It took me 15 years but I finally did it... I first discovered "Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna" when I was 8 years old. At the time I was too young to fully understand the great writing of this series. Time went by I couldn't remember the name of the story or what the characters looked like. I've tired asking online couple times, but no one knew what I was talking about. I only remembered two scenes from the anime the dodge ball test and the poison water test. There were times I honestly thought I dreamt the series up. But on 7/28/20 I found it again after 15 years. Well at first I wasn't completely sure but it felt familiar in a way. I was happy as soon as one of the scenes showed up confirming this was the anime I watched as a kid. The events leading up to the end of the anime didn't sit well with me. So with that in mind I deiced to read the manga. Man I was blown away as to how much better the story was, I loved the ending. And with that I can confidently say. My pursue of the mystery of the blade children comes to an end.