Jihan and Jaehun had a toxic dependency on each other that I wouldnt really call love. Their relationship isn't really healthy. Tho I'm happy Siwan finally let go of Jaehun to purse the coffee guy. We really didnt get much closure in what happened to the father tho. Tbh a lot of things that happened in the story didn't make sense.
Like the father turning in his son the minute it was revealed to be an omega makes no sense seeing as he used a lot of money and resources to make him a top doctor. Discrimination must run so deep in this society that they just forget the care given based on results that wouldn't come out till the kids are 14.
Can mangakas stop making the female characters so useless? Like only 3 girls are able to protect themselves. Aoi's defenselessness makes no sense either. If she was kidnapped or went missing at 14 wouldn't she have made it her priority to be able to defend herself???? Like its degrading. I don't think its too much to ask to have some of the female cast being proactive in saving themselves.
Take for example the girl Tachibana is protecting, in the flashback she sees the opposing team members surround Tachibana in the bathroom, instead of getting help, she storms in there and offers herself up in exchange for Tachibana's safety!? What!???
The guys are problematic too. Except for like Tachibana and Eiji, most of them are impulsive and don't think. How does it make sense to charge into a stronghold made up of 100s of people with no plan???? It'd be nice for the characters to think for once.
A simple and effective plan would tp set that entire village and forest ablaze and within the chaos rescue their classmates and other friends. Take the clothing of the islanders that ambushed them before to blend in and continue the plan. Its only the strong vs. the weak because of how simple-minded the islanders are, but the tides can turn int the favor of the survivors if they use their heads.
Found a plantation??? Destroy it. See the main water supply, poison it with the decaying bodies they found in the cave. A storehouse for food? Burn it to the ground. Remember that the island doesn't have doctors, use that information to your advantage!?? Get weapons and soak them in the blood of the dead bodies they found in that cave. I was honestly in awe(in a bad way) how not a single person thought to arm themselves with any makeshift weapon they could find on the ship once they figured out the islanders were hostile.
Like a lot of shit that's happening in the manga is for literal shock value. When the blond kid was fighting the dude that tried to rape and ended killing his friend, I didn't understand why he didn't kick him in the dick, stomp on it, then on his head!? His dick was out like a literal target and never aimed for it!? Tachibana was actually killing them, which is basically why he's one of the few characters names I remember.
Honestly, the kids need to start taking the weapons and the hides of the islanders they kill. And the girls need clothes. Why are they (the ones not captured) walking around with so little clothing while the boys are all dressed? Again, take the clothes for dead, wash em, and use them. This is getting ridiculous.
Honestly this is really well put, i totally agree, its always damsel in distress and its getting kinda old
Agreed 100%. I find it lazy writing to make the characters weak when they shouldn't be instead of just upping the obstacles in their path. This manga is totally about shock which has its merit, and the art is good, but the views expressed in this series whether they are intentional or how the writer sees the world, are not my taste
FUCK FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS! If the girls dont have the muscle to do something, like god damn they need to use their brains to survive not stand there and act all sexual and pretty.
This story was amazing. It was short but had such an effective plot where only a few things that you could guess if you were paying attention. I read this in one sitting so there was no need for me to theorize, but as I said the plot is very effective. Nothing seems forced in, all the characters are enjoyable and well written. The secondary plots don't overtake the main story. The romantic relationships don't take up the main story either which I think takes great attention to detail. The adventures the characters go on are fun and the planets they go are truly unique. The story is nothing short of incredible.
Not to sure with the recurring theme of rape to love that seems so typical in yaoi, they should honestly stop with that. (that's beside the point tho)
Aki is the only redeeming character in this story tho. He minded his own business lived his truth, and his trash ass friend went and got him bullied to the point he developed a communication disorder. Said friend had the audacity to admit to Yoshida that he felt guilty about his actions but seconds before that he's calling Aki and harassing him?? Make it make sense.
Yoshida isn't even a good character either. He has sex with everyone that's will (that's the only good thing about him) and then forces himself on Aki because he thought he'd be interesting to play with, and uses the fact that Aki is gay,information he knows that Aki is terrified with people knowing because of the bullying he endured in middle school and forces Aki into a sexual relationship. He only finds out he 'loves' Aki when Hayato (the trash friend) tells him to stop playing with Aki's feelings because Aki was most likely in love with Yoshida. (Like this 2 faced fool)
I was uncomfortable with Aki falling in love with Yoshida because their relationship was built on rape and coercion, but I understood that all he wanted was someone to love him and to love someone back without judgment. I only wish that Aki has a better love interest because Yoshida was mad problematic.
Looks like wattpad fan fics and kdrama writing came together and made this tomfoolery.
I can't be the only one to dislike Isabelle right? I dont understand why she's starting to like Frey the minute Lucas' soul enters his body, like it actually makes zero sense. They were in the same class and everyone knew he was being bullied so unless she liked him before then(which I doubt) its just the author forcing a romance between the two. Hell there's more chemistry between Professor Jane and Frey than with him and Isabelle.
I also dont like nor understand why she's unable to protect herself on the ship. She's the 3rd strongest on the ship (without accounting for thr Lich) why is she afraid of the pirates then acts like she got them in her trap after allowing herself to be captured. Just fight them with Frey.
The Great Mage Returns after 4000 years takes all the cliche story elements of a reincarnation story and makes them 100x more annoying. The premise of the story is great but the execution of it seems really poor to me. Like every character in the story is either annoying or pitiful.
Frey is really pitiful, and he's bullied for being weak. It would've been nice to introduce his 2 older siblings to see the power gap between them. His father disowning him for just being weak just makes him look like a cartoon villian. Frey is from a noble family, it'd make sense for them to push him into something that'd at least increase his magic aptitude, but no disown him.
Lucus: standard shounen protagonist just aged 50 years
Frey: Frey's bullies, David and the other kids have no other motive to bullying Frey other than he's weak. Again this makes no sense since they all come from very wealthy families. Unless they're being suffocated at home or are inadequate to their siblings (if they have them), then why are they wasting their time with Frey when they should be focusing on their training. David is especially stupid and annoying. You threaten to basically make Frey disabled then you're begging for him to stop when it gets turned on you. Pathetic.
Isabelle: Her sudden attraction to Frey doesn't make sense. She didn't notice him before he was bullied but not she has a crush on him? Why? Also she is one of the strongest mages in her class why is she being threatened by her Professor and no name pirates. I'll understand that her upbringing will make her polite but since they're all training to be powerful magicans why would she tolerate this treatment? Her character direction is all over the place. She either needs to be shy but can stand her ground when need be or not a talented mage.
Professor Jane: while her interactions with Frey are amusing....um why is she being swayed by a child?
Everyone else: either cartoonishly evil, pitiful, or pathetic. Besides Jun. He's alright.
Story: 8.5/10
Characters: 4/10
I agree.
Yep..yep...
Completely agree with you, I even make a rant just now im the comment section on how frustrating to read thier actions and personalities...
Totally agree. Like I wanna see where the story goes but majority of the characters are just a frustrating mash of random character tropes. Like a basic story can always shine if it has stellar characters but an awesome story can be ruined by horribly written characters.
There's so many isekai mangas and manhwas being released, and honestly they follow the same premise for the most part. For me the characters end up making or breaking the story. As I said, The Great Mage Returns after 4000 years has a good plot going for it but its being seriously hindered by its cast. I dont think even think I'm nitpicking here, just that majority of the characters are downright insufferable.