A World That I Rule
The World I Rule

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I am not the type of person to leave reviews on porn, believe me. I am basically outing myself here by writing a review because I need to say that the manwha "A World That I Rule" is more than just what it appears. Sure, its meant to be porn. But what the author has done alongside the porn is to make it a really really profound commentary on the development of decay in human society.

The story starts with a world that’s essentially a Garden of Eden: pure, naive inhabitants living in perfect harmony, untouched by scarcity, ego or any of the seeds of inequality ... and conflict. They have everything they need, including magic fruit that gives them healing and happiness, great sex, a beautiful environment, clear hearts and minds and a loving community. Then enters the protagonist—a guy from our world, shaped by OUR warped morals and a touch of criminal baggage. To the reader immersed in our world, his initial actions and mindset might seem almost relatable, even pragmatic. But though he seems normal to a layman reader (and this is brilliant setup by the Manwha, so the layman reader has no idea what's coming), viewed through a lens like Buddhist philosophy, however, he is a vessel of ignorance (avidya), karmic consequence, and the very delusions that perpetuate suffering. He isn't necessarily depicted as exceptionally evil, but rather as a potent carrier of the 'normal' poisons of our own society. And the manwha explores the implications.

When the protagonist arrives in this new world, he correctly identifies this place as basically heaven. But inadvertently, his karma and the TOTALLY NORMAL (This is the point of the story) ways of thinking he brings from our world doesn’t just disrupt this paradise—he infects it. It begins small, with biblical echoes like jealousy, lust, wrath (even murder), shame and an uncontrollable snowball due to a failure to repent and turn back. This corruption metastasizes into a chillingly believable cascade into manufactured class divisions for controlling people, weaponized female sexuality, economic inequality, social systems of control and full-blown wars. The way this unfolds is disturbingly natural and brilliantly written, showing how our world’s norms can rot even the purest soil. You end up genuinely wanting the MC to stop ruining this paradise or begging someone to not fall for it, but the story brilliantly continues on, tugging your heartstrings as you fully recognize what's going on.

This series is a porn series. But ultimately, its a genuinely thought-provoking, emotion-evoking story about the downfall of the garden of eden, the loss of innocence and the mechanisms of corruption. By reading this, you can see clearly key Buddhist ideas in action; namely how ignorance and lack of compassion manifests as suffering in the world. By seeing this process unfold, it makes you really really sad. This story made me extremely angry and depressed when I first read it. And yes, I masturbated like crazy too. So its hot too if that's what youre looking for. But the anger, sadness and depression isn't what I expected. Many many years later, I ended up realizing that the reason for those emotions was the depth and profundity of this story hiding in plain sight. And its amplified rather than diminished by its explicit nature, so its fine even if it is also porn.

So yeah, whether you're looking for a good fap or a good read, this is one of my most highly recommended manwhas. One of the best porn stories ever written.