the thing that ruined the manga in general for me, and poisoned the story. I think this manga is kinda like a SOL where story isn't really a criteria you rate it on.Art : 10Needs no explaining.Character : 7Almost every character is interesting and consistent. I'd give this a 8, but again, I'll save why I demoted it to a 7 for my rant.Enjoyment : 7Enjoyment is subjective, and I found most of it enjoyable. The things I didn't however, the things that changed this from a 9 or 10 to a 7 will be saved for the rant.Rant time.Outarou ruined everything he touched. This is the first and last time I'll say his name, because frankly, saying it leaves a taste of shit in my mouth.I'm of the mind he was poorly written and aggressively and poorly shoe horned into to give this manga a villain and sense of drama.His relationship with Ran was unnatural and unhealthy.Unnatural in the sense that it was poorly written. Ran had literally no reason to love him. He didn't do anything to spark romance. Upon first meeting he tried to assault her, and then confined her. I'm no child psychologist, but that alone should freak the hell out of a child and put a stopper into any budding romantic feelings. Her poorly written relationship (which aside from him, was the only poorly written thing), made zero sense both logically and emotionally.Unhealthy in the sense of (you really shouldn't need me to say this) pedophilia. You can say he didn't know she was 10, but that doesn't change the fact that he, a 29 year old man, assumed the girl who fell into his garden, was highschooler, 18 at the OLDEST was reasonable romantic prospects. And that completely neglects the fact that she still behaved her age, 10. While not as bad as pedophilia, it's still pretty fucking bad and pretty damn illegal. He also died 'loving her', IE pedophilia... Anyone who finds this romantic, seriously needs a psych eval. He didn't love her, he was infatuated. He wanted to possess her. He literally knew NOTHING about her. He wasn't even special in his attraction to her. Everyone who saw her adult form was attracted to her in the EXACT same way he was.The only good thing about him and his relationship with Ran was the contrast it gave to Hibi, and Hibi's relationship with Ran. Hibi actually liked her. He saw her faults and didn't care. He likes her, as she was, a kid, a coward, immature. He even hated what she pretended and wanted to be, an adult. The asshole on the other hand knew literally nothing about her, except that she was alluring. He didn't even bring out the best in Ran. His unnatural and frankly stupid relationship with Ran brought out the worst, nearly got the world and her entire family killed via forced drama. You can argue that's because she cared that much about him. I'd say that argument is fundamentally flawed, as the relationship itself, as previously mentioned, is nonsensical.And then the obvious. He. Was. An. Asshole. He treated women like objects. He subjected others to petty revenge. He fired a guard for rightly being alarmed at a naked man walking around. Was malicious because he enjoyed it. And finally he treated kids like shit. How a kid could love him is non-sensical. How anyone, fictional or real, could like him, is likely due a little thing I like to call being beyond common sense or logic.This manga should have stuck to SOL. That poorly written drama just left a massive stain on an otherwise perfect manga. If it had to force drama in, I don't know how, it should have done it a different way.I could try and explain more, but this is one of those things that shouldn't need explaining. It's one of the few things in the world that are black and white. I think I hit all the important things. He was a bad character, both quality wise, and personality wise, IE he was poorly written. He was only there to add drama. Everything he touched, turned to shit, relationships, story, etc. The manga would have been better without him.I don't regret reading this, but I do regret what it could have been. This manga could have been a 10. But he ruined it.