Deadman Wonderland


If you have seen the anime adaptation of this, I recommend reading the manga first and foremost. It's far better than the anime adaptation in any area. Especially since I can also call Deadman Wonderland an elf song on steroids. These two actually have a lot of similarities in terms of characters and plot, the only difference being that both worlds differ in quality. Especially in terms of characters. DW actually had a lot of noteworthy characters, especially those that only came into their own in the manga.


Deadman Wonderland didn't convince me at first, but the further the story went, the more the curiosity and tension built. It undoubtedly has quite an interesting and well-thought-out storyline in terms of narrative and resolution. Towards Chapter 45, however, the manga had waned, the last 13 chapters were weaker than I had hoped.

Unfortunately, the plot armor also increased immensely towards the end. Hardly matched the previous setting when the lives of all characters were massively at stake. And towards the end everyone had so many lives that it was almost funny.

Story

The actual main story begins at something questionable. One generally questions the approach of how the protagonist ended up in prison in the first place and why this is all happening to get the plot rolling. Until the end this is explained excellently how everything relates to each other and how inevitable these events actually were.

Furthermore, the plot has quite subtle background stories. This also triggered conflicts with the respective characters and required various developments.

Drawing/illustration

Of a very high level, provided in detail, representation and especially the perspectives. Among other things, I noticed that the draftsman loved to show the scenes from different perspectives and he succeeded very well. The manga was also very detailed and could hit the atmosphere well.

Characters

The protagonist Ganta is enormously daunting at the beginning but develops subtly in the course of the manga. It is nothing to speak of until the end, but at least has a solid connection to the main storyline.

The protagonist, Shiro, has become an increasingly interesting character by the end, especially because of her background story. To be honest, you could almost feel sorry for the whole thing. And you also understand why this whole story came about in the first place.

The antagonists were mostly hateful and accordingly had such a charisma. They had a background, but I found them less interesting than the other supporting characters or protagonists.

In general, I was very surprised with the characters, even if the melodrama was too exaggerated in some scenes (especially with Ganta).


Conclusion

It's definitely a high-quality manga with big strengths and small weaknesses. From start to finish, the plot was simpler than I expected, but the background and what had happened behind the scenes were much more interesting.

I think you've wasted too much potential in the last few chapters, but it's still above average. Chapters 20-45 were definitely the best here.