It feels like the creator is writing this book by the seat of his pants, throwing in zombies and an underground fighting tournament just because. And that gives the series an off-kilter tone that continues to appeal to me. The gore and nudity help too (though the abuse being heaped on the female side character Ebisu is really crossing the line).

The first dozen pages are in color, and boy, the art looks so much better with some of the sloppiness covered.

I found out this series runs for 23 volumes, and now my main worry is that it will follow the track of Attack on Titan and get so involved in its mythology and introducing new characters that it will lose the loosey-goosey quality that have made the first two volumes so fun. ( )