Shojo Null

[MangaDex]

 

[thirty7timeslucky]

the year is 2253 and humanity is a bunch of psycho mfs who enslave each other with mind control bullshit

they all belong in the psych ward

pretty epic, excited for where this goes

 

[Rex_Nichts]

Title is wrong. There's a difference between shoujo and shojo. Shojo is an actual word in Japanese; shojo means virgin while shoujo means girl. And the original Japanese title properly uses shoujo (girl), so it's only the translation that's wrong. At first, I thought this was once again a borderline henti comedy manga because of that title, like all the garbage out there. I was so ready to just write it off as one before I checked thirty7timeslucky's comment on this thread.

 

[kohakusan]

This has a lot of Elfen Lied vibes

 

[mutsutakashi]

I think this series try a bit too hard at being edgy and dark there. Like, the cost-effectiveness is not even at all. They kill Gijins all over the place, literally everywhere they go we see a bunch of psychos who kill gijin en masses.

And they kill the gijins for nothing at all, not gaining anything, they just waste man-power like nothing, literally throwing tons of money pointlessly.

I don't hate it when the story is dark and edgy but I hate it when it is not make any sense at all.

 

[BuyVelomobiles]

It's more special chapters than actual story, for fuck's sake.

 

[Undorian]

Read chapter 1 and so far:

1) The main antagonist is evil for the sake of being evil, to reinforce the story's black-and-white morality, which makes the conflict a bit dull, instead of engaging.
2) The teenagers killed in chapter 1 weren't evil at all. They were neither violent, nor sadistic, and genuinely didn't understand that Gijin apparently have emotions, which makes the protagonists look like psychopaths for slaughtering them. I can't root for them after this.
3) World-building is also a bit lacking. "The setting is real life, except with X, and everybody is obsessed with X" is a bit uninspiring, and has been done many times, not just in manga, but also visual novels.

Maybe it'll improve from here...

 

[_Nonoko-chan_]

Reminds me a bit to Mardock Scramble too, but yeah, mainly Elfen Lied. Wish they did an anime out of this...