Shuumatsu no Walküre
Record of Ragnarok

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*Rapid Review*

As of chapter 90:

This is a very novel concept. A God vs Humans battle royale where EVERYONE is overpowered?! This is pure, unadulterated HYPE. It excels in a single aspect, but is extremely weak in literally anything else such as romance. Though, you get what you sign up for. Good backstories enhance the eventual action even more, and most often, you root for both sides at the same time. Great art and incredible fights!

I'm NOT a contrarian, and if your opinion differs, be civil. Your opinion is as valid as mine. Don't rate this as "confusing" just because you disagree with my view, instead, ... criticise the actual writing of the review. That's what it's there for. Don't be a child. Thank you for reading my rapid review, have a nice day/night!

The manga is, at most, okay. The power dynamics are cool and there are really interesting ideas. Some fights are cool (like the fight with Jack The Ripper, which is different from the others), but there are some tedious and more-of-the-same fights (like the Hades fight): that's why I dropped it.

I really don't like how the gods were written. Some of them should be really powerful according to the mythology, but in the series they are just average, like Ares (goofy god who, apparently, doesn't understand about fights?). The manga also creates stories and even a new god to explain its lore, so it's not ... "mythological accurate" - so don't take it too seriously.

On the human's side, the backstories are okay, but very over the top, and they have powers. I got to know some (kinda...) historical humans, like Lu Bu, which is cool!

In the end, it's not a masterpiece, but fun to read if you like to see men (and only men) fighting.

Pros:
+ Some of the fights are pretty decent if you ignore the whole premise and just imagine they are two superhumans facing off.
+ Incredibly detailed artwork fitting for an action manga. (though I'm not a fan of character's expressions)

Cons:
-The story isn't even worth thinking about as it's just a means for the tournament style fights
- Awful representation of gods/demi gods from various Mythos and real historical figures completely butchering their backstories & personalities.
- Pathetic abilities given to the so called gods in the series, not even having powers related to their domain.
It feels like the writer had to nerf the gods that much to even ... give the human side a sliver of a chance
- Fight scenes constantly interrupted by character's narrating their poorly written backstories (Buddha for example) or the crowd piping in throughout the fights.
- This manga can often times be over the top edgy especially in regards to the dialogue as a lot of the deities talk like wannabe thugs and overuse profanities in a way that seems unnatural.

Overall score: 2/10