King's Game: Origin

It´s not very common that prequels exceeds its original, but this is exactly what happened with Ousama Game. OG: Kigen serves as a prequel and offeres a very unique insight to the times, where the "King" was forced to use letters instead of phone messages and how would a whole village react to the common enemy. According to me, the story was very good and decent. Art was also very pleasurable. This manga contains totally different characters and I dare to say, better characters than Ousama Game. The explanation is given according to the whole "virus" thing and about creation of the "King" and "Kings´sGame" (aka Ousama Game). I enjoyed this manga very much and definitely will reread it sometimes. For me solid 8/10 and I hope that other mangas in OG series will be just as good as this one.

Woah, it's like the author suddenly gained some IQ points. Really, this is so much better than the original Ousama Game. --Story-- The plot is basically the same as the original Ousama Game, but replace the modern students with villagers from an isolated village in the year 1977. But here, the execution is so much better. A lot of things aren't happening at once, unlike the original manga. It also explains some stuff you might not have understood. BUT, despite all that, it isn't perfect, sadly. It feels quite unfinished and at some points, rushed (Especially at the ending). Some more explanation could've helped, too. --Art-- The Art isREALLY good, sometimes i just looked at some panels for an unexpected long time. Definitely an upgrade and it was a good decision to actually switch mangakas. But i noticed some panels who were a bit off or awkward because of the art style. --Characters-- The MC was your typical wimpy hero with a good sense of justice, there wasn't too much Character Development on him. But it was the Supporting Cast who stole the show for me, it was really interesting how the villagers' reacted to the King's Game and how their Characters changed over time. Especially mah gurl Michiko. --Overall-- Read this if you've already read the Original Ousama Game and have been dodging everything related to it like the plague. But trust me, this one won't disappoint, at least as much as the original. And if you haven't read the original, this is definitely a good read. The only connection it really has to the original is at the ending. I enjoyed it. 7/10

Ousama Game: Kigen or King's Game: Origins is way better than Ousama Game(the one set in the school setting) so if you read that one and just because you didn't like it. Please read this one. I gave this manga a 9/10 because in my opinion this manga is so good. Art The art is so beautiful. The first thing I look at before reading a manga is the art so if you're like me you will enjoy this one. Story I don't want to spoil you but the ending is not that good BUT the overall story is better than the Ousama Game(high school setting). Characters The characters inthis one are more human like. They will do anything to survive and when I say anything I mean ANYTHING. Compared to Ousama Game(high school setting) Kings Game Origins is a real battle royale. Villager against villager the characters will do anything to survive (they will kill, deceive, whore their way to victory, and pretty much sell their soul to the devil just to survive).

I was dissapointed after reading ousama game, it was a great idea and it had so much potential but all of it was wasted, but i stumbled recently on Ousama Game: Kigen. I didn't have high expectation towards it but i got so into it i have read it in few hours. Ousama Game: Kigen is way better presented and it has filled most of the plot holes that Ousama Game left. Although Ousama Game: Kigen isn't perfect i feel like it still didn't use it's full potential like in Ousama Game the writer made again the same mistake he made the characters flat andit felt like it was rushed. In overall the art is good, the story is better excecuted than Ousama Game it showed what people are able to do survive, the characters were pretty flat we didn't get to know them very good. I give it a 6/10