God Jangsan Tiger

Edit

What would you like to edit?

SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links  

Firstly I wanted to thank the author(s) & artist(s) for making this manhwa. This finally ended in 49 chapters with 2 epilogues.

Because this doesn’t have any reviews, I’ll finally be first! <3

This review has MAJOR SPOILERS, so read the manhwa before me to not get upset.

Art: 9/10
Yes, while anatomy & coloring seems nice, it’s kinda sad to see that this manhwa has the basic FL & gorg ML color pallete trope. I really like how some of the art is rendered 100% (yes the makeup is rendered somehow especially in Seolbeom) But the lookism & halo effect is wild in here.

Characters: 3.5/10
I’m gonna hold your ... hand when I say this, but the characters are ASSHOLES. LITERALLY.

Confused? Let me tell you what I’ve seen in them. Let’s begin with the side characters.

Hong Siah’s younger sibling & their friends:
Actually, they’re my favorite characters. They have complexities yet so simple. Even though they’re calling Seolbeom poor for living with them & kinda rebel in a way or two, they still wanna accept the fact that it’s their fault. They apologize to each other & learn from it. You can’t tell me they’re not a 10.

Kwondo:
Honestly I don’t remember his character very much. I think he’s a figure character because the lack of screentime. Maybe I just paid my attention more to the kids rather than him. But what I remembered is that he’s the type of NAWO (No Action Watch (from afar) Only). He said he likes Siah but wtfdym you kissed Ari?! Like damn if she threatens you but that doesn’t mean you can’t set boundaries.. right?

But at least you can taekwondo your way out of my brain

Ryu Doun:
The villain in the story by being the “oppa next door” (that’s the translation in the site i read so may be diff). He’s literally THE TAXIDERMY DEVOTEE. Killing his momma just to “make her eternally beautiful” isn’t a way bruh. But one thing I liked about him is how he can manipulates Siah just by his face & wealth. Siah may be stupid but even though your face certainly gives wolf in a sheep’s clothing vibes you can still pull it off.

Hong Ari:
She’s my 2nd fav character. I know her past actions (her being the mc wannabe so she bullies Siah) can’t be justified, but hey — look at the bright side. She has a really good character development for a romcom manhwa.She actually said sorry to Siah while tryna make up for it.

Seolbeom:
Hong Seolbeom by now. I don’t fucking know how he ain’t choosing to leave Siah after all THAT. And why the author(s) gotta make him a grandfather 6 centuries back bro (bro’s a child since the 1440s canonically). Siah’s great great great great great great great great great grandfather might be a skull atp yet you dated Siah? At least you loved her so you do you ig

(Bro ain’t got ppl his age since they’re dead by now)

Hong Siah:
The MC yet the worst character. I won’t expect much since the author likes to make really bad MCs but this is wild. She always reminds her siblings “stranger danger” but she went ALL IN for the wealthy ass dude (the dude in question is the oppa next door). She’s dead naive & dumb yet justified by the fans. “She’s just an orphan” so? look at her grades, she litterally is the top 1 student, so to achieve it you gotta be SMART smart.. right?

It may be just an enchance tool so wtv abt her brain

BUT. Why you forgetting your bf (Seolbeom) when Ari REMEMBERS HIM? And dating Kwondo when he’s gone?? #Seolbeomdeservesbetter

Story: 2/10
Myb I’m rating low because romcoms aren’t my cup of tea. But there!s always so many plotholes through the end of the story. Wdym the ML died yet revived somehow cos Ari remembers him? (yall gotta be hating Siah for this tbh)

Why did the author devoted to lookism? Just because Siah was ugly doesn’t mean she deserves to be bullied. And just because Siah had a sudden glowup doesn’t mean Ari is put at fault. They should have bullied Siah at the end of the manhwa since she stopped a serial killer for Seolbeom to be “not the same as him”. LIKE PLEASE I HATE HER SM ALR

And why did Doun’s punishment counts as emotional purposes? His ancestors was a jangsanbeom killer tryhard ngl so I suggest that Seolbeom’s fault is on the “tryna survive” not the “kill for his lover” type of shit.

OST: -/10 cos i played jvke’s playlist instead of listening to that.

Final thoughts & feedbacks:
As a romcom I think it did a great job.. if yall wanna read it emotionally rather than rationally. It’s good if your break is so long that this manhwa will have your mind occupied (with anger for Siah ofc). I suggest for the staff behind this to make the MCs more likeable & no pedophilias as a trope (1400s ML & minor FL).

So, my overall rating is a 3.75/10. But round down to 3 since the pedo trope ruined it

Edit: i gotta delete that cos why does it said im preliminary when i lit completed it