ReviewRaptor's manga / #LACKING(493)

Very shoujo, schoolgirl romance type of story/writing, which I personally do not like since I grew out of that phase ages ago. XD Likely a nice, easy read for newcomers or younger readers. But people looking for top level art, grand story and writing will likely be disappointed if they have quite some experience with it all. Not my thing, would potentially recommend for newbies that don't like the shortness of a 15 chapter shoujo manga and want to read something longer for a change. Pretty sure that's the best target audience for this type of story.

They entirely lost me with bringing that chi stuff in. As a sports rival comic I'd have read this, but not by bringing in magical powers and shit. It feels SO out of place and shoe-horned. Not to mention needless if you already have the sports aspect that could have been focused on. Especially since you don't need magic powers to shoot a fucking gun. So yeah, weird choice. And really not my thing. :/

The character logic of literally anyone in this is so bad that it makes me thing this was written by a literal teenager thinking they know how to write a cool, awesome and intrigue-filled plot. I just can't. It's so hilariously dumb that I'm both crying and laughing at the same time. X'D The art is okay but cannot carry. But the base storyline IS very interesting, which makes the shitty character logic even more of an eyesore. But then there is also the TONS of magical MAcGuyver/Mary Sue-ish moments that make the writing pretty bad. This could have been amazing with better writing, the core of the story is super nice. So I hope someone, someday makes a better copy-cat comic of this storyline. Would be nice. ╥﹏╥

Best description: "If ur looking for a plot and love story, i doubt this one is for you. Still good read if u like seeing dicks and balls every page."

I hope nobody who thinks like the MC ever gets isekai'd. Bitch, you wanna speed-run to your own execution THAT badly? XD Seriously, at least think for half a second if or if not your behavior would have bad consequences. We are talking medieval-type settings for these, usually, so getting your ass thrown in jail, executed or being called a witch that now needs to be off'd would happen faster than you could realize. DO. NOT. DO. THIS. I think the idea is nice, and I am certain I have seen something similar before, but her 'reckless abandon' is cranked to 11 and makes it really dumb. The art is decent but cannot carry. It lacks that certain factor to bring across emotions well in specific ways, as someone mentioned before me. And I think the factor is that there is not enough difference shown in the entire face from one emotion to another. And that makes it a bit bland overall. Pair that with the silly writing/dumb character logic and it's not really a good outcome. Good for first timers maybe, but not for seasoned readers who are looking for grand writing and impressive art to immerse themselves in. Decent but not good. Tho If you can view it as a comedy piece (which then again, the comedy is not nearly strong enough for), then I guess it can work as a light read regardless. I would say; give it a try. Maybe you can enjoy it as a read inbetween serious comics. :)

I was really hyped the first time I saw a glimpse of this, but anyone but the sister is REALLY dislikable. The MC, the duke's personality (he has outstanding good looks tho, so I could deal with the shitty personality maybe). Not sure why they would use greek names and even take further reference to the characters but not go with the greek gods setting in any way. That's weird to me. I had high expectations but I think this isn't gonna be a as good as I'd hoped. The sister had more personality than the MC, so that's already a red flag in terms of writing. Shame. ;-;

The story telling is hella confusing and seems to jump some important points, let alone have them in the correct order IF they get mentioned. It's not really interesting due to that and I do not bother with stories that fail at the intro already. Shame, since the art is really nice. :(

EDIT: Dropping this at ch 78. It got even more time skippish and everything is just rushed and focusing on random sudden things without finishing one aspect from before and it keeps adding thos OBNOXIOUS timeline skips even in the middle of conversations. This is just shitty writing now. It was alright till the first 'arc' final, which wasn't even an arc, it was just random tbh. I hope the novel is better because this comic is honestly very badly done. Wouldn't recommend other than looking at art and even that is lower mid-tier tbh. :/ I now reached chapter 75 and I really have to ask: Is the romance part in the original source ALSO this badly done as in the comic? Their relationship went from failed flirting attempts or just badly portrayed emotions to 'suddenly Imma confess and we both have bad reactions to it all'. This felt WAY out of order, too random and confusing to see unfold all of a sudden. If at least a few chapters beforehand she was constantly reminding us that she had deep emotions, then sure, but there was barely anything at all in those 75 chapters. I think you can count them on one hand even. And I mean where the emotions actually got portrayed well and visually and per context of the situation made a clear step forward in the romance aspect of things. Is the novel the same? Is there just as much of a lack of emotions being conveyed in their romance scenes? Because if not then I really have to wonder what the comic creators were doing. They put so much effort into literally every other little fart that's going on, but the basically second-place focus (the romance) isn't being done even mid-tier well. It's quite the disappointment considering the writing otherwise seems to be decent or great even. So this feels really strange to me. As if the author (novel OR comic, I dunno) just didn't give a shit about the romance part being portrayed well or at all even. The romance up to this point is SO badly done in the comic, it's as if it was shoehorned in so it's not only a slice of life/political drama story. Which I could totally see being a thing tbh, it has the plot for it anyway.

The writing of this is riddled with bullshit logic and overall stupidity, not just from the characters but the author themselves. NO character here is likable, the story not interesting enough to have me keep reading and the art simply cannot carry this over the mountain of dumbness there is. Classic case of a smut comic pretending it has a cohesive, well-written story but there is really just nothing of value here besides the fucking scenes. Dropped. Not worth my time. It's just overall really badly done. :/