This manga's plot has good concepts, though ones that aren't all that original, and was pretty solidly for most of it when it was focused more on smaller episodes in dealing with individual cheaters with only hints at what is going on in terms of the larger plot. Tl dr: A manga with a plot that starts getting overtly messy once it starts coming together and lacks good character/relationship development, but looks really really good. It's really frustrating when it had such a solid foundation. In the end, the series did end okay, but I wished there was more finality to character arcs and what they did after everything that went down.
It's really annoying, and most of the wrap up didn't feel satisfying. The series does pull off the type of "reveal" that really pisses me off in stories when either the author wants to continue a story past its endpoint or when an author is trying to make more of an impact with twists. The villains could have been interesting multi-faceted characters, but in the end, they were reduced to the whole "MWAHAHA I'm EVIL!!" schtick with some eye-rolling twists.
The second half covers more of the backstories between each character and finally reveals who everyone is and the mysteries surrounding their whole predicament. Once a cheater is captured or killed the team is immediately given a new cheater case. As it is, the plot of Deathtopia follows case after case of the cheaters and their victims. still falls into the bad habits of plot-driven stories and there aren't enough chapters or scenes where we can sit with the characters and explore who they are outside of their job.
Deathtopia is more plot-driven than character-driven, however, it does have good character work that other plot-driven manga skip over. There's some nice fanservice, but it's mostly a horror manga that's not afraid to show boobs.ĭuring the first half of the series, I noticed that it's very fast paced. It has a great atmosphere with some good mysteries sprinkled in as the main character is learning about the monsters known as "Cheaters" and trying to stop their murdering rampage. The first half of Deathtopia is fantastic. An intriguing story that could have used more chapters.
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