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I have only read a couple chapters, and I really tried to power through more because I loved the anime, but I couldn't get over how ugly the art was. I'm sure the art gets better in later volumes, but I just can't do it. Maybe I'm just not strong enough right now... I'd really like to come back to this manga to get the full story, but for now I'm out.

Art:3/10

The anime has actually pretty good animation considering how underrated this series is, so definitely check it out if you haven't. The characters and art look so much better compared to at least the ... first part of the manga, much more clean and consistent.

I came from the anime. And reading the manga until the thirtieth chapter I understand perfectly why this work did not have a second season. I don't like shoujos, but this one sold very well in the first arc as something unconventional, more positive, with comedy and a good developement of the characters. However, from the arch of the sand, it became just another generic shoujo and in this theme it is simply not good.

How is a strategist king able to unify the "world" easily manipulated by a woman who can't even tell right from wrong? Yes, this is a cliché recipe for shoujos, so ... there was no anime adaptation of the second season, because it would just be bad. As of the thirtieth chapter, I read only the concluding chapters of each arc, I no longer attached myself.

A pity, it could have been a lot bigger and maybe stood out, but he opted for "safe". The way they turned Livius into a complete idiot and the repetition of Nike's stupidity spoiled absolutely everything.

Because of that, I can only apologize to those who disagree, but it is my opinion. I hope you will also apologize for my English, it is not my native language.

I give this an honest rating of 4/10, "Bad", simply due to the fact that the manga is just that. The author trying to incorporate heavy themes like e.g. sexual assault and how said heavy themes are handled is simply perplexing, disrespectful, careless, cheap and weak. The author is clearly uninformed and ignorant in this matter.
Now, I was never able to put everything I feel and think about this manga into words but after a reread years later I can confidently tell what I could not before;

This manga is disgusting (to me). It is disguised as this complex journey with deep, complex characters and, ... as the main aspect, this complex and "philosophical" take of "All is in the way of the world and can not be inherently bad. Everyone/thing is loveable.".
Whew, that is a lot to take in.. not really. I mentioned it being a diguise. There is many a moment that these "commandments" of this "intricately crafted" mindset deeply anchored in Nike are being played out at once. It tries so hard that is becomes this uncomfortable and foolish way of thinking "everyone deserves a 3rd and 4th chance no matter the crime, there is no true evil, forgive and forget, accept everything, even rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, kidnappings, extortion etc."
It gets wild to say the least. And this is the downfall of Nike, the major character that is a part of the lifeline of this manga. But ruining is too mild a description. She goes up in flames and is reborn as a vile spawn of brainrot incarnate. Her mindset becomes so exaggerated that she starts to lean into a satirical pretentious and selfish character that has wholly different morale, thoughts, actions, feelings etc., why would she need to hold dear every single evil being and every one of her abusers.
She shows traits similar to how her early character was established but is a new and infinitely worse character and everywhere she goes turns to ruin aswell.

This all alone would not be able to tank my enjoyment and personal rating to a 4/10. That is solely due to how chapters ~90+ go.
"If you don't like or can't stomach this content don't read!!" or other statement don't hit. It isn't about what happens. I don't care for NTR and that stuff. I care about how it is introduced, incorporated, how it plays out and how everything around it is handled. The problem lies with the manga as a whole from this point onwards. It turns into a skewed over the top fanfic version of itself. A parody. It reads a little differently...
It reads like the excerpt from the mind of a rape apologist. Someone trying to tell you that "he didn't want to kill the 70 innocent people, he was deeply troubled!", someone telling you that "she chose it by wearing these clothes". A person abusing characters (in happenings and writing) for shock value. For drama. For easy pages.
How I can dare to type that? It is the truth. Nike is fully disconnect from any bad thing that happens to her (even the attempted rape) to then play out the aforementioned mindset of hers. It never comes up again. She is shaking for 3 panels and we move on from ever mentioning it again, even to Livi, to then help her rapist shortly after and show signs of some bond having been created.
I feel embarrassed whenever I look at any panel working around one of these events.

I have seen people compare this to other works of similar nature, other Shoujo manga, other long running series and the one that stuck with me the most was someone comparing it to "Akatsuki No Yona".
The difference is: this manga is a stupid formula Shoujo that started off in its lane but tried to be something it was not and could never be due to the author's inability and unwillingness to properly write around themes that take a tiny bit more brain capacity than "owo hot 2nd ML flirts with FL and she sways~ beach chapter next!!".
Akatsuki No Yona has multiple instances of terrible writing, terrible dynamics and relationship management, a often questionable and unenjoyable female lead and unsatisfactory romance (progressed at mach10 after having been abandoned for so long).
And still, it is infinitely better than this work even if only due to the fact that the author didn't try to force in deeper thematics when combined with e.g. kidnappings (Yona classic). They acknowledge flaws and use them as an advantage. The author really knows they are doing and it shows in how the story flows, even with major flaws.
This manga had NONE, zero, not a single one redeeming quality at and from that later stage.