SharkVice's manga / #Age Progression(31)

It was a great story overall. Personally, I find Kishimoto's ability to connect characters to the story unmatched. I had never read a story where all characters were so interwined to each other. Characters from early in the manga were relevant even in the later half of the story or after their deaths. There honestly werent that many characters given the length of the manga but they were all memorable and they were all necessary to the story to the point where if you took one out you would be left with a gap. It was brilliant storytelling and that made Naruto spectacular to me. The only thing that could've been better was the romance as it was something that Kishimoto obviously struggled with but it's not a big deal since shounen manga don't need to be romantic. There are other shounen manga such as One Piece, Dragon Ball, HunterXHunter, and Captain Tsubasa that don't focus much on romance development. Kishimoto still tried though but the result came out bland though the extra episodes after the end of the manga (the shippuden season 21 episodes) have romantic moments worth noting (specially Naruto's wedding).

It's your average long slice of life shoujo

I never liked Erika and Kyouya

quickie

Could've been longer

Could never bring myself to like Haebom. Too much of a fucking sheep

The manga was cancelled and did not cover the whole content of the novel.

108 is around 233 in the novel. Spoilers and copies of some of the chapters: https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/the-golden-haired-elementalist.103676/ https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/the-golden-haired-elementalist.103676/page-30#post-6951294

Love this one. It's realistic but not in a heavy depressing way. There are no real villains or Trashtas (aside from Pauliana's family in the beginning). It's all just about Lucius trying to deal with his unrequited love for Paul and how that clashes with his responsibilities as emperor, while Paul deals with a world that discriminates women and her own prejudice towards women. Lucius is the most unselfish ML. His focus is always on how to make sure Paul is happy even if that means throwing away his feelings for her. The story spawns multiple years and it's great to see how things unfold and where characters end up. The ending is so very satisfying.