Jun 11, 2024
As much as i enjoy my brainless, self-insert Korean power fantasy slop, I just can't see myself recommending any of them to the average person.
It doesn't help that this manhwa seems like it is writing off a checklist. It's not unique, it's just a degenerate self-insert comic with a black-haired protagonist (but he has red eyes so he's cool and edgy and gets all the bitches), and it is, well, slop.
I'm really tired of well-drawn manhwas having such boring stories. It's all so similar that i could probably data scrape each one to an AI and have it write a best-seller.
Nonetheless, let's break it
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down, bit by bit.
Story: 4/10
I'm taking off a point here for lack of originality.
In my reviews, I base all Isekai and Reincarnations/Regressions off the comparison to, what I see as, the perfect 8/10 power-fantasy manga: Mushoku Tensei. It is an excellent example of an overdone trope done right. Super powerful mc, but he faces hardship. The worldbuilding in Mushoku Tensei is, well, amazing. It's an original thought that translated beautifully onto paper. It is objectively well-written.
Now how does this compare to that manga?
In terms of the plot, it's not awful, but it's not good either. it's the epitome of basic. It's a cliche story that can be summed up in its title and in this sentence: "Youngest son of powerful family is stabbed in the back by super powerful comrade #1 and then he gets sent back in time while wishing he did something different." Like please change it up a bit.
MC has not developed much like at all by the end of season 1, except he apparently can't keep his values straight and is starting to question if he wants to kill Super Evil Former Comrade-now-antagonist #1.
Some people praise the "factions" idea as original, but it's not. They're basically just the human version of orc-clans that weren't dived into super well. Also one of the villains is literally Senku from doctor stone.
Essentially, this manhwa isn't original. It's pretty, I'll give it that, but the story is just so basic that reading stuff like this, and many others like it, have reached a point of feeling like a CIA advanced interrogation tactic.
Characters: 3/10
The main protagonist is your typical, revenge-obsessed super powerful sigma edge lord who gets hoes left and right by being cool and mysterious. I'm tired of this trope. Nobody likes people like that in real life. It's laughable how overdone this trope is. But hey, the girls are hot I guess.
Side Characters, I'mma keep it real, they fucking suck. My god they are all cookie-cutter personalities with no character, and their backstories are, half the time, nonsensical when it comes to how they convey themself. I'm a firm believer that history builds character, but in this case, history doesn't fucking matter and the only thing that does is whether or not they're a girl, in which case they want to eat MC's cock, or they're a guy, in which case they want to kill the MC.
Villains, I'm not sure who the villains are. I guess it's the demons? It feels like the author ran out of ideas past chapter 50 and just decided, fuck it, lets put demons in there too cuz because I need to milk this genre for all it has. There wasn't any foreshadowing of their presence at the beginning, either. It truly is the ultimate ass-pull to extend this money making machine.
Art: 9/10
Absolutely beautiful art. Only saving point of this series. Redice studio, despite the fact that i despise the story of everything they make, is excellent. If the art wasn't good, this shit wouldn't have anyone's attention. Plain and Simple.
Summary:
Cliche, overdone manhwa with a tropey protagonist and story that I am sick of reading, but knowing myself, I will just pick up another manhwa just like it because it's literal nicotine. I can't stop reading it even though I know it's awful. Can't wait to read the next "Youngest (Or oldest) Bastard Sigma Son Regresses with Semen Powers after Dying to Ultra-Mega-Brain Villain" that Redice will be drawing next!
If you are considering reading action manhwa, this is a surefire way to get you disillusioned with the industry. Stay. Away.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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