Resurrection of the Catastrophic Hero
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Wake Up, Warrior
83. This one is a good manhwa overall but it’s not without faults. It starts off light and fluffy with an interesting set-up and world building. However it lacks explanations sometimes. The pacing was okay in the first season but sometimes you’re left wondering why something is happening because there’s no reason for it to happen. Like certain characters have been there for a while but we don’t know what they’re like because screen time is undivided and the pacing is rushed. Especially towards the end where a bunch of things are happening but MC and the other characters haven’t quite shown the audience what they feel about it—they’re just doing things. Another thing is this gets steamy out of nowhere and for no reason, I get that the artist wants to draw kiss scenes and what not but at least build into it. Don’t give a steamy kiss scene bc of some kebab or forced magic. One of the original reasons why I liked the first season was because I liked the MC. She wasn’t physically strong or smart but she’s skilled and she’s funny; she had a personality. But as the story progressed, I had to take off the strong female lead tag because she’s always being protected, kissed and letting things happen, and not exactly showing her personality. It’s bland and rushed now. It’s sad because the first season was great and this manhwa has a good plot too but instead of getting better, it gets worse. This will probably stay 3/5 even when completed.
Otherworldly Sword King's Survival Records
Dropped from 4/5 to 3/5. Pros: Interesting premise about a guy who is a “glitch” in a world where you kill the natives and level up, interesting characters, story had a good idea for the plot, world building was good Cons: Shit execution. MC is overpowered but the comedy and plot cover what he is actually like. We have no idea what he wants(does he want to live in this world or go back?), the blue Wyvern had the most boring character arc where everyone is way more interesting than her and on top of that they are trying to make her a love interest. The plot forgets itself and drives on misunderstandings. Like MC has been fighting this whole time and only around like chapter 100+ do we hear him say he wants to go home when he literally doesn’t remember anything about his home. All the interesting characters keep getting killed off while the boring ones like the blue wyvern remain. Her character could’ve worked as like a child like character instead of a love interest because her sole basis was that she was naïve. Even the unnie whose face she stole and Leslie is more interesting than her. This is a lot of wasted potential specially given how good the art is. This could’ve been like the next big shounen— you have the friendship, action, comedy, and the world building for it. Too bad the author can’t write well.
The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman
18, 22 OP assassin reincarnates as a sickly kid in a warrior family. He wants to get stronger for some reason. Everyone is shook at how strong he is. There’s some implied romance with Runan, his cousin or something. Boring overall:
Doctor’s Rebirth
This was interesting at first but then gets boring. MC has no personality other than “I am a doctor” and “I want to save master”—like at least explain your reasons. They imply MC has a savior complex but they don’t elaborate on it. MC doesn’t fail or realize he can’t save everyone. Instead he gets praised for being a modern doctor.
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