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Another great manga that I stumbled over looking for some new manga to read. I can easily say that it is among my top 5 manga.

- The story is great. It is funny, amusing and cute. It is however not all that intense action I hoped for, but when there is a fight, it is exciting enough to keep me reading. I rate the story 9.
- The art is simply lovely, and you can see some hint of Final Fantasy design in the clothing with all the straps and details. Also the cover art is fantastic! Absolutely outstanding, and thus rated 10.
- The characters ... are funny and interesting and it is easy to like them. Rated 9.

I finished the reading very fast, and I was always eager to continue. It is a great story, and it is absolutely worth reading. Especially for you who like adventure, demons, heroes in shiny armors, and if you like love stories this should be something for you. Overall I rate Superior with a 9.

So i finished Superior and all i can say that it was unimpressive. The series has good worldbuilding. how the author uses episodic chapters to enrich the world was well done. but sadly thats seems to be the author's only decent point. The story is that the MMC who is the Hero needs to kill the leader of monsters who is the FMC. Unknown the MMC is that the FMC is some human looking monster and since he doesn't know her apperance but the FMC knows him she tags along just for fun. Along the way she falls in love with him however whilst the ... MMC slowly gains feelings for her as well. Here's the catch though. The MMC doesn't want to kill anybody and believes that monsters and humans coexist. The story really starts however at the start of the 3rd volume when the author gets the party together. The Monster lord, the Hero, and the hero's 2 companions. The romance personally was poorly done. It could've been a great Love square with funny banter but the author never properly utilizes its potential. The action also is pretty mundane. There were some good moments though. I think the series was strongest was when the hero was trying to convince other characters that he can't kill and they can live in peace. I liked that part but again the execution is just poor. The execution is really the main reason this series suffers. Its just great ideas but poor execution all around. The author doesn't explain how people get from point A to Point B. we are just supposed accept that this is happening right now. The author also does a shit job of trying to give other characters heart. Giving a flashback on there death bed when they were just introduced doesn't work. It never did no matter how many times the author used it. It helped with the world building but again was poorly executed. The author also drags on this pointless backstories with far too little engaging moments. Overall i liked the concept but the execution just pulls the series down so much. Some decent moments though

TL;DR
Great Idea plagued by terrible execution. Extremely by the numbers plot, poor romance, cliché pacifist hero. Don't read this.

Story: 2/10
The demon lord who has halved the human population (not that this seems to have had any consequences to the story) falls in love instantly because the guy doesn't kill. Yeah, it's that kind of story.

The romance was bad. No real progression,

Every arc ends exactly as you expect it to. Guy doubts the hero's "no killing" rule? Convinced by the end of the chapter. Even the backstories of the hero's companions are clichéd. If you were given the beginning of the arcs, you could ... probably rewrite this manga yourself.

The plot is bland but it isn’t stupid I guess so it's not a 1/10

Art: subjective
Meh, not that bad, not amazing.

Characters: 2/10
The demon lord acts like a teenage girl and the hero is like a child's OC. We've got all the tropes, violent female character, womanising side-character, the good prince. I can't describe any character further beyond a single trait.

The characterisation (whatever was there) is consistent. That is the only positive I can give. So not a 1/10 either

Overall: 1/10

A particular blend of predictable plot and bad characters make for a manga worse than the sum of its parts. I do not recommed this in any regard.