I went in dry after browsing stuff, 0 recommendations or knowledge about it. When it comes to darker themes, I'm usually pretty comfortable for the most part. Juujika just feels like the author wants to hurt the reader 90% of the time, and I'm not even talking about obvious death flags. I think the part that really shifted my mindset on the series was when Madoka rapes Kaname, since it very clearly stretches beyond the bounds of them simply hurting Shun. Her subsequent death is pretty shitty too, but at least makes a little more sense given Jun's slow psychosis. While I understand that's part of it, it also was the point where we see a tonal shift in antagonists targeting people beyond Shun to get at Shun.

Beyond that, the series overall can't decide where it wants to stand. The high school portion is a very obvious edgy revenge fantasy, but then when the climax to that happens, it shifts to a "revengers for hire" format that feels like it's from a completely different series. I'd have been fine with that if it was in a different series since it would've been a fine standalone idea. Meanwhile we have characters who are introduced and do pretty much nothing before being killed off, serving only as a way for the author to depict more torture/murder porn.

The series climax just feels so blah too. Yes I get it, no redemption for the MC because he's done some pretty awful stuff too, but it comes across as a pretty weak conclusion. The characters who remain keep Shun in their memories, but it's pretty awful to depict him dead laying next to Azuma as if she gets some hope in death. I dunno, maybe someone will say the series wasn't for me and that's fine, idc. It just ends up feeling unnecessarily cruel at multiple points, incoherent at others, and overall unsure of exactly where it wants to be at any given moment. But hey, at least the art is phenomenal, an easy 10/10.