Literal God's manga / #hate it(8)

This one really hit me wrong. Delinquent manga is one of my fave sub-genres. But I absolutely hate this one. I think it's because the characters have nothing to them. They're cardboard. It's like the difference between manga that's made for the art and manga that's made for money. There's no heart in this. Also, weak ukes that try to act tough are a stupid concept that should die. This uke has no redeeming qualities other than his pretty face. He's not strong, smart, creative. Like I said these characters are cardboard. The art is gorgeous and character design is the type I like. Those are the only reasons to read this. Remove all the words and just look at the pics, you'd have a better story just making it up as you go along.

Was great until suddenly Param started leading on Hwi and banging the douche.

The art is great. But everything else is terrible. They tried to use popular aspects of other, better manga and include them, but they're not very smart. So you end up with characters that fall flat, a plot that is choppy and poorly balanced, and jarring moments where you're like 'but wait, that makes no sense' and have to just accept it if you want to get anywhere.

This was recommended as a masterpiece with a strong female lead. It's not. (1) Yet another fucking prince (2) The ml constantly violates the fl's will. (3) I'm not seeing any significant strength in the fl. Maybe that happens later on. But she's very medicre there. This is a nope for me chief.

The only good thing about this manga is its take on religion and gods. Also the water god is pretty. That's it. The rest is pretty bad. Which is a shame because I know people who would be interested in reading it specificallly because it did such a good job on the religious aspect.

The relationship was a little too gross for me and hit on some points I don't like in manga. It's a pushy unrequited love relationship, where one boy just keeps pushing and trying to wear the other down/force their love on the other. This can work for me if the tone is right, but in this case I just found it sickening. it looks like this kind of theme is going to persist with other characters. So it's not for me. Positive: cute art (not overly detailed or intricate but suits the story), interesting world-building, good pacing, low pressure. Negative: you can live without this story. It's pretty basic and has no intensity. The kind of manga that doesn't stay with you. This can be a positive too depending on your preferences. Other than that, I said why I didn't like it but that's a personal preference. If you share that preference, it will be a no for you as well.

On my shit list for a very short part equivocating homosexuality with sexual assault. It wasn't a part of the world-building, it was very clearly the author's view on homosexuality coming through. This manga is a great example of how, despite what people try to say about BL, it's usually the het community that's hiding the homophobes. Not just the author, but the readers as well.

A good concept and mother/son dynamic destroyed by a really shitty ml. He's a generic, bullshit isekai ml. He also doesn't respect boundaries, violates consent, and takes pleasure in making the fl uncomfortable and fearful. There's an aura of misogyny to this. The fl has no power outside of that men allow her to have and doesn't seek or assert her own power.