Story: 6 I found the concept of the story, "lazy military genius out smarts his opponents" to be an interesting and fun idea. I really enjoyed seeing how the main character out-thought his opponents. However, there was at no time that I felt like the protagonists had a chance at failure with I think you need to have in a war story. The biggest and most unfortunate flaw with the story is that it is unfinished. Because of the series was cancelled I was left feeling unfulfilled at seeing what what happens next. Probably best to pick up the light novel, if you want the fullstory.

Art: 7
Compared to the light novel art the art tends to lean in a more realistic looking direction, but yet not as realistic as the anime's art. So it appears very middle of the road but, is not bad by any means. The shading does heavy a little on the darker side of things, which while not extreme esthetically pleasing, does mesh well will the military theme. The characters are well drawn and are consistent and look good, and only become flawed when seen in the color pages where the colors chosen for the characters don't seem to watch the realistic designs of the characters. Specially noted is that Ikta design is kind of odd, and almost make him look far more deranged than his appearance in the other mediums. Background art is minimal and has not great detail when is does appear, but this is understandable as the artist is trying to draw attention to the characters

Characters: 6
The character seem to fill the roles you might expect to see in a military story, the leader, the second in command, the medic, the sniper, etc rather well. Of the six main protagonists, Ikta, Chime and Yatorishino are more complex in terms of emotions compared to the other remaining three (Matthew, Torway, Haroma). However all six have a distinct lack of development, which I attribute to the series' short run. As for side characters the it felt like the author was taking a "Game of Thrones" approach where a introduced character that was unique or memorable was specifically put there to be killed of later for drama.

Enjoyment: 6
Overall I enjoyed the manga. This made it all the more disappointing the series ended after 32 chapters. It was that disappointment that really brought down my enjoyment and appreciation for the series since this my introduction into it.

Overall: 6
With 6s in Story, Character, and Enjoyment and a 7 in Art. This series averages out to a 6 for me. I really wanted to give this manga a higher score, but the fact of it's premature end just leaves everything unfulfilling. My recommendation for this series is gonna be pick up the light novel instead and then read this manga if you enjoyed it.