Yongbyeong has great art, pleasing action sequences which surpass a lot of today’s status quo but that’s about it for its’ positives. The reason I dropped this so early on was because it was difficult to keep up with.
The story progresses so fast, not to mention that the arrangement of pages seems to be conflicting at times. Perhaps this is a matter of where I decided to read this, but I couldn’t really connect with any characters as they would act differently than the previous chapter, in no time at all.
And while I said the action sequences are pleasing, the power system seems to be
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May 12, 2024
Suicide Girl
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Suicide Girl mixes the hopeful and inspiring genre that is the “Magical Girl” trope with the existential and heavy-hitting themes of s—cide. From the first chapter, I was admittedly interested in the premise, but quickly lost said interest as I read on. Not only does its’ knowledge of s—cide seem to be scrounged from a few Google Articles, it instills the false notion that those who are dead can be revived. Now, this is to say nothing of the manga’s quality, as it’s a personal nitpick, but it’s quite the distasteful one. As long as you defeat the big scary monster, those who have rather
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Sep 4, 2023
Sentai Daishikkaku
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As a Super Sentai Enjoyer and before that; Power Rangers, this manga immediately displays an interesting take on the many prevalent themes present in those shows. Offering interesting commentary and character studies, in preparation of what could possibly be a riveting story.
However, 10 chapters in and I am quite honestly bored out of my mind. The supporting characters are random and uninteresting, often rambling about who knows what and why. Solely created to be an obstacle for the equally uninteresting main character. If you’re looking for flashy fights or intriguing combat sequences, don’t bother. I skipped ahead to the most recent chapter ( 100 something at ... |
