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Considering this light novel has no reviews and it seems that basically no one has even heard of this, I feel like it needs a review.

Kuro no Maou is an Isekai light novel (I know how people think of Isekai but keep reading) that while having the basic components of Isekai, delves deep into a great dark fantasy story. Unlike many other Isekai stories Kuro no Maou goes through a lot of dark subjects both mentally and physically. Both the world and the characters are built with a lot of care and especially the main character (Kurono Maou) has many characteristics that are usually not ... seen in a main character, which makes him a greatly interesting and unexpected character. Even all the other characters seem quite lifelike, with even the on off side characters having their own personalities.

The story of Kuro no Maou is a story filled with action, grief, hard work and bad situations, and that's what makes the story varied and interesting to read.

While the light novel is still ongoing and I'm not even up to date with my reading, it can be said that I haven't been as excited for any (light) novel for a while as much as this one.

Well... That was bad.

The story was a rushed mess. I guess the main point is to advertise against littering, but mixing it with the story of becoming a tonttu makes it a mess (even though as a Finn, I enjoyed hearing them say the word tonttu). Adding the part about the littering felt really forced. I can understand that someone might start cleaning the beach when seeing litter on it, but the way he talked about littering was not natural. No one talks like that, that was just very badly made "Insert our agenda here" moment.

The artstyle looks nice, I liked it. Maybe a bit ... weird at some points and I'm not sure if it fit the theme of story, but it still looked nice.

Nothing special to say about sounds.

Characters were mostly very plain, of course we are talking about a half an hour long anime, so there's not much time to develop characters. I found Mint very annoying and I hated her from the moment she opened her mouth.

Overall I didn't really enjoy this.

There are so many negative reviews for Boruto, so I want to explain, why I like Boruto.

The story seems fairly similar to how Naruto started, but it has been going already for as long as the series has been airing. There has been many lighthearted storylines, but also multiple more serious ones and while it might sometimes feel like nothing is happening and there's no story to speak of, when thinking about all of the episodes, a lot has happened. The pacing is very slow time to time but the slowness + some action gives the story more of the feeling that the characters are ... in the end just kids who live in time of peace, which is the point of the story.

The art is pretty cute in its simplicity but the fighting scenes look nice.

The biggest problem in the series are probably the characters. From the very first episode there has been a lot of complaints how the characters are just a combination of their parents and nothing else, which is true and a bit sad, while so much more could have been done about them. But there are some cool characters.

Overall I think people judge Boruto harshly because it isn't Naruto. And of course it isn't as the setting is completely different. As its own anime it is quite fun and entertaining, sometimes even exciting to watch.

Detective Conan is an anime I've been obsessed about for some time already. The story in itself is mostly different cases of murder or other crime, rarely going back to the (main?) plot from where everything started with. Even then every single episode is entertaining and also very educational. All the episodes also make the watcher immediately start to think who could be the murderer this time. There is some parts of the story I don't really enjoy as much, like Detective boys (or shounen tantei-dan) but even that has gotten better.

It's difficult to say anything about the artstyle, because it has changed so much ... (Like seriously, look at the artstyle of the first episodes and then the latest episodes). Of course, because the anime has been airing for 24 years. But the artstyle does fit the feeling of the anime very well and it's not just your average anime style.

The music and other sounds in the anime are amazing, openings and endings fit the anime, all the background music is perfect for whatever is happening, there's really nothing to complain about.

The anime has A LOT of characters and sometimes characters that only appear in one or two episodes seem similar with each other but even then they have something different about them, different motives, different backstories. That is impressive for a series this long running. Even the more important characters all are interesting and there is a lot of characters that really stand out and are very memorable.

This review is straight from me finishing the first 121 chapters of this manhwa that have been translated to English.

Story:
The story is a collection of cases of psychological consultation. All the cases were different with different outcomes and it can be very well seen that the author of this manhwa, Lee Jong-bum knows what he is doing. Also the story between cases about the main characters is very well written and interesting.
As someone, who has studied psychology (just basics in high school but still) I really loved to see familiar theories and experiments being part of the cases.

Art:
The art style is very similar to other ... webtoon manhwas I've seen, but I think this style is very beautiful and fits the manhwa very well. The characters are beautiful and the backgrounds are great and realistic looking.

Characters:
Both the main characters and characters of each case are unique and have their own unique personalities and back stories. I am of course very interested in the main character, Frost, his personality and his backstory, which all of course are a big part of this manhwa.

Enjoyment:
I read all of the available chapters in just few hours, because I just couldn't stop reading and I was a bit sad when it ended (for now) so I would say I got a lot of enjoyment out of this.

Overall: I honestly have nothing bad to say about this.

This is one of those series that starts great and gets even better when watching more episodes.

The story is pure awesomeness especially if you love vikings and other Nordic mythology like I do. You really can't guess what's going to happen or how the series is going to end before actually watching the whole thing.

The art is at the same time beautiful and extremely fitting to the style of the anime, same with the sounds, including both ending and opening. Can't be much better.

All the characters have interesting stories to them and they are all unique, especially the main characters. Thorfinn is maybe a bit ... too straightforward and sometimes even stupid, sometimes I feel annoyed by him, but there's not really much better way to have a character like him.

All in all, I really enjoyed this anime and it's absolutely one of the best anime I've seen. Absolutely no major complaints at all.

Let me say it right here: No matter what anyone else thinks, I think Assassins Pride is worth watching.

The primary story is fairly basic growth story of the main protagonist Melida Angel, but how the story is told and everything that happens around the main story is what makes the story good.

The art style is beautiful, even though it is pretty basic artstyle for anime at the moment. The color balance of the art works and even if the style is not unique, it still works and looks good, no problems with that. Same with the sounds, they work even if they are not ... something unique, because things don't always have to be unique.

The characters are very interesting with both their looks and their stories. Especially Kufa Vampir, who, even though in the main story he is shown mostly as a teacher/butler, has really interesting backstory and reasons to be exactly who he is. Melida is a great example of a female protagonist. Even if the anime is just 12 episodes long, you can really see Melida's growth and in general how strong willed she is, not giving up and doing her best. Melida is absolutely not your average empty shell of a female character.

I enjoyed this anime and I hope there will be a second season or at least an OVA or two, so overall, great job with this one.