The reviews I'll be doing for the shonen manga I'll be reading for the monster manga quest will be a bit different, because I feel it's a genre I've "outgrown" for the most part but I still want to see if I find any series that I'd like to continue. So I'll be rating all of these manga first volumes by first listing what I liked and didn't like, and then answering the questions: 1) Would I recommend it to my teenage cousin? and 2) Will I be continuing the series?

Ok, now that that's out of the way, onto the review!

The good I liked some of the themes explored in this first volume, like poverty, bonds between humans and non humans, and what it means to have a "good life". Also, the demon drawings were very well done; this was way gorier and darker than I expected! And I of course loved Pochita, the protagonist's cute demon friend.

The bad The protagonist is a teenage boy obsessed with boobs. I found him interesting as a protagonist otherwise, but his obsession with boobs got old and annoying very quickly. It was supposed to be funny but I didn't think it was, and it was overdone. Also, I felt the two female characters introduced looked too similar, I couldn't really tell them apart at first.

Would I recommend this to my teenage cousin? I don't think I would. The gore is on the heavier side and even though I liked some of the themes explored, I would have liked more distinct female characters and a protagonist that thinks of them as people, not just boobs. There is of course some nuance to how Denji (the protagonist) sees women, especially when he first meets Makima (the first female character he encounters), but that nuance was quickly lost.

Will I be continuing the series? I don't think so. The premise was interesting, I liked the art and some aspects of the story, and the demons were very creepy, but I didn't like the characters enough to feel invested.