pluckaduck's manga / #Mystery(43)

good art but story is hard to follow. not sure if its the dialogue, the storyboarding or both.

i get why the mc refuses to believe the dude about her mom, after all, it's someone she has known her entire life. however, after the evidence she found in the basement, and the fact the mom erased it and lured her into a trap, bro, at that point, not believing that her mom was a willing accomplice is just plain stupidity.

ch 48. overall enjoyable, but the quality of the pages makes it harder to enjoy. this is prob the mangaka's first work prior to assassination classwork, and u can tell he refines the comedy in his later work, AC. and i feel it's a real shame i even have to mention this, but the high school girl is not sexualized or turned into a fan-service chara at all. she's basically neuro's slave and he actually treats her as such- it's one of the main sources of the comedy here lol

i just love stories that are inspired by real-life religious lore. the plot development is kinda messy, not sure if it's the translation, but it was confusing sometimes ex. chris's and rayfel's backstory... im still not sure why chris resents him so much going so far as to try to kill him multiple times.. like was it venting? for turning him into a vampire? for leaving him? if they just talked it out... why didnt they talk it out in the first place? also, i feel that the ending has the potential for a sequel with the final villain as belial himself, the one that cursed rayfel.

when u end up rooting for the bitchy classmate antagonist u know it's a badly written story. ngl the added drama with her feels completely unnecessary to the overall concept. there's no reason provided why the girl end up this twisted, or why she fell for the father. she's disgusting, but the author clearly likes her so everything goes her way without repercussions. and the dude's so fcking bland. it fails to deliver bc it should've been a story about how uncomfortable he feels around his stepdaughter and how he tried to avoid her, but ultimately failed to do so bc she's crazy. but nooo, he's a passive and dense idiot.

now i get why people ship sherlock and Moriarty... damn, their chemistry and dynamic is palpable

it's ok, the ending felt rushed. the mysteries were relatively simple, compared to other detective mangas. the art style is cute, but not really suitable for this kind of story; everything felt light-hearted and the atmosphere never really felt all that heavy when times called for it.