Don't let my score fool you, there's a very good reason this thing didn't get the 9 overall that it should have. The mangaka rushed the damned story. Overall though I think it deserves a read if you can't find anything else. Its a great manga, but story arcs that should have taken place over 2-3 chapters, ended up taking place over 1-2 pages. cleverly thought out plot twists that should have been high points in the story, felt like cruel jokes by the author because of how rushed they were. They give no backstory to the tricks at all,they just all of a sudden reveal that the character had planted a bunch of bombs when the character had absolutely no time to do that whatsoever.

Anyone who researched story writing will tell you that good stories have foreshadowing. Meaning the author leaves subtle hints about things which you pick up on later in the manga. This story doesn't have foreshadowing, a fact which leaves the whole story feeling rather hollow.

You can however get a very real appreciation for how this manga was meant to be, and like any double A manga you can see its a high quality story line, just really REALLY terribly executed.

Same with characters. There is no backstory given to anyone. Except for a couple of tidbits about the protagonist.

The manga as a whole felt like it was made by a great mangaka who planned out what could have been a successful series with 100 issues, but then at the last minute the publishers said, "No, 16 chapters is good enough for you."