Despite being based on true stories theres something so calloused and uncaring about the events they depict. Things simply happen without any emotional connection to the story. Perhaps youre supposed to be aware of all of the events the stories are based on so you too can feel a sense of relief when the criminals are properly punished. Not seeing people mention that nearly every story in this is based on a real event so going to list them off real quick. Ch 12: Takayuki Fukuda aka Hikari Parentchild Murder Incidenthttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/E58589E5B882E6AF8DE5AD90E6AEBAE5AEB3E4BA8BE4BBB6 Ch 34: Otsu City Bullying Suicide Casehttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/E5A4A7E6B4A5E5B882E4B8AD2E38184E38198E38281E887AAE6AEBAE4BA8BE4BBB6 Ch 56: Murder of Junko Furuta aka ConcreteEncased High School Girl Murder Casehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MurderofJunkoFuruta Theres a couple manga based on this so you mightve heard of it before Ch 810: Amagasaki Casehttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/E5B0BCE5B48EE4BA8BE4BBB6 Ch 1112: Setagaya Family Murderhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setagayafamilymurder Ch 1315: HigashiIkebukuro runaway car accidenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HigashiIkebukurorunawaycaraccident Ch 1718: Tsutomu Miyazaki aka The Otaku Murdererhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TsutomuMiyazaki Ch 1920: Not sure would be interesting if this is actually an original case because then the mangaka wouldve used these previous real cases to understand a murder and victims just like the murder in these chapters. Ch 2123: Super Freehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperFree Ch 3135: Osaka School Massacrehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakaschoolmassacre Im not an expert at Japanese true crime so its very likely Im missing some. Id like to thank thesehttps://rdynamite.com/criminal/E59684E682AAE381AEE5B191EFBC88E6BCABE794BBEFBC89E381AEE58583E3838DE382BFE381ABE381AAE381A3E3819FE4BA8BE4BBB6EFBC95E981B8/ two siteshttps://yamakamu.net/gedou for pointing out the parallels. Those 9 chapters unaccounted for are some of the most interesting ones. They show another avenger killer group that allows people to do whatever they want on the perpetrator raising the question of if this is the only way to end the familys grief. Which might be part of the reason the Tokyo Government have designated this manga as unhealthy. These chapters also carry a lot more emotional weight theres a man who kills because hes pressured into it. Theres a hot pot party chapter that gave me some chills. And it could do that because there was more time spent on humanizing the characters who were in the story. Most of the murders are simply a list of events all drawn with this gross static and somewhat realistic art style. Im assuming this is because the stories are real therefore the art should be more realistic. Which can sometimes work I guess but everything was so rigid and poorly executed that it felt even more fake. Not in an uncanny valley way more like a third grader. This didnt help the mangas lack luster writing in fact it made the characters feel even more flimsy and cardboard cut outs of things that happen in the real world. Like Chapters 3 and 4 there is a character who is bullied no real reason given the bullying isnt very memorable teacher covers it up for vague respect reasons. No one feels like a human being just the character roles. The most thought is put into the elaborate killing of the murderers where the main characters come up with ways to enact poetic justice on the criminals. Theres usually a little dialogue between them its all very repetitive Im sorry Well sorry isnt good enough staby staby. The gore in these scenes is pretty lackluster seems like theres pretty strong censorship in what they can show and based on the rest of the art I dont think the mangaka is capable of drawing good gore. Which is a shame because these judgments are supposed to be the climax and they end up being nothing more than wet farts. I love these kinds of stories so I was very disappointed to see how poorly it was handled. Id recommend you check out these instead. https://anilist.co/anime/326/PetshopofHorrors/ https://anilist.co/manga/30133/TokyoBabylon/ https://anilist.co/manga/45313/Livingstone/