In a weird twist, I watched the anime up to episode 6 on CR and then came looking for more of the story in the manga. The anime polished the character design and art significantly from the manga and with the voice acting is definitely easier to follow than the manga, which as others have said is a bit meh. I particularly love the three demihuman female leaders in the anime. All are pretty down to... 573h14

Too cute... I have been nosebleeding all over the place since I started reading this. Really heartwarming and enjoyable. I definitely agree with someone else about how this is better than Azumanga Daioh if you try to match the art to the story/setting/ambience, but in general they are both top of the line slice-of-life mangas with different settings.

Everytime you think the story has reached a point of normalcy, the author throws some tremendous plot twists in. In just four chapters I went through the same emotions it took Gantz several volumes to build up in me. The art is not as polished as many other series (many characters look the same, making it hard at times to figure out who is who, and then all of a sudden they're dead and gone) but...

As of May 6 2014 the rating is 9.3/10 with 29 votes, but only 2 chapters are out. Isn't it too early to be rating it so high? Apart from the uber cute girls I'm not really feeling it very much so far. Will update as more chapters are out.

This manga is pretty much like a cross between Spice and Wolf and a medieval wartime setting. It's very interesting because it gets deep into wartime economics and agriculture, while gradually developing a super-kawaii romance between the two main characters. Simply brilliant..

Not sure what to think of this one. Not a big fan of incest, so normally I wouldn't be that interested, but there's a curious twist here so it isn't like other Onichan-obsession manga. I'll have to see more chapters before I add a rating, but it's ok so far.

I really cannot figure out if I like this manga or not. Most comments have already captured the pros and cons about it, so I'll just focus on my opinion.

Most important negative point: I think the design of the enemy makes it impossible for me to feel intimidated by them, therefore taking away a bit of the seriousness of the manga for me. I mean, seriously, if you did not ROFL at least once...

heck is the storyline in this manga beginning to go the same direction as Defense Devil (manga by the same artist but different author)? What I mean is, both mangas started the same way, with an interesting storyline and then suddenly got foot-in-mouth disease.

(le sigh)

I've read all sorts of manga and while it's not the strangest art I've ever seen, the art is seriously weird. It makes the monsters look wonderfully creepy, but unfortunately makes the human characters looks creepy as well. Not to mention the middle school girl with a size-G bust who's almost twice the height of the mc; that's just nuts. The plot is kind of all over the place while simultaneously...

I'm at chapter 21 and I'm having mixed feelings about this one. For a change, even though the lead male is physically weak, I really like and can even respect him since he actually proves to be useful.

I'll need to read more of this before I can rate it.

My favorite shounen right now. All shounen manga should learn from this one. Every character is interesting and complex and the fights make me want to see an anime version so much.

October 2014 update:
Something strange has happened to the story. Plot devices are being used that don't seem ideal and the main villain's motives are unclear at best. No idea what happened here.

... but gets irritating around 30-40 chapters in. There is a sudden character change in the MC, who until then is a pretty realistic, respectable character. Suddenly he becomes desperate to get a girlfriend, going as far as to ask a girl out in front of her boyfriend. I mean, what the fakk? Ever since that point in the story, he starts doing creepy stuff that's really putting me off. I guess the...