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Ratman was a very interesting read given that I was expecting absolutely nothing when I started it and stumbled upon it by accident. The protagonist is your regular fanboy when it comes to superheros, though not your typical antihero when it comes to his actions, given that he is supposed to be a villian, his actions do muh to betray that notion right from the beginning.

The art style in Ratman is fantastic, the designs given to Ratmans costume and the costumes of other heroes serve to highlight their abilities as supeheroes. The supporting combatants to Ratman, wearing the standard evil henchman uniforms, but ... proving to be great comic relief characters and humerous in most of the panels that they are included in was another detail that I enjoyed.

While I did have some gripes with how the other superheroes dealt with Ratman, the story's progression and character development is kept at an even pace throughout it all, with things from earlier chapters explained in later chapters, there's a lot of referencing to things that might've happened 1 or 2 volumes earlier.

There is a slight romance subplot present throughout some of the chapters, but it does not become a real focus until much later in the manga, and is only lightly touched throughout most the manga. The mass importance that it is given in critical situations was a second gripe that I had, why bother having a romance subplot that has such importance to the protagonists actions, but keep it so underdeveloped until the last 8 chapters.

Overall, Ratman is a good superhero story with great comedy, mostly in part to the combatants, and good art style. Though it lacks greatly when it comes to its romance, and can be a bit misleading if one is looking for more of an antihero story.

The relationships between the characters seems to be developing at a snails pace. Time flies fast in the manga and often times its hard to keep up with the time skips which make following the story a tad bit difficult for a first read through. The manga has no real focus as it just casually flows through what the characters are doing on a daily basis and the character development is so minimal throughout the chapters that its hard to notice any changes at all with the characters. While I had high hopes for the manga and hopped that the story would've progressed more in ... the 41 chapters that I read, I was sorely disappointed and can only hope that future chapters follow through more and salvage the relationships and character developments that are still left out and open.