Oh Lookism what you could've been had you kept your focus on good writing.
Early Lookism was great, it had fun, saw what stuck and told you the story about a fat kid who was bullied and was suddenly popular, attractive and making his first friends. But he never lost his identity, and that fat kid always remained.
Some of the stories were misses, a bit too creepy for my taste, but where it really peaked was when it focused on Hostel. An amazing arc through and through, talking about struggles, understanding characters, already finishing with a great end. The arcs that followed were good
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Feb 13, 2025
Nano Machine
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I read way too many chapters just hoping this would turn good.
Another case of the character struggled at the start, reached a power spike and then never had to face problems again. He just outsmarts or beats everyone in pure force, there is no adversity. It actually became so boring to me because whatever character they built up I knew the MC wouldn't even need to sweat to beat them. The start though was incredible, the way he was using the nanotech, actually facing people who could struggle against. Needing to rely on this tech to be elevated. I guess I kept reading hoping ... 
Feb 13, 2025
Return of the Blossoming Blade
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Starts off really exciting. A regular issekai but the character has enough explosive personality and interest to keep things going. Supporting cast is quite bland but survives with the excitement or reviving the Sect.
Then as things go on the main character just becomes too powerful, which becomes boring. I understood it for a while but by the time I dropped he was fighting big names with no effort. If you don't care about that stuff, go for it, I just am sick of the overdone trope where the MC feels like a mary or gary sue. Visuals are impressive though, and the martial arts does ... |
