it’s a very (understandably) charming story that despite going on for so long doesn’t feel particularly dragged out. It has a good balance of lightheartedness as well as serious themes. I wish there would be more attention given to an actual overarching plot, as it focuses so heavily on the characters that every new chapter becomes increasingly predictable. Not that I want it to end, but it feels like there is no end in sight, which gives it a very open-ended vibe that is starting to get frustrating. I’d love to see some major conflict resolution that moves the story forward in a significant way. Although, despite all criticisms, I’m still confident in saying that it’s really good. Funny without trying too hard, emotionally moving when it wants to be, and overall an enjoyable read
you’d expect a very simple and surface-level approach with this style of art, however, the author writes this masterfully. The usage of significant recurring motifs and how they correlate to the story is very delicately but purposefully done. Extremely impressive and exceeds all expectations, well written, and super adorable
piss poor “modern” take that could be really cool conceptually but ruined with cheap gags and trying incredibly hard to be funny. If you want to write a romcom then you probably shouldn’t use characters from Greek tragedies because their backstories are a wild tone shift that doesn’t work at all. I get that it’s supposed to be modernized, but it really feels like Achilles is an entirely different person from who he is supposed to be; you do not get the feeling that he is centuries old at ALL, it really feels as if they slapped on the name and the tragic backstory of the Greek hero on just some guy. Also it kinda grates on me that Achilles has black hair when he has always been depicted as blond. If you like the story and romcoms, glad it’s for you. If you want an actually good story, you’re better off reading the Iliad
This is actually so poorly written it’s unreal. I keep hoping the characters will develop properly just for them to get even worse. Really incredible how people will let sexual abuse slide if the guy doing it is hot