- #34
Anyways aside from that the ending itself was kind of satisfactory the last volume itself was pretty nice shows all the people that Kitano has gotten along with and i like how it didn't turn into some "he made them better" or something like that it was just he became friends with them and that's cuz they were able to get over his weird appearance.
The manga itself was pretty fun the misunderstandings were sometimes pretty funny and the side characters were all great, Kitano is who i have one of the biggest problems with he appeared to have mild retardation at many points in the story not understanding that people were scared of him or that they were trying to fight him which was weird cuz at other times he clearly shows that he knows that people fear him.
The best part about this manga is definitely the side characters they all actually grow quite a bit and it's very nice seeing how they grow and change thx to Kitano, still some of them are just unbearable to watch starting with the biggest piece of shit of this manga Kuroda, the big thug that just wont stop being a pain throughout the whole damn series my god did i hate him i'm so glad that the author just made him disappear around halfway through the manga lol turns 100% more enjoyable then, also along with Kitano some of the other characters also show cerebral impairment thinking that Kitano is an ACTUAL devil like i know it was supposed to be the joke but it doesn't work when you're trying to make a serious manga cuz some moments the characters act like normal human beings and then the next they just go fucking bonkers out of nowhere so you don't know if they're playing around or what, still the main cast is pretty fun to be around especially Ryoko and Ikuno you can really tell that the Author likes to draw strong female protagonists and i respect how he doesn't even use panty shots lol there's like 5 throughout the series and i think it was just his editors pressuring him into it or something "cmon bro do it for the horny teenagers out there", both were great.
I gotta say this author is a real master at not giving a fuck about his initial idea this went the exact same route as Claymore halfway in the series turns into a completely different series then the first couple of chapters and that change is for the better in both cases, the biggest hurdle in this manga is definetly the art in the beginning chapters which is very, very weird but it improves a lot by the end and that's where he starts Claymore at lol Ikuno is pretty much Clare and not just in design she has the same weird personality and Kitano ends up being the design for the fucking Yoma lol.
Good read for anyone that likes this type of shit the ending aside from the shit with the kiss is pretty nice and also props to the mini-story about how Kitanos parents met that was one of my favorites parts of the manga lol.