The fact that this manga now has over 100 chapters, and publishing can boast about having to reprint volumes since before or around chapter 50 despite Americans-- for how much that's worth, I can only read English anyhow-- considering it more or less a snoozefest, makes it come off as The Little Engine that Could if the Little Engine had extra chromosomes.
It's weird. I care just enough to read the chapters but I don't really care for the story or characters. I kind of like the eyeshadow under the eyes of some (female) characters, but I'm ambivalent on the art as a whole and I definitely don't care for the garish fanservice that overrides dressing/character sensibility. I really don't like describing works entirely by way of other IPs (that's generally silly and the people who do it are stretching hard more than half the time), but I'm absolutely certain I saw Byakuya's bankai in this manga.
I get this "indie 'manga' produced by an American" feel despite this being actual manga produced by a Japanese person, and I'm surprised (and amused) that it defied expectations in this thread and managed to last as long as it did-- especially since I don't even know what about the IP is particularly marketable when the story, characters, and most of the art strikes me about as hard as a sip of flat soda or the 30th consecutive BBQ chip.
