July's manga / #Webtoon(264)

Father, I Won't Do Anything

Ongoing | Jinsaeha , Urimo, Goseji, Mangju | 2019 released
2020-08-19 04:04 marked

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.

Fill Me Up, Mr. Assistant!

Ongoing | Yuno | 2019 released
2020-08-19 17:20 marked

Another typical "I am the best ____, but I lost to this one person, so now I'm in love" trope. It's so stupid, but people always fall for this. It's not even executed well. It all happens in one chapter, without properly establishing either of the two characters. The art is ok, quite average for webtoons. I don't have a good sense of a proper story yet, besides that these two people will end up having lots of smut later, since one of them is an incubus.

I Became The Black Swan Mother of The White Swan Princess

Complete | 아페르타,돼지케이크 | 2019 released
2020-08-19 17:28 marked

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.

Quit writing, dear author!

Complete | hanro, gokwoo | 2000 released
2021-09-06 16:39 marked

I love the breaking of the fourth wall here, it's pretty unique. I hope it doesn't devolve into shameless and plot-less smut in the future. I was very entertained by the male lead's raging at his own fate, it's a little different from isekai, so I find it hilarious and refreshing to read about it. The panelling is good, and flows well. Art is also not bad.

I Want to Be You, Just For A Day Webtoon

Ongoing | 삼 | 2019 released

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.

Capture of Relationship

Ongoing | Meng Li | 2000 released
2020-08-21 19:33 marked

This is not psychological at all, ignore this tag. This is a webtoon written by people who want to fetishise mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a very real and serious condition, and it shouldn't be used as a cheap plot gimmick to have two guys jump each other, that's really disgusting. It's not written about in a serious nor convincing way, and you can't suppress schizophrenic hallucinations without taking medication. Also, even if you are the son of a psychiatrist, you cannot have access to a patient's medical records, that's a clear violation of medical privacy policies, and can result in the psychiatrist losing his license or going to jail. I'm sorry but you can't use real psychological conditions like this to further your own fantasy like this, author. The art is also poor and there is no plot whatsoever. Also, I need to stress that someone with schizophrenia cannot live on their own, like this protagonist does, it's very dangerous.

His Majesty Doesn't Want To Be Too Bossy

Ongoing | Feng qian | 2019 released
2022-03-30 14:58 marked

The female protagonist who is masquerading as her twin brother who died has now become emperor, but has no real power since the royal court officials are under the power of the prince regent. The girl is incredibly stupid and ignorant, and should not even be an emperor. There was a scene where everyone was bashing the emperor for being a terrible ruler and she was feeling angry, but as a reader, I cannot feel any sympathy for her. Instead of properly overseeing the matters of the country, she prances around in her girl outfit to look for a husband. Is this the way a true ruler would act? She's not clever at all, and is leagues behind the prince regent. I don't see how she will even grow if she doesn't realize her mistakes. The author is very good at drawing male faces, especially of the main love interests, but is awful at body proportions. The hands always look off and weird because it's either too long or too short. Update: I think it's finished at 62 chapters.

Where the Wind Stays

Complete | Yusa | 2000 released

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.

Setting Sun, Dazzled Eyes

Ongoing | muro,muro (kidari studio) | 2019 released
2020-08-22 02:15 marked

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.

Mania

Complete | Brothers Without a Tomorrow | 2000 released
2022-03-02 16:01 marked

I appreciate it being uncensored, it looks very clean overall in early chapters. Art is alright, but I realized this author draws all the men the same. These two male leads look almost exactly like the ones in Blood Link. There's no story at all yet, just lots of smut in each chapter. Not sure what they're going for here since there's so little to read. It's a little bit better than most BL webtoons out there, but not by much. Update: Nevermind, everything gets worse with each chapter. The plot is nonsensical, something about the rich guy sleeping with a random dude so to get revenge on his father for cheating on his mother which lead to her suicide, and the gangster guy is love with a dead guy. I don't even know. The chapters are too dark in the recent ones with the new translator, and no longer uncensored.