EDIT: this edited part will be my thoughts on the finale of Girl's Of the Wild's, specifically from where I left off with the original review. The original review will remain below this edited part.
It's hard to picture something I use to be fond of be turned into a heaping pile of horse poop. How something with great direction and characterization turns into an insipid delusional drama fest is beyond me. As previously stated, the writing for the series went all over the place 50 chapters in, and now at the end of it, where has that direction gone? It's puzzling because the ending
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was clearly axed, ending in the middle of production. What does that say about the writing of the series? The mangaka did not know where to go with the story and it really showed, chapters with little significance and progress, character traits that were never seen etc.
The biggest problem I had with the final chapters is how much it deviated from the roots of the webtoon. The direction the story took was a slice of life drama that DID NOT include any fighting. cuz y'know, Wild's is known for fighting. Instead Jaegu, the main protagonist, became a self loathing depressed existence that offered nothing to anyone else's problems. Arguably, this fits his characterization from the beginning, but there's this thing called character development and when readers are 260 chapters in, we expect that to be a given. Apparently not. Ingui had little to do with the story in the 2nd half, most of her time is spent away from the setting, yet the story still revolved around Jaegu's lingering thoughts for her. huh???? Many more things happened between chapters 220-255, but due to the inevitable axed ending, none of that could ever be used for a reference (imouto-like character). Overall, this was a hard webtoon to finish through and through. It's shifts in tone are incredibly rushed, pacing is inconsistent, and characters lose a lot of the charm that made readers want to follow the story. An incredible disappointment, Girl's of the Wild's falls into the category of "to live doesn't mean your alive."
But a shoutout to Daldal, her character had a lot of personality, characterization held up right to the end, and her internal conflict was endearing and complicated, making her relatable. It's a given but even in this series, the best girl always finishes last.
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Chapter ended 213.
Original Review:
How many of us has grown up with the struggle and see others who flaunt their wealth? This theme of commoner vs aristocrat is portrayed throughout a lot of media and it works well because it is something relate-able and issues we see throughout the world today. It's not deep with this story, but there are elements of it and it drives the story. At least for the first few chapters.
The story throughout the first 30 chapters is very well written, with awesome development of the situation our protagonist is in. The way it was going seemed like it was going to be a really deep story filled with personification of wealth vs poor. Unfortunately it deviates from that and becomes quite a boring read, with no sense of direction and switches tone from serious to something I can't even describe. I initially didn't look at the genre's but after the first 30 chaps it was definitely working up to a action/romance with yaknow ACTUAL genuine romance and relationships but nah nah. It really falls off and leaves the reader wondering what he/she just read.
This may sound like a broken record already, but throughout the first 30 chapters, each character has a sense of purpose to be in the story. Great characterization comes along with our main protagonist and his backstory fleshes everything out making him someone inspiring to readers, someone to root for, someone to sympathize with, and above all, relatable. However, he slowly falls into an anime/manga trope character where hes dense and has a sense of "great" justice. The main female characters are without a doubt, badass and it really sets them a part from a lot of females in the anime/manga. They are handled properly, until chapter 30 where they begin to fall victim of tropes and sexualized. Later into the series, an introduction of a boatload of characters doesn't make it any better either as they follow the similar pattern of being reduced to common archetypes.
Art is fantastic for the most part, this is the first time I'm reading this sort of manga. Color makes everything seem alive and character designs are distinct. Action is very solid, showing us the good stuff as this is a martial arts story. I don't know if it's just me but the character designs seem to change as the story progresses, which makes me feel some sorta way and it isn't positive.
This manga is the definition of good elements gone wrong, squandered potential. So many things that made it good started getting disregarded and the lack of direction of the story really hinders it from being a favorite of mine. It is a fun read, good eye candy, but there is just so much the writer could've expanded upon, instead we are left with a sloppy landfill.
1 day after writing this review, I caught up to the latest chapter as of december 10th. While the story picked back up near chapter 170~, events leading up to that are still very redundant. It is unacceptable for 100 chapters to be used without any sense of direction and therefore retains the same score I originally gave it.
 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Shoujo the Wild's Japanese: 소녀 더 와일즈 InformationType: Manhwa
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Chapters: 260
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 14, 2011 to Oct 29, 2016
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Dec 9, 2015
EDIT: this edited part will be my thoughts on the finale of Girl's Of the Wild's, specifically from where I left off with the original review. The original review will remain below this edited part.
It's hard to picture something I use to be fond of be turned into a heaping pile of horse poop. How something with great direction and characterization turns into an insipid delusional drama fest is beyond me. As previously stated, the writing for the series went all over the place 50 chapters in, and now at the end of it, where has that direction gone? It's puzzling because the ending ... 
Dec 1, 2012
Girls of the Wild's. What an amazing series.
To begin with, I was drawn in by the fact each page is artistically beautiful, in full-color. The art is some of the best I've seen for a Manhwa. From the facial expressions, down to the panning scenery... simply fabulous. "Girls of the Wild's" follows Song Jae Gu's day-to-day life after joining an elite high school for champion fighters. When he's not being chased down by the maniacal women in his class, he works as a car washer and primary carer for his identical siblings. After spilling coffee on 'Queen', the literal Queen of the Ring, she challenges ... 
Feb 6, 2017
"Girls of the Wild's" is the epitome of failed potential, where the story starts out kind of interesting, because the fundamentals are certainly there. However, as the chapters go on the quality drops considerably, with visible lack of imagination and development. Becoming even worse than most generic Harem stories, even if you exclude the usual problems that come with the general stereotypes, deviating far away from the original concept for no reason - the competitive fighting as means of change, to build up courage and strength.
Story: The young student Song, Jae-gu works half-day to feed himself and his two small siblings. Since he's up to ... 
Jul 30, 2013
It is a man’s fantasy to always protect the woman of his dreams. Similarly, it is a woman’s fantasy to be princess carried by the man of her dreams. We all have wanted this feeling, but what struggle will we face to achieve this feeling? Girls of the Wild show determination to achieve what was thought impossible to a beautiful possibility.
This was the first manhwa I have read and I was amazed by the effort put into Girls of the Wild. I am an average manga reader and I have recently started catching up to manga. I do love the style of manhwa having everything ... 
Feb 5, 2017
I was not so into Manhwa titles before and I just started going through Manhwa with Noblesse and Girls of the Wild's (GotW). This really pulled me into it. The more I read, the more it drew me into it. Finished it in 1 day straight.
This is not such a stuff where you expect ecchi content although I was thinking if it is something like that in he beginning. But then slowly started liking this more and more. At times, mainly after the first 200 chapters, I felt the frequency of fights diminished and I could not figure out why was it like that. But, ... 
Feb 2, 2017
I have just rushed through the 260 chapters in a week, so maybe my point of view is blurred.
Welcome to an ex all girls school. Jaegu, the now head of his family (that is just him and his twin siblings), has received an scholarship and is the only boy there. The whole chasing after him starts from the moment that a new curricular item is announced: the girls that approach him the better will get better grades. Besides all the excitement of having a boy around, the Wild's high life gets a turn around when the Queen bee of theirs gets further involved with the ... 
Oct 20, 2014
Well this is my first review, I hope you can find it useful.
The set up for the story is great. The Characters are well drawn out and have, well, character. Well, keeping those in mind, lets continue to the ratings. Story: 1/10 As i said previously the set up is great and it even continues to be great for a while, then the worst thing that could ever happen to a story happens, the author forgot the main plot. The guy set up to be the main character is no longer relevant and is replaced constantly. Art: 7/10 As far as art is concerned it's actually well drawn. ... 
Jan 2, 2015
Girls of The Wild’s is an action-packed romance manhwa that shows fights of all kinds. From boxing to kick-boxing to sword fighting. Our main protagonist, Jae Gu, is transferred to a female school just turned co-ed and specializing in the various forms of combat. Not only is it a problem that all the women are stronger than him, he isn’t exactly fond of women. In his past, is a traumatic event that led him to dislike all women. Now that he goes to a school where he’s essentially surrounded by women, what will he do?
The story follows Jae Gu as he slowly but surely becomes ... 
Dec 2, 2012
As far as webcomics go, this relase was a pleasant surprise.
The story is a breath of fresh air, with a little bit of unusual setting. Even tho' the characters are not all that originally dveloped, the flow of the story is very nice. There are many funny moments as well as suspending action. I liked it espeially because it shows the struggles one needs to face in order to change (for the better). The art is very beutiful, you will surely be mesmerized. The author captured everything, from emotion in characters to the smallest detail in background. Defininte plus is also that it is being uploaded quite ... 
Jul 12, 2016
It started off very good, had tremendous potential, however it's become to me a complete waste of time now.
First, I was caught into this series because of the incredible artwork, which caught my eye right away. For once we had an Artist that didn't always utilized the annoying "Chibi" or super cute and petite styles for the central female characters. Queen who is the Central Female character in this series is Tall, Beautiful, Slender, Fit which is NICE to see in today's Generation of Mangas. She actually looks like a Qualified Woman, which is Incredibly Appealing To Me (since I'm from the Old School ... 
Jan 27, 2013
this one have a typical shounen story... even if there's a romance, it's very light... and since it's kinda like a harem the romance scene sometimes change to a comedy scene lol :D but over all, this is a really an amusing webtoon. The story is quite fun, usually i hate shounen but this one is kinda different.
each chapter always end in a cliffhanger, which make the readers always waiting for the update... the male lead progress is kinda slow tho, when he get strong. suddenly the author will make it like he still need a lot of improvement. typical shounen... (don't know when it'll ... 
Dec 13, 2015
I feel like most of the reviews on the MAL page for Girls of the Wild's give new-comers a misconception that this manhwa is either amazing, or extremely enjoyable. This is true to a certain extent, but it really fell into the gutter and it's decided to keep on dragging along in filthy water on instead of pulling itself back out. Due to that, if you're either interested in this review or are contemplating reading Girls of the Wild's, read on, my friend.
I've dropped things that I've given a rating of 7, so it's easy to believe that because I gave this a 5, I ... 
Mar 12, 2018
This is the most appalling thing I have ever read in recent memory. I usually only read things base on the top manga list, having enjoyed two manhwa lately, I decided to try this one. It was a great mistake. The art was great but the plot and characters make me feel physically sick. It was like watching a beta male's fantasy, the guy has no personality whatsoever besides being submissive, not liking women, loving his siblings and being swarm by girls because of it (Why do beta male in harem always get swarm by women? I don't fucking know). He even got them to
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May 16, 2018
This had so much potential but it was ruined by poor character development and a terrible ending.
The best part of the series is the artwork. It's similar to shoujo but the characters are both cute and sexy at times. The story was good at the beginning, however, the lead character never truly develops into a better man. He is able to fight but doesn't get stronger throughout the series. He is spineless until the final chapter of the series when he decides to do something about his life. To me, the series falls apart halfway through and doesn't get any better. This could have ... 
Mar 6, 2018
Im just going to cut to the chase with this review and focus mainly in the problems I had rather than a long fleshed out review.
Pros: - tons of strong female characters (Moonyoung and Daldal best girls!) - great action scenes (most are the same with misogynistic dudes thinking they're hot stuff only to have there fragile pride shattered) - funny characters - it's a mild harem, theres really only 2 love rivals - for the plot I would expect it to be an ecchi but it is not at all - its a webtoon so its COLORED Cons: - many things not given a proper ending (like what happened to Queen's ... 
Jan 15, 2018
Girls of the Wild's is a martial arts manga about a guy called Jae Gu, who found a high school close to his home to attend - Wild's High. Little did he know, that the school is famous for their especially talented martial arts students. In addition to that, the school also just became co-ed, and somehow he is the only guy attending it, making his life not really easy.
My review won't be too long, but here are the main things I enjoyed, and the ones I didn't. Character development is close to nonexistent. The MC is undergiong a major change within the first 80 chapters ... 
Nov 25, 2018
So wow. I am very fortunate that I found this series after it was finished airing, let me just start with that. GOTW started out with some of the strongest characters I have seen in quite a long time, a very diverse cast that did well to stay away from the most common harem tropes. There was development and growth galore...for about 200 chapters....and then...things changed. You see at a certain point things just kind of fall flat on their face and you feel so terribly let down by the ending. Coming back to why I am glad I caught this series after its end,
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Aug 3, 2017
MOSTLY SPOILER-FREE REVIEW WITH VERY MINOR SPOILERS
I felt the need to write a review after i saw all the bashing reviews of a series that wasn't too bad and enjoyable. Firstly I apologize for my grammar, English isn't my mother language. I admit that it didn't live up to my expectations either but there was a lot good more than bad in my opinion. Early parts was very good and fun to read but after that started to repeat itself with the fighting bullies and the same love triangle stuff happening but I was happy with the late parts to be honest because fighting was ... 
May 29, 2017
***This is a spoiler free review***
Regardless of what you read past this point I highly recommend you give this Korean Manhwa a shot. The beginning and middle arcs are some of the best that I have yet to encounter. That is why it is so unfortunate that it falls apart in the ending stride. Story: 6/10 Honestly the main driving force of the series is always related to Jaegu getting through tough fucking situations. He is pinned against a wall and needs to overcome it. Sometimes he does it on his own and sometimes it is with the help of his friends. These situations (almost the entire ... 
Mar 5, 2017
[This review is about my feelings ,not actual review done by Otaku]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all - if you dont like martial arts,just dont read this manhwa,thanks :) ------------------------------ [short summary of story] This is very specific and unusual manhwa,story develops around wimpy guy who is bullied,and find himself (by misunderstanding) at again very unusual school which specialize in MMA fighting. Later his character develops in interesting way with help of 3 girls which are best in martial arts they train. Although he looks like he doesnt care he finds himself very confused about his feelings,and doesnt want to reveal them. ----------------------------------------- [My feelings about this manhwa] So,my enjoyment would be definitely 10/10,but the end ... |
