Things I liked about U19, reading it two years later. (Can someone link his latest one shot please?)
If it's too much text just read stuff near bold text.
1. Interesting, relatively unique premise from the get-go.
Teens versus corrupt adults in a modern dystopia-type battle setting.
2. Cool relatable MC who isn't a beta cookie-cutter.
"Why is it bad for a boy to like sewing?!" (Not an SJW but it stood out as interesting.)
3. Setting elaborated within chapter one. Including the government, societal setting. And even the pop star advertising the adult party, who plays a future role.
4. Interesting characters, with designs comparable to the quality of BnHA.
5. Realistic dialogue most of the time. All of the bickering and bantering between students feels real.
6.
"Everyone has an emotional mainstay". What a great way to differentiate so many characters immediately.
7.
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8. THEIR POWER IS CALLED LIBIDO. holy shit that's cool. Unironically. It's a pretty nice metaphor to get repressed readers out of a dark mindset, seriously. Especially in Japan.
9. Cute female deuteragonist.
10.
"Yes, for me... Akari is my emotional mainstay."
11. Around
ten named characters so far and they all feel important. Including MC's family, friends (nakama), and future enemies.
12. Not even that edgy. There's enough comedy to balance out the bleak world, and it's pretty funny.
13. Romantic attraction, cute comfy HS crush style.
I'm only halfway through Ch. 1 and it's already better than all of Saiyuki so far. I care about the characters, the world is unique, there are no infodumps that feel like infodumps, I hate the villains, and yet people feel human. And cool powers and designs are in store. And there are interesting political and societal questions that can be raised in this series as well.
14.
Meaningful conflict established!!!!
Only con is terrible looking fingernails.
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Honestly still think this had more potential than anything we've seen in the past five years or so. Whether or not it could perform for 150 chapters is hard to say but it maintained its quality to the end.
