Reviewing till chapter 29
[Atmosphere/mood: medium-heavy mostly]
[Notable pickings: Action:10 l Drama:10 l Tragedy:11/10 l Flow of story:10 l Thrilling:10 l Fanservice:0? l Ecchi:1 l Bloody scenes:4 ]

Short summary: This is the best no-nonsense manga/anime I've seen ever... tragedy and drama picked off from the first chapter. There seems to be no fanservice, and story is incredibly smooth. This manga may be way UNDERRATED. However, there might be some reasons why this manga is not accepted well. Read on.

Story:
This series is a explanation-event-explanation-event kind, with the explanation being heavy at times, but properly explaning the features presented in this manga, like pandoras, limiters novas etc. Finish the first 5 chapters and action/drama/tragedy should come more smoothly, before another explanation comes.

This series started off without a clear "right" protagonist, but as the story continues on, you can see who they are. This story is complex in that there seems to be no right or wrong, everyone is just protecting their values and beliefs, with rules broken often.

One setback is that the school doesn't seem to have much of a school system. Throughout the series I only see 1 scene in which a classroom is presented, and almost no teachers seem to be present, except for a few. The rule-enforcers seem to be students of the 3rd year, although there is little reason why, since there are 4th years at the academy too. Explanations for some other stuff not given, aftermath of some events were not touched on too.

This story seems to have some psychological parts, using people's parts to form the characters' belief systems, which caused so many events, but are usually linked to tragedy.

One more trait of this series is internal fighting.

Art:9
Given this is an action series, I was surprised I could see so many clear scenes. Plus the detail is amazing. I guess this series could be hard to turn into an anime, since the action scenes have many succinct moves.

One setback is that since there are so many characters, the art design fails to differentiate some of the smaller roles in this series, leading to a confusion of who is who.

But, one very commendable part is that expressions shown over panels were amazing, for example someone who is shocked realises something is on her left and turns her eyes slowly to look at her left, all with the state of fear and shock.

Overall, I loveeeee the art :D.

Character:8
Till the 29th chapter, there is still a distinct lack of character development in most of the main characters. However, Satellizer's character development in the 2x chapter is amazing, showing capable character development.

Moreover, there were quite some development in a few other characters that may never seem to be main characters (now at least). These add no value till now.

The main characters in this story are all special, although whether that is a good thing depends to be seen. Till now, the limits of the characters seem rather vague, which are easily expanded by their willpower. This exaggeration of limits may blur the difference between characters.

Enjoyment:9
I enjoy action and drama type mangas and animes. Magic too, and since this manga has so much of these it is natural I like it. However, tragedy is quite heavy, and scenes of blood may give some nightmares.

If you do not like tragedy genres much read with caution.

Overall:9
This manga seems to to be for some and not for some. I would suggest you pick it up to read, since this is quite a unique series, and for english readers, the scanlators should have had a hard time redrawing and translating this series so you can try appreciating their efforts by reading it.

This series may be quite underrated, pls dun be shocked by its rank in mal, it is definitely much more worth it.