Mar 7, 2025
TL;DR: 3/10. This manga is more interested in being a dragon quest advertisement than being a compelling manga.
[This review has no spoilers. This review is up to chapter 71]
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I read this manga blind. It wastes an insane amount of runtime just being an advertisement for various dragon quest games. Runtime that in a normal romance manga, would have the leads going out and doing stuff and living life, instead wastes time on the two of them bonding while playing an Dragon Quest MMO. Which like.... is boring frankly.
The progression of there romance also is super stagnant, then takes insanely massive leaps. I wont spoil
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anything, but the latter chapters of the series have the two leads hopping giant spans of relationship hurdles incredibly fast, and the writing for it is just unsatisfying. It lacks any compelling dialogue or character moments. In addition, the characters are just always so understanding of each other and don't actually go through anything to bond closer.
Don't get me wrong, im not saying they should poorly communicate for the sake of fake tension, but these two have failed to even have the most minor of disagreements or actual relationship problems. Side characters are so numerous, but they all essentially water down to faceless drones that fade out of your mind after the chapters go by.
I will also say when the characters meet eachother early on and come to the conclusion of: ive known them for a full year, i know there a good person. Which like..... is that true if you are talking to someone exclusively through text chat, during a game? Like not even voice chat? not to mention, they are super like distant about eachtother, not actually knowing anything about eachothers lives, gender included? How do you actually know someone, like really really know them like that?
You dont. But idk, dragon quest acts as a good medium of letting u get to know someone or something idk. It would be convincing if they voice chatted and like broke out of exclusively talking about the game.
To top it all off... one of the characters in game is a stoic and doesnt say much and the main character RP's as basically a little mascot character.......i genuinely dont think you can get to know anyone like that....
Essentially, i think if this manga wasn't a giant advertisement, and could use large spans of its screentime for anything other than dragon quest, it could be pretty compelling.
3/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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