The plot is not bad... but the art is... underwhelming?
Usually you can tell clearly where the comic is from just from the art style and overall plot... no matter the genre and setting there's a big difference between manga, manhwa and manhua... but lately there's been a couple comics that are trying to blur between manga and manwha... and on my view it's failing badly.
This one... the faces... the clothing and the girls poses... they scream manga... especially the eyes...they are too big and are giving me the jeebies... the way this seems to be going harem route and the original's plot... it looks like a colored manga... even how the lineart is kinda sketchy instead of more clean and vetorial? Makes is more mangaish... then it's colored... and the kr sfx... it gives mixed feelings...
But most of all... the eyeeees... there's something weird about them... yeah... I'll try to keep reading cuz the plot is coll... but the art is a hard pass...
A lot actually... but can someone who reads the novel explain the background to me? Light faction? Dark faction? Demons? Like... who destroyed the world and why? That part is a bit confusing tbh...
Hm so from I have understood, the two biggest forces are the Union, and the Magic Empire. You can see it as orthodox and unorthodox factions in Murim, here it’s light and dark (I’m still not sure there is only dark in the magic empire and vice versa but they’re the only ones I’ve encountered til now). They are also overseen by the extreme divine sphere (Constellations and Demons), which sometimes will junk stuff imbued with their power to the mortal world for entertainment (sacred or demonic relics), or assign « blessings ». For these light and dark factions, there are countless divided power properties, most of which are represented by a family/clan which has perfected and represent it. Often they can be different sides of the same coins, ex : poison clan/medecine sage family, and goes the same sometimes for power, ex taming through fear (dark) and through loyalty (light). As for who brought on the ruins it was the Blood killing demon or whatever blood demon. As for why don’t remember but anyway they had contracted a demon.
The plot is not bad... and for now I'm quite liking it... even with the spoilers.
On another note... from time to time I read some comics and get this incredible feeling of dejavu... like I've read this before but with a different art? Like I'm reading a remake? But I can't find the original anywhere. I felt the same with Fathe I don't want this marriage... and I still remember that one because it was full of chibies... but I also like the current art of that one...
This one... I don't remember the art... but it made a strong impression because of the administrator... Live-streaming villainess is alrwady unique... but the combo administrator + colored hair + red suit is hard to mistake... and I confirmed it with the spoilers about him that are the same...
This situation makes me go nuts... but well I'll read it anyway...
Again beware...
So... I got spoiled... and I'm thankful tbh... because thanks to that I won't take this read as seriously as I would if there was no harem on it.
Let's be clear... it's still harem even if he doesn't end with any of them. Why? Because all those women occupy a lot of the story. Much of it becomes they pov, their feeling and their problems that mc gets dragged on to. He already almost died because that guy was too into his fiancee... and I don't think this kind of thing will stop happening. My biggest hate towards harem is hot those women become plot devices to make the story move... and again... so much pov... and I'm honestly not interested. The story already has a clear plot and direction and their presence just overcomplicates things. It feels so unnecessary... and it's also a bother how he's surrounded by women all the time... no male friends besides those hostile towards him is a bit... weird tbh... it fells off when an mc have no one of the same gender around them...
Fr he made The 1st hot guy hostile by swearing at him
The second the plot killed him off and the remaining are too old and ugly but I'm too busy staring at his face I think his face is the whole Plot ~hahah
Ngl... me too... I feel his face is the only reason I'll keep reading... and even so... I kinda feel like... it makes me hate it when they change the pov to one of the women even more... like.. I don't care about you! Go back to the mc already! And it doesn't help that they are unbelievably annoying...
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Ummmm have you guys forgotten that was basically how it was originally set up like that in the game, for MC's character possession (Deculein) is a very hated villain in the game itself, out of every route Deculein dies except 1 route. Also it's basically a dating sim game where the women are the main characters & it's their POV.
MC is basically navigating through that.
Even if the original was theres no reason for the comic to be too. The point is not him being hated. Is that basically everyone that gets involved with him is female. When everyone that matters to the story and is around mc is their opposit gender it's weird. And same goes for female mc's. No matter if harem or reverse-harem or if there's no romance in it. And that is the point I made.
Same with their POV. If it was to give meaningful information to us readers that mc doesn't know or to explain plot points or how others view mc id be ok with it... many comics show POV of others... but in this one those focuses soooo much on how they feel about mc and their angst and are just annoying and don't add much to it beside of romantic purposes.
The story had everything already... adding all that to it just makes it supérfluos.. even more when we know they aren't even possible end game... like frick... they are his teenager students ffs... I get girls getting a crush on hot teachers... I'm not gonna act like it doesn't happen... but it's definitely not something I want to read about. I get the former fiancee and even the mercenary queen or something... but adding students to the mix? Not only I'm over all their teen angst in their POVs, it's really not appropriate to have them shown as love interests in a harem comic... even if mc is not interested in them. Why? Because it shows a underlying message of an adult men (readers projecting on mc) accepting the romantic attention of teenage girls as something ok (them being love interests). It's the same reason it's bad to see toxic relationships and even sh and sa being romancized in comics... it passes a bad message...
But that's just my take on it
Tbh it doesn't match the title... and most of all... wtf is wrong with people? Picking a fight with a kid because he's a bastard? Too weak and cowardly to go after the one who fcked someone that was not his wife huh? And why be so obsessed with the legitimate kids anyway? That's Lee and not Baek (surname of the wife) clan right? Like whf is half blood or not being pure blooded? Unless clan head is banging his own sister all of them have only half Lee blood anyway... Mfks acting like having her blood is more important than the patriarch's? That doesn't make sense at all!
And honestly if you gonna bring him in at least keep your bish and her kids on a leash tight enough that they don't go around biting others. No way in hell he doesn't know how unfairly he is being treated or the ones behind it. One fckin time that he destroyed the responsible would be enough.
Again... the story is not bad but this whole targeting the bastard son is way overused and senseless...
Yesssss. So tired of bastard this, bastard that.
Right? Like, I get the wife and her kids wanting distance but... targeting them like this... it's not his fault the old man couldn't keep it in his pants right? If its so bad divorce and go back to her family's house... if she stays shut it and accept it. I'm not gonna blame her like she couldn't keep her husband home cuz it's not her fault... but staying with a cheating pos is her choice so shut it and accept it...
Sorry it's just such a common topic that it pisses me off... cuz there's never any consequences for the cheater...
I came for the long haired seme but... honestrly? I couldn't even skimread it.. that's how bad it was for me...
Cuz I think it ended well... but at the same time I think it could have more.... but I also like that they finalized it instead of making it eternally long... but I wish we had some side stories too... but it is also a good point to end it... but I wouldn't mind a 2nd season...
So... mixed feelings... think I'll go read the novel... again... from the start... but this comic will certainly be one of those I'll come back to and read again from time to time...
Tbh when I first stardes the novel I didn't like too much.. ended dropping and not getting why the hype. Mainly because the writing style didn't fit well with me at the time... when the comic came up i liked it but felt it was... way lighter and less mysterious than the novel. This new art seems to fit the work better.
But lets be honest... I have 0 patience for a chapter every other week... and they seem very short as well. I'll keep reading this to have a guideline to the characters looks but will probably go for the novel. I'm kinda tired of comics that go on for years and years with no end in sight. It's torture for binge-readers... novel it is. I guess now that I'm older I'll like the novel better.
Get ready for peak, once you finish the first volume you will know why it’s soo hyped up because it’s a trend that continues to the end
Oh I believe you! I guess I was just too young and new into novels at the time... and it was long ago... like 4yrs at least? And I wasn't so much into the plot's vibe... I'm sure I'll like it more now...
Totally feel you in this!! I also started reading this back when this comic got its first release so I started to read the novel. Or well, I tried lol. Dropped it pretty quickly because I could just not get through it, however like a year ago I started again and I was flying through it. It’s so good! And actually hype worthy which is rare these days. If you ever feel like picking it up again I hope you have a better reading experience, just like I did <3
Can you reccomend a link to read it? Idk if there are multiple translated versions, but possibly the one most fitting with the original?
The official translation is on Webnovel
You can also find epubs which have the same translation
Webnovel... that's a place I haven't gone to in some time... I used it a whole effing lot at the beginning... when they were still promising most novels would stay free... then... they slowly started pay-walling things... till it became basically pay per read... I wonder if there's still anything free there... last time I've been there even the fandics written by readers were paid already...
It could be good but... mc looks is... ok? Very standard... his power is interesting. Such a drawback makes it interesting to know how he's going to overcome it.
However... it just overuse fanservice... it's really to a disturbing point... every woman have a hot body and shows too much cleavage.. while wearing super tight and short clothes...
I'm used to manhua using women as sexy props but too much is too much...