Return of the Blossoming Blade

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This is one of the best action and murim-themed manhwa I've read aside from Legend of the Northern Blade and Nano Machine.

Story: 10/10
The story is your classic 'overpowered character dies and is reborn as a child' type story, but is done really well. Here our MC wants to resurrect his old sect and make it the best in the world. A simple goal for the story to lead towards. Even though the story is easy to predict, there are times when it surprises you.

Art: 9/10
The art is exceptional; the colors amazing. I really like the use of pink in this manhwa. The character designs are ... unique enough for characters to be differentiated.

Character: 9/10
Characters are satisfactorily written, be it the MC, side characters, or antagonists. Even though they follow cliches, it is very satisfying to read and predict.

Enjoyment: 10/10
Perhaps one of the most fun manhwa I've ever read. A huge chunk of the story is still left, so I expect greatness in the future.

I'll be very honest, this is my first time I'm expressing my review, so ill be very honest. At first when I came across this webnovel i expected that it would be your average reincarnation novel with your average op mc and casual comedy plot. but i was wrong.
I got so hooked up that I didnt even realized when had completed one whole season. The story was outstanding with comedy and fights along with the growth of the MC's faction. And believe me when the chapters 60 to 70 were unexpected. Give it a try, I hope you will like it

Excellent first season, full of cliques and troupes of the typical "give no fucks" reincarnated anime protagonist, but told with strong comedy, nuance and character consideration.

IF it was based purely on the first season alone, it would be an easy 9/10.

HOWEVER there is a significant quality drop off in the 2nd season, with the story becoming much more stagnant with each chapters constantly harping back to the MC having to look flashy and cool at the expense of the pacing and story. It was fun at first, but seeing it happen for the 50th time gets old and it seems to be purposely overplayed ... now, while the world of this manwha feels so poorly built for something that is closer to 100 chapters.

Feels like the storyboarders or writers were changed or they are busy engaged in other projects to condense their ideas this season because chapters are feeling much more aimless while padding out chapters using copied and pasted facial expressions.

Generally for manwha titles, they always start out strong using well worn formulaic methologies borrowed from decades of manga publications, like solo leveling's cool loner+assassin+necromancer troupes with slight variations and hope the meshed product is a success but most of those tend to drop off by the 100 chapter mark.

I am seeing the similar problems plaguing this series now.

I'll be back to see if this title can return to form at the 100 chapter mark.