8th Circle Mage Reborn

Edit

What would you like to edit?

SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links  

It is your typical revenge and soul transfer with memory manwha.
Get betrayed, seek revenge and find a way to get revenge.

This started with a "promising" plot as the main protagonist isn't a muscle head. He doesn't just brute force his way or use the power of friendship to get over obstacle.
I would say the first half is enjoyable with a decent built up and plot.
The second half just collapse and become nonsensical like a chinese wuxia.

Without spoiling too much, one of the antagonist get god like powers out of nowhere without effort. Which destroys the world building and power scaling. What was previously established in ... the story has been thrown into the toilet drain. And everyone dies like Kill la Kill.
The MC is degraded to a muscle head with no more wits and will just brute force his way through issues. We loose all the progression of the first half of the story.

The story tries to pack too much world building into some economie system and establishing some principles but everything is scrapped because "magic" or "fantasy", authors forget the rules of his own universe and everything become irrelevant.

Great read when you are in the toilet, airport or bored to death. Avoid if not.

8th Circle Mage Reborn has an intriguing revenge premise bogged down by weak execution.

Story: 5/10
The reincarnation set up of a powerful mage executed and reborn into a talentless noble's body has potential. However, the narrative fails to capitalize on this. The protagonist's quest for revenge is not well developed. Supporting characters and worldbuilding lack depth. The story becomes repetitive.

Art: 4/10
The art is very rough, with minimal background details and simple character designs. Action sequences are not well conveyed. Panels feel static rather than dynamic.

Characters: 4/10
The protagonist is not given much personality beyond wanting revenge. Antagonists like the corrupt king are one-note evil. Side characters are ... bland. Character motivations in general need more nuance.

Enjoyment: 3/10
I found myself losing interest as the manhwa progressed due to the barebones story and art. The revenge premise hinted at something more gripping.

In summary, 8th Circle Mage Reborn has an interesting concept but does little with it so far. Better development of the narrative, characters and art would help elevate this into an engaging revenge fantasy.

This needs a harem tag

I read quite a bit this a while back (I think around 50 something chapters however I marked that I read about 36 since I can't remember the exact number) but I had dropped it and recently when I picked it up again to try and read it I knew I had read it before but couldn't remember if I had dropped it or had caught up with the recent chapters. Turns out I had dropped it because it had harem and they were all underage girls who kept falling for him, yes he regressed and got reincarnated into a child's ... body however he is still a OLD man, a full grown man who died with white hairs, so why are there soo many 12-15 year old girls simping over him? & him acting all "innocent & interested" with them...SIR!

The author could have easily made it become a haram AFTER the guy turned 18 so it wouldn't be weird but instead they introduce the girls at a young age and it's just straight up wrong and weird.

The art on the other hand is a 6 nothing special but not bad.
The MC's personality isn't lovable or the type where you keep rooting for them, nothing special and if anything weird & a bit creepy.