pluckaduck's manga / #interesting(386)

ch 14. his philosophy about it being cowardly to involve other people to lessen torment to oneself isn't wrong, but it's kinda extreme. what if your loved ones are being threatened? and law enforcers is useless? ch. 33 STEPHAN AHN SUPREMECY. bro is a real hero, a genius who is naturally compassionate and self-sacrificing. hands down, best friend chara in manhwa. edit: damn the other character (alex, ben, and gerald) also have amazing friends. ch99. damn. their friendship is really touching. ch143. i just realize, donald da kinda look like callisto...no wonder i thought he was hot ch150. *cries* ch201. ngl even though there are a lot of reoccurring antagonists who oppose our guys, some of their male comradeships with their friends are something to be admired. ch249.

ch1. damn that really took an interesting turn lol ch10. what the actual fuck is going on. is the dad deliberately causing accidents? ch 14. much more depressing and dark in a real way than i expected. ch18. the plot thickens. so is grandpa in the dream but not aware of it? but that wouldnt make sense since it's not said that he's in a coma as well. following this line of reasoning, that means the grandpa who's in the loop is actually mc's subconscious whos trying to help mc get out of the coma...? hmm, or maybe he somehow, voluntarily or not, went into a coma to help mc get out. who is the controller of the dream land? even tho it's mc's dream, it's other people's dreams too (since there's things in the dreams mc doesnt know of ie. his sis's secret life). is sato and enemy or ally? he doesn't want mc to learn the truth (maybe it had happened in one of his amnesiac loops and it didnt go so well) but is he doing it out of goodwill?

ch20. it has a nice "nostalgic" vibe, but the dystopian vibes are minuscule. other than the gene terra floating above them, it doesn't really give off fantasy vibes. it's just a slice-of-life romance between two realtor collegues. i mean, there is obviously something wrong with the snake-like director and the fl's missing memories, but the romance is at the forefront here. and personally, it's kinda annoying that she's not really trying to recover her memories despite knowing she doesn't have them, and for what? bc she wants the ml to fall for her current her and not her past self? these emotions are preventing us from getting closer to the core of the plot. and i thought living in Kowloon was terrible. it's crowded, must not be hygienic, dangerous to live in bc of the lack of security and law, and filled with whorehouses, opium parlours, gangsters, etc. but maybe the dystopian aspect is about hiding the dark side to give this illusion that the Kowloon place an adequate place to live in so people won't want to leave...? kinda like 1894, except this place is actually pretty liveable and the main leads lives' arent bad. ch56. it's more interesting than i expected, but mostly about the mystery surrounding this new kowloon illusion and the clones and deceased people living in it. the aspect about the doubles is really downplayed, even seemed trivial, no? like im confused why doubles are living there, how they came to be, why arent the originals doing anything about it? tho, i am confused how people there can live their life nomally cuz based on the image, half of the buildings has been reduced to rubble. also, liking this repeated theme about dwelling in the past cuz of nostagia, not moving forward and change, not being your "absolute self". anyway, no romance yet. ml is still lingering in the past, but ngl the past reko is really an enigma. it must be so difficult for him and bizarre, bc she commited suicide.

ch14. wow...it's intense, the stakes are so high for the humans, the tension is well-written. no one is spared from those ugly facial expressions haha. the grisly art style is really suitable ch27. damn i want heracles to win...even tho he's god's representative. he's a good guy TT TT i dont want him to die ch30. yeah...def mixed feelings about the result ch43. buddha is hot ngl. tho even if he claims he want to save humanity, i cant help but feel there is a bigger plot going on, it might also be the reason brunhilde wants to save humans ch51. TT TT BUDDHA sry for doubting u! ch59. the manga Kingdom, based in ancient China, has more on the first emperor of china's backstory cuz one of the protagonists is him. This and their interpretations/characterizations of the emperor are both very good!

ch59. def interesting. it's a bit sad, charas are quite pitiful, but not angsty. but also quite heartwarming and sweet. mc is so old yet is still immature like a sheltered child. love the dynamic and various charas. it's good, but the artstyle is cute for a slice-of-life fantasy but too simplistic to build up emotional moments/scenes. ive pretty much been reading this with a striaght face the whole time. and the background on flo and lena, it was a bit underwhelming ngl. like, i get her personality, but to hate the only person who helped you when ur parents died, and even nearly lost his life for u, just bc his face resembles the one you hate... alas, that's what being human is, i suppose.

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ch20. so that receding hairline four-eyes IS more or less involved in his bro's death. but anyway, the fights and angle shots and mono colors and a relatively realistic storyline with a not-over-the-top end goal would be an interesting movie, or tv series ch54. man, i thought mc is like late 20s to mid 30s, didn't expect him to be 40 yo. the story isn't about a new exciting revenge-driven chapter in mc's life after his bro's death, well, it is, but it's more like stirring up chaos before retiring from the thug life, or dying. i really like the storytelling, it's not exhilarating, nor melodramatic. it's subtle, but still fierce and aggressive. it's kinda bittersweet that enemies or not, a lot of people want mc to win. and it's interesting that those people i thought were kind to mc were actually the culprits. and mc KNEW they were, but didnt go after them in the beginning

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