Before delving deeper I would like to tell you that this manga is good but due to usual manga misrepresentation of human psyche or my lack of vision (disbelieve that japanese people are that timid) i grew to despise quite a few characters here.

Story 7/10

This a story about a raging problem in Japan and how government decided to deal with it by that i mean suicide attempts. This is a main construct of the story which is flawed by a huge margin even though it is fiction but it was represented in realistic way.... Giving a fertile island to suicide attempters and basically making this island a sovereign state (hey if Nippon was so charitable it would forget about northern islands that Russia owns now).
Next we have a document that they signed (basically renouncing your citizenship but well there are still international human rights that you cannot renounce) is it cheaper for government to do all this than to help citizens or wait it out until they successfully kill themselves? Well by a rough estimate it's far cheaper to do with old system, Btoom!!! - was more realistic in way because it's a private company that was earning money.
Next we have animals...apparently government has introduced some animals for our islanders (a speculation nothing more).
Well after that all prelude the story itself is more grounded and realistic (with occasional quirks). Story goes on to show us how ex-suicide attempters are surviving on a relatively good island with some tattered buildings, wild animals, fish and a lot of fruits and vegetables (well not a lot but considering all factors it's a good island and valuable one if i may say so).
We see how they overcome hardships find solutions to problems how they try to find a reason to live and survive how they try to find value to life. Conflicts between groups and people. If it weren't for killing, delusional fiction and other devious stuff in manga i would rate it better since as physiological manga it went quite deep about reasons for suicides, solutions and our behaviour as for how author made it play out that's a different story he had an ideal chess pieces but his preliminary settings and play style left a bitter taste in mouth.
Character wise he made quite a few unique individuals but he made/placed in different place to a Lawless island and.......well some people acted idiotic and naive as if they are still living in Japan with government over their heads being completely oblivious to surroundings whilst some adapted quite quickly as if author knew and simply forgot that desperate situations change us.
So while author has some knowledge in psychology the darker parts of our psyche was weakly shown(unrealistic response or action) there were many situations that are shown in fiction but are rarely even possible in our world since cruelty brings back only cruelty in the end even if you are all powerful your back is still open for a stab.....
All in all if you don't delve deep it's a good story with some practical knowledge about archery, survival and primitive technology though Translator contradicted authors survival tips (about diet and allowed plants) so be careful do not believe at face value what this author written about survival - double check!.

Art 7/10

How should i put it......Characters are ugly, skinny elves with zombie faces while some were okay and actually eye candy people like Male Lead always made me think about Necropolis........Character drawings were *unique* but mostly a turn off for me while background on the other hand was quite detailed and beautiful to watch, animals were also somewhat good so..maybe author simply wanted to show people in a more ugly light?
Either way characters mediocre at best, background is very good low amounts of blank backgrounds (want to visit this island because of those drawings) as for panel placement and speech bubbles all are up to standards no confusion.


Character 6/10

Like i previously had a rant about characters being out of place like situation wise and their reactions.....was completely un appealing though would they act more like real adult people the story would have ended MUCH faster.
So let's begin we have Male Lead - Sei, support - Ryou, why did i highlight them? They are epitome of my above stated rant of wrong chess pieces, while we really do see how Male Lead grows as a man a person and etc. fundamentally he still is naive so naive that i would argue that it may be a mental disability because of his weak will multiple times he single handedly prolonged series for many chapters multiple times and i think any morally good person would in fact act much more brutal than he did given the circumstances so in the end if author didn't make ML so idiotic, series would have ended much sooner because of that author decided to make ML naive and idiotic while making him ultimately most powerful person on the island so he is oblivious to many things and acts like he is playing an RPG game trying to make only good choices (guilty here!) only at the end of the series we finally see a true growth from bot to a man before that given so many situations......i grew to despise ML even though he had some good char.points but his naivety and indecisiveness made a lot of dead bodies behind.
Next we have support Ryou a same example of personality in a wrong place a walking paragon of virtue to a point of making me puke considering that he had a phase of completely ignoring other people! So he can be cold but when it is needed he becomes a hindrance his naive to the core that may become his undoing. He never learns after multiple failed attempts of diplomacy he did not learn and when he finally tried to wear big boy pants well he threw them away.
As for other well they were far more realistic pieces on this island i could imagine such people existing in real life and in those dire situations their actions were and felt real. Reference for MAJOR IDIOCY chapter 77 and Main Leads decisions next chapter 96 Phrase "We killed them merely because the commited a crime" <---Ask yourselves and look up what crimes did they do i would definitely murder after that.
Next, we have a lot of characters with a bucket of mental problems from rape victims(with PTSD) to psychopaths. This part is quite interesting that we might delve deeper to understand how they think and what motivates them though it is only a surface but considering this manga is mostly fictional it's was nice to learn something new.
Supporting cast besides few morons are people some are weak some are strong some are like children some are pragmatic like machines they differ in reactions and other stuff BUT they are slow on decision making (slower than people would be in realty i think considering situations and threats small communities are much more decisive that big governments they acted like a big government (governments has bureaucratic evidence based apparatus so they need time to go from the bottom to the top, island communities do not need this so after SEEING ANY TRANSGRESSION it mostly becomes an evident evidence but here people are oblivious and ignorant to workings of real world).
All in all besides few characters everyone else seemed in place if not for authors desperate attempts to prolong this everything would be wonderful but he even had to make decent characters slow on urgent decisions.

Enjoyment 7/10

Did i enjoy it ? Yes there were a lot of bumps on the way due to previously stated problems but if you overlook them everything seems fine and engaging, i would definitely want to experience life an island like that for a year for self growth with some prior studying of course. I could full heartedly empathize with some characters especially with one who was a nobody but even though flawed he was decisive and his decision making and thought pattern resembled how i believed normal people would do and react given the circumstances.


Overall 7/10

Did i like it? Yes. Would i recommend it? Well yes...but not to everyone if you are interested in survival in the wilderness, psychology and other similar stuff then please read but do not expect people acting normal - after being slapped multiple times you pull down your pants because why not give your opponent some tolerance lesson?? Ehh....But enough with bashing, read it and make your own opinion and write a review yourselves and tell me would you be timid in those situations?
Spoilers below!







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So finally i can speak my mind, so we have Male Lead and his supporting cast *friend* Kai a true case of psychopathy (btw edgy to the core) also we have other *friend* Sawada (leader of other community). So our ML had multiple chances to kill those 2.....But he did not have resolve to kill or hurt other people (Kai is a special case since they once talked while in mental institution) but other than that, this Kai is psychopath with edgy dream to kill everyone on this island then to die himself thus proving that he is the best THE ULTIMA! He starts by helping with some decisions at the start then after a while he starts to hate that people are starting to find a reason to live so he starts chipping at weak willed or people in crisis (pushing them to the limits of a suicide also pushing and helping them to die also murdering). After a while people notice that and confront him (he actually murdered too, strangled a girl) they know everything, they decide not to kill him (Sei motherfucker you had one job kill this bastard he is dangerous he killed multiple people c'mon some human instinct turn on ALERT DANGER!), so they let him go and he goes to another camp and helps them with tactics and strategy in order to kill other community and once again they had a chance to kill him but they do NOTHING!
Next we have other community leader a sociopath ex junkie who does everything only to get adrenaline rush, this community is better at start than our main community but they have dictatorship, Sawada is a cannibal and a major rapist so his community has a rule that women can't deny mens desire so chapter 77 we can see how they rape (newly initiated people) and even after seeing that they still are not determined then we have whole case where they attacked and due to Kais knowledge they made molotovs and few people died (a horrible death by fire, baseball bat to they eye (skull deformation)) then our Main grows cajones suddenly when his gay friend was taken as hostage (and raped by Sawada) but when he had a mark on sawada he still could not come through even though he knew his friends will die, girls will be raped and etc.
Next the problem of community they welcomed threats and transgressions against themselves for a while before finally deciding to retaliate after a failed retaliation they started to believe that everything is fine but after a stabbing incident when other community girls screamingly (for help) came to other community asked for help but then stabbed and killed 2 people eventually 3 and ran off. So all in all Main community after being spat on constantly find the resolve to kill (finally understanding that Sawada wasn't joking about massacaring them) as for Sei well only found resolve after his girl was taken by his bff Kai and ONLY then did he manage to finally kill someone even after killing off the edgy Kai he still regarded him as friend after doing so many atrocities (even though as i gather their exchange was brief in the past I mean SeixKai). Ending though was good though and I was happy that Ryou was killed (how he was killed) his naivety was his undoing!