My my, how I had waited for your review, what took you so long? :)
Personally, the art is meh, the story is okey-ish, but the best thing about this manga is that it has been planned well for genre that tend to drift towards Timey Wimey Ball. No Wall Banger (as of yet).
Desperately needs an Anime. Hear me Studio Bones and bless this Manga with your awesomeness!
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Love this manga. After being on Bleach and Naruto for so long, it feels good to be back to something that BLOWS MY MIND every other chapter (in a slow month)! The art is good and the story's time travel is excellent: it actually follows semi-consistent rules, but still keeps up the suspense. Here's hoping it finishes its run!
I also find some of the battles a welcome change of pace. It's not all about who's the most powerful, it's about intelligence and resourcefulness. I hope Iwasaki makes a sequel, or at least a spiritual successor.
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Easily one of the best WSJ series at the moment.
I may be biased because I'm the guy who made this article and obsessively pimps it every week, but this is probably one of the best series in Weekly Shounen Jump. The concept is nothing that original- kid's childhood friend acts strange, disappears, and cryptically refers to things the main character is better off not knowing of. Ignoring said advice, he gets thrown into a Gantz-like game that seems to consist of nothing but running from place to place and surviving. However, it sets itself apart quickly by introducing several characters, and then having them all painfully die in the first few chapters (at least setting apart from Shounen in general. Gantz also shaved a cast down to nothing fast).
From there it takes a sort of modern speculative fiction angle, and many more characters are introduced. The series truly begins to flesh out with the introduction of the W.I.S.E., and the discovery of the DVD. Unlike most Shounen series, there is little emphasis on training arcs. While still there, they are generally one or two chapters, and less about becoming stronger to defeat the evil and more about having the tools to not painfully die.
Additionally, the fights include less Deus Ex Machina and power-ups, and more using powers wisely and effectively in order to outsmart the enemy. For example, the main character Ageha's power is unstable at best, and while incredibly powerful, will also attack anything with a PSI signature, including allies. So when he fights, not only does he rely on an ally so he can have time to program his power to do what he needs, he needs to calculate his ally's positioning when he releases the attack so that he doesn't kill them in the process.
The artwork starts off being kind of Bleach-ish, but eventually the anatomy gets better and is nowhere near as lazy as Kubo's style. He does fall into the trap of little-to-no backgrounds every now and then. But other than that, I consider Psyren to be a more grown-up Shounen and a breath of fresh air in the genre.