July's manga / #Historical(88)

The art for this webtoon is quite good, I really like the detailing of the clothes, the headpieces, and the facial features of the characters. The panelling flows well. Although the female lead is rather weak right now, it seems possible she can grow stronger, because she stands up to the other concubines, but we'll see. The smut in this is... different. Instead of the usual moaning and weird noises, they talk in a somewhat antiquated manner about sex, and it's sort of refreshing to read, since I haven't seen this much, if at all. Maybe it will get better in later chapters, but this is a better smut webtoon than most out there. Update: I believe this is completed at 23 chapters. The female lead doesn't change at all, but what can you expect from a porn manhwa? It's too bad we never see the child that they keep talking about wanting to have.

Female lead falls into the role of a villainess in a novel she wrote when she was young. It's cool to see an isekai into a world created by the person who died, instead of someone who is just a reader or player. I hope it comes into play more during the story, when she reflects on her own creation, that would add extra depth to her and her characters. The art is nice. I don't have any real complaints, but I'm keeping my rating average till more chapters are released. Update: This story is bland as heck. Nothing happens between each chapter, and it's just piling on random shit for the female lead to worry about without her actually accomplishing anything.

Promotional chapter only for now, to announce new series. Translation is awful, not very interested in the presented plot currently, since it doesn't seem to be special. It also doesn't offer any real set-up, besides that there will be drama and isekai. The art is not too bad. Hopefully, the translation will be better when the series starts. Update: The chapters released so far are interesting. It looks like modern China with some sort of magic system that has diplomatic relations with the West. Hoping the worldbuilding is expanded upon properly. Update #2: I'm really starting to like this series. It reminds me a bit of "Your Throne" with two strong female leads who have different personalities. Hopefully, it keeps up with the good work.

Yeahhhhh, not a fan of this webtoon. I don't see how she's a strong female lead. Her plans are dumb and she has no real agency. She doesn't want to get married, so she goes to sleep with some random dude with the intention of getting pregnant. How exactly does that make her a strong character? She's just using her body to temporarily avoid her fate. Pregnancy is only 9 months, she could easily be sold into slavery or something during or after that period of time, and it's basically what happens. Not to mention it's pretty hard to get pregnant ok, like what is this plan, how do you know you'll get pregnant 100% after just one night? She doesn't even come up with some better plan during the time she's pregnant! I hate it when female characters in fiction do such stupid crap like randomly sleeping with men to get out of something like marriage because that makes them lose their dignity and self-respect in my eyes. Like you couldn't have figured out some other plan for your situation besides sleeping around? In the real world, there's also STDs and stuff you need to worry about, I feel like this kind of trope in fiction is getting out of hand, because it doesn't give females a portrayal in good light, and it's toxic for this idea, if it were to be applied in the real world. Basically, you're just confirming to other males out there that you have zero shame and are willing to do anything for the right price. This is honestly worse than those forced marriage turns into love webtoons, of which there are tons out there. I hope that this particular webtoon/fiction of one night stands to escape from reality doesn't take hold in mainstream media, for the sake of girls everywhere. Furthermore, she sleeps with a random guy, and after giving birth to the child, her wretched father makes her marry some other dude. But this time, she agrees to it. Why?! Why is it ok for you to marry the second guy, but not the first one, huh? And don't tell me that's because the first guy she was supposed to marry is a pervert, because the second guy is supposedly a murderer, her father said so himself. Unless in this world, murderers are better than perverts. I don't know anymore. The child is supposed to be three years old, but honestly, he seems to be 5-7 years old. He talks far too eloquently for a 3 year old, so I'm not buying that crap either. Author needs to work on believability, but then again, that was tossed out the window with the sleeping around to get pregnant plot in the first chapter. And I thought the child was a girl, but nope, apparently he's a boy. Alright then. I'm not saying boys shouldn't have long hair, but he totally looks like a girl. I sure do hope that aspect of his character is actually supposed to be important later on, because otherwise, I don't see why he couldn't have been drawn with shorter hair or been born as a girl instead. The art is alright, but honestly, I'm so mad about everything else, I can't enjoy the only somewhat redeeming part of this webtoon. The male lead is pretty average, and the female lead obviously had more effort put into her design, since it shows.

It's kind of like the Butterfly Lovers (Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai), but with a happier ending. A girl dresses up as a boy to go to school, and she falls in love with the boy who she originally hated. I didn't care for their romance, since it didn't seem natural. Art is quite bad. I don't know if it's intended to be like that, or this was the limits of the manhuajia's art skills.

I so, so, so wanted to like this manga. In fact, I was in love with it from the first chapter, but it went downhill pretty quickly after that. But, wow, that first chapter was beautifully done, with some of the best art and panelling I've seen recently. There were a series of panels without any words, just action and wide shots, so amazing. It really captured the beauty and dangers of the new world the protagonists find themselves in very effectively. The only problem is that the pacing is too goddamned fast. Like we were introduced to 4-5 main characters in a short span of three chapters. Slow down! How do you expect readers to keep up? Not to mention, this is based on the Water Margin, where there are 108 main characters or heroes, who will all probably appear in this manga too. I think this could have been good, but maybe it will find the right pace later on. By the way, I love how the girl character doesn't fight, instead, she commands the guys around her like a general, but I wish it was more believable, since there wasn't too much explanation to why they'd stoop to serve her if they're more powerful than she is. And her being the supposed savior isn't enough for me, since she doesn't have the kind of charisma to pull that off.

A collection of stories that are unrelated to each other, but do have cameos of characters from other chapters appearing, suggesting it all takes place in the same universe. Some of the twists are fun, but they're also too vague and not easily understood by readers, such as the first story of Bian Lian and the story of Xenogenesis. I'm guessing in Bian Lian, the weasel killed the actor to replace him/her, so it can take care of its savior, but the hints are too few and far in between to conclusively think that. I have no idea what happened at the end of Xenogenesis. It was set up to make it seem like a happy ending, but then it looped back to the beginning of the story, so now I'm confused. Did the guy and his chameleon capture other chameleons or is he abusing his chameleon? It's totally ok for an ending to be ambiguous, but this was a little too vague for me. I think the problem lies in the amount of breadcrumbs (details) so readers can pick up on the clues. The art is about average, but it suits this genre well.

This webtoon takes place in ancient China, where the royal palace residents are slowly being corrupted by an evil demonic being who is masquerading as the royal advisor. The only one who knows the truth is the crown prince, but people think he's crazy and he's on the verge of dying. He finds an unlikely ally in a female general and they join forces to take the evil in the palace down. So far, it's pretty cool and everyone seems to be pulling their weight and no one is a pushover. The art is good and it combines magic with martial arts well.

The first chapter is so weird, the male lead randomly isekai'd to a new world while he was fighting a caterpillar, and then decides to learn magic, just because he can. The way he reacts to his new life is so abnormal, and his goals don't even make sense. Why is he so obsessed with learning magic? We don't know. Why doesn't he try finding a way back to his own world? He acts like the isekai didn't impact his life at all, and he just does whatever he pleases without any real goal in mind. The art is alright for the manga level of art, which is usually higher than webtoon art quality.

So far, this manga is not impressing me. It tries to make the female lead unique by establishing her as a delinquent in her previous life, but after she isekai'd, she's just like any typical shoujo protagonist. She's also super dumb, and she's not as strong as she thinks she is. I have no idea why all the guys are falling for her, since she's so unappealing as a woman. The art is so-so, usually shoujo-type manga look more beautiful than this.