Masters of Lightning Knives

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Synonyms: Lightning Degree, Biroedo

Japanese: 비뢰도

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Type: Manhwa

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Dec 12, 2019 to ?

Genre: Action

Theme: Martial Arts

Serialization: KakaoPage

Authors: Awin (Art), Geom, Ryuhon (Story), Ozoo (Story)

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A young orphan was alone in the world until he meets the master of a secret form of martial arts. To learn these otherworldly techniques, he will need to endure years of his sadistic teacher's grueling and weird training. But why does he have to do laundry, cook meals, or play instruments to learn martial arts anyway?! If he can survive long enough (and if his massive ego doesn't get in the way), he just might be able to wield the unstoppable lightning knives. Will he make the cut or be sliced down to size?

(Source: Tapas Media)

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Masters of Lightning Knives has been published digitally in English by Tapas Media since September 28, 2021.

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Jul 20, 2023

IgnatiusTheFirst

Recommended

Preliminary (164/? eps)

Classic murim manhwa, its good manhwa with abundant chapter and official translate almost catch up the raw. Okay same as before, i talk about good thing first and bad thing then i conclude the whole review in 1 sentence. Lets begin

Lets talk about good things first, First, the story begin with lazy and carefree main character that lost everything in single night because of plague and suddenly some random old man adopt him as one of disciple or his grandson, Mc development from carefree and lazy to hardworking and cunning character which incredible especially this one take around 1 or 2 season which for me, ...

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Feb 22, 2023

Vuaorin

Recommended

Preliminary (149/? eps)

I must say that this is perhaps the greatest manhwa I have every read. Not particularily because the art style is the best or the story is fantastic. In fact, I would say that its pretty mid.

But for some reason, I can't stop coming back. Sure the weird and annoying info blasts are not good at all but if you look past that and the at-first bad mc, the story becomes something that really grapples me in. I always want to read more and find out what is going to happen next.

The very best thing about this manhwa is the mc and the ...

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Aug 13, 2023

Airtag111

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (167/? eps)

Master of Lightning Knives is a slog to read through, with abundant amounts of text, and a morally corrupt MC that borders being annoying but can sometimes do cool things. Despite all its faults I read to the latest chapter and I don't regret it. I would recommend this Manhwa to hardcore wuxia/ murim (martial arts fantasy) fans as the abundant explanations would be much easier to get through, and the main character much less annoying, if you are familiar with the usual personalities, sects, and techniques that appear in this kind of story.

Now I think the story does some unique and original things that ... make it worth the read but only some people might appreciate them. The first 25 chapters or so is the childhood of the mc Ryuyeon as he receives his harsh training and is set up for all the overpowered abilities he will be using later in the series. Considering his upbringing and the first words said to Ryu as he builds up a substantial ego and haughtiness that continues in the show (his father's dying words in the opening sequence is praising him about how smart and handsome he is) it does makes sense why he turned out that way. While it is pretty much the usual to have a Martial arts manhwa with a arrogant mc, it can get annoying with Ryu as he keeps doing very morally corrupt things and the people around him insist he is a good person (and later on an institution he is in keeps looking the other way), yet he has not done anything selfless up until now. He is a very morally grey character which the story embraces, so keep that in mind if you decide to read this. I actually really liked the "Master" character but it is a real slow burn on how they set up and how they are currently unraveling his story. You really have to have patience with it.

I will comment though, how refreshing it is that women are treated as equals of men in this manhwa, and how the master while training him also gives the excuse that he should try to understand women better in his childhood (which leads to first a gag/ then serious mini arc of him crossdressing to perform in an inn at the start.) This mini arc introduces and enhances the romantic interest later on but you will need to suspend your disbelief as a misconception will be plaguing this relationship. The reasons for why they can't communicate openly are kind of justified but still hard to accept and bizarre. It is still probably one of the best parts of this manhwa.

Some other major faults with this series are, some sections drag on for very long, and it can get quite confusing at the start with a lot of sect names and character names getting dropped. Tonally it can get jarring-- it switches between comedy and serious action very suddenly. Some slow pacing is justified and some isn't in my opinion. Also at the start when all the set pieces are getting introduced towards the end of the training arc, it gets very confusing as you switch between a lot of locations and a lot of new characters, which will only begin making sense fully like 50-60 chapters later.

If you are a fan of this genre, I would recommend giving it a read. However, if you are somewhat of an intermediate casual reader like me, you will need some luck and perspective changes to like this series. Its not for everyone. Overall, its a 6/10 as I think it has enough fresh elements to be considered a fine read to the right reader.

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