loi_fish's manga / #Action(14)

Completed. Blue Phobia is as beautiful as it is at times, eerie and creepy. I do wish there were more coloured pages because - if it would be anything like the cover, I bet those pages would be stunning. The story is interesting, shrouded in mystery. I found the one shot at the start more interesting but the main story itself has its own charm too.

All the ways horrifying, and all the ways dark. This manga sends chills down my spine and makes me nervous to keep reading. It's so fucked up in so many ways but it tackles quite an interesting concept. The sinister tone of the story is encourage by the art style and sfx as you would expect. Too bad the romance breaks the tone. Shitty ML x FL, shitty romance, shitty timing. Went from 5 stars to 2. This mangaka is too obsessed with cramming in fanservice which offsets all the pacing, overall mood of the story and makes all the brilliance of this: moot.

Novel to manhwa. Vague knowledge of major spoilers. Strong action scenes. Slight cliché but done fairly well. Artstyle not particularly distinctive but aesthetics are very enjoyable, dynamic and well coloured. VERY strong story. Good characterisation.

Ongoing, U2D. Heartbreaking, devastating and emotional. The art is complex and unconventional but I adore it. It took a while for me to warm up to but it didn't put me off reading it. Lots of symbolism and beautiful story-telling. Prepare the tissues because the emotional turmoil just grows and grows the more you read. Definitely not a light-hearted time, but still a comfort read for me, nonetheless.

I read this on WEBTOON but dropped it around chapter ~250. It feels like they're strayed away from the original concept of the 2nd body. I don't know, this was fun to read at first but it became more tedious to read onward. The plotlines became really unrealistic; random stuff started to happen like the idol recruitment, high school gangs and the forced livestreaming. It's like they've jumped the shark and are dragging out the webtoon. It's a shame becaus the art and action scenes are cool and the concept is really fun and interesting. Wish they explored the plotline of the 2nd body and the actual concept of lookism as a theory. Anyway, M-M-M-MID

Overall tense, mild-medium violence and dark with light comedy between major plot points. Distinctive art-style, enjoyable aesthetic. Strong storyline. Good characters but is definitely more drama & plot centric than character development centric.

This manga slapped me, spat on my face when I was down on the ground and started cussing me out then pulled me up and hugged me, whilst simultaneously stabbing me in the back. Great art, AMAZING story, I hate it.

Ongoing, U2D.

Read this a while back, had a skim through just to refresh my memory. It's got a cool concept but idk, reading it was kind of boring and didn't rrally find any of this memorable outside of the concept. Maybe I'm not giving this a fair shot but I'm not interested enough to find out, oops...

Reaaaallly cool, had a great time reading! Not sure what the status of this is though? I'd happily read more and buy copies if there is any! :))