Song of the Long March

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An action and political theme work with a strong and cunning FMC, soft and elegant arts style, sad that the author can't finish it.

The MC is a fictional figure in real history, because it's set in Tang dynasty, her relatives are pretty much based on the real people. The art style pretty much fit the overall theme of ancient chine, in which it's soft but gave much detail to explore, the plot are very dynamic and serious, I guess it's like seinen where anything can go wrong and not all happy or success, I enjoyed both the main characters, because they're pretty and developed well ... throughout the story, realistic and walk on edges to each of their own pursue, I hope someday the author can finish this work.

Song of the Long March a.k.a., Change Ge Xing, is a story about a princess who seeks revenge against her uncle, the new Emperor, for the death of her family. Over time, she finds friends and allies who are amazed by her intelligence and skills.

Song of the Long March is highly recommended for those who are searching for a strong and capable heroine. The art is beautiful and readers can easily find themselves taken aback by its beauty. Most importantly, the heroine doesn't lack resolve as she uses her wits to fight through her obstacles.

However, our heroine is not without any fault. While ... she is very intelligent, she is still young, and still has many things to learn and experience. Even in the middle of war, our young heroine does still find some love.

Overall, this manhua is a must read. If you love historical manhuas, then you will most likely develop an appreciation for Change Ge.

Finally, a manga (manhua, technically) with an actually strong woman protagonist. Not just an undercover reverse harem where the heroine's main power is to stumble into powerful soon-to-be allies that are coincidentally mostly of the bishounen type. No, this main character can fend for herself, both with her wits and in combat. Well, regrettably the direct combat ability is only used at the start and only the cunning genius and stragegic mind get the full attention instead, but point is, the heroine is charismatic and capable, not a self-insert to build an army around.

The art is pretty and clean, pleasant to the eye. It depicts ... the historical setting faithfully and is well used to emphasize both the action and the drama.

The story itself is engaging with mixture of various characters and places that keep you not bored. All the actions and relationships are slowly being woven together to create the continuation of the story that builds on itself and pays off to the reader. Sadly, this format of storytelling is also currently the biggest "weaknes" of Song of the Long March.

The manga is currently on the hiatus - and it doesn't seem to be getting back in business anywhere soon. And well, most of the chapters released to the date are pretty much "just" a prelude. The first shot on the billiard table of a storytelling that sends the characters on their first adventures, to find one's feet, make contacts and prepare for the first major boogaloo. The thing is - the boogaloo started to unfolt in it's full glory only in the recent chapters. What we currently have is not bad as any mean, but it critically lacks the continuation of the story that we might never get. It's as if The Lord of The Rings ended up after first 20 minutes of The Two Towers. And regretfully, I have to rate this for what it is, not for what this could be. So while this has the potential to deserve all those 10/10 ratings, it hasn't gotten to that point yet.