warning: minor spoilers

Story: 9/10
The story is amazing. The author is extremely good at always surprising us and somehow showing how astonishingly genius the children are. The writing is very smart, a lot of curveballs are thrown in our faces and we can never guess how the characters would defeat these challenges, yet somehow they always do. Simply genius.
The first (approximately) 30 chapters were very thrilling: and I LOVE thrillers (e.g., Erased, FMAB, Steins gate, etc). There were so many moments where my heart just stopped.

The manga did become quite slow in the Secret Hunting Village arc. The arc was still amazingly good, and it honestly didn't feel like it spanned over 30 chapters (which it did).


Art: 9/10
I have no objections with the art style. It is a very unique style, not like the generic, cutesy and appealing anime style. It has a gritty feel to it sometimes, which I reckon adds to the overall feel of the manga: to the horror and sense of dystopia at times. The artist also has a way to make the toddlers and younger children look ADORABLE with their large eyes.


Character: 8/10
The main three characters are AMAZING. The three of them are GENIUS children and I love how they keep proving it by how continuously finding new ways to show how unexpectantly smart they are.

Everybody else is pretty okay and not too unique and astonishing. Exceptions are: Phil, Mama Isabella, Sister Krone, and maybe others I can't really think of.

Phil is one of my favorites from the start since he is SO CUTE and it was revealed he was unbelievably smart as a four year old. It's a shame the author didn't really use him well as a character (unless there are plans in the future for Phil to have a larger role).

Everybody else feels pretty insignificant or only has very few instances where they shone.


Enjoyment: 9/10
Let me just tell you a bit about my history with this manga.
I started reading this when it barely had an chapters. I was already hooked, the first few chapters enticed me right away. However, I stopped reading around when chapter 20 came out (almost two years ago), not because of the manga itself but simply because of school. I recently discovered it was getting an anime, and decided to read it again.

I am VERY glad I decided to reread the first 20 chapters rather than just continue on from where I left off, because those 20 chapters were just as good as I remember.
Within ONE day (8th November 2018) I read the ENTIRE 110 chapters because I couldn't put it down!!!

Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed it.


Overall: 9/10
There are so many components and unanswered mysteries. It is not a predictable or generic manga at all.
Definitely would recommend to everybody, especially those who like thrillers and psychological manga.