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SO disappointing, first manga I've ever dropped!! Every single recommendation came back to one manga: Red River, after having read Akatsuki no Yona and Legend of Basara and considered them 10/10s. I was excited for what people described as another tale of an epic heroine overcoming battles and finding her strength. This could not have been further from what this manga is.

Having read Yona and Basara, those mangas constantly follow our characters along their journey of just how hard it is to even learn how to wield a sword, a weapon, to kill or be killed, to witness death and disease. This story COMPLETELY ... skips these elements. Within days of being in this new world she has all these skills and virtually no emotional consequences from witnessing any horrors around her, let alone on her own life? From the first few chapters I was shocked at how 2 dimensional every character is including our heroine. Characters were evil for the sake of being evil. There was never moral complexity that left you thinking about the manga when you stepped away. It all felt forced and predictable. Even the FIRST premise of our heroine to STAY in this "alternate world' makes absolutely no sense beyond acknowledging her love interest is hot. Even then, what about her life back home? Just completely forgotten.

Final gripe: cool concept, terrible execution. The accuracy of the Anatolian symbolism, names, costumes, magic system, etc was severely lacking and bland.

Redeeming feature: personally I really like the art style, though it was nothing special, I enjoyed this 90s look. The backdrops and landscapes were also well done.