May 5, 2020
*The story is not yet finished, so this only reflects the early chapters*
This Manwa is the type of post-apocalyptic story that one could enjoy. I enjoy an excellent monster-related tale, and this is right down my ally. The psychological theme behind the monsters is genuinely magnificent.
*Minor spoilers territory.*
Stroy 8/10
The setting of the story is delightful, to begin with. The whole story so far was centered around one single building, very similar to the movie and novel mist. This one singular building reflects the devastation humanity is facing during this apocalypse. During this extreme period, we could see the struggle that people face,
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such as sacrifices and pain. It enhanced people as they are; the violent people grew more violent; the kind people became more compassionate; the selfish people became more selfish. It is fascinating to see people turning against each other and clashes. Another exciting gimmick is that the monsters that are destroying their ordinary life have initially been humans. Meaning, anyone could turn at any point, which further turned the survivors against themselves. Not only that, but the trigger that turns humans into monsters was also their desire; the stronger the desire, the faster they will convert. The monster will reflect their desire and be an extremely enhanced version of that desire. For example, a former bodybuilder had a dream to be extremely fit, so he turned into a hulk-like muscle backed being. This allowed the author to explore the depth of the human mind further. However, I couldn't give it a full score because there are a few places where it doesn't make sense. Some character's motives were not entirely justified and do things just because they are bad people, which is not how real humans act. This could just be the fact that there are way too many characters, and it is hard to manage all of them, which is entirely understandable.
Art 9/10
The art is elementary and easy to understand, but the monster is still really manacing. The pacing and mood control with the panel is merely incredible. The cliff hanger at the end of every chapter is enough to push anyone to the next. Because this is a Korean Manwa, it does not reply on page turn; Instead, it uses scrolling, which is a whole new experience.
Character 9/10
I feel like this is the best part of the story. Even though there are a few that didn't make sense, as I said earlier, but the main character and most others do feel like real humans. I could see people making the decisions that they made during the run-up of the story. They do have exaggerated features, as all fiction character does, but other than that they are pretty realistic. The mother who lost her kid wanted to protect others. The former police who sees himself as justice. The gamer who is helping others because he wanted to feel in charge.
All of them are excellent and real characters that I can get behind. In this situation, there are no villains; everyone does something to gain something. Which also fed the theme.
I enjoyed the heck out of this manwa and can't wait to see more from it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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