Basilisk no Musume is a manga that can't seem to make up its mind. As a reader, I was confused whether I should root for the heroine or not. The prolouge of the story is excellent but once it gets to the point, we're lead in so many dirrections, its difficult to keep up. The mangaka Chiho Saito's characters almost always have two faces to them, so the sudden change in character's motivations or nature was expected, but I felt like I was made to go through a lot just to wind up right back where I was before. The ending was also very sad. I do feel like the author kept throwing wrenches into the plot, though, so maybe it'd have been better as a longer manga where there could be more drawn out story arc. The art is beuatiful. You can recognize Saito's art immediantly, its very stylized, which is something we see less and less in the manga world. I liked the idea of the characters well enough but I found myself constantly frustrated with the heroine and her bad desicions. It was definately work the read, despite that, however, as the resolution, while sad, left me feeling better about her as a person. I would recommend it.