ReviewRaptor's manga / #MEDIOCRE WRITING(3)

Sugar Rain

Ongoing | Jang-Ryang,Tanyoon,RATA | 2000 released

The story is quite interesting but the execution is really amateur-ish. Kinda like a 14 year old wrote it and didn't quite realize how weird, awkward or downright foolish some of the dialogues/interactions/ways of thinking are. It's not a bad story, unlike I've seen way too many times, but I cannot say it's good either. If it wasn't for the art, I'd probably not bother putting up with the constant child-like logic and skipping large amounts of time to get to the next scene. They have something going here, but I honestly with they went the extra mile and put in more effort to make it a flowing, more detailed story rather than something that feels like a teenager is telling you the draft of their self-insert love story they thought of last night...it would have been one of THE top 5 stories if they did that, I would bet on that. As it is now, it's a nice page-skipper to waste some time, but I cannot say that it's something I would get invested in. I'll stay for the art and possibly smut bits, but that's about it. It's nothing I can recommend, sadly. As much as I'd like to.

I'm a Villainess to be Poisoned, so Why am I Being Adored?

Ongoing | Itoshiki | 2022 released
2024-10-08 09:02 marked

The art is VERY wonky, all the time, and feels like different models or references were used to scribble over to get the panels. The main character isn't really bland or overly interesting, as is the plot. Nothing new or special, tho that is only because the writing just didn't work. If the writing WAS done better, the plotline could have been more interesting. This oddly enough shows all the flaws that chinese works often have (even the almost or entirely random chibi funny haha moments thrown in 'just cause'). And given the detox and whatnot (as it's done here, typical chinese preferences from what i saw in the past), it surprises me to see a japanese name for the author. Not that this couldn't just be a choice to camo as one, but still. It's weird. I wouldn't recommend this. Maybe for beginners to see if they would be interested in longer stories or these types of isekai-ish plots, but even then; there are much better ones out there. If the author is new, I recommend practicing more, on all fronts. Since there is alot of room for improvement but the baseline is already good enough to work with.

I'm in Love with My Foe

Ongoing | Wbdm,Ncomic | 2022 released

I'll be honest: It's not my thing, because it falls short on all fronts. The story is too basic, there is nothing exciting that keeps me reading (hence why I lost interested and started page flipping at chapter 17 already). Neither the story nor the characters are interesting enough, the art itself is very inconsistent too. You can tell quite a few times that a regular artist drew this, not a comic artist. And this shows in many panels when the MC is strangely nicely drawn whereas everywhere else she looks generic, rushed or almost scribbled and then slightly refined, resulting in art that looks lackluster and wonky in terms of anatomy. The art I could forgive, but only if the story or characters were interesting enough, which they are not. They all feel bland and while the story DOES make things happen, it also feels like nothing is happening at all. If that makes sense? Emotions just don't hit. Nothing is really as funny as it likely was intended to be, nothing as interesting and so on. I flipped to the end of the chapters and even theree the art is generic and inconsistent. The writing there also feels lackluster and bland, so I'm not exactly sure this is just a 'read 50 plus chapters, then itll be good!' kinda issue (which is a problem in and of itself btw - a story does NOT need that many chapters to 'cook'). I think for new readers or younger people with less experience for detailed writing can enjoy this, but experienced readers will likely not find much of interest here. Tho give it a try, maybe it's your thing. Especially if you are not too familiar with these kinda princess plots. I wouldn't recommend this, for any aspect, but I DO hope the artist/writer learn more and make another comic. Hopefully one with lots of expertise by then. :)