The Art of Reincarnation

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First review for this manhwa for all you that had not decided.

I'll try to keep it short and sweet + relatively spoiler free, albeit I might mention a few things from the early chapters.

First of all some of my thoughts. It's weird that this webtoon has such a low rating relative to similar positions like "Solo Leveling" or "Player Who Has returned 10,000 years Later".
It has interesting ideas and a bit more unique story than aformentioned titles. Albeit for now some of them seem to have wasted potential, however "Standard of Reincarnation" is still on-going and so many of the things that the titles lacks ... in, may be developed later on.

Story-wise the manga is not very distinctive, apart from having a lesser god as a companion to our MC (+ few things I mention little bit further), the rest seems to follow a rather basic revenge storyline with typical for the genre "overpowered" main hero theme. With that being said I do enjoy that our MC is not transported into a different world, instead he goes into the future, moreover the idea of taking over a different body insted of popping out of thin air is also something bit more fresh than most other titles from this category. The characters are neither particularly good nor bad, they are definitely nothing new nor special and follow a rather schematic development. They are likeable and at least most of them seem to get explanations on why they act the way they do instead of having them being assholes just for the sake of it (there are exceptions however there is a decent mix of both so thats not an issue, morevoer we will still probably get more depth on each as the webtoon progresses). (7/10)

Art is okay, I love the weapon designs, they tend to keep to the more realistic side of thigns which I appreciate (I don't mind overly large weapons, however the ones that have shapes that seem just too unrealistic or are too rich in their design give a feeling of goofiness, we don't get that here). Albeit there is a lack in variation, it's decent enough. Character designs are nice and consistent with the world building which is also something I usually prefer. Backgrounds and technicalities are made well, they're nothing outstanding though (as in windbreaker or solo levelling quality). (6/10)

Pacing is good, I haven't felt as if the manhwa was dragging at any point and got me enticed enought to finish all available chapters in one go. (8/10)

I enjoyed the concept of how the characters get stronger, how they acquire their skills and spells. The concept is a bit muddy and I don't understand it fully, however it's a bit more uncommon approach which has great potential if they author approaches it right. (8/10)

The toon lacks in world building. I feel like that's the biggest issue. We don't get much info on how the world that we see operates. How do the towns look? The common folk. Who exactly are the nobles and what weight they give to the society they found themselves in. You can go on and on since they only explanations we get is on the families that we follow, relationships between them and that they are important (we do not really know why? What do they have of value, how do they contribute, what do they control, etc.) It's something I wish the manhwa would spare some time to inform us on in order to better undestand the significance to actions that the characters perform. (5/10)

Feels like it could be a very good position for all that starve for some isekai or fantasy titles. It's entertaining with good panel structure and makes me want to read more, there are issues that may be resolved down the line.

For now it feels like a decent 7/10 since I feel like the score beneath 7 is not appreciative of some of the unique elements for the genre relative to some more popular titles.

You have your typical reincarnation work, but the execution is absolutely sloppy and how the world is establish is really poorly done.

Vincent (Daven soul) and Yulian are our main protagonist in the story.
We witness where Daven come from and how much of a punching bag he is. He is very average and lack will and skills.
The original body owner has somehow for no explicable reason become a minor god.

Vincent is no smart, he isn't strong. Why do something simple when you can over complicate things way more then necessary or go in a roundabout way. The world IQ is lowered to match the MC brain.
The ... motivation of both MC is rather very low and we don't really see an end goal target.
The world building and strength of the MC building is purposely kept at a minimum to allow the author to conveniently fill the holes he left behind along all those chapters. You get exposed to the families driving this universe but nothing else.
If you are really bored, read this. If not, avoid it, you loose nothing. As the plot hasn't really moved an inch since the day he got reincarnated. He is still a weak and ignorant but lady luck made that his opponent are equally as dumb as him.

The overall story is not establishing anything and because of that, nothing feels meaningful. The progression is on the very very slow end.
Art wise, cover looks great, comic itself is average.