Nov 2, 2021
It honestly felt like the author was writing one manga, and then at some point midway through, had an idea for a completely different manga and just stuffed her ideas into the world she had already established (debatably even like four different series). (It's also possible she had some conflicting ideas with her editors so who knows). It ended up having a case of constant whiplash for me until the very end of the series.
While I'd like to blame the lackluster finale on the lack of a defined endpoint, there's plenty of examples of manga with no defined endpoint that had good endings (usually more-so
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seinen or SoL) and manga with clear endpoints with pretty bad endings, it basically all comes down to the writer's skill.
But outside of the finale and tonal whiplash, the focus on Djinn Equips led to a lot of power-up designs that left the characters looking nothing like themselves, and sometimes made fights really hard to follow as a result and everything just becoming a mess.
Though for the positives, the main cast was likeable and their interactions really kept the manga going, especially early on. The final arc, while jarring at first, set the story into an interesting direction. And the initial final villain was way better than how it was described to me by someone else.
Overall, I started this manga really impressed and surprised I hadn't considered reading it before, but by the end I was just hoping it would get better or at least all be worth it in the end, but I just never got that.
40/100
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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