Is it just me or are anyone else getting Itachi/Sasuke flashbacks as well? I mean, even their characters, background and looks are similar, they are just not brothers. But all in all, the series looks interesting and I'm looking forward to more ;D

I'm giving it a 10 since it's potential at the moment is so grreat. The main character peaked my interest at the first chapter, being a merciless assassin and living only for the sake of vengence yet still retaining a somewhat child-like innocence. It intrigues me as to how this will develop and also the mysteries already raised are enough to keep me reading. I like the mythic additions into an almost typical revenge plot, it gives the whole manga a feel of being a little more unique. A bit concerned about the hints of shounen-ai creeping up but I'm hoping the emphasis will remain on Toneriko and his past and motives. Only issue I have is the slow release of chapters but the scanlation group have lots of ongoing projects and are the only ones translating this manga so I'm grateful. You might want to wait a while before reading if your impatient since this manga hooked me straight away.

I like the art. I also like the whole thing about Yggdrasil. It intrigues me. I want to see how things turn out. I don't have much thoughts pm the plot though, it's sort of simplistic. Toneriko's goal is to get revenge. It was the same thing in Code Geass. (I'm not really trying to compare the two, but revenge is the plot in both of them.)

The fighting seems quick and... Weird, it's where some of the Shounen-ai aspect comes from in my opinion. I was confused when Tekirai started fighting with the other numbers. It also weird how he talks to Toneriko, it's hard to explain. (Like crazyboutcute said.) It's like he's [Tekirai] almost using sexual terms to refer to killing him. [Toneriko] Also, it was weird when Tekirai was putting his finger in Toneriko's mouth. I like yaoi, but the whole thing about making sexual references while meaning you want to kill someone, is just a bit weird. I like it none the less.

Despite it being in a shoujo magazine though, this isn't shoujo. I pretty sure the maid girl is some sort of puppet, and the other two were called cross-dressers. That leaves Tama-chan as really the only girl. This "Princess" character I imagine is also a girl, but it might turn out to be a man. (I only remember Honey-Bee referring to their leader as "Princess".)

I can't wait to read more!

I'm quite confused as to why this series is under shoujo and doesn't include shounen-ai? I mean, granted it's in a shoujo magazine, but that art style and story is definitly not shoujo (wayyy to much violence for one). Also, in the later chapters, there is indeed... ahem... gay stuff, so to say. Granted the only stuff I see is more sexual than romatic, I assume (my knowledge in Japanese is lacking) from the pictures and random phrases that I do know. Then again, I could be wrong save for the fact that this is most definitly a shounen-ai. Sorry for those who don't like that kind of stuff.

Yeh, so far, this manga´s pretty awesome. If you've watched/read Black Cat, yeh, its like this. But the setting is pretty intriguing and interesting. So you might want to give this a try.

... Last updated on May 6th, 2008, 1:30pm

The art is pretty. I like the bishounen. The plot is fairly shallow and unoriginal as well as unengaging. The action is hard to follow. I'm not entirely sure why, but for some reason, the violence looks really sexual in this manga. I don't know how to explain it, but whenever two of the bishounen fight it out, it seems like there's A LOT of sexual tension. Maybe it's because there's this really pronounced subtext of men trying desperately to dominate other men?

Edit: Dropped this one. It was just too... odd. Not only that, but it used an old concept and didn't really bring anything new to the table. It was hard to relate to or even like the characters. The art is nice but couldn't save the story. I'll give it a 3.

... Last updated on June 5th, 2012, 10:33pm

For now I'm going to be giving it a 10 because as far as I can see, the plot is rather intriguing. The first two chapters already leaves the readers with quite a few questions just waiting to be asked. And if the manga continues on in this kind of fashion, then for sure, it'll be really good.

I don't usually go for manga art that portray grown men with baby faces--which is my first impression of this. But I was wrong. Everybody in this manga seem to have sort of baby faces, but not to the point that i end up thinking of them as 13 years old boys.
It's well drawn.
The action is good. Well paced, but a bit hard to follow sometimes. It has some supernatural elements in there that's not really explained, but oh well; it adds to the flare of the action, i guess, so i don't mind much.

This manga is laced with slash.... haha. I'm liking that fact. It's not going to turn into a shounen ai or yaoi, I don't think. I started to realize as I read more of this theme (predominantly male cast) that apparently there are some girls out there (this is a shojo) who like male-romance to be underplayed; hinting of possible yaoi is apparently enough to satisfy their fangirl cravings.

It's also quite nice to read a manga with a protagonist who is a sadist. Toneriko (sounds like a girl's name to me...?) is the protagonist in an all male main cast. He has a sad past and somehow that drives him to become a super blood thirsty hitman in an organization Thanatos. He's so good that he's "Number 5." Sometimes in a manga similar to this plot the assassin may feel guilty about their job, but that's not the case with Toneriko. He views killing as strictly business; it's his job; but i don't think that's all it is to him--he obviously enjoys it. ...

I like the concept of this 'assassin guild' which is loosely similar to the Angelina Jolie movie, WANTED.

I think this magaka smooshed a lot of elements from other anime/manga and rolled it into one.

The Toneriko character looks like a Lamperouge Lelouch from Code Geass who has a revolver for a weapon from Zombie Loan's Shito Tachibana. The Tekirai character reminds me of Hei from Darker Than Black & Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji armed with the sword from X-1999. If you like all that then you'll like all this series. I think this is so far entertaining to read.

... Last updated on December 30th, 2008, 8:00pm

bruh the bl subtext is very strong in here, in the point i think this is must be shounenai uwu as fujoshi i love it very much tho huhuhu and i ship Toneriko almost with everyone and why in the end everyone dieeee- Aghhhh but still i love all character i love the plot and the plot twist, the art so adorable too and kinda reminds me of 07 ghost isnt it?