Jack Frost

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The art for this manga was very good. I found the cover interesting so I decided to read it. Man was I ever disappointed! If you've read Hellsing this will probably seem AWFULLY familiar. It almost feels like the characters from the story were pulled out, given different clothes and names, and put in an ecchi high school.

If you've never read Hellsing and enjoy manga where there's nonstop action, then that image of an already done story won't be ruined for you and perhaps you may even enjoy Jack Frost. If you have then chances are you probably wont find this near as enthralling.

I ... read one volume and chances are I won't be picking it up again, at least not for a very, very long time.

I have never been one for reading Manga/Manhwa/Manhua of the Supernatural genre, but i have to say, this is the greatest one I have read so far!!

Story: 6
after reading various other Supernatural stories, the story seems kind of boring, but it does show some very good fighting scenes, so that's why i gave it more than a 4

Art: 10
the art in Jack Frost is amazing, the way that the Jin-Ho Go can show the characters emotions and thoughts is spectacular. very very good artwork

Character: 8
the characters are very good in Jack Frost, the characters have been portrayed so that we don't know everything about them ... and that is what makes this Manhwa much more exciting

Enjoyment: 10
the fight scenes are spectacular, the twists are amazing and Jack Frost himself make the Manhwa that much more awesome!!

Overall: 9
the story itself is the only downside of Jack Frost, everything else is spectacular, if you find yourself wanting to read a spectacular Manga/Manhwa/Manhua then i advise you read Jack Frost

I'm really tired of people writing bad reviews of Jack Frost just because they assume it's a "Hellsing Rip Off" The story is fantastic, the art is gorgeous and very detailed. Granted...the manwha is not for everybody! It contains a looot of gorey and panty shots, so what? I'm really hooked on this manwha. One of the best I've read so far.

The only one publishing it is Yen Press so I suggest you get your hands on it and start reading it instead of band wagoning like the rest of the idiots here just because it's cool to hate on something that's been done ... before. Take it through your thick heads, in anime / manga / manwha everything has been done before!!

Have I mentioned that the art is GOOD? LIKE REALLY REALLY GOOD?! You have to buy the manwha to really appreciate the THING and not just read the scanlation of it online.

The story is pretty interesting so far, it's the only manwha I've sat down and tried to read it all in one go! IT'S THAT GOOD. So i'm gonna give it an 8 because there are parts here and there that drift off, but it just keeps getting better and better.

There's a lot of great characters too! Too bad people are so close minded that they won't give this manwha a chance because 1) you can't be a true otaku and like manwha / and manga herp-a-derp they're just trying to copy manga herp-a-derp 2) oooh this looks familiar!! HELLSING?? -__-"

give me a break ...

A small handful of colorful characters, which is opposed to regularly appear ill-wishers. At the head of this bunch is fond of power lady - Helvina (I would say Lady Hellsing). Next in the hierarchy - all-powerful, but because bombastic Alu ... Sorry ... always grinning Jack Frost. Suddenly, in this nice company appears Joo - immortal, but useless girl. What can I say about her? Hmmm ... Loses his head from any troubles. ^ ^ Read the first chapter, I could not escape the thought that I read something like Hellsing. I guess I would call it as something like "Hellsing: High School", yeah! ... Copied almost everything! I see no reason to read this ...

Let me say this first, Saying this series is exactly like Hellsing isn't true, while it does have the feel, but Stories aren't the same. It does have two characters that remind you of two characters in Hellsing but overall, everything is original.

Story - 7
The Story is kinda lacking especially since its feel like there should have been more but sadly there isn't "for reasons". Its very interesting but it may leave people confused

Art - 9
The Art is awesome, How the characters look and Feel is very well done

Enjoyment - 10
Battles are awesome, and the World is very interesting. Jin-Ho, ... really out done himself with them

Overall - 9
If you can look past some hiccups and enjoy some really cool battles, characters and world. You'll like this manga. If you like Supernatural mangas like Princess Resurrection, Hellsing, and etc, then give it read. The Story may be lacking a bit for some, but its a good read

Interesting manwha if you liked Hellsing and similar things where a bunch of crazy people want to fight and kill each other.

I would tag this with:
- Action
- Dark
- Horror (mostly gore, there is no psychological horror)
- Supernatural

Story: 5/10
While the start is nothing too special, it does get quite interesting towards the end, where certain characters finally begin to evolve and change / develop. Unfortunately, this all comes to a quick end, because the story ends right as the female MC becomes more interesting.
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The ending itself is also pretty damn disappointing, the manga had a dark feel to it the whole way through, and then it ends on a happily ever after note and, while the main villain is dealt with, none of the other rivalries are solved and now no one wants to fight each other anymore. This was the biggest disappointment for me and this might've been a 8-9 with a better ending.

Art: 7/10
The art is good. The fighting scenes were sometimes hard to figure out the exact movements of the characters, which is an issue for my as I like to look at panels for a while, playing the scene in my head.

Characters: 8/10
This is probably the most volatile section for this manwha. If you don't like crazy characters that love fighting and killing, much like in Hellsing, then you will not like the characters here.

For me, this is great, so I liked most of the characters. The female MC also got very interesting towards the end, unfortunately, this wasn't explored much as the story ended shortly after. You also get to learn more about Helmina further into the story, but their personalities remain largely the same throughout the story.

As you can guess from the last sentence, there is not much character development here, though that's always hard to judge as most of the cast are adults, and so typically less subject to significant personality changes, or at least changes typically occur slower. This manwha is clearly not about character development though, so I didn't let it bother me.

Enjoyment: 7/10
Enjoyable series if you like crazy people fighting and wanting to kill each other. This series is not about character development or teaching some lesson or moral, so if you're looking for deeper meaning, this will not satisfy you. The ending definitely took off a few points (as mentionned in the story section) from my enjoyment here, otherwise this would've probably been a 9-10 for enjoyment.

I really liked Jack Frost. It definitely had some issues, big ones, but I enjoyed it. It also was annoyingly similar to Hellsing, in the sense that Jack and Alucard are basically the same person.

Story 6:
Jack Frost starts out super slow. Girl transfers to new school, sees creepy guy she labels "Smirky," takes her seat, and all hell breaks loose. Her head comes off but she doesn't die. Cue first mystery that takes forever to be fully fleshed out. Literally half the story. Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with that, however, this felt more like the author wanted to write a ton of action ... and didn't really bother fleshing out the story until he realized he'd written half a story that was basically going nowhere. While I felt that the ending came together ok, it was really rushed and felt thrown together.

Art 8:
I mostly enjoyed the art. The style wasn't exactly for me, but it was ok. The fight scenes, which took up a large portion of the story, seemed to mostly be large blocks of black and white blur. That may be because there was so much fighting that I started skimming over it to find story points, but either way, there's a lot of fighting and a lot of movement in the fights, so it does blur some.

Character 6:
All the characters were pretty one dimensional. The author seemed to try giving them more depth sometimes, but really only succeeded in making them act really out of character at inopportune times. The ending showed a lot of progress with a couple of the characters, but looking back on it, you can't really see how they got from point A to point B. Noh-A is really the only one to change at all, and her character growth was overall enjoyable.

Enjoyment 9:
I hold story and character growth in very high esteem, but I also really love insane characters beating the crap out of other insane characters in a supernatural setting of blood and death. It was a fun read, even if I wanted to rip my hair out sometimes trying to figure out WHAT exactly was going on with the plot. I don't feel like I wasted my time and if a sequel was ever released, I would totally jump on it. I want more of Amityville and the characters.