Kindan Shitei de Breakthrough: Boy Meets Satan
A Breakthrough Came Out by Forbidden Master and Disciple.

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tldr, read it, it's good

Criminally underrated, the excitement this manga provides is soooo much higher than the average stuff coming out recently. It makes me want to cry that this isn't going to be a long running series, I would happily pay for even just another volume. The thing that really makes this manga stand out is the characters unlikeable, likeable, they're all incredibly interesting. I'm a sucker for any manga that focuses on the villain more than the hero, but the more neutral already lost demon lord in this one brings so much to the story. The relationship the protagonist has with his parents ... and how lonely he is truly is remarkable. I'm so sad bro...

If you are looking at this review I just want to say this is not a complete story. I don't know the specifics but it was axed at chapter 18. The story ends before it can actually solidify itself. However the setup for the main story are still worth reading. So if you can bear reading an unfinished piece of work it's worth a shot. The best chapter is 10 so I recommend at least read to that chapter, as its pretty unique and a decent twist.

Overall its quite unfortunate that this got axed as it had a good premise and a nice twist. It ... is adapted from a web novel, so if u are really interested you can check that out, although I can't comment on how good that is as I haven't read it myself.

TL;DR: Generic cookie cutter fanfiction power fantasy exile/underdog/revenge plot. Not worth reading.

It's another Isekai-lite. Like sure the main character isn't from another world, but he has the complete lack of personality you would expect from an isekai protag. Honestly, for the first 10ish chapters this story felt like it had some connective tissue and plot, but then that was thrown out of the window with a rather idiotic decision from our MC. From there the plot is aimless, and then ends at chapter 18 to make you want to go read the LN or something. The story is set up like a revenge plot from ... a Naruto Fanfiction,

Anyways, initial thoughts out of the way.

Art: it's fine. There are some decent panels but nothing that wowed me. 6/10.

Characters: they are not good. There is very little character development for the main character, and every secondary character gets even less. They make decisions based on what the author needed to support their plot, and the decisions made do not make sense. Additionally, even the main character is dumb--he makes decisions that go against *all* of his best interests.

Story is bad. Every plot twist was obvious well in advance, the world building was nonexistent (another country is called... Japone. And has samurai and ninja and eats rice.). With how the manga pivots goals in the second have, world building *needed* to be better. 2/10

If I had to give the story some props... the character designs can be halfway okay (except for the Kirito expy), and the magic tiering system being bit/kilo/mega/giga/tera is pretty unique.

Overall it just does nothing that makes it stand out from the crowd. I could quite easily find fanfiction that told the same story better, longer, and with more enjoyment. Overall, 4/10.