pluckaduck's manga / #revenge(26)

decide the drop this uz there's romance. its not a matter of the romance being annoying or unnecessary to the story, but the story was getting repetitive and the mc's plot armor is too thick

changed my rating to 4 stars. it's boring af and repetitive. mc is so obnoxious and annoying. the only sign of maturity is not being attracted to his friend's daughter... the bar is so low. the other charas are so fcking boring without brains as well. they either completely simp for mc or hates his guts, and the only in-between chara is his friend, who technically is on mc's side but he's not a simp. so he's made to be the joke and treated as comic relief that's not even funny. god, even when i do try to turn my brain off to read this, i would just be mindlessly scrolling thru this, not enjoying it at all.

hmm the art is good but the body and facial expressions are a bit stiff. I thought it was a bit cringe when he says cool phrases with a cool pose like "ill make them pay a hundredfold" or "I take my grudge to the grave and back" or "...it won't be easy" and it was presented in unnecessarily large panels too ...there's a lot more but I don't remember. anyway, the plot was a bit boring at first but it got more interesting at the arc with the near collapse electronic company.

ch. 10. hmm I'm not really connecting his past self to his current self. he's mentally a middle-aged man, but I don't really see it, except for being more knowledgable, able to talk boldly with intimidating adults, and a bit more mature than his physical age. sigh, it's like his mental age also regressed along with his physical age. like doesn't he ever think, "I've outgrown wasting my energy on this hateful brat, and will not deign to engage in meaningless fights." if there was a backstory that describes the entanglement with the people he hated in the first life (besides his ex-best friend) it could make readers sympathize with him more. also, despite holding his mother in great significance, she's just a useless character to me. she's just there. since she's really important to him, i thought he would request the duke to protect her safety from the first wife...well, ig not. now, regarding the side characters such as his half-bro, the first wife, the annoying knight. it would be nice if a backstory was provided that would explain why they are terrible to the point of being so nonchalant about killing a nine-year-old boy. most characters are boring and flat. if you want a story with simple gratification such as beating his annoying opponents who have nothing better to do except provoke him, this is pretty much it.

i used to like this only because of the fl. she's smart and clever and maneuvers every scheme. but the story is so repetitive, like the sisters and mother just. won't. die. or. fuck. off. and the romance was nothing special either. possessive ml who have never heard of boundaries. traumatizing shit. so much drama that never leads to anything important.

gawl go to hell. tho, first time I'm curious about the bully antagonist. ch 16, that took a turn i didn't expect. completely blindsided me. and damn, the author has a way of making me feel some emotions for that bully, mrerly because he had some interesting backstory. ch 18. nah, nvm. he should go to hell. but still, pretty conflicted. wanna support both pretty boi and the mc, but nevertheless, gawl(?) is kinda beyond redemption. it really is all about perspective... like that bullied freckles- he actually a flaming misogynistic pig when he's playing video games. ch 25. depressing and heartwrenching. i wanted mc to be happy with yoohee, but author gotta pull another twist like that to blacken the mc even further. seriously, if all villain origins were told like this, i would be cheering for the, to no end. ch 27. the plot fricking thickens! ch 31. the plot thickens once again! damn that Mephisto is a cunning devil. he tricked all the key players, and basically orchestrated mc's descent into corruption and hatred, thus winning his bet against god. there was def some foreshadowing before tho, I just didn't notice. and knowing Faust's ill-fated love for yoohee, makes it sadder. anhow, loved that the author made the bullies(except for galhwa) humane and gave some backstory, instead of making them monsters without remorse. they're all a bunch of punching bags for galhwa ch 45. galwha is a genuinely terrifying villain, bc he's so unhinged and violent and so strong. the plot is soo god, like it's unpredictable- the direction the plot takes is exciting as the mc is undergoing lots of chara development. ch 50. oh my god. i was like "hehehe, that POS is finally gonna die" but then beez-whatever comes along...! on the other hand, jinoh is protagonist level chara for sure; but what a horrible irony that he was "friends" with silhyun(?). ch 66. i was like "this is great! friends reunited!" but now they're enemies... anyway this is one of the more consistently interesting webtoon to this day. ch 68. galhwa seemed humanized when its revealed that he still cares for this one person.. his father's secretary. and he's a genuinely caring and loyal guy too... i don't know what i was hoping for... mc ruthlessly killed him, and then galhwa likewise tracked down the artist mc is indebted to... they're both irredeemable demons now. ch 71. jinoh...you sweet thing...such maturity...! both sihyun and jinoh's hatred is justified, and when i think about it, galhwa is too. its weird bc he has been so horrible and evil for no damn reason, but this hatred transcends time... ig he just subconsciously knew he hated mc. Ch 80. What an ending! Despite everything mc went thru , I really like this ending, bc it meant they passed their tribulation, and galhwa had some closure before he died. Ig mc and galhwa’s entanglement has nothing to do with their previous lives…galhwa just had a lot of rage within him, and all this misfortunes wouldn’t have happened if his dad didn’t interfered. And the tragedy of their previous lives would have never come to light, bc they wouldnt have gotten involved with each other. Their past life shown how weak the human heart is, and their second life really showed how strong forgiveness is.

fricking good...!

Interest as fuck, I am excited to see how this will unfold.