July's manga / #Webtoon(264)

It was good in the beginning, but becomes so soap opera-y and cringey in the more recent chapters... Still reading it but honestly, not a fan anymore.

This is on par with Feng Qi Cang Lan, although I would say the art in GCS is better. The two webtoons share a very strong female protagonist, who can accomplish anything they put their minds to. Unlike FQCL, GCS's lead hasn't struggled or fallen down yet. The story goes downhill after the Desert King arc though. The author seems to be trying to mix things up so her missions are different, but honestly, watching her make guys fall for her was the best part of the webtoon. The Venice arc was utterly garbage, and I thought the lead suddenly changed in personality. She's back to playing mind games with two guys in the Ghost arc but it's just not the same as before. Hopefully, the author finds their groove back to make this exciting and interesting again. Docking off a star due to the declining quality of recent chapters. Ugh, the cultivation arc is by far the worst arc yet, please go back to a simpler set-up.

Another strong female lead such as found in Feng Qi Cang Lan and Goddess Creation System, but this female lead is actually in love with a male lead, unlike the other two webtoons. This is a detriment to me, since I don't believe that strong females necessarily need a male to back them up, and this female lead is probably the strongest out of the three females from the three webtoons. She's smart, cunning, and well-versed in medical and martial arts. But she still always needs to be saved by her male lead... The story has a lot of inappropriate content, so may not be for everyone. Also, everyone talks A LOT. Literally, there's more speech bubbles than there is art. The art is great, it reminds me of watercolor paintings. Not something to read in one sitting.

A dark BL webtoon in the same vein as Killing Stalking. Art is very stylized, and mostly in black and white tones, which is quite nice. The story is somewhat muddled, and definitely goes downhill in the recent chapters, hence why I docked off a star. The ending is a happy one, which I wasn't totally expecting from the genre... Yet it didn't catch me by surprise either, since it seemed it was going in that direction from the previous chapters. But I didn't like it so much, since it didn't give them time to recover and sort through their feelings. Decent webtoon overall though, would recommend.

I'm so conflicted about this webtoon. The art is one of the best I've seen, but the plot is one of the worst. It's like someone took a trip while high and starting writing about their visions. Nothing makes sense and it ends abruptly. Such a waste of good art. Thankfully, the sequel is a little bit better.

Trash BL. Nothing makes sense and there's no chemistry between the two male leads. So boring. Art is mediocre. Avoid!

This was so, so, so bad. If you wanted to know how to not write BL, this would be a good example. There's plenty of sex scenes, but they're all really boring and just there for fanservice. There's no chemistry between the two males, and Sunny is a wimp. There's no conflict or major hurdle that they need to overcome. The ex-lover wasn't even a small rock in their path to love, he didn't even do much to get in the way of their relationship. When characters don't need to go through hardships to get what they want in life, it's just bad writing because they'll never grow. Art is average. When Sunny said he was quitting his stable job to be a children's book author, I almost threw my phone away. And he had to go to university to take classes for it. Seriously, what the heck? That's not even a real profession. I just can't take this seriously after that. Avoid at all costs.

This version of the story is completed. There's another version of the novel in webtoon format with sleeker-looking art, and the female is blonde in that one. The art in this version is not as good, and it ended abruptly due to the new version being released. I enjoyed the interaction between the female lead and the little boy, but there's no real romance developed between the two leads in this abridged and cut version.

It's a yaoi anthology, so it's written and illustrated by different people. The art differences between stories is super jarring, since some art is good and some art is just terrible. I didn't care for any of the stories that were in this collection. It was just typical BL trash.

It has lots of sex scenes, and it gets boring after a while. The art is really good, except I don't like how the artist overly emphasizes the nipples through clothing, it's disgusting to me. Do women even wear bras or underclothes at all? I did like how the tables were turned in the end, where the female lead dominates her abuser, but it came out of nowhere and was poorly developed. It had potential to be better. I gave it an extra star for the nice art.