King of thorn is a manga where fiction, mystery and the will to survive blend in a pefect way. Each character has a story that is too hard and painful remembering it and some of them do suspicious actions that makes others feel distrust and unsteadiness.

What I like the most is the story. Even though the essence of the story is not something new (There is a pandemic disease, everyone wants to survive, there are a lot of mysteries to solves and some characters die in the way), the fiction parts is really good and unique. Also, every character has a past they don't want to tell but as the story progresses, they solve their problems and traumas to keep it up with the others. Besides, slowly finding out the truth, they don't give up and they continue in order to find a way out. There are many dramatic parts, they have to fight with the monsters and the disease, to overcome their fears and help each other in order to survive.

The graphics are very cool too. The style is very good and the shadowing are represented by lines, not by grey flat colors.The author use only black colors to do shadowing most of the time and he only use grays color when is really necessary to differentiate colors, so it's unusual to see gray coloring in the background or the clothes ( Clothes and scenery are only white and black, there are not gray shading colors) Even though it look a little plain, he can portray the action withouth problems. It's good shounen style.

As a conclusion, if you like fiction mixed with mystery, a survival story with drama and action, this manga is the one for you to read.