Manga review: Riddle Story of Devil

3 line summary for quick viewers

"There are 12 assassins trying to kill me... including you Tokaku."
"12 assassins?
Don't worry, from now on, it is 11 assassins.... and 1 guardian!!"

-hachi8man's comment
The mother work of genre "Danganronpa".

*The picture is an official anime illustration

*plz note that this is MANGA review, not anime.

Manga info
Published country: Japan
Genre: action
Story: Yun Kouga
Drawing: Snao Minakata
Total 5 series.
(Took me 4 hours to finish)

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Notice
I do not tell or spoil anything crucial in my review.
My review is to help people rather they will read it or not,
not listing everything and just make them turn their face away from the work.
I hope you guys are interested in this manga after this review.

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Story preview

'The black class'
A class that is offered at special time, which exists at Moyjo academy. The class is consist of 12 assassins and 1 special target to be killed, all being female high school student. The reward for their assassination is ANYTHING they want.

As an assassin, Tokaku Azuma, who joined the 10th grade black class at the cemetery, was captivated by Haru Ichinose, a student considered to be the target of the assassination, and decides to stay with her as a guardian and confront 11 other assassins.

Story Rating
★★★★★
-Did anyone not like Danganronpa's story flow?

In the manga, there is a special rule before assassinating.
The assassin has to send a letter of notice before their assassination.
This rule eventually creates a plot for each assassins, like Danganronpa creating plot for each murder.

Additionally, each assassin has their own story, reason why they applied to this crazy program.
These stories makes the manga much more dramatic.

Story flows perfectly. Author doesn't drag the story nor has a absurd ending.
(People who has been reading a lot of manga will know how important it is to have a natural flow...)

Drawing style
★★★★☆

-NEED MORE WORD?

+Haru is KAWAI

Very cute drawing style, matches well with the story.
Describes that they are high school student well...
which contrasts with what their mission is about.

-☆ for...
The action scene is little bit weak, but I took it fine.

How impressive the work is

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What is this ?
This rating is to show you how much this work have impressed me and stays in my mind/memory.
Many times when people ask me "How was this manga/anime?"
Several times I just reply "Oh, it was good."
A real good manga/anime impresses you and leaves aftertaste.
If you can't understand this, sooner or later you will encounter with your "Life-long work", and understand what I meant.

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★★★★☆
-It wasn't assassination, it was youth.

Through out the story we can see the growth of characters.
Students admit their weakness, overcome their complex, and become adult.
It was very touching, still left at the corner of my mind...

Final rating/comment
★★★★☆
-You won't regret reading it.

Recommended to...
-Who enjoyed" Danganronpa"
-Who enjoys youth genre

Always welcoming recommendations.
Add comment and I will consider reviewing it.
Thanks for reading this review.