The Art of Reincarnation

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Convoluted revenge plot + boring reincarnation story. I made it about 20 chapters before calling it quits. If there weren't a hundred of these released every day then I might be more forgiving, but this one just doesn't hold up. It starts out quite dark but then wacky characters show up and it gets too childish. The artwork doesn't help either since everyone is drawn with a baby face. The revenge plot is certainly disappointing since it's not even clear who he's fighting against. As a cultivation, leveling up type story, it's incredibly simplistic and adds nothing to the genre. Don't waste your time with ... this manhwa as there's hundreds of better ones out there.

I presently have a little problem called ‘Help, I've already read all the longer manga and now I can't find anything that entertains me for more than 2 hours’ - at least that's what an isekai manga centred around my situation would be called. Fortunately, ‘Standard Of Reincarnation’ has a rather short name. In any case, I was very happy to rediscover it by chance.

A boy is born with one arm and is therefore cast out as a good-for-nothing - but he doesn't give up and manages to beat the brutal, hated sword master of the main family in the end! But instead of ... being praised and celebrated, the master stabs him in the back and throws him in a dungeon. But Dawyen wakes up hundreds of years later, only to realise that the story has been completely misrepresented and he is now known as a totally evil demon!

The story is rather generic - revenge manga are a dime a dozen. Taking revenge on the family that dragged his name through the mud is certainly high on Dawyen's to-do list, but that doesn't make this manhwa so good.
Instead, I enjoyed a lot of little things, but above all the colourful mixture of often exaggerated, lovable characters. You won't see anything groundbreaking here, but the mere fact that Dawyen has a god buddy who always gives him advice warms the heart. Aside from that, Dawyen is just an interesting character to watch, using his knowledge and so often not just talking with muscle, but using intrigue and diplomacy to try and make the battles work in his favour before they even start.

Apart from that, what we have here is a very mediocre work, but one that can definitely entertain.

I ain't gay but the artist draws some really damn good eyelashes. In case my previous point sounded weird, I'm trying to say that I really enjoyed the art. The story itself is rather basic, typical regression/isekai (into the future of the same world though.) Reading this story is the equivalent of eating macdonalds: you enjoy it but it isn't no 5 star dining experience. It's very simple, you have a training arc where he gets his cheat code, academy arc, then he sets off. The character is prime self insert material for all the edgy 14 year olds out ... there. Overpowered, too smart for his age, d1 cocky, I put the key in the banana before you stole the key type energy. Anyways, this is a very generic and typical fantasy story so come for the art and the enjoy the ride. (It's a pretty smooth road.)