Flawed Almighty

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The main character, Jeon Ji is your typical high school bully, gets hurt and retires. Now he is an old grunt who only know the violence and also gets in troubles. Overall his character is bad, like this guy HOLDS his grudges. One day, God cursed him. His curse is to help other people find their happiness. He gets assigned a guardian angel and they both work together to fulfill his missions. If he doesn’t do them he goes to hell.

If you're reading this because it's a work of Carnby Kim then please do not judge it as unlike author's other works, Flawed Almighty ... doesn't have a dark, complex background.

Flawed Almighty is quite laid back and also funny,but it touches serious topics like murder, self harm, suicide and related things so beware.

Whenever Jeon Ji tries to help someone, his words are awful, as mentioned above, he's not a good person and he's also socially awkward which makes it even worse for him, so it'll definitely be a squinty read. But as Jeon Ji helps more people, his character develops and he genuinely feels human emotions that which he was always so detached from,due to loss of hope.

If you think the manhwa is not up to your taste then I'd suggest to not read it, everyone has their own taste. The storyline however felt vibrant to me, yet felt that perhaps something more could be done for plot, but in the end Jeon Ji will be Jeon Ji so perhaps not. Despite that,my rating would be 7/10.

Please do not let my personal rating deter you from reading the manwha, if the summary catches your attention do read it and have fun.

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?”

Kim Carnby is arguably one of my favourite authors ever. His writing involves taking ... usual tropey characters and flipping them over their head, creating one hell of a story. Flawed Almighty might not be his most refined work, but it is probably his most ambitious, at least in my opinion. I have never seen a story like this.

I have followed Carnby since City of Dead Sorcerers and while the visual department has certainly improved, his core themes of family neglect, self harm, rejection and love are still prevalent. His storytelling methods haven't changed much. Only the techniques have.

Meet Jeonji Kim. A random delinquent way past his prime. He is now a limping man who was expected to be the "greatest". Bullied from a young age, he quickly developed an aggressive exterior to cover for his softer, more vulnerable side. He is violent, blunt and cruel. And that cruelty leads to the death of a child in a car crash.

And that girl is turned into an angel, and *must* save Jeonji from going to hell. While the detail that Shiyang is Jeonji's victim is revealed at the end, both of these characters show plenty of chemistry already. Whether you consider them as just friends or lovers is upto you. But Shiyang and Jeonji has one of the best relationship developements I have seen in a long time.

The concept of God being flawed isn't a new concept, just read Greek Mythology. But Carnby takes an interesting edge to it. He isn't cynical to God himself, but to his methods, and the repurcursions of his acts on the human race. Other angels are great. I think Manwhas have this habit of making all their characters badass and cool, which I can get behind. Solo Levelling, Mercenary Enrollment and Sweet Home are just few examples were almost every character gets a chance to be cool, while having a relatively short runtime.

Its (somewhat) sad that Flawed Almighty hasn't blown up yet, compared to Bastard or Sweet Home, which just took over the Manwha scene for a few weeks. Maybe it will take time. I don't know.

Now, let me reread Flawed Almighty and cry again. Go away now.

Ugh I didn't think I'd ever abandon a story because it was too much for me. But Flawed Almighty did it.

As a youngster, Jeonji Kim was bullied for his name until he became a bully himself and a legend in the area. Destined to become a feared gangster, a motorcycle accident interrupts his career before it could really take off. Still, he remains a petty thug, so he also turns on a beggar - who may be more than he seems. At least that's what the angel claims, who visits Jeonji the next day and proves her identity by first inserting a knife into him, ... only to heal him immediately.

In fact, the beginning is still harmless when compared to the rest of the work. Here it's about all the psychological problems one can have - the protagonist has to help people to get rid of the curse he received because he turned on God. And these cases are soon those who are on the verge of suicide, have chronic anxiety disorders or any other severe problems.
Even though the stories always end well, the story grabs you where it's really, really uncomfortable. Every time a new 'wish' comes up, you have to brace yourself for some chapters that are very hard to watch. Whether it's because you just find the characters really stupid (honestly, there were a few situations where I could only wonder what kind of idiots they were in parts) or because the story hurts your heart - I had both. This creates a constant up and down, a change between joy, because people who were really at the end, can finally regain hope and disgust, hate, sadness, because new people appear, who just have such problems.

Even though I have to admit that not every story, not every work has touched me so much, the manhwa is unfortunately not for me, which is why I broke it off after 42 chapters.