July's manga / #Fantasy(145)

Promotional one shot for a web novel, I believe? The cover art is beautiful, but the actual art in the webtoon is average. It doesn't really make me interested to read the novel, since if you're terminally ill, you're going to die regardless of what path you decide to choose. Also, just finishing the male love interest's sentence automatically made him like her? Please.

Another promotional one shot for a web novel, I believe. The art is average, and I don't feel like reading the rest of it in novel form. She's reincarnated into the villainess's right hand woman, but attracts the attention of the crown prince somehow. Not that creative, but it doesn't grab me or excite me in any way.

I really like this twist on the isekai genre where the main character is not the one who was reborn, but her male love interest is the protagonist, and he's observing her as she grows. As first, the prince treats her as an amusing plaything, but he comes to realize that it is more than that. I like the slow buildup since it's realistic, instead of insta-love you see in most romance isekai stories. Hoping for more great chapters~

The art is quite good, especially close-ups of the female lead, very stunning work on the details of her face. The art in the prologue is awful though, I guess they hired another artist, or the artist improved drastically from the prologue to the actual first chapter. The female lead is quite bland. She's supposed to be a strong heroine type, but I find her boring. She doesn't have any strong motivations and is very passive. She's laden with guilt, but we don't actually see any scenes of her killing someone or such to understand why she feels so strongly about avoiding happiness. The male leads who are chasing after her have no distinction in their characters, so I don't care about them. Perhaps this will get better with later chapters, but so far, it's quite average. Update: Each new chapter is useless, with lots of things happening, but it also feels meaningless at the same time. None of the events cause the characters to grow or realize something new about each other, and it's just a waste of nice art. There's practically no story, and the female lead is still as passive as ever. She just sits around, and men flock to her, but they don't confesss their love, and then they leave, only for the next guy to come along.

Cover art is beautiful, actual art is not as good, but still above average compared to other webtoons. Coloring is pleasing to the eye and pretty to look at, but panelling is poor, so I cannot tell what is happening in the story. Too much excessive use of close-ups of faces and the upper body, which is why the panel layouts are weak, due to lack of background elements. Basically, imagine watching a movie where you only see the actor's 1/3 of the body, and nothing else. It just jumps from one point to another point too fast and makes no sense. Maybe because it is a promo, it tries to cram too much into one chapter. Lack of transitions and explanatory dialogue makes it difficult to process storyline. I'm not a fan of this so far. It doesn't really stand out amongst other isekai works.

It's only a one-shot, but the art is gorgeous. I find it rather difficult to follow the story due to panel layouts, but it seems interesting enough. There's too much going on in this one chapter, and it's not laid out in the best way, despite the beautiful art. Hopefully, this will become a full length webtoon with the same art quality but with better storytelling in the future. This is one of the few works where the art of the webtoon itself is prettier than the cover art.

It's a pretty light-hearted isekai, the OL female lead is transported to another world, and to earn a living, she must cook lunchboxes. She meets some important figures in the palace and learns that she is capable of magic. Everyone is now trying to figure out who summoned her in the first place. I'm sure the romance will be between her and the wizard, but it's progressing slowly so far, and I like it. The female lead is a little ditzy and super cheerful, but she's not annoying to me, like some other similar female leads are.

Wow, this webtoon is really good. It uses the previously popular concept of body-swapping very well, and effectively writes two compelling heroines into its narrative. I think I prefer this over the villainess isekai genre, since it's just done so much better this way. The two heroines are perfect foils for each other, Medea is strong and clever, while Psyche is compassionate and gentle, although the latter sometimes gets on my nerves. They grow as they become more comfortable in their new roles, discovering so much about each other, and learning of tragedies and misfortunes that the other has suffered. The art is absolutely beautiful, the author did a great job, especially with the details of the eyes. Of course, I prefer the look of Medea over Psyche, but I'm always rooting for Medea, no matter which body she's in. She's the badass heroine that goes around taking names and kicking everyone's ass. I hope the two of them can work together to take down the evil crown prince.

I really like Yusa-sensei's works. This new one looks very promising, with a lot of supernatural elements, where the male love interest is a cursed crown prince that can control evil spirits and the male lead is a rare individual who can see evil spirits. The art is fantastic, but the redness of everyone's lips bothers me a bit. Yusa-sensei is great at developing proper romantic storylines, so I'm eagerly waiting to see how this develops.

Art is alright, not spectacular, but passable. The story involves a sick immortal sun warrior witch who cannot be cured by anyone except someone from a tribe that she had helped wipe out. Both of the leads are bland and uninteresting, with no personality nor motivations. It's just very plain so far, but it may get better.