The Legend of Maian

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The main premise of the story is that Felicia Rand Philistine intends to return to her former glory after being released from her seal after 1000 years. She was sealed by the main character's ancestor who was regarded as a hero for doing so. However, she is unable to draw out her full power without receiving a kiss from Felix Maian. So whether Felix likes it or not he is going to be dragged around by Felicia. The story is actually a lot better than I make it sound. This is not just another "hero story" or rom-com. There are people planning to use Felicia, ... there is a war brewing, and then Felicia has plans of her own. So there is a lot of depth to the story.

The art is done by Jeong, Soo Cheol but it still looks similar to the art you see in Freezing, Onihime VS and most other Im Dal Young manhwas. The backgrounds are all well drawn as are all the characters and monsters. The ecchi consists mostly of revealing clothes and over-sized breasts. It isn't just random panty shots like a lot of ecchi stuff out there.

Felicia Rand Philistine is selfish, cruel and a very powerful Zewst(sorceress). She doesn't like being told what to do and she doesn't like it when people don't do as she says. She often forgets that her power is sealed and continues to act as if she is strong. So she can be funny as well as badass.
Felix Maian doesn't start out as the most likable character. He wholeheartedly dislikes having to be with Felicia. While his opposition to his situation can come off as funny, sometimes I think it can be just as annoying. He is 18 and very immature. I know that will turn off a few readers but his character is set up to mature throughout the story so I think it is just a temporary annoyance.

Action scenes consist of mostly magic, or madra as it's called in the story, and not as much of sword fighting. I would say that adventure is the major tag for this storyline, it is very much like you are following an RPG. There is going to be a lot of action but with so much going on in the story it wouldn't surprise me if we go quite a few chapters at a time without a fight. Romance isn't listed as a tag for this but I think it is fairly obvious that something is going to develop. I mean, he has to kiss her to release her power. This is probably my second favorite Im Dal Young Manhwa, UxU is my favorite. You can tell after just a few chapters that this is going to develop into an amazing story.

This a quick review, because I tend to get emotional and add spoilers to scenes I dislike.

The premise was pretty good, and I was anticipating a very good climax, but then something happened a little past midway of the story. For that reason, I gave it an average rating and dropped it.

The male MC was useless for about 95%, he had his good points, but he was mostly all talk and no action. The best characters of the series was Felicia Rand, and her companions where not that bad, either. I dropped it because of the characters, and seemed like the ... story knew who I liked and disliked and wanted me to drop the series.

SO THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN A WARNING AT THE END! THERE IS NO SPOILER BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO WARN FUTURE READERS ABOUT THIS MANIWA.

So I started this one on a whim and was instantly pulled in. However, I will say had I done my due diligence on this work before I started reading it I probably never would have started to begin with.

As far as the story goes I haven't been able to see much better. This is definitely a great work as far as the story goes. It has depth, humor, sorrow and is pretty much the whole package.

The ... artwork is second to none. I love how clean everything is no matter what is being shown on the page.

Character development is also second to none. I love how the characters in the story evolve and grow as the story progresses.

Is this enjoyable? Yes it was, until I got to chapter 75 that is.

So why am I saying such great things about this Maniwa and end up giving it a poor overall rating of 3. Well here comes the warning!

THE WORK IS INCOMPLETE TO A DEGREE THAT IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY! Some time about 4 year ago the author, Dal Young Im if I'm not mistaken, walked away from this story and never returned. Apparently this was around the same time that he started working on the FREEZING series. So he basically lost interest in this series and started another one and NEVER finished this one. I ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS!

As far as I can tell, the story itself seems to be about 2/3 to 3/4 complete. There may have been more but at this point it's anybody's guess. Unfortunately like I said earlier if I had done my due diligence and seen that the author had a bad habit about leaving his works half finished then I would never have read this one.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! I WANT TO SEE THE END! AND UNFORTUNATELY AFTER 4 LONG YEARS I DOUBT THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT AFTER THE "FREEZING" SERIES IS COMPLETED HE WILL COME BACK TO THIS WORK. BUT AFTER A 4 YEAR HIATUS I JUST DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

SO HERE IS MY WARNING. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND CAN NOT STAND TO START A STORY AND BE ABLE FINISH IT THEN THIS MANIWA IS NOT FOR YOU. IF YOU DON'T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF THEN FEEL FREE TO ENJOY THIS STORY, RIGHT UP UNTIL YOU HIT THE INVISIBLE WALL WAITING FOR YOU AT CHAPTER 75!

**SPOILER ALERT**
So I did do some messing around on the internet and managed to find out how the light novel ended and I have to say WTF! It ended terribly! The bastard author obviously wanted to make sure he would never have to do anything else related to this title so he gave it a scorch the world type ending. Just pisses me off to see a work with so much entertainment potential get flushed down the crapper with a nuke the world and kill everyone ending. I will never read anything by this author again because this appears to be a habit of his. What a waste of a good story and great characters. Wow! Wow!