Talent-Swallowing Magician
Ch 38 Probably 4.5 stars EDIT: probably 3.5-4 stars. Mountain king training arc was too long and I'm annoyed with how Elric treats his friend Sean. I love Sean. This got an official translation: https://bato.to/series/107987/demon-devourer-official Original!!! Not isekai!!! I really want to see him be OP in front of everyone who thought he was weak and get his revenge! Key plot points so I don't have to reread the whole entire thing again (most recent to oldest): - Dean was publicly exposed - time spent learning to use magic in secret after dragon den discovery: 2 months - Isabel Weyl (blue haired girl) from Blue Lion sword family. Father is sick and uncle is trying to kill her to be family head. - Elric now will need to train under the other 3 Mervinger pillars or something. North camellia is next - the more demons he devours the more Mephisto becomes powerful though - Elric went to yeti people and took first Mervinger test under Otto Han Mervinger; battled Snow King or something and got another seal - Mervinger legacy is to devour demons and protect against evil or something - Sean Nerester is the bestest friend of Mervinger - the Dean Verdux tried to have Mervinger killed, wants his amulet, wants to be Minister, wants rights to the dragon den - found dragon nest and accidentally unleashed demon prince of original sin Mephistopheles. Ephisto tried to possess him with the power of the dragon but Mervinger amulet let him "devour" Mephisto instead (seals of demons he's devoured show up on arm) - Elric Mervinger had Mana Avascularity a.k.a. mana blockage disease. Super duper scholar and theoretician but couldn't use magic
There was a Hero
Ch 52 On webtoons under the name "so you're raising a warrior" SUPER funny One of those "super funny then all of a sudden major character development and serious plot" kinds of stories!
Perfect Buddy
Ch 64 Wait for official Ch 63 Hyunsoo notices someone is stalking him Ch 61 Park Wonho, a person who Hyunsoo previously reported for embezzlement and stock fixing, is now president of El Lune (magazine?) and is trying to get Hyunsoo to work under him (idk why). He has stalker pics of Hyunsoo and Baek Youngchan having sex. Ch 55 Hyunsoo's mom was being abused by bf back in the US, now Hyunsoo's trying to pick up the pieces but also breaking apart because of it :'( Ch 53 IT'S OBVIOUSLY HIS FUCKING SISTER Ch 51 Seo Hyunsoo is going to Baek Youngchan's house Ch 49 SEO Hyunsoo is mentally and emotionally breaking down and exhausted and I think Baek Youngchan can tell Ch 45 so Seo Hyunsoo thinks Youngchan is only in it for sex, whereas BYC actually like him? Ch 30 both the end of the sex scene and the end of season 1 Ch 29 once again aggressive sex wooooow actual penetration, rabid Mr. Seo, and Baek Youngchan who is turned on by all of it Ch 28 Mr Seo is druuuuunk Ch 24 they were grappling then Baek Youngchan came? On Hyunsoo's back??? Ok????? Ch 23 they're full out grappling now Ch 22 THE BEST CATFIGHT plus biting Baek Yongchan's arm lmaooo Ch 21 OOOOOH THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS I LOVE THEM Ch 20 so the orange haired guy told Baek that black haired guy is dating his female coworker friend Omg though I love this so much??? I love the art, I love the characters, I love the humour??? SO GOOD
The Tutorial is Too Hard
Ch 178 (after Ch 163 started reading Asura cause there are more chapters available) 109-111 on Asura because I want to know if Lee Yeon Hee can make it past the 17th floor) Only read Reaper for consistency. Reaper scans has novel-manhwa chapter correlations. The one where they had to rerelease the chapters cause the backlash was so bad haha. Reading on Reaper (though I think Asura releases faster) Ch 178 27th floor entered Ch 175 cleared the 26th floor, Lady Serejia (swords woman from 26th floor) killed herself so that MC could bring her with him using necromancy Ch 161 floor 26 is a "defeat the demon king" isekai lol (also note that in present day /floor 60, Lee Hojae is level 351) Ch 159 MC's (Lee Hojae's) clone got gifted 1263 "god's powers" Ch 158 floors 20-24 cleared Ch 157 Iddy (the female lizardman boss from the 5th floor, who MC can summon at will now, she taught him to fight and he considers her family) died from a wound in the 20th floor and requested that MC not summon her again until all her restrictions have been cleared and she can exist outside of the system (really heartbreaking chapter, they both care about each other so much (╥﹏╥) Ch 152 20th floor starts (it's a floor that needs a 6-member party) Ch 151 19th floor cleared Ch 140 in floor 60 waiting room, MC's clone has been missing for 3 weeks Ch 139 cleared the 18th floor. Damn give the poor boys mental health a break :( Ch 132 second competition ended (it was Korean, Japanese, and Australian servers) Ch 116 second competition starts (all countries meet together, MC (Hoojae) just finished passing the 17th round at this point Ch 114 Lee Yeon Hee just barely passes! Gets offer from the Gods for something(?) in exchange for information about the 60th floor, where MC cut off all contact and the gods suspect he is trying to escape Ch 108 by the time of 61st floor, Hoojae has ability to put up a barrier blocking out even divine sight (which he is now capable of sensing). He has the 60th floor rest area fully protected so gods can't see what he's doing. Ch 107 on 61st floor, ice queen calls Hoojae "Your Majesty". Additionally, little dragon Yong Yong IS a boy (even though his polymorph form looks like a girl). Ch 104 :( every challenger of Hell difficulty's 17th floor will have to win against an apparition of Hoojae, exactly as strong as he was when he entered the 17th floor himself. This means they'll likely die since he's so OP :( Ch 89 reminder that chapters often alternate between present (when he's stuck on floor 60, can't beat 61 without a partner, has a dragon) and the past (at ch 89, end of first competition, challenging the 15th floor). Ch 85 he slept with Park Jung Ah (leader of Vigilance group) at the first Competition Ch 30ish he has received: - Blink skill from God of Slowness - Talaria's Wings skill from God of Adventures - Babel skill from all God's as reward for completing floor 4 (allows him to speak with, understand languages and facial expressions of monsters/creatures) This is the one where he singlehandedly kills all the goblin armies then the king, then realizes the goblins are probably an actual world, they have societies, they have families and jobs and children and he feels conflicted and guilty about completing the levels. Also the one where there is a conference /gathering everyone from every level gets pulled to a field. They destroy the evil players who were trying to control the low level waiting rooms. Note: I really do love this one, because it really shows and discusses the mental implications everything has. You understand, you feel it, and better yet - the MC (Lee Hojae) understands and feels it too. Excellent and constant theme throughout the series.
The Moon On The Cliff
Ch 78 Definitely on my list of favourites Official also on bato: https://bato.to/series/117782/moonrise-by-the-cliff Holy fucking hell that was one of the best reads I've read recently. I literally can't find a single thing to complain about. - sensible, strong FL who doesn't become a blubbering mess -realistic portrayals of relationships and waiting - honestly extremely unproblematic relationship. All the drama came from situations. - super super lovely sweet sweet ML
I Have Become the Heroes' Rival
Ch 70 CONSENTISSEXY!!! Only read official scans, even Alpha scans is not coherent Unfortunately ML is a megane-kun :( <--- LMAO NOT ANYMORE YAAAAA he no longer has glasses after possession Official: https://bato.to/series/104401/your-ultimate-love-rival Ch 70 uh so I've lost the plot a bit from ch 55-70, not my fault, kinda choppy. So Duke Benjamin used the priests Constantine killed to feed their divine power to some eldritch plant mosnter-fused with elemental thing? And he's shown Prince Cedric it now so Cedric is stuck? And he plans to do something with it on the night of Heroes (circus thing)? Also Felix and Leraje made some kind of bet but it didn't say what it was Ch 68 Duke Remberg is trying to control Cedric and make him emperor by controlling him via drugs and drug addiction. Thankfully, this is part of the plan and Irene has antidotes for him Ch 67 Prince is cutting Duke Remberg out now since he's been convinced he's been grabbing at too much power Ch 65ish so Constantine (Paladin guy) went on some sort of killing spree and was caught by "Walter" and imprisoned by the prince. Lost the temple's power. Ch 64 they have a plan to take down the 3 bastards, starts with dividing them. Paladin is being tricked by Leraje/Felix/Walter into thinking (__something I can't remember__) in order to divide him from Duke Benjamin. Prince is being tricked by Irene (pretending to be male playwright Shane Pears) into spending more time alone with Claudia (against wishes of Duke Benjamin) + Prince Cedric (their friend) is convincing him to host the circus himself instead of letting Duke Benjamin do it. Duke Benjamin has apparently caught on to the fact that Irene is Shane Pears and apparently this is according to their plans as well? Ch 54 so Duke Benjamin (crazy with the black hair) is the smartest and mastermind of them all, using the other 2 crazies Ch 53 so devil Leraje (Lerry) owns half Felix's soul; has been infected with Felix's love for Irene. Felix no longer feels any emotion but desire/love for Irene and hate for the "3 bastards". They split time in Felix's body. Irene is trying to make a portion to separate the two permanently. LOVE IRENE - she knows what she wants, she speaks get mind, she goes for it!!! Ch 49 (invisible) sex with Felix-not-the-devil Ch 38 KISS! SEXY! OCEAN! Plot reminders: - Irene knew this book from Korea, she told the Chamberlains that she had a "prophecy" though - in novel, 3 crazy male leads, in trying to trap Claudia, release a trapped devil. Claudia's brother Felix takes him in in order to save everyone, but ultimately the devil takes over and Felix kills everyone in his family (minus Claudia) before being killed himself - Irene told everyone that as a "prophecy" and has always been telling Felix to increase his magic resistance in order to prevent that event - Felix makes the decision to purposefully take in the devil (of Victory and war and Love and desire, named Leraje) and fakes his own death so crazy MLs think he's dead. Current Felix knows he can resist the devil because of his increased magic resistance, however he is no longer able to use mana without losing pieces of his soul to the devil(?) - FELIX WANTS CONSENT! He loves Irene and the devil keeps trying to convince him to lock her up and tape her essentially, and HE SAYS FUCK NO I LOVE HIM - Felix has been getting super hot ever since he got possessed by the devil - Claudia can't make a contract with any elementals cause there's a crazy one who wants her to make a contract with him - Claudia needs to travel to the island Kalimo to make a contract with an independent elemental because of this
Awesome
Ch 41 https://bato.to/title/89188-ooh-la-la SO GODDAMNED good Literally laughed my way through every chapter; was quite sweet by the end too
Smyrna & Capri
Ch 30 Smyrna = alpha who takes a drug to be able to become pregnant Capri = the alpha who impregnates a Smyrna Smyrna and Capri must incubate the resulting eggs together or they will not hatch/be born Ch 30 Theo was going to break off the contract with Seth and get a new Capri to protect both Seth and the child from imperial family. Seth suggests they run away together instead. Ch 28 Theo's mom has come Ch 26 Agrish left after telling backstory. Thoe reassures Seth that he will keep the child regardless Ch 25 SO MUCH HISTORICAL BACKSTORY. Agrish (powerful mage) is actually an immortal dragon(?) I think? Langeres people are descendants of a dragon, and can lose control and become half formed dragons - including Seth Ch 14-17 good sex Ch 14 Seth started his rut cause they forgot to give him suppressants. SO MUCH CONSENT! Ch 11 Seram Marita (fake name "Seth") is the 4th Prince of and a revolutionary from Langeres, he has powers with spirits. Only he can smell the pheromones coming from Theo Peresus, and only he can see the symbol on Theo's womb.
You and I can't do this
Ch 50 We stan a man who SETSBOUNDARIES and is a CLEAR COMMUNICATOR (a.k.a. Kang Hyunwoo is awesome and a soft boi who wants to protect Youngwon) Ch 49 fuck so cute, Youngwon told Hyunwoo that HE'd be the prince charming <3 Ch 48 Youngwon talked to his bosses! About Heesung and how their bad blood is interfering with work! Yayyy! Ch 47 COMMUNICATION PART 2! Ch 46 COMMUNICATION Ch 43 fucking--- cute bliss, so goddamn cute Ch 42 Team Leads are considering Ko Youngwon for Germany Ch 41 reminder: Youngwon has trauma from shitty exes but wants romance. Hyunwoo is a sexy-only guy but ends up falling in love with Youngwon as their FWB relationship develops. He is king of communication and trying to show Youngwon how a guy SHOULD treat him, because he deserves more than what his exes have done <33333 Ch 28 Kang Hyunwoo saves Ko Youngwon from blind date with shitty first ex (Heesung); Hyunwoo asks if Youngwon would be willing to date. They have both realized they like each other.
More than a Play Bite