I appreciate that the plot has momentum. People come and people die, the dynamic keeps shifting. I don’t know if the story is actually going to end in 12 episodes, but it’s at least doing a great job of creating the illusion of rocketing toward an exciting ending.

I think the anime has been a decent adaptation, but the manga obviously goes much further than the anime can in a single season.

I’m reading it in Japanese to practice, and it has been quite the challenge — a lot of Buddhist & Taoist language, concepts and terms to learn.

I like the concept. The art style looks so good and MAPPA did a really good job bringing it to life. Action scenes are pretty great too.

The author also did a really good job with coming up with a shounen that doesn’t require a ton of backstory to understand character emotion and goals. Haven’t really seen a shounen that is this impactful in the short amount of episodes it aired in.

I hate it.

It has great production values and art style, but the plot is all over the place.

One invincible-looking, yet brittle enemy each week.

The characters are shallow, I don’t care for the MC Gabimaru who’s both blase and nigh indestructible at the same time, and isn’t particularly insightful.

There’s nothing worse than a character who doesn’t care, is invincible, and has invincible plot armor.

I mean why would I root for this guy?

Honestly, his asaemon whatsername, would be a better main character. She’s got a little bit of interesting background, but it really hasn’t been mentioned since her biographical flashback. She’s such a generic dandere otherwise.

I started the manga but quickly dropped it. I think the premise just didn’t catch me.

Chainsawman and JJK both bring a setting that’s wide enough to allow for some really interesting exploring of their concept, but for me Hell’s is almost too specific.

Our location is locked in and the story pretty much rides on how interesting they can make it.

Our main characters have such a specific mission and motivation that the whole thing feels like it’s on rails.

Worldbuilding is its best suit and the characters are generally well-writen. Obviously incomplete story. It’s not the pinnacle of the medium, but I liked it.

I’m on episode 4 of the show which is what it was up to when I binged it, but I haven’t been able to get back into it yet :/

I think it’s a great read. The character exploration and development is really what carries Hell’s Paradise, but there are a lot of hype moments to keep you invested as well. The last arc was… alright, but overall, it’s a solid 7.5/10 for me.