my fujo senses must be not working today because i can't really feel any chemistry between gareth and he mian. their relationship feels somewhat forced and doesn't come as naturally as how the author intended for it to be. like i get what they're supposed to represent (warrior x final villain) which is an AMAZING dynamic that you could do so many things with, but this... this is just lukewarm. you cooked, but you forgot the seasoning.
meanwhile color me surprised when charlie showed up because man i felt BUTTERFLIES. i love his and he mian's dynamic a little bit too much that i shipped them romantically at some point but since that's impossible (though would not really stop me from shipping them in my head) ((and charlie's probably gonna end up with zhi zhi, let's be real)), their being best friends is already very good (i lied. of course i want them to be together (ノ`Д´)ノ彡┻━┻).
and... accckkk i really feel bad for xiao tang! i hope he gets someone, too, who he likes and who likes him back > <
also, i hope durer looks hot LMFAOOOOO.
manhua artists stop discontinuing your works challenge: FAILED
i'm so maaaaaad because this was SO GOOD. THE PLOT'S INTRIGUING. THE ART IS GREAT. THE TENSION IS THICK AND THE MAIN COUPLE IS REALLY CUTE. but NOOOOOOO. it's dropped !!!!!!! the potential GONE. JUST LIKE THAT. uuueuueueurerrerrgrhhhhfhffghhhh
idk folks, it's the first thing i've noticed. the shading in this manga looks ai-generated.
it's the clothes and how they are rendered especially the very first panel
and i don't scrutinize details to identify AI images. call it artist's intuition or whatever but AI "art" looks and gives off a very different feeling to actual art. so although i could recognize AI images 80% of the time, i could still be very much wrong.
in this situation i'm only saying it looks AI because it is similar to AI images i have seen before.
Maybe don't call it ai and you won't get hate. You will be hurting any artist's feelings if you said their art looks like ai, they drew it with their damn hands, it's fault of people using ai who stole this art style and now you think it's alright to call this ai bc you saw all the ai art which stole this art style
HELPPP the "waxing moon" joke in chapter 8 is the funniest shit i've read all day I CANT FUCKING BREATHE