Bike's manga / #supernatural(16)

Dude who's trained himself to mask his thoughts meets a mind reader. Class president's into beautiful things, and unfortunately, mind reader's as beautiful as it gets. The idol gimmick got dropped pretty quickly, which was a shame. I liked how his mind reading was able to be controlled. It was interesting to hear how he had used it because he wanted everyone to like him. I appreciate the ending message of allowing oneself to be more open with communicating. I'm sure it's a common theme among series featuring a mind reader, but I think it was done fine here. It was cute.

It’s good! I read this blind (haven’t actually played the game) but I found it pretty compelling—characters are given their moments and even Naoya gets his own character arc. I will say that the presence of a few characters are minimized compared to the game (Still haven’t played the game, but have watched gameplay of it online lol) and the Snow Queen arc is massively shortened compared to what’s in the game, but it’s been touted by fans as a good adaptation of the game, and I have to agree. It’s a bit hard to read (I have to pause sometimes to see how characters move from one panel to the next), but I found I didn’t mind it as I got more invested in the story.

Fun cast of characters. Edit: Still seems to be things that are still hidden under the surface. Can’t wait. >CH: 44 Catch me crying at the end of this arc. I’m so proud of him.

lives rent free in my brain right now. love the concept, and execution's going pretty good right now! ON HOLD

ch. 16 Dude tries out a game his friend made and he ends up reincarnation as a summoner. Dude can't escape until he beats the game. Blond guy's a hero he's summoned from the dead. Intriguing premise that's enhanced by world-building components and themes. Game's effectively a mobile-gatcha in IRL equivalence. However, there's ideas regarding life and death---talks about how heroes are summoned after having lived a past life in order to continue fighting for summoners. They fight while summoners simply stand by. They fight, as if alive, while summoners are idle, as if dead. MC's navigating this dynamic with his own hero as he sees everyone else treat their heroes like crap. Ironically by treating the fantasy world as a game (recording their stats, e.g. damage, range, move set, synchronisms), he provides much more care as a sorcerer compared to the other guys. Brings the question of the heroes' perspectives, how easily they're tossed to the side or simply work labor. Emphasized that guilds carry them in coffins whenever they're idle, denoting their ranks by the types of coffins they use. Treated like objects. MC's likely OP, but it's only been recently introduced where I'm at (ch.16), will probably be brought up more later.). Sweet dynamic between MC and ML. MC's a bit silly, so ML's earnestness/mysteriousness balances it out quite well. How they appear to genuinely enjoy each other's company (after initial qualms about ML's mere rank) is also nice. Interested to seeing more.