EdenDark and epic. I only got into it the 2nd time I tried it. 1st time I got bored. I didn't realize how much the story changes until I gave it another chance.
1st volume is a prologue and is more about the main character's parents x # of years before the main character is born.
Then starting from the 2nd volume, the (real) story of the main character begins. At first, the story's kinda slow and isolated, but soon enough, once things begin to happen, you get sucked into the dark and gritty world of Eden. From volume 2 to the currently scanlated volume, I think there's a span of around 10 years, hence epic. A lot of characters die too. In the dark and gritty of Eden, just about anyone is fair game.
Kind of a shame it gets scanlated so slowly now though. It's such a great series =\ Deserves more attention.