Luck Stealer

[MangaDex]

 

[EaterOfBooks]

Strong start, incredibly good flashback/backstory arc, but the final arc is horrible. I didn't believe it was possible to mess up an interesting premise this badly and this fast.

Final arc spoilers:

Spoiler

Suddenly, here's an all-powerful worldwide cult who wants to kidnap the protag and kill everyone we care about! Oh, and they've infiltrated the protag's organization! And they have a spy in the group that takes in the protag after that! And they've got a goddamn military force in Japan! And they're so evil and well-connected they can get away with anything and cover it all up! Because fuck you, that's why!

I'm just incredibly disappointed. Solid 8/10 for the first part, 9/10 for the flashback arc, and then it nosedives off a cliff in the final arc when it tries to tie everything up.

 

[DivineCyrus]

Couldn’t agree more

 

[biomass]

Good start, but feels like the author either got tired or was told by his editor to end early.

Spoiler

Rival assassin Sakura was making a big deal about how he was going to discover protag's secret and then kill him personally, but he ends up fighting a side character and losing and never gets to interact with protag again. Clearly he was set up to play a bigger role but was rewritten at the last arc.

 

[pyffiesti]

The only thing I found sad was

Spoiler

Kotaro's death

. Overall story was decent, but pretty rushed. Still, glad they managed to get normal lives at the end.

 

[KermUnit]

I disagree quite a bit. The big bad was set up all the way back in volume 3 and I found volumes 7-10 really good. I’d agree with the flashback arc being the best but in my opinion I thought the beginning was easily the weakest