Hone ga Kusaru made

I liked this manga for a few reasons, but also had my reasons to dislike it too. In my opinion, it was a good time killer and decent manga, but failed as a thriller in many ways. I will write some pros and cons.

Pros

Very great concept, and succeeded in being very psychological at times. Really gave insight into the emotions of those who have taken a life, which I am sure most could not actually relate to. But somehow, it worked here.

I thought I had predicted the culprit, but it was actually somebody different. Some of the twists and turns were quite good.

The art suited the mood and atmosphere of the story, while not being my favorite style.

Cons

The first four volumes were quite slow in my opinion. Considering that is over half of the series, I have to dock some points for that. I couldn’t get really into it until volume 5 or 6. I do believe this could have been shorter by a couple volumes.

The romance in the story just didn’t work for me. I have heard of a love triangle, but here, there was kind of a love pentagon. Characters’ reasons for liking another character sometimes made no sense, or their reasoning to sleep with a character they had no feelings for were nonexistent. I think the author was going for emotional disturbance in a sense, but I wasn’t buying it, and much of the story was wasted on these romances.

The characters were somewhat weak. Everyone kept calling Shintaro brave and Akira charismatic, and the boys were all over Tsubaki and Haruka for reasons that could have been better portrayed. Ryu was my favorite and the most relatable by far for me. This was a very character-driven story, so this is where it really falls short.

Overall, a decent read. I wouldn’t recommend it, but I wouldn’t tell someone to stay away from it either. I wouldn’t read it again though.

6/10

This manga, in my opinion, is unfortunately not that popular and I think it deserves more praise than it already has. Minor spoilers (I think) below.

What I liked about this manga is its good mystery plot and character relationships since it shows how the characters what they feel about what they did 5 years ago and the consequences this incident would have on their lives when somebody finds out about it. It is really a compelling read because the suspense it keeps up in the earlier chapters until the climax is enough to get me to turn to the next page. The art is also one of its good points since it is able to portray emotions and atmosphere really well. For the characters, in my opinion, aside from Tsubaki and Shin, the other characters could have been more fleshed out and I would have liked to know what they were thinking in certain parts. As for Shin, he's a special case since you can't really tell what he's thinking, but one thing is certain: he just wants his friends to live a normal life after what had happened 5 years ago and move on.

On the other hand, I would think that one of the reasons this manga was not that good is because of the lack of backstory in their elementary school days (if I remember correctly) since a mystery-like plot would need something of a backstory since a culprit needs to be someone that was already mentioned beforehand according to Knox's Decalogue. I think it lacked that backstory since the target audience wouldn't be able to figure it out unless the story tackles it midway. This wasn't really a problem for me since I kind of figured it out on the way, but I think it would've been better if there was a backstory to understand the events more clearly.

All in all, this was a great experience for me and I would recommend this if you want to read thriller-mystery dramas. Overall, I'll give it an 8/10. (^^)

So, I found this manga in my local 2nd hand book store. The cover art attracts me instantly so, I bought the first volumes of the manga. Guess what? I ended buying the remaining volumes of the manga after reading the first one. In my opinion, Hone ga Kusaru made provides one of the best experience I had when reading mystery manga. These are the reasons on why I enjoy reading this 'masterpiece'.

1) Art
The artwork of this manga is done by Yae Utsumi which I never heard of before stumbling upon this manga. The artwork is pretty clean and the character design have some 'kyun' elements to it. I especially enjoy the facial expression of the characters (seems pretty real to me).

2) Character Development
In my opinion the character development is consistent until the end of the manga which i think its pretty reasonable. I enjoy great n steady character development as it could really allow me to be in the character's position and experience their feelings.

3) Story
The plot starts off relatively slow, allowing the reader to digest the information provided without being left behind. As the story progresses, the pace will gradually increase to stay relevant to the story. There are a couple of fillers but it is necessary to avoid plot holes. As I read the manga I thought that I predicted the main antagonist from the manga and guess what, plot twist! The plot twist is totally unpredictable and it amazes me.

Overall, I definitely enjoy reading the manga to my heart content. But honestly this manga does not have much reread value as we already know the main antagonist of the manga. But the story is unforgettable and I would die for finding any manga similar to this.

This manga truly tests the "bonds" of friendship. It makes the reader think about right and wrong, and the character development throughout the manga is really great. The artistic style is beautiful. This manga is almost as good as all the other psychological manga about teens murders and friendships. I don't know why I didn't come across it until now, but it was so worth the 98 chapters.

It's not as gory as other manga popular about killing, but it does have its gruesome scenes. The way the mangaka portrays the killings makes it eerie in itself. Even though the story is about teenagers committing murder, it shows the twisted world of adults that forced these children to become this way.

Definitely a must read~!!

This manga is really not well known at all, and that's a shame. It doesn't even have any reviews, so I'll be writing one.

At first when I started reading Hone ga Kusaru I didn't really have any high hopes, since there must be a reason why people don't read it right? But the beautiful and interesting cover art pulled me in, anyway. I expected this to manga to really blow and have some sort of misunderstanding about the person the group killed.

To my pleasant surprise, it really doesn't pull back it's punches. The art is phenomenal, the characters feel real, and it has it's generic dramatic love triangle (with 2 cute girls ;) ).
The plot is intriguing, and there are some great twists in the story.

So I at least suggest you to try out the first volume, it's very interesting.
As of now, there are only 5 volumes. Volume 6 is coming out later this month. (April 27) And the latest volume is most likely coming in May, or the month after that.

This Manga is extremely enjoyable and I would implore anyone who agrees to assist in raising the score. Till Your Bones Rot is deep philosophical manga about the consequences of murdering someone. These consequences are experienced and conveyed through a group of young teenagers, who all had their own motives and deal with it in their own way. In the way that it's emotional, it's also a mystery roller-coaster. There are many scenes in this that will leave you guessing at what happens next, or took place that we don't know about yet.

It's drawn pretty well, and I rarely ever had a moment where the art didn't convey what the author intended. Beyond this, all the names should be easy to remember if you've got some familiarity with Japanese names. These generally lend themselves to the high rating I gave it.

Overall, this manga is an experience that will keep you reading without overstaying its welcome. Please read it and share your thoughts, if you can. I rate it an 8.5/10, rounded up to a pleasent 9/10 for MAL.