To be honest, I couldn’t get into it the first time I read it, I only got through the first 15 pages. I decided to give it another shot, and I really wasn’t feeling it until a twist at the end of the first chapter. STORY: A high school girl, Mirai, who has no interest in studying and particularly no interest in history, picks up a weird looking rock and posts a photo online. She is then contacted by Noah, an archaeologist who crashes through the window via helicopter and informs her of his interest in the rock she found. It is revealed that the rock contains akey from 2022 ie. the future. Noah sees that Mirai does not understand the importance of history, takes her on an archaeology trip to a train station. The key opens a path to an ancient city from 100,000 years ago.

I won’t spoil the end but that is what got me interested.

ART:
The art is mediocre, nothing particularly stands out. I don’t think the art/style is great, but is consistent. It does have a bit of a distinct style. The character designs are unique enough to stand out among other shounen protagonists, as well as the characters in the series so far. You're probably still going to be able to describe the character designs even in a couple of years time.

CHARACTER:
Let’s talk about the female character.

I hate her.

She’s annoying. She shows no particular skills that make her an asset to the team. She plays the “questioner” role. The one who asks question so the smarter characters can explain everything to the readers. Her design is so-so, but she’s the typical shounen female protagonist thus far. She’s not particularly bright nor particularly pretty in my opinion which is her down fall.

The male character on the other hand, is quite interesting, and is he who carries the series. Still, his personality is a bit exaggerated, and there isn't enough of the story yet to explain him.

OTHER:

I feel like the dialogue and narration doesn’t really flow, making it hard to read. When I was reading, I was subconsciously skipping lines and entire speech bubbles, when I went back to read them, I realise I might as well have skipped them because they were useless. I also found that for the amount of dialogue it had, there wasn’t much information. A lot of the text felt like it served not real purpose. No information, no comedy, no character building. This is why it was difficult to read.

ENJOYMENT:
It didn't hook me, which is a shame because I like history and geology, and there aren’t enough manga like that. This series is has a good concept but suffers from poor writing and characterisation. I can only give it a 5/10 (which is quite high considering I've dropped it.)