The Warrior Returns

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Some people have probably only read the beginning few chapters of this manhwa and decided to slap it with a one star rating. This manhwa is far from being a Masterpiece but I have thoroughly enjoyed it and decided to rate it with a at least a 9. Still if this is not a great story then I don't know what is, considering I binged it all in 2 days.

It is understandable why people rate it poorly since at the beginning a lot of things happen and shift. People who join in wishing for the edgy MC we get in the first few chapters will ... be disappointed as the story is not just about him. This manhwa definitely plays with your emotions and leaves everything in a gray area. Points of view constantly shift and you don't even know who the main character is. Still the story retains it's coherency and it reads really smoothly. No one is really the hero and you will be able to find a reason to like or dislike pretty much any character that isn't a side character (thinking of you trident bro XD).

The art is more than acceptable. I would say that it is even very good. The really cool scenes also usually get some special care. It is not comparable to the scenes you see in Berserk, but you can't really compare since the two are different mediums.

I could ramble on about more things but this is my first review so I got no clue what else to put in... and well in general I don't want to enter the spoiler zone. I would recommend this story if you really want to feel a "wtf... why the fk would you write this author?" at the end of the first season XD

I am writing my first ever review, so there could be little inflexibility in my view. However, I feel like I absolutely have to write this.
When I was reading the first chapter, It felt like I was not going to continue this series. You know, some generic characters and isekai plot. But believe me, you're not going to think that you wasted your time, at all.
It is truly frustrating to see how an undoubtedly amazing show get treated like a shit. I'm guessing a lot of people have dropped this series and given it a crap rating without reaching ch24(since this is where everything ... really starts), and to those people, please do not give it a poor rating. I won't force anyone to like this series, but at least don't judge before you see what this series is all about. It had one of the most badass characters, broken yet balanced power scaling, best ability utilization. Also there were no unacceptable character backgrounds, in fact most of them were very well written if we're not talking about the awesome ones. This show had one of the most stunning and beautiful plot twist that I have ever seen before.
The only problem this manhwa had is the fact that until it gets to the main story, this show is just a definition of generic horrible. I think I wouldn't have completed this series if it wasn't for the fact that Jeonguk Choi appeared in the early chapters.

I recommend reading this manhwa. It is unique, both in its ideas and plot structure. In what other stories can you see mechas, fantasy knights, magical girls and nazi soldiers fight together? Many people dropped it in the first chapters. After the Spear warrior is introduced, it's easy to believe to know what formula the story is going to use, but that's not what happens. The plot doesn't follow any scheme that I know, there is not a protagonist, it's not clear who's the main villain, and some plot twists will completely change the way you see each character and the whole story. I have ... never seen anything similar to it. The problem is that for the first 40 chapters nothing special happens, and this is what made this manhwa less successful than it could have been. But trust me, at some point reading them all will have been worth it.

The manhwa does have some imperfections, though. Parts of the story don't make a lot of sense even after everything is explained, and there are a few mistakes made during some of the fights. There are also parts of the worldbuilding that clearly were made up as the story went (like the warriors from the past generations, randomly introduced as if they had always been there). But the worst part, for me, is the overfixation on backstories. I know that some people love it, but not every character needs its backstory to be shown, some of them are boring. So I was very disappointed to find out that instead of continuing the main plot with season 2, they decided to stop it halfway and instead make a season 0 that shows everything that already happened during season 1, but more in depth (like the characters that fought and died off-screen).

At first, I thought the story and drawings were childish and amateurish, but as the story progressed, I found myself with increasingly beautiful drawings and a story that deeply affected me. If the finale is good, this will be one of my favorite series.

I just love it,(there are three main characters) i just love three of them they were written well

Its not my first manwha bu yes thats what i like

Thats my personal opinion and yes i recommend it to read

I am not usualy bothering myself about commenting but for this series...

Worth it to read

This is a manhwa that's really worth a read, it's a very underrated manhwa which it's not as talked about as it should be, if you like fighting manga this one is for you read til about chapter 20 and if you don't like it it's probably not for you still worth a read tho

Enjoyability(8/10): I lOVED reading this manhwa it's such a entertaining read that will leave you wanting for more, it does have moments where it could be better but it just continues to get better after that

Story(7/10): It's mostly a fighting manhwa but that doesn't mean the story is bad whatsoever, if ... you've read the first 20 chapters you might think it's purely a revenge story but it's more than that, it also tells the story of many of it's characters which is imo makes it better of a read than just a revenge story.

Characters(8/10): now there's characters are 9/10 and some which aren't as good, but the good ones are really good, the background story of some of these characters are one of the best i've read in manga, some of these characters make me think that the main character isn't the main character.

Art(7/10): The art is really good by manhwa standards it's really beautiful, the fight scenes are really good with great choreography, but it's not the best out there, the art get's better by the later chapters but it's still really good altogether

(this is my first review so don't be too harsh)

I have been watching a lot of Manhwa on youtube. Most is just escapist fan fiction. Predictable power trips not a lot of story. This one is different.. you think it's going to be more of the same but then it pivots and escalates. Then you think you know what's going to happen and it pivots and escalates some more.

For me, the highest praise I can give to any series is to say it is unpredictable. Bonus points for being unpredictable and also making sense. This tells a story that hasn't been done before and does it in a logical ... way. Victims become heroes become villains become victims and every thing still holds together.

People and their motivations are complex. People don't become villains without reason. Any hero can be corrupted.

This series reminded me of jobless reincarnation in several ways:
1 Hero and villain, good and evil actions, aren't character traits and are not set. It's a spectrum and people move across it depending on their circumstances and their own choices. Whether an action is evil can depend on your knowledge of the situation and perspective.
2 In both series I spent an hour or two thinking I knew where everything was going and was then surprised that I absolutely did not know where anything was going to be going.
3 Both series start small and get progressively bigger
4 Though heroes are powerful they are not overpowered

Doesn't get much worse than this. Incredibly amateurish story with zero substance. Every page is just random nonsense battles made with what looks like a free Photoshop plugin. This is probably the most bored I've ever been reading manhwa. And for those believing there is some great twist in the story, no there is not. From chapter 1 to 90 this is the most shallow, juvenile depiction of people ever put to page. And why so many characters? It feels like every chapter has hundreds of cartoony heroes and villains battling it out in random time periods. Are we supposed to care about anything that ... happens after the first hundred heroes show up? Honestly, this is the type of cartoon story you would find on the back of a box of cereal.