Bastard (hwang Youngchan)
Wew!! What a ride, it's a damn good thriller. Im glad jin paid for what he did and gotten rid of his dad. It was a good plot twist that it was jin's mum that pushed him down and jin lowkey did inherit some of the psychoness from his dad since young AND that even though his dad was a psychopathic serial killer, has never wanted to hurt or kill jin. Good ride good ride read till chapt 94.
A Trace of the Wonder
Read up till translated chapt 95. The slow reveal of backstory of him trying to alive his friends only for them to return as zombies and he had to live w them for a year trying all sorts of ways to return them to normal cause he literally couldnt unalive them after that is a reaalllyy good backstory. How they supported one another after their parents died, and how his friends met their end was really heavy and i totally get yiseons motivations (eg him wanting to unalive himself and leave w his friends once hyeon nullifies his restoration effect and his friends can finally die in peace). I like that this backstory tied in throughout the whole story, his ptsd and survivors guilt were treated very slowly and via proper therapy in the end.
I mean obviously this is going to be compared to solo leveling w the ranked hunters and dungeons but the fights and scale are not gna be as amazing or grand for sure, given like the focus maybe different but is still a bit disappointing i wasnt as hooked to the premise and the people as much as i would like. The dungeons felt abit too easy even though they tried to make the 7 lvls of wonders sound v grand, this 1x guild of what 6 7 members keep clearing it so easily in 1 go in 1 chapter without any fatalities. Overall would read for yiseons emotional journey from losing his friends to coping to mentally torturing himself over it to reconciling w their deaths and deciding to live. Other than that the fights kinda meh, hyeons kind of a douche till almost the end although yes he did saved yiseons entire life and people felt kind of one dimensionally kind or evil. Art is nice though loool
Netkama Punch!!!
Read up to chapt 81.5. Its soooo good!!!! The arts beautiful and cute, the things they say online is realistically hilarious also like o_o o.o ???? Theres depth to the story, haejee's insecurities from being abandoned by parents, seyoung distrust of ppl w his experience and his thought to be bestfriend. Its so precious how they come to help each other step by step and reassuring each other, even though abit frustrating of seyong's back and forth (they only rly gt tgt arnd chap 70), but totally understandable abt his confusion esp w gender and his personality of overthinking. The violence from seyoung is abit much LOL bt when he curses is quite funny. Overall i love this story so much, i wish there are side stories cause i vroom through this in a day and i dont have enough of them
The Royal Prince's First Love