pluckaduck's manga / #Shounen(28)

I've only read the first chapter of the main manga, but the sequel is soo good? the basketball match was intense and exciting and I found my emotions going up and down.

mc is the most mediocre in terms of physical ability but he has a relatively significant special skill or "weapon", which only comes to play at the most critical moment. i didn't think soccer would be so complicated... ch228

ch 54. getting soo pissed and vexed how everything is playing right into that ugly guy with tattoo's hands. maybe if they hadn't revealed how much the ugly guy was playing them like a fool as the story progressed up to the climax of mc and his 'friend's' breakup but instead revealed all that he had done after the aforementioned climax, it'd be more of a 'oh DAMN' moment. I wouldn't be as vexed as much as I'd be shocked. also, why the boobs so big? ch65. long haired guy pisses me off. he's so narrow-minded and his trust in mc must have been so minuscule that he's not even willing to give mc the benefit of the doubt or hear him out, and ruminate over the possibility that the incident was to sow tension between them? the dialogue and facial expressions doesn't help either, it's not angsty, there's no undertones of resentment in his words; it's lackluster ch67. ahh fuck he's so condescending, despite saying "i dislike being cruel to the weak". did the author intentionally make him so dislikable/obnoxious or does the author just dont give a shit about dialogue/characterization? ch88. wondering if i should drop this... this manga isn't bad, but it's not great either. the art is okay, but all the guys kinda look the same. the artist doesn't know how to convey emotions thru angle shots and atmosphere, which is also why the tension had been flat thru out the whole manga. it lacks subtlety and nuance. the dialogue sucks, im sorry, but it's like telling us what they think and feel, rather than showing us thru their words and silence. and all the fights so far had kinda sucked bc of the angles and lack of tension and twists. the characters seem to possess only one characteristic. like the timid girl...her whole personality is being a timid person who thinks of herself as useless. the guy who keeps yapping about one thing- that his peers arent friends and he needs to get stronger. ughh it makes them so dismissable and unlikeable. overall, it's bland and uninspired. i am flabbergasted as to how this has the same rating as Ajin, which is leagues above this.

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ch 46. the amount of backstabbing and betrayals is stunning... ch 74. OH NO YOU DID NOT JUST BETRAY THE ONE GUY WHO WILL EVER SIMP FOR YOU YOU USELESS SHIT. ch 75. they don't know it was rachel herself who pushed baam off the edge, and now they wish to honor his goal by helping rachel reach the top of the tower... if this is not irony, then what is. close to the end of first arc. ch 98. damn betrayals one after another...still, love how other side characters get screentime as well. honestly, if the art was better, and the flow of the sequence of events was smoother, this would be more popular than it is. ch 105. the bitch is back. she's seriously trying to manipulate koon the same way she did to baam...! using vulnerability and grief over baam's "sacrifice" to instill a sense of pity......goddamn what a horrible person. at least koon isn't fooled. he'll indeed protect rachel, but he's anticipating her death; he wants to kill her. his and baam's friendship is just so...<3 ch 113. urek is kinda... ch 145. fucking sad. baam's past allies all want to kill viole for revenge but they don't realize viole IS baam and he's trying so hard to protect them. still, they are slowly approaching the truth, but its frustrating af. ch 160. rak and androssi finally realized...! TT TT i gotta say, loving the emotional development. ch 186. really do like how the author showed how people react differently to trauma; others use it to fuel their ambition while retaining their aversion to hurt others whereas others may fall into evil's side and hurt others. ahem, *the guy who fell in love with his family's murderer* v2 ch 146-9. sigh, after all this time, he still hasn't given up on that backstabbing bitch. he hoped she had a reason to betray him so it would be easier to forgive her... STOP IT BAAM ENOUGH OF THAT USELESS OBSESSION. SHE JUST PUSHED YOU OFF AGAIN. v2 ch 189. wow, hoaquin that piece of shit. he is a trash scumbag personified. Nearly a billion lives were killed in the war he incited and perpetuated all for the sake of acquiring power. on the other hand, daniel and his former allies' story is really too pitiful. daniel's beloved sacrificed herself, but against his will, he didn't die with her. v2 ch308. no fcking way. why did they have to die?? rachel, yura, casano, and hoaquin GO TO HELL. i cant even describe how detestable they are. I thought i knew, but goddamn they need to die and idc if yura has a sad backstory cuz it's indisputable that she needs to die as well. on another note, I can't believe the hell train arc isn't finished yet. v2 ch 320. well, more complicated stuff. they've arrived on the floor of death and baam's parents are revealed. but then it's also apparent that rachel is connected to his mother. rachel's goal to defy her destiny is understandable; like many heroes in a story, she has nothing except ambition... if she wasn't so rotten, i would've sympathized with her. also, what is karaka and wangnan's connection to jahad and the 10 families? v2 ch 341. urek mazino is such a cool guy. but anyways... baam you fool. gustang could've granted any favor you could wish for...yet you wanted rachel to be healed?? are you fucking inane?? i am starting to get why readers are calling him selfish. i mean, rachel's actions are not justifiable by any way, but i get her resentment. still why isn't she dead yet?? she even has a stingray protecting her now! anyway, they headed to the hidden floor now. ch 396. that useless self-righteous backstabbing shit render khun into a coma. it seems baam finally got his head out of the clouds now that he cut off his lingering affection for her. anyway, there's another mini-arc of the hell train arc. they're facing more enemies at the last station cuz jaha ordered the hell train's riders to be killed. ch 417. they escaped, but baam's master was captured. fug and baam will probably have to team up. new arc soon. ugh, and useless rachel going to get three wishes from gustang. wtf. ch 440. new arc about the canine people and the coup. brothers' conflict. yama kinda hot. i admit, karaka is growing on me... he says he trusts no one but he starting to seem to care about others, including baam. he's less annoying now. khun acquired a new flame power that regenerates himself and others. rak is the same. the art really improved; the details are amazing. ch 453. oh no...they don't know the cat-man can control canine people...and they brought a whole legion to save yama. but I really do love how they love yama, despite him thinking otherwise. 468. baam finally aint trying to be the deliverer of justice or trying to save everyone. canine people arc done, now they're heading to the nest on the 52F to save baam's master, ensuing a battle that would mark the beginning of the war against jahad's forces. 501. the author is amazing at making it hard to completely hate some of the antagonists. like kalahan... but i do hate the cat guy. I'm so happy that guys that were previously fighting against each other are now allies (ie. baam and karaka; the three canine brothers; the temporary truce of hoaquin and baam fell apart bc the former is evil) but i do hate the combination of baam and kalahan, since he's loyal to jahad. Jesus christ, hoaquin is so hateable; there's nothing that relates him to us, unlike that of Rachel. something wrong with ch 529. but anyway, didn't expect cat-guy had a backstory like this. traumerei, the anima family head, has disgustingly pretty eyes; it also seems he was betrayed by someone in the past so he's a real asshole now. ch 536. to think yama's father and catguy's story was like this. catguy was obsessed with yama's father; they were friend-ish. catguy was controlled by traumerei to kill yama's father against his will. he lied to traumerei that he killed yama, doom, and paul and but reality, instilled a fear/order in them so they will never appear before him again...probably to keep them hidden from traumerei. the story we know of their background is completely flipped. now he aims to kill traumerei, but i don't understand why he tried to kill yama and his bros. ch. 547. 52F arc done. baam separated from his allies again. and he's going to be the prize (spouse) of whoever wins this competition which his master proposed in order to stall for time. hope endorsi appears. and this blonde bitch here thinks she's all that.

this is a masterpiece. but i wished there were fewer filler chapters that give us breadcrumbs about the overarching conflict. also, after 1000 chapters, heiji still hadn't confessed to his love interest... it's like that's the only subplot for them, which sucks. also, mouri is a moron. it's pretty frustrating how no one thinks it's weird that mouri always falls asleep when unraveling a mystery and conan disappears at the same time. sonoko is pretty annoying; all there is to her character is simping for hot guys and being ran's friend. she has no development or subplot whatsoever (maybe it's a romance plot with makoto, but seriously, they have no chemistry).