If you want to experience the story proper, you'll need to go to the LN. This manga is good, but the axe cuts away so much that it makes the good ending hollow. Koutarou as the MC is pretty frustrating, even if I get how he got to this point. Still, him obsessing over being the side character is not a great personality trait to have. Gameifying people is really.. cringe, to say the least. Beyond that, he is a very plain character. On the other hand, Shiho is a fun character that struggles to better herself beyond just her "special skill." She was the highlight,but I did enjoy seeing Azusa grow some too.

The story is where the manga is at its weakest, mainly because of the axe. There is a LOT of set up, only for it to go no where. What is here is actually pretty interesting, especially with dealing with Ryuuzaki. The issue is that the story needs at minimum double the chapters to really get the time and space to grow and expand into what could have been amazing.

7/10 I do NOT recommend reading this, as I say just read the LN. I haven't read it, so I don't know if it is good or not.. BUT I know that the more full experience it offers will overall be better than the manga. Axe-kun really hurt the series, even if I enjoyed what was here. Maybe I'll make this the first LN I ever read.