely appalling. One of the worst endings I've seen in ages.