This manga feels like a lobotomised version of Mirai Nikki, which is bad enough already. Most of the reviews, so far, for this manga have been extremely positive, this review serves to open the discussion of this manga.

The premise is actually quite good, a death game with a twist that what's keeping you alive are the followers on your social media account who die if you die. Only certain people are forced to play the death game, but people in the real world can still follow the players' social media accounts. The games the players are forced to play vary, with death being the seemingly only punishment for failing. The games are very poorly done and never provoke any tension, most of the games involve people being so idiotic and retaining their pride even if it causes their death.

(Spoiler)The story is broken up into two parts, they follow twin brothers, the main character changes between parts to the other twin. One of these stories is 10 chapters long, the other is incomplete at 60 chapters. I believe they didn't plan to carry the manga on for so long and the second part is just being expanded in order to obtain more revenue.

You will likely feel confused whilst reading Real Account, not because the story is hard to grasp, but because so much information is withheld from the reader. This technique is not uncommon and can be used to good effect, however here it is used so much that illogical twists seeming come from nowhere, the reader doesn't have the required information about the characters or the story to deduct the upcoming twists themselves.

The first major twist of the story is utterly asinine and I feel encapsulates the whole manga. The main character is not who he says he is, he is in fact the twin brother of the person who he pretended to be, his brother died(not really). My problem is that identical twins don't have identical DNA as it mutates based on lifestyle and we see that the other brother was more outgoing and athletic, whilst the main character was a lot less active. This would likely change their skin colour slightly, one is more exposed to sunlight, their builds are going to be different one is going to have more of an athletic build with more muscle. The manga showed the brothers switching places often, leading each other's lives and actually had the main character scrutinising over the fact people realise he is not acting like usual, however no one puts two and two together, because of plot convenience and it is never mentioned again, he went back to his old lifestyle with a new name. I believe this so flawed because no one even his sister who is extremely close to him could distinguish him.

After backstory is given to key characters their previous actions and reactions seem completely out of character, it also renders any promise of the characters developing impossible, as we weren't seeing the actual character the whole time. When giving backstory to the characters nothing is hinted at and it isn't given to the reader at a smooth pace, the manga has an expository dump and gives the reader a lot of information in a short space of time, which is jarring.

The manga has bog-standard, at best, art and you will not see any screenshot worthy pages.

I believe Real Account to be a chore to read, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, even if you're a massive fan of the death game genre.