girl may kill, an understated little manga. this manga provides a strange and insightful look into the life of a mafia gang. the characters could be better, granted, yet the prospect of a fourteen year old being recruited into a cruel world prematurely is an interesting idea. it really makes you question society as a whole. this was a very curious manga, but one of my all time favourites. this manga is still in production, the second volume hopefully being published soon.

the character design isn't brilliant, but mei herself seems so merciless, working as a hit...girl? sometimes i wish the writer had maybe made mei a little younger, as she is drawn to be, as she seems extremely kawaii and childish, but in one scene ( i dont want to describe because... well, spoilers) you really get reminded that she is actually quite mature. i guess that is an inconsistency in the art style as mei always looks about between 6-10 years old in my opinion. but although seeming dark, there is some fun humor sprinkled in between the main, gohongi, and his homosexual housemate, katsura, who from the very start, all the way through has a strange one sided love for gohongi, and expressing so wildly. it provides some much needed lightheartedness to what is a very dark twenty chapters.

its not so much off a commitment as you might expect, with the grittyness of the series, in fact it is very enjoyable and easy to get into. currently as it is only 20 chapters long, it is a short manga you can just jump into, and read in about a week.

overall "girl may kill" is a very dark, yet somehow light reading that will have you glued to the pages (or screen) until you finish it.