I actually wanted to try reading or watching Corpse Party but I never had the time so I haven’t yet. Although, I watched a few episodes of the gameplay from PewDiePie and while I was looking around Batoto for something to read, I stumbled upon Corpse Party yesterday. Truth is, there are several Corpse Party manga over there and I don’t know which one is the real one. So I just decided to judge them based on the cover. Then I found Corpse Party: Musume. As you can see in the cover, the girl over there is Naomi, part of the main cast. Although I noticed that she wears a different uniform and has huge boobs (In the game, she already has big boobs but I can’t help but be more surprised in the manga.) After a few chapters until the ending, I realized that this wasn’t the original Corpse Party plot. I was really hyped up about the ending and was saying “Nooo! You can’t end it like that. I need more!”. Really, it was a neat ending but I don’t think it is the best ending you could’ve given the readers. More on this later.

PLOT – 5/10

Okay, I gave the plot 5/10 because it isn’t perfect. It’s not that there’s something as perfect, but I think there are lots of plot holes. Mainly because the events in the manga happen so quickly that you won’t get to enjoy the plot too much. If you’re looking for a manga which is more focused on giving a really dark horror story, I won’t recommend this. Yes I do admit they managed to really think of dark elements in the story but they are just small mini-stories which when you put them all together, it won’t make a great plot. Although, I’ll give credits to the real ending for making it more twisted than I expected. The real ending feels like an epilogue somehow but since it has a few chapters, I was a bit mindblown like “They’ve done it, what else could these few chapters contain? An epilogue?” then later on, I realized I shouldn’t have finished it since the ending, as I’ve said earlier, “You can’t end it like that.”. Try to guess if it was a good or bad end, but for sure you’ll get it right based on my reactions here.

ART – 9.5/10

I really really really like the art. It is too detailed at points I didn’t expect it to be. I was expected it to be a bit mild in terms of gore, death, blood, panty-shots, and other scenes. I was expecting the scenes to be like Mirai Nikki, where I felt like everything is too mild for a story like that. But really, after reading this manga, I was totally like “Whoa, they didn’t hold themselves in making the art, huh?”. I was amazed on how they portrayed the scenes but as I expected, I didn’t get scared even as I read the manga all alone in the middle of the night. Yes, I don’t really get scared easily, but I once read a manga which did scare me. Probably because this manga has too many scenes for adults and panty-shots. I know this is tagged as ecchi but it is supposed to be horror, mystery, and supernatural too. You could do a lot better in terms of scaring rather than turning the readers on. I’ll still give credits to it having a few scenes giving me the chills. If you’re looking for something scary, I don’t really recommend this but if you’re looking for something to gross you out and turn you on, this is it.

CAST – 8/10

I gave it an 8 out of 10 since I appreciate them giving Naomi a lot of screen time or whatever you call it. If you’re guessing that she’s my favorite character, you’re exactly right. Also, I like the surrounding dark elements in the character stories and personalities. You see, I’m a fan of dark themes/plots and I especially like it when my favorite character has a dark past, a change of heart, broken mind, or whatever. Although the cast here is kinda small, I liked it since they managed get a good background story and plot twists with regards to the characters while managing not to make them Out-of-character. I like how they acted and all. I mean, they did stuff that I totally wasn’t expecting and I really like the surprises.

ENJOYMENT – 8/10

Okay, okay, I gave this an 8/10 not just because of the ecchi but because, like I said, I’m a fan of dark themes. If I did not enjoy this manga, I wouldn’t finish it in one seating. Seriously, I started reading the manga and I didn’t stop until I finished it. Probably it is because I’m always excited on what will happen next. I really enjoyed on how everything went on until the ending. Like I said, they gave me surprising stuff which I totally didn’t see coming. In the many dark stories I’ve read (mostly fanfics), there are many many stuff which are over used. But this manga, they managed to actually make me “What happened? I wasn’t expecting that! Oh no, why? How did that-!? I knew it!” and when I say things like that in my mind while watching or reading something, it means I really like the story. I was actually wishing for more but, I don’t think there will be more.

Overall, its a nice alternate story for Corpse Party but it could do a lot more. It actually has potential which I’m sure will be great if they gave it more time and more thought. Goodbye now, thank you for reading. If you have any comments for this manga, please don’t hesitate to do so. I would really like to hear thoughts of other people regarding this. Also, if you have any recommendations on what should I read or watch next, please do comment. I appreciate it. Thank you guys. See you next time.