axima's manga / #Supernatural(147)

I like esper/guide stuff and supernatural/fantasy BL in general. Normal real life gets boring after a while. Still fearing the yandere bait and switch. MC is sort of dense but he doesn't feel like it because ML becomes quite open early on and the few times it matters he actually does connect the dots.

Far from peak fiction but it's alright. They don't explain things all that well but sort of assume we have more info than we do, eg what his curse is. MC might be a bit dumb but possibly there's a reason we haven't been told on why she can't do the obvious and tattle on the traitor fuck. At least she's well meaning, like she's genuinely interested in doing what she can to help the poor suffering guy instead of just running away because the FL or whatever might show up 10 years later. I know irl most people that effectively know the future would just take the path of least resistance towards their own safety but this is fiction and that kind of prophet is just boring imo. ML is sort of getting worse though, seems he always has sex on his mind and feels more possessive than romantic.

I really wanted to like it and it wasn't awful but... With only a couple chapters the fast pace is to be expected but I really feel like the sex scenes were wasting precious pages that could have set things up more. It's like fam you just confessed ch 1 and now you're rawdogging in the school hallway pls. The art is really good though. The general idea of the story wasn't bad even if the execution was a little clumsy. I will say I'm tired of the trope where the supernatural powers go away at the end, ain't no way an irl person would just be like "wow these powers suck I can just talk to people, take em away god!"

Not loving MC's abilities but the personality is interesting. Not quite full on altruist but still weirdly forgiving and willing to help. The tower itself is pretty cool even though I generally prefer gates, in this one each floor has a different objective and the whole group is stuck in it together. EDIT: It got good for a short while but then they had to introduce the murderer woman and ruin it. She plans to kill everybody but then has all the generic FL traits/scenes it's giving tonal whiplash and MC is stupid for not killing her right away. Dropped.

Why'd they make the evil vamp bro so hot? Loving the sargeant in the latest chapter he has no shits to give. MC is a little on the lower end of the power scale and there isn't that much power progression so it's more of a strategy/equipment collector type. Military aspect is interesting although I tend to forget they're all meant to be awakened because nobody except MC ever uses powers except for the one floating old guy and healer girl.

I kinda hate all the other characters so 4*. The kid was fine but he ended up spending a bunch of coin on her and bringing a kid around to gates on purpose is sort of inappropriate?? Especially with the sudden adoption. The other guy doesn't do shit but still got fame instead of MC as if he beat the boss in the tutorial. He doesn't really try that hard to say otherwise but ig he made an attempt and they didn't believe him in the interview. The sister tsundere is low-key annoying. And then the other girl is the bane of my existence. Being the best at PvP isn't really a good look when clearing gates has people's lives on the line, just makes it look like you're a selfish prick. Other than that she constantly suspects MC for no reason like "how did he know the rabbits running away from us are scared? Sus." She acts like she doesn't even know what a gate is and nobody else should even though she clearly does, an all around weirdo.

I only read the first volume but I just had to come here and say it's really gay. I'm telling u this is ship material I smell the BL baiting from a mile away. Had to check the tags and still they'd better make it canon. Gotta love the last page of volume 1 providing some fanservice of my man Sho. I'm surprised this was published under shounen since those usually don't try to cater to a female audience much and this got 0 panty shots just hot and cute men doing cool things and being a little homo along the way. Art is really good I love it.

An all rounder. Decent in every aspect, but nothing exceptional. I hope they use her being a doll for something unique. ML is fine but he loses some appeal once the reveal comes, he's still obsessed with his sister to his own detriment and can be unreasonable because of it.

Love hate relationship with the dad. Can be frustrating but I like the MC. They start it off as her just trying not to die but really she's after more than covering her ass she obviously cares about her dad.

3 might be a little harsh but idk the conflict in the latter half felt rushed. The idea is good though and their personalities are cute. Only the extra contains smut.