pluckaduck's manga / #adventure(66)

the first arc was crazy good, so full of suspense and uncertainty, and the second arc (goldy pond) falls a tiny bit short, then it just downhill from there. poor storytelling, norman and ray (esp ray) turning into side charas in favor of emma, due to which the story started turning a bit too contrived, poorly established new charas, lacking chara developments, skipping over the details of how norman escaped the facility, lacking buildup and suspense, etc. sigh, the most interesting thing about this was the psychological, mystery, and horrifying aspects, but it completely just throws that out of the window. the high-ranking demons were handled way too easily compared to the early battles of wit against isabella, and the demons of goldy pond. and even if norman is a genius, it's hard to imagine that he can outsmart demons that lived for 1000 years, esp when he is still a teenager.

ch260

this is actually pretty good. but needs more polishing. the ending has no conclusion, but i wanna think it's cuz the author had to finish it quickly, not that it's the original ending... cuz that wouldve been a badly-wrritten ending tbh.

i just love a bold and cheeky mc, who at the same time, has the rationale to set aside his grudges for the bigger picture. and the banter with his father and butler, who are more fleshed out than some other charas of their archetype of this genre, is refreshing af.

i was a bit disappointed with how his relationship with elago and darien was portrayed. it made it seem that elago was just a plot device rather than a guardian, a parental figure. i mean, elago definitely did his part, but mc's response made their connection seem lackluster and downplayed. made me feel nothing. i mean, elago taught him how to hunt, speak, interacted with him when he didn't have to, and watched over him for all those years... and, mc, whom i have no idea of his age, just wanted to leave just like that without any strong reason for it

is kafna of the wind a book that would be written in the future? since the author is sophie something, who is one of the trainees like theo

ch. 6 hrmm other than his love for his noona, mc doesnt have any noteworthy traits. he bland. like it was dumb and arrogant of him to just straight up confront the burly man without assessing his strength first (he's only e-class after all) so he lucky he was stronger. also, when he said "how dare you try to kill me?" that was dumb. get off your high horse, of course he would want to. he really doesn't have any critical thinking skills, doesnt he... kiril said so before that jin is her partner, but he still at some point thought jin betrayed kiril bc of the poison gas and blood. even the readers could see that only kiril could enter the underground(cuz she's poison-resistant too), and the entrance's location was so obscure that only those deliberately looking for that place could enter it... basically kiril or unwanted outsiders. ch 15. "never lower your head" my ass. if things go south, which logically, it likely would, you and your sister would die bc you couldnt hold your tongue. idiot. there's also no backstory as to why he's such a justice-seeking fool either. annoying how the manhwa try to portray him as cool, but it's honestly annoying cuz it all just came out of nowhere when he awakened. also, not the mc saying cringey-ass phrases LMAO of course there's gonna be that good looking but trashy scum who is a moron and asshole who absolutely hates mc's guts. ch37.

erm it's ok. the art carried hard. the premise is a bit special, but execution is meh. mc is typical edgy guy who seems callous