this is honestly the most realistic fighting manhwa ive read in terms of the mc's self motivation. and i like how his internal monologue is consistent with how he presents himself to others. realistically, he's a coward thats been constantly beaten down and he should stay a coward (what i mean by that is that it isnt instinct for him to know the things he learns, and to have the drive to fight people when all theyve done is beat him.) he should stay like that until he's confident in his own skills and strength that he's able to rely on his own abilities. instead of magically adapting.
its honestly taking way too long to reveal her backstory, if it doesnt get reveal in the next few chapters i just gonna drop this for a bit. i feel like the max amount of chapters it should take for a mc to reveal their backstory is 20 chaps especially when its extremely relevant to the plot. the creator couldve gotten away w making her backstory a plot twist if it wasnt so obvious that some of the characters are mixed up in her past, like revealing bits and pieces of her past without knowing who the specific characters are, then slowly introducing them. but it feels like its dragging now because we know that her past has so much to do with whats going on w her.
I would argue that there doesn't need to be a fixed amount of chapters for a backstory to be revealed but the important part is the approach.
Like dropping bits and pieces every couple chapters and having a somewhat boring story if you take out those elements, that's what's making this feel like it drags on.
If this had a larger overarching plot or working towards it or the author took time to built their world instead of writing comedy into the dialogue, this would be fine.
I remember reading "Tower of God", it was only after 50+ chapters that a huge plot twist was revealed (the betrayal of a certain someone).
But it worked because the rest of the chapters were engaging, the world felt vast and the
side characters didn't feel empty next to the Mc.
This Manhwa basically has nothing if you take out the Mc, it feels empty and those hints at her backstory don't make for a good substitute as a plot.
imo... i love the character designs of the fl and ml but the art feels so stiff... they both just feel so expressionless i think thats why it feels like they have no chemistry bec body language in the art isnt portrayed well. i tolerated it in the first 30 chapters, but once they started developing feelings for eachother it wast rlly captured in the art. it felt like i was watching stick figures when they had their little moments :/
im kind of disappointed with how the manhwa adapted the whole scene w ruby and caesar. there was so much depth that was left out especially in that scene, ruby was so distraught in the novel but despite that she went to izek and i feel like that manhwa didnt capture that. when she was going towards izek in the novel there was so much blood, and even during the fight she fell bec of the impact. idk its just surprising bec youd think they would adapt the most important scene with detail.