this manga is simple. simple plot simple characters simply great. sometimes you just wanna read something that doesn't require logic or deep thoughts. that's why i love this manga. i like bloody, gory, implausible mangas like these. after death note and a few others that left me feeling like i missed the point because of all the insane illogical basic rambling, this was a refreshing change. who'd have thought learning about insects could be this entertaining and easy to understand outside of the discovery channel. it's like reading about some violent insect kingdom except all the insects are in the shape of people. FUN STUFF at least for me

Since I'm bored of the typical character types present in most manga, I was glad to find this manga.

It's not great from the point of view that it follows the typical shounen battle manga cliches as some have pointed out, however despite the predictable plot it has so far shown a lot of fun characters.

Now the real reason I wrote this comment: The student council head looks like Alyosha from http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54487
Paticularly the hair (notice how the bangs cross in the middle). She's not a character you meet right away though so don't skip ahead! =D

I thought it was dumb from the beginning, so I don't have the disappointed expectations that other people here have. It's fine if you realise that the whole premise of a spider-themed child assassin whose special power is magical-autism is stupid and take it from there. It's not good, but it's entertaining enough.

What I don't like though is the rape/sexual abuse fanservice. It's creepy.

Theres not much to say here. The story starts off great with child abuse, murder/hitmen/assassination and the seedy child usage of the underworld.

And then throws the main character into a cliche high school setting shounen style. Instead of being an ultra-rare, ultra-awesome child fighter/assassin, its revealed that there are countless other ultra-rare, ultra-awesome child fighters/assassins yet they live perfectly normal lives within human society... in high school of course.

The story gets progressively typical from there. Theres the manipulative president (who has superpowers of course), the jock with a deranged sense of justice (who has superpowers of course) and the over-the-top pure maiden who has to be protected by the main character.

I read this and the beginning seemed really interesting then just at chapter 5 I started losing interest. I just can't take this whole 'assassin' thing seriously. And the whole arachnid thing is just kinda lame to me. I don't like the main girl because she seems so soulless, no personality really. ._. Bleh, had hopes but it was crushed~

The beginning was very promising. Dark atmosphere, killers, apprentice surpassing her master, etc.
But then it steadily became more and more pointless fanservice and clichee. The 'roach' and the 'grasshopper' are gross clichee-characters with no real substance, there are no killings anymore (very inconsistent with the atmosphere in the beginning), no real dark ambience...
In a nutshell, this manga is headed towards crap ending at full speed. What a waste...

Volume 1 encompasses a strong plot arc. Assassins who are men with sneers or whose faces look like death, Alice experiencing good character development while being "raised" by Kumo, and a real sense of dramatic tension. And aside from the whole "no one cares about a poor cute orphan schoolgirl" noir setting, no obtrusively unrealistic parts.

But suddenly starting from the second chapter of volume 2, the assassins are hot young women who have some insane or fetishistic obsession with Alice / killing, who is constantly taking clothing damage, and as of the most recent chapter might be threatened into performing some fetish acts? With the irresistible (to mangaka) cliche of (spoiler for a plot development in early volume 2)
You could compare this manga to Karakuri Circus in many ways. The early conflicts are great, (spoiler for overall tone the series has started to take, roles characters play, and predictability)

Still, the first 6 chapters were gold, it's just the last 3 that have been mediocre. Anyway, this manga starts out quite awesome, and is still pretty good, but it's turning more and more into Cynthia the Mission, a bit hard to take seriously. But by volume 4 it at least hasn't gone downhill enough to be canceled, so I expect the story to not fall below a certain level of quality. I'm not dropping it when the next chapter promises to be the assassin version of Nana to Kaoru anyway...

... Last updated on October 21st, 2011, 9:54am

started out pretty good but as soon as the original kumo had his disciple kill him it got boring fast. disappointed but ill stay with it a little longer just in case it makes a rebound. it needs a male support character imo

update: definitely disappointing. i officially give up, it's just too stupid and boring.

... Last updated on September 1st, 2012, 7:36pm

Sugar plum fairies and puppy dog tails. That's what this cute, little, assassin story's made of.

Sure, little teenage girl is almost raped by her guardian uncle after her mother's suicide, gets taken in by said guardian's assassin, trained in the dark arts of... concentration, and subsequently mercy kills the paternal miyagi figure (all happens in the first volume... so, not really spoilers).
I just can't help read this as some sugary sweet shoujo expecting frilly flowers and star bursts to pop-up on the next panel... despite what occurred on the previous panel from a wailing lead character to attempted human meat mincing with the arachno-knife.


The series isn't bad... it's just a juxtaposed piece of sugary murder.

Interesting concept. I read on to the raws and this doesn't have any romance for those who may be looking out for it.

However, with only 4 chapters translated so far, it's a bit hard to judge how it's going to go.