One word : Excellence

well I can try to sum up my week long encounter with Bokurano(Ours). Well i just want to warn all who read this that this is a very depressing manga, it's hard to explain...

Well the story is truly amazing, do not let the giant robot fool you this is by no means a traditional Mecha Manga. It is it's own story and not just another dime a dozen gundam clone. well the story itself revolves around 15 midde school kids at a summer camp, they get bored of collecting sea-shells and go explore the nearby cave. in the cave they meet a strange man named Kokopelli, who asks the kids if they want to try a new game he made where you pilot a giant robot against 15 alien invaders...
they all except one agree to play and sign a "contract" by touching a strange rock-like object, after they sign they all wake up on the beach and see a giant robot that they get teleportrd into and kokopelli teaches them how to control it, this is no game...

The most depressing part about this manga is that in the begining chapters they are all told that they will inevitably die after piloting the robot(Which they named Zearth)

The Characters are another key aspect in this story, there are no 2 dimensional characters here they are all unique and all have interesting backstories and battles.
The Art is great in it's own way...
and it's just a great manga.

just be warned as i said before this is a very depressing manga and the ending almost left me in tears! but that's the sign of good storytelling if a story can touch you that much...

this is one series you do not want to miss.