Finally finished this thing and, yeah, it's pretty excellent. The story basically gives the floor to every type of MC there is, and it finds a way to work with them all without leaving any of them out. The one area in which I feel this series didn't quite work for me is that most of the leads just don't have much in the way of their backgrounds explored. There's a bit of it, sure, but usually it's either for Yuuhi, Samidare, one of the other characters who die, or the other beast knights most closely connected to them. That leaves a good 4 or5 knights out of the 12 who have very little in the way of background, one of whom in particular (Hyou) I wanted to know more about. Still, that feels more like a nit pick because you still understand these characters, just not as well as you want to, and considering that this is only 66 chapters, the amount of depth among all these characters is still exceptional. The story lives and dies in its interpersonal dynamics, anyway, and it thrives most of the time in this department. Helps that the series has an excellent ending and, though some of the bigger swings are predictable, largely keeps you guessing over its run. Overall, well worth the read.