Zihvuda's manga / #Fantasy(55)

Fairy Tail

Complete | Mashima | 2006 released
2021-05-25 13:07 marked

Dragon Quest: The Adventure Of Dai

Complete | Sanjo Riku | 1989 released
2021-05-25 13:08 marked

Mo Dao Zu Shi

Ongoing | Mo Xiang Tong Xiu | 2016 released
2018-07-13 20:39 marked

Solo Leveling

Complete | Jang Sung-Lak,Gee So-Lyung | 2000 released

This was a great read. Am glad to have made it to the end, although I'm not entirely sure it was as satisfying as I would have liked. Still a great read with well executed action and jokes that land along the way. The ultimate power fantasy, where romance isn't annoying or objectifying and keeps finding new ways of achieving that over powered high. If over powered protagonists don't bother you, then I highly recommend giving this a whirl.

Trash of the Count's Family

Ongoing | elegant yoo ryeo han 유려한,pan4 | 2019 released

Good story so far, no annoying love interests, no harems, none of that shit. Intriguing plot and fun interesting characters. The pacing is pretty great too, and so far nothing has out stayed it's welcome. Now the art... it's good for the most part, beautiful even, however there is one failure, and that's older or old people. They look like crap, the wrinkles don't look like they organically belong on their faces, it just looks bad. Which is a shame cause the rest of the art is really good, but every time an old person is drawn their face just looks hilariously shit. (☞ ͡ಥuಥ)☞ EDIT: 08/2024 These latest chapters feel like they're skipping big chunks of story? It just feels choppy and I have no idea if it's actually like that or not since I never read the novel this was based on. I'm starting to feel like I would enjoy this more by dropping the webtoon and reading the novel instead. The art has apparently also changed. I only noticed cause people seemed to have noses suddenly and the old people were drawn much better. Some don't seem to like the new art style, I think it's fine. An improvement even.

Warrior's Afterlife

Complete | 밥솥,babsot | 2019 released
2021-05-13 17:56 marked

Art is pretty great, the steamy side of the story is pretty good. Characters are likeable, if a little light on motivation. No unnecessary rape! Missing: plot. Guy gets brought back to life, no-one tells him why and for what purpose. Him and the guy who brought him back to life just rock up to a city and then an inn and nothing happens besides MC very ineffectually trying to figure out what this world is, and trying to get laid. He also falls in love pretty much only because the author said so. After that it's pretty fluffy. Overall it's pretty brainless, wouldn't call this good by any means, but it was enjoyable enough to finish.

Kill the Villainess

Complete | Haegi,Your april | 2021 released
2024-03-30 21:23 marked

This was pretty good. Actually accurate to some of the comments even. It bothers me when we never find out the reincarnated person's name from their previous life (because it's never implied or directly said that they don't remember it), and this story unfortunately doesn't address this, but the grief or being ripped out of her own world and brought to this one is real, and pretty well explored. I also absolutely LOVE that throughout the chapters so far, she is so. utterly. done. with everyone's bullshit and for the most part shows it with no remorse. It's really great. Also her behavior is scaring the shit out of some people, which is also pretty fun to witness. Another thing I really like is that the person who will eventually become her love interest is actually a pretty normal looking guy, and not some ridiculously hot guy she meets/saves randomly one day. I mean she still does meet him randomly and does him a kindness, but it's not like I have a problem with any tropes as long as they are done well.

The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion

Complete | Milcha,Golae | 2000 released
2021-12-28 23:11 marked

This was pretty addictive and good. A shame about a few things, like there's quite a few things that are sort of brought up as significant and aren't actually. Everyone except the leads feel somehow underutilized and in some cases underdeveloped. The female lead gets quite a few inexplicable talents that are never explained and end up being straight up plot conveniences. Some story beats feel a little unearned because of the underdevelopment of some of the characters, and the transitions between scenes can feel a little like there's a few pages of comic, if not an entire chapter of comic, missing. Justin is fun... but also annoying and superfluous. I don't wish him gone from the story, but at the same time he didn't have anything to do, which is a shame because that could have been fixed by having him more actively engaged with the rest of his plot, like his sister or something, and then his existence would have had more depth and meaning. The way he was used just felt like another obstacle for the couple to have to traverse in their quest to get together for realzies. Which yes, is important for stories, but at the same time shouldn't have defined this character in his entirety. There really should have been more to him. As with pretty much the rest of the supporting cast. The humor was pretty on point most of the time. The reactions of the characters being a particular highlight, and i love the way the female lead thought about and handled things for the most part. Could have done without her obsessing about events that were highly unlikely to happen due to the simple fact that Raeliana never died, so obviously certain things would have no reason to occur. It wasn't badly handled, it just stuck out at me. Noah was a riot and actually managed to come off as intimidating and hella dangerous at the beginning, something that not every author making use of this trope manages to do properly, so that was nice. There was plenty of fun banter, and the translation was consistently understandable and legible and actually good. At least the english of it was. I don't understand why people have who have no idea how to string two words together in english decide they want to try translating comics on the internet into english. Just why?? It utterly ruins the story. There's so many dog shit scnlations on this very site that are just so utterly mangled, that there's no point in actually reading the story as it's rendered utterly unenjoyable. Not having to constantly correct grammar or rearrange words and letters into something that makes sense elevates the reading experience. Who'd have thought! Ever so slightly disappointed that instead of defying and overcoming her fate, the lead instead follows it to the letter. Also not a fan of the goddess stuff at the very end. The "next-life" thing felt very unnecessary to me as well, but that's definitely a personal preference kind of things.

Fukigen Na Mononokean

Complete | wazawa kiri | 2013 released
2022-01-02 16:32 marked

I wish this was BL, I really wish this had been BL, it would have been so damn cute, especially when the plot was at a 'monster of the week' type of plot. This was great even though it wasn't a BL, and despite there not being romance and me wishing there was, it was still really good! I also kind of wish the executive and Sakae had interacted, though it is best that they didn't. Man that would have been a grudge match worth watching! Shame it wouldn't have worked for the plot. Like at all. Also, like everyone else has been saying, THAT ENDING!! TT-TT This adorable fun little series had no *business* making me cry as often as it did! ヽ(`Д´)ノ Fuck this was great!

Rebirth of the Divine Doctor

Ongoing | MS Lotus, Yuan Man Dongman | 2019 released

The summary gives you more of the story, than the actual story. The ghostly Doctor is a much better series and this feels like more of a prototype. The MC apparently dies, but this is told to use through a nightmare, and when she wakes up, she has the powers already and we have no idea what they are or how she got them. The powers aren't even properly established and even the translators feel the need to leave hints in order for us to understand. Like that inner world thing where she found the fox. She was just suddenly there and while she knew where she was, us the readers were given absolutely no context. Then she find books there. How? Why? What??? It's bad. The story progression is kind of slow, and not as good as this author's other story. There seem to be quite a few people who like it however, and I guess that's nice. The art is passable when the subject is people, but the animals are quite badly drawn. Lol especially the horses and the fox familiar. But I honestly don't understand who would tag this with "Beautiful Art", it's honestly average at best. =_=;; The coloring on the other hand, is pretty good. Anyway, I'm dropping this.