Art- Great art, extremely well drawn and perhaps, this is the part that people dislike. This makes blood and gore pretty darn well done. If you can't stand a little blood here and there, some body parts, make that a lot of blood... this isn't a manga for you. But, it isn't the worst, the gore is not the worst I have seen. But other than that, characters are fantastically drawn and I like it. 9.5/10

Plot- There is a plot, I can feel it. It is leading up to something... I mean, I only read about 9 chapters as of now and I cannot comment about it. It is still like in chapter two of a novel. Introductions are still being made but, its coming, it most definitely is. 9/10

Originality- HAHA, if I was to say this is original, I am lying to myself. I mean, super powers in a boarding academy where they have to fight and stuff. OVERUSED. It has cliches like super powerful all the sudden when it comes to helping people. Useless main character (he actually admits it!), its all something that has been done before. BUT, for some reason, this was interesting, it wasn't boring. Perhaps I just like this topic or something, but I really enjoyed this. (No rating)

Character- Some characters are so... common. Like useless main cast (who has some awesome power, in this case, he makes himself not as incompetent)... But they are developing in their own way, we can see the characters literally explaining themselves. I mean, some characters are pretty forgettable. Eh, I am bad at explaining this. 8/10

Enjoyment- I enjoyed it a lot. I laughed, I got goosebumps and I smiled here and there. I was excited to see an update and I am anticipating the update. i can't wait and I think about this manga. 10/10

Recommended and it is one of my favorites.

... Last updated on February 1st, 2011, 7:31pm

Greetings~
I hope anyone who sees this spreads this.
Sequel to Serial series Aphorism was released on 12th jun 2018 on Shonen Gangan! The long-awaited new series: Do Aphorism will be out on the Shonen Gangan July issue!
http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/introduction/doahorhythm/
https://twitter.com/shonen_gangan/status/994880544285458432

I'm a long term fan of this mangaka's work but I haven't been very vocal about it as you probably can tell in half of these reviews that it basically ended on a major cliffhanger. I've stayed on long enough rereading and researching about any news of a sequal and FINALLY!! I think after 2 years or so she has released it. Its truely a good series but I think its very overshadowed by other popular manga. So I hope people really can spread this around, help to get its sales to go up abit and hopefully Aphorism can get the lime light it truly deserves.

On a side note, sigh honestly after a year and a half of waiting for news I actually thought she was dropped TT _TT but thankfully she managed to come back so 頑張って!! :'

... Last updated on July 21st, 2018, 1:37am

Yeah, so as everyone else has said, Aphorism is really the kind of series that you have to employ a certain amount of suspension of disbelief as the premise is so utterly laughable. After you get past the original necessary brain shut-down, however, Aphorism actually becomes quite enjoyable.

Aphorism is, in short, a series that is going for something utterly original, never mind that, even on a fantasy-level, the idea seems very, very dubious. Now, once you get past the "dubious" part, you have got yourself some nice, gory horror-action with a bit of mystery on the side. It's all very interesting and entertaining, actually, and I find myself looking forward to each new chapter more and more.

The characters are decent. They have somewhat more personality than the traditional shounen heroes (in other words, I can't really sum up their personalities in only one word), and none of them are a particular hardship to watch.

And, the gore, while definitely not on the level of seinen, is quite a bit more graphic than traditional shounens, which I appreciate, the art is really nice, and the paneling is not at all confusing. What more can you ask for, really? (Well, other than a believable premise, but we've been over that already.)

In short, Aphorism is great for a casual read. It isn't anything particularly life-changing, but if you love blood and gore and action to go along with it, this is certainly a worthwhile series to invest your time in.

an amazing manga it simply captures the interest mainly on how the characters present themselves, the fighting, and the plot itself is very interesting. The only problem is that protagonist because for now he seems to be far too ... cliche in this line of manga but I'm hoping that the mangaka will do something and shake off that.

At first the manga was quite good and it seemed like a genuine thriller horror, but opposite of many horror manga that take itself too seriously, this one doesnt take itself seriously enough. There are too many "comedic" fillers that spoil the mood of the manga and make it seem too much of a joke to be any good. I felt real emotion seeing characters die, but i felt pure disgust at how playful and non-chalant characters were in their situations. Its just a real mood killer when there is so much filler, and all of it only serves to completely kill the mood. I myself love romance cute things and comedy, but not in my horror manga. This had so much potential, truely a disappointment.

Aphorism is one of those stories that requires so much willing suspension of disbelief that it might give you a migraine. The idea is interesting but its execution sub-par, the pacing is terrible, the main cast is full of predictable stock characters, the students' reactions to horrible gory deaths are only touched upon (and very unrealistically). It's obvious the author wants to make this a fun high school story whilst also a gritty, survival horror. You just can't have both - not with this execution.

That being said, I like Aphorism a lot a lot. Despite some really stupid elements that had my head reeling in confusion as to what in the WORLD the author was thinking, there were some genuinely interesting plot twists, ideas, and side characters (I am bored with all the main ones) that keep me reading.

So it's a guilty pleasure. If you can get past the first, oh, 3 chapters, you might find yourself liking it. Give it a chance.

Very late since I don't use this website much but seeing a comment about the sequel, I thought I'd chime in too. I found out that the continuation of the main story has started some time ago on the website and it was compiled into volume 15 last year!!

I find the story very interesting, even though it's nothing new in the killing games genre. I'm not really fond of gory shonen, I prefer seinen by far, but this one hit the spot pretty good! Thanks to its pretty common but interesting storyline, you can see that it still has a lot to offer, which makes it kind of addicting, as long as you can like/identify with the characters. It's thrilling and keep you hooked!
The art is not really the greatest, it does its job though.

Overall it's a great read since I got addicted at the first chapters, and I think that it still has a lot to offer, especially if it keeps to the shounen/gory genre, and does not drift too much into comedy...

... Last updated on May 16th, 2012, 12:10pm

made me freakin' addicted. I'm not into gore, but I can read any type of manga anyway, and so far this one is amazing.

the main character and his transformed self are interesting. on the other side, the story and art are also awesome and loveable. I can't wait for the next chapters.

OMFG, wishing I can understand chinese more.

One of series where you'd expect death on almost every chapters, just don't get attached to any characters since he/she could be the next one. I'm surprised this still categorized as shounen as the gore is pretty graphic and the theme isn't shonen-like at all.

@below me
Did you even read the manga? they impersonate dead person to a degree and there are some people who does notice it, it is not believable, true. But that's not the point of a manga anyway.