Dec 21, 2023
8.5/10
I often wonder to myself on why I read so much trash — basic, cliche mangas that seem to have no bright side — but mangas like these point and blank justify all of the suffering I had to go through in order to find gold. To put it simply, this manga is one of the few “edgy,” “revenge-filled” stories that is actually well maintained, introduced and written.
The trope of this manga is on the unique side, but contrasting from the others, this is more revenge-oriented, which opens up a whole bridge of opportunities if done well, and this did just that. The plot isn’t
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predictable! Rare, I know, since there have been times, despite me being a fairly experienced reader in these trashy genres, where I don’t know the direction the author will take within the story — of course, there have been “predictable” moments solely because the mc is the mc, but they have been incorporated in an entertaining and engaging way each time.
Revenge stories suffer greatly from… well, revenge. Let’s be real, although it is a guilty pleasure, reading nonstop gore and edge chapter after chapter shouldn’t be anyone’s favorite past time, and even if it is, it gets boring eventually. Knowing this, this manga is incredibly flexible with the mood each panel has; some panels are extreme, grim, and dark, but there are other scenes, a panel immediately afterwards, where there’s a joke instilled to calm down the amount of edge. This makes this manga so much more entertaining and palpable than others of its kind.
Characters, characters, characters… Going back to “revenge story characters,” they are all disposable, which causes them to be shallow, as they are only there for plot development’s sake. However, in this manga, all of the characters are reasonable and somewhat realistic — there haven’t been the usual “bad guys for the sake of bad guys,” or if there were, then it all made sense on why they are villainous. More importantly, the characters aren’t boring, and they get well-explored via developments or simple dialogue.
As I write this review, the score of this manga has only been going up, since that is how underrated this manga actually is. Despite the story being oriented around a rather trashy genre, this manga was by no means cringy, edgy, or boring in any shape, way, or form; whether this be from the panel arrangement, plot diversity, or characters is hard to tell, but it doesn’t matter anyway, since it was a damn entertaining read.
You guys know this is just my opinion, right?
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?!”
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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