i've never read it, but i've really been wanting to ever since i saw you talking about it *-* it definitely looks like it's up my alley. i have seen bits of the anime, though... LMAO when i was in middle school our cable gave us anime on-demand episodes and i started watching it. i totally thought it was innocent magical girl stuff and then it started getting really dark and i was like OH... but i never got to finish watching. i've always been meaning to finish it :')