Concealed Reviews

Concealed, just like its predecessor "Ghost in the Pool", offers lovely potential in terms of concept and presentation, but tends to fail in the writing department unfortunately. The suspense and horror moments are truly great, the art is very immersive and captures the grotesque vibes perfectly. Also in general, the manga artstyle creates a memorable atmosphere, I like it a lot! However the ratio of those intense moments to normal slice-of-life is quite dysbalanced, in my opinion. Most of the plot shows basic high school life, but in a rather odd way. It feels like the writers have never interacted with high schoolers before, as most of the characters behave like young middle schoolers at most, and even then many have very comical personalities and drop references to random literature pieces every two minutes. Which is confusing, as the story still touches realistic deeper topics, proving that technically the character writing has the capability of being decent. Besides that, I found the mystery itself pretty interesting and felt eager to find out the truth. And I certainly enjoyed the reveal, it was cool and creepy, I wish there was more of that horror stuff throughout the story! Altogether I'm still leaning towards a positive impression, due to the unique style and engaging mystery. Overall, I have high hopes for this company, just hope that they improve the writing style lol.