Becoming a Magic School Mage

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Story: you ever watched harry potter and read the books to many times and wanted to read something similar where the protagonist is older but is still sneaking around the school getting into trouble. If so, this manhwa is for you. It has slowish beginning where a collage graduate gets isekaied into a world that is a pretty standard fantasy world, and basics are explained. Once the into is over and you hop into the beginning of his enrollment of a top mage school you get to meet the way the school is set up with competing dorms, a monster filled forest with its very ... own Hagrid rip off, and unfortunately leviosa being the second spell they learn. Once all this is out of the way the real fun begins with the students sneaking around the school getting into trouble and the real storyline popping off. If you can get past the intro at the beginning and enjoy a relaxed harry potter type adventure I would give this story a go.

character: Most of the characters were okay with some better than others and some I disliked at first evolved into either funny or interesting characters as they got fleshed out more.

Art: Art did its job keeping you interested in what was going on, but I'd say pretty standard.

6.6/10

Minor plot spoilers below.

This manwha is the equivalent of a slow life academy story; in other word, it has no real engaging plot or memorability, but it relies on its strong foundation/framework on the world. Though the world is built orderly and nice, the characters and the plot are lackluster while not having a distinct identity.

The main character is one dimensional who has no ambitions besides for getting by in life. He isn’t really developed further than that, and the supporting casts’ only purpose is to revolve around the protagonist. There is also no depth in the side characters, since their personalities seem ... to be set in stone.

If we were to ignore the typical academy cliches, the academy life itself is pretty interesting. There is virtually no noble-peasant disparity nor sustenance provided. Along with this, the mc isn’t strong compared to the “adults,” but he lives off misunderstandings from his family’s history.

The manwha has some highs with the world building, but the heliocentric characters really diminish any hope for further interest that doesn’t stem from the premise.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired + A Huang-Teizan Original)
10 - God’s penmanship
9 - Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 - Instant bookmark
7 - Entertaining
6 - Good to pass time
5 - Why are you reading this?
4 - Bad.
3 - Typical garbage.
2 - My head hurts.
1 - Retirement is a thought.
0 - “Did they even give you a story?!”