Deadman Wonderland definitely isn't the best manga of all time, but it isn't anything bad either. Deadman Wonderland is a manga that has an interesting concept. The characters in Deadman Wonderland can attack using their own blood, it sounds really simple at first. It's been demonstrated in several other series before Deadman Wonderland, but Deadman Wonderland is different.

In Deadman Wonderland, the main character, Igarashi Ganta is framed for killing all his friends in the classroom, because he was the only one alive. At that moment, the real person who killed his friends, struck a Red Diamond into his chest, causing him to become a Deadman. After being framed for killing his friends, Ganta is sent to a prison called Deadman Wonderland, which is where the name of the series comes from; the prison.

But this isn't any normal prison. This prison is to gather Deadmen from around the world and keep them in prison. They pretty much just gather Deadmen and pop 'em in the prison, I don't really think the Deadmen done anything wrong. But, other than that, the prison is normal, with normal prisoners. Once in a while, the prison has this thing called the 'Carnival Corpse' where two Deadmen fight until one is unable to fight or is killed. The winner of the fight wins prize money and the loser has one of their body parts taken off.

Ganta gathers friends to help get out of Deadman Wonderland and destroy the owner of it, or rather, kill the owner of it. The owner of the prison is Tamaki, a guy with glasses. That's my best description for him. For him being a villain, I actually quite enjoyed Tamaki's presence. Most of the manga revolved around the prison, and I don't think the manga would of been what it is if Tamaki wasn't in it. That's probably just me, but I think Tamaki was a great villain.

The art style for the manga was pretty good. The people who created this manga are Kataoka Jinsei and Kondo Kazuma, and they're both amazing. I never actually thought that it was created by two people, I always thought the series was only created by Kataoka Jinsei. But, suddenly learning that it was also created by Kondo Kazuma is cool I guess.

The characters are something, alright. I especially like one of the characters, Takami Minatsuki, she's probably my favourite in the entire series. But, other than Minatsuki, there are a lot of other good characters to mention. The characters had good development, but some of the characters designs were, what can I say? A bit odd, I guess.

The character design for the transgender character Chaplin Sukegawa was weird at first, but I ended up getting used to it. Chaplin Sukegawa was probably in the list of my top 10 Deadman Wonderland characters, after hearing his backstory. As I said, the characters in this series seem to have good development, but I don't know if that's with every character.

Idaki Hitara is an old man who is also a Deadman who we are told hasn't slept for around 30 years. He speaks to his daughter through his mind or something, I'm not that sure, but he does speak to his daughter. We soon learn something that shocked even me, but it is spoilers so I will not include it in here.

Sakigami Toto is my favourite Deadman Wonderland character, also one of my favourite villains. Toto starts out to be just a normal Deadman in the prison, but ends up being one of the main antagonists of the series. But, that doesn't stop how fab he is. Toto looks amazing, the name sounds amazing and he is amazing. I don't even know. He's just a great character, and he has a bit of development, but not a lot.

Kiyomasa Senji is the first Deadman other than Ganta that we meet in the series, which you now wonder why I didn't mention him first. Ganta thought at first that Senji was the "Red Man" which is the person who killed his friends. But, Ganta noticed that the smile from the "Red Man" and Senji were different, even if only by a bit. Senji teaches Ganta how to use his Branch of Sin properly, and becomes one of Ganta's friends after the Carnival Corpse.

Takami Yoh is the brother of Minatsuki. He's the only main character who isn't actually a Deadman, but he's still a good character. He cares rather deeply for Minatsuki, and would do anything to protect her and get her out of prison. I like how this character developed through the series, by getting smarter and learning how to do things easier.

Tsunenaga Tamaki is the first antagonist of Deadman Wonderland, who is the owner of the prison Deadman Wonderland. He likes to experiment on things, and he likes to view things just as a 'game'. I believe he is the one who originally created the Carnival Corpse to get body parts out of Deadmen and to experiment on them. He has an 'okay' development, but it isn't as great as someone like Ganta...

... and finally, Igarashi Ganta, I've mentioned the main-ish characters and just some Deadmen, but here's the good part. Igarashi Ganta starts off as a normal kid, who through some circumstances, has his friends killed, and turns into a Deadman. He starts off rather weak, but throughout the series, he develops a lot and becomes quite strong. Ganta's development is my favourite out of the manga series, and nothing can beat it, in my opinion.

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Let's speak about the arcs of the series. The series starts off with the 'Prison' arc which isn't anything special. But, it introduces the characters and it introduces you, yourself to the series. I'd give the Prison arc a 6/10.

The second arc in the series, the Deadman arc, introduces the Carnival Corpse into the series, which makes things a lot more interesting. The Deadman arc is also where you meet Senji, and it's where Ganta has his first win in the Carnival Corpse, quite obviously. I give the Deadman arc a 7/10

The third arc in the series, the Scar Chain arc is one of the bigger arcs. The Scar Chain arc is the arc where Ganta and his friends attempt to escape Deadman Wonderland and kill the undertaker, Genkaku Azuma. Genkaku is a pretty cool character, and other characters are also introduced, and I like each one of them. The arc shows off a couple of abilities from other Deadmen and Ganta gets a bit stronger this arc. I give the Scar Chain arc a 8/10.

The fourth arc in the series, called the Forgeries arc, is quite weird and it's well, weird. Tamaki creates Forgeries and shit, which are like Deadmen with masks that have overwhelming strength. But, Ganta and his friends find someway around it and try to get the masks off of the forgeries, so they can become normal people again. I give the Forgeries arc a 7/10.

The fifth arc in the series is called the Revolt arc. This arc starts off with Tamaki asking Ganta to help him kill the Wretched Egg "Red Man". Ganta refuses and he gets out of the room with Tamaki encountering more Forgeries. Well, he finds a way around the forgeries and gets out of there. After getting outside, Ganta learns who the true Wretched Egg is and the prison gets blown up. I give the arc a 9/10.

The final arc in the series, the Return to Deadman Wonderland arc, is a fantastic arc. It is amazing. I don't have much words to describe the arc. Simply, the characters return to Deadman Wonderland after the events of the Revolt arc to finally put an end to the true founder of Deadman Wonderland, and the Wretched Egg itself. It's quite a ride. I give the arc a 10/10, being my favourite arc in the series. Also the last one.

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I enjoyed this series quite a lot, only finishing it in 4 days. I could of finished it quicker, but I had other things to do and I also didn't want to finish it as fast as possible. The series was quite an interesting one, and it has become one of my favourites. But, as I say, favourites do not have to be rated 10. That is one of my rules; my favourites do not have to be rated 10.

Overall, besides rating the last arc 10/10, that doesn't matter, I still give the series a 9/10. This series had it's flaws and it wasn't the best series ever created, but I still love it. It is still in my favourites, and I haven't read much manga. But, this will be in my favourites for a while until I read a bit more manga, and then it might retreat out of my favourites.