pluckaduck's manga / #Action(185)

it holds all the classic tropes of shounen-esque stories such as "normal human entering supernatural world", "normal human has hidden abilities", "that one edgy loner with cool powers", "that one hot OP mentor/leader", and etc. it's actually good and stand on its own, however, compared to its giant competitors, such as JJK, it will naturally be overshadowed. the power system is not well established, like what is the basic premise of their powers; except for the male mc, the others' powers arent in-depth enough (and the origins of their powers weren't really touched upon at all). the side charas are also ok as a diverse lot, but not as nuanced as the mcs. the story def has potential, the beginning was quite solid in expanding on lore, and establishing the side cast... but then the story started to rush. I'm not sure when in the chapters the author was notified his story was getting axed, which could explains the faster pace of progression, but i hope the slight decline of quality was them not getting sloppy

nothing groundbreaking, but execution and themes are exceptional. usually in a fighting story where mc aims for the top position, it focuses on martial techniques and strategies and overcoming all kinds of challengers and puts relationships on the back burner. but for this, it's the opposite. it's really great, but sometimes it's so idealistic and heartwarming that it's cringey. they're just so... ridiculously good people. it would be great if communities such as furin were more common in real life. anyway, I'm looking forward to eyepath's arc and going in depth with mc's backstory

i dont think i can fully express how much i love and adore this series. it's one of the best in terms of idealism, education, and comedy. even after reading this again as an college student, i find myself laughing and smiling at this incredible and heartwarming story. it is hands down the best shounen manga revolving around a classroom and their teacher

ch. 44: the only saving grace of this manga is the art and the beautiful men. storywise, the plot points are fine but the delivery is incoherent and lacks structure and the pacing becomes god awful as it progresses. it's almost egregious. in the beginning, when it was just simple adventures, i definitely felt the author wanted to incorporate as many twists as possible for shock value but doesnt know how to incorporate them into the stories naturally and fluidly. later on, it legitimately feels as though the author is making things up on the fly. for example, shiro is in love with the leader but there was only one appearance of her double, and then later the real one is introduced and the story tries to convince us shiro is in love with her via explaining the letter correspondence and all but it's so forced bc despite her importance to him, any hint of their relationship was never mentioned at all prior to this plot point. like shiro only likes her bc he relates to her, and finds her insecurity and lack of confidence lovable? The other character introductions is pretty dogshit as well. also, this isn't even shounen-ai; why is people even tagging it as such. there is a lot of scenes with romantic tension between shiro and the officer, but it's strictly platonic. the way the author sexualize the male characters is exactly the same as how male authors sexualize female characters.