The main characters, Mokuren and Shion, are strongly portrayed. The author shows why they do what they do. At first readers are kept in the dark along with the side characters. Slowly the actions of the characters all make sense to the reader as newer chapters reveal the different sides. Even when intentions are clear to the reader, characters in the story are still judging other characters. It's more complex than an unjustified hate group in a story, like the typical gang of jealous girls, which actually appeared in this story (Mangaka handled this pretty well but could have done better). The mangaka clearly justifies why characters dislike or feel threatened by another and thus act out on what they believe.

By revealing the motives of the characters the way the mangaka did, the characters become complex and have substance as a person.The mangaka doesn't tell you who the person is, like in most overly simple characters in shoujo and shounen genre. because of this I became fond of Shion, Mokuren, and Rin. I can't say the same for Alice since her portrayal remained pretty weak, but she was amusing. Maybe the author found no reason to explore her fully since the story was more about the past and the struggle Rin has because of the past.

great work. I feel like this is so similar to Kaguya Hime (one manga I love dearly as well). U might want to check it out if you love PSME

This manga is so good. Some of the plot can be draggy at times. Or more like scientific explainations, I always skim through those, they are so long. But overall I don't think anything big hinders the plot and a lot of things are cleared up at the end.

I really liked the parts where they showed the childhood of Mokuren and Shion. It's incredibly sad.
The OVA was pretty good too, although they finished halfway (or less) of the manga. I didn't mind. The music was really good.

hmm.. i don't understand some things... i really love this series alot but my mom doesn't like it at all.. ? hmm.. well i mean yeah oppinions but dude.. how can she not like it that much...?

Honestly I loved it, but I gotta admit that it's truly all over the place. Throughout the series the groundwork to some sort of grand scheme is being laid, but at the end none of it comes together and everything seems trivial and oversimplified.

I found the most enjoyable parts were the flashbacks, which makes me long for several more volumes further delving into each individual character's past lives.

This by far is one of the best mangas I have even read, at first I seriously though of dropping it because There was just alot that I didn't understand and get. But later as the story goes it reveals lots of surprising events that make You get the picture. I think that the story is quite unexpected which added to the charm , also it keeps you in suspense at All time, its just amazing. I highly recommend this manga.

It leaves a warm felling, you feel full and satisfied, what it tells, how it tells it, and you can't help but love it in the end. It leaves you a happy feling

lol, i wonder if thats even understandable, but well pretty much everything of how wonderfull this is has already been said, lol.

Now, for those (and i've seen theres quite a lot them) that stoped reading it, well i can of agree i hated arisu and i hated rin, i hated gyokuran (i really really hated him) i hated shuu, well i've hated almost every main character at some point, yet, i've come to be fond of them, they're just so human that you can't help it, they have their flaws and ups and downs and well.
I can say just as a lot of you, i almost stoped was it not for the intriging plot lol, but by the end, you just come to love them all so, you don't really have to worry, unless you like perfect characters, cause theres none in here lol.

... Last updated on January 7th, 2011, 1:09pm

I started to read this manga and then stopped at around vol 3/4... It was just plain weird/boring. Then about a year later by chance I gave it another try. In the end I regretted that I hadn't continued reading much sooner, of course!

This manga has drama and plot, that's for sure.

i went to the manga after finishing the anime which the anime ending was cut and left you hanging.
i loved the beauty of this manga, the artwork, all the emotions and characters that she manga-ka poured into. However i felt that it was incredible draggy at parts which made it difficult to read on, but then again it might just be because I read it in one-two sittings.
I actually got so into the past characters that i ended up liking them better than the present ones. Imo Alice was annoying...and i couldn't get into rin. i was always sad when a person woke up and stopped the flashbacks I'm a huge fan of mokuran and shion. I wish there'd be a manga just completely focused on them..or in the moonbase time. Personally i would have liked that better XD

... Last updated on April 18th, 2013, 1:50pm

An intense psychological romance story, the sci-fi/fantasy parts are really engaging once you get into it and the characters are very vivid. Admittedly the first few volumes were of a lower quality than the rest, I found it difficult to relate to the main character and the whole thing just didn't really interest me, so I stopped reading the first time, but something of it stuck with me and I went back to read the rest. The main character, despite being a crybaby, is really strong and I ended up liking her a lot. The climax is really great, action and angst and love all mixed in there, there are some really great twists and something of the message behind it will definitely stick with you. I would recommend it to anyone, even those who don't normally read shoujo but appreciate sci-fi and psychological themes. Just persevere if you're finding the first few volumes a bit rocky and I guarantee you will find something worth your time.