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Jan 26, 2021
12 of 12 chapters read
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Tales of an axed manga: Elf season.
This series had so much potential in the beginning. An atypical MC (A futanari, even) who's half the way to being a villain, an interesting high fantasy setting centered about a magic-like card game with the main characters being equivalent to "Planeswalkers". The summoned creatures were distinct in design and character, the art wasn't bad and the story seemed to have some prospects.
Still, it's been clearly cancelled. Probably because the other work of the authors, a cooking isekai with elves, is still somewhat popular. The first detailed conflict was actually the last, and everything is resolved in
a couple of chapters, very rushed. You can still see they have talent, so I expect some decent work from them in the future.
It's a shame, but it's not worth reading in my opinion.
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Sep 2, 2020
132 of ? chapters read
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7 |
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7 |
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8 |
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7 |
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7 |
First thing, this is, in my opinion, one of the best romance isekai manwhas around. The MC get's reincarnated as Raeliana, a character of a romance novel she read in the past. This character died soon in the novel, so she has to find a way to survive. This is nothing too original, but it is very well developed in this work.
If I give it a 7 is because I consider the word used to describe a 7 (Good) as appropiate for this work comparing it with other works. Still, it's very difficult to find a "princess romance manwha" as well thought as this one.
This was actually my first romance manwha, and opened the genre to me. It is worth the read if you like complex but cheesy stories. Now into it.
Story: 7 (Good)
Most of it revolves around romance and political maneouvring. As the MC doesn't have special powers or insane skills (Like in the Lady of the Lamp, for example), the author dedicates a good part of the story to the plots of the MCs and the villains and does a good job at it. Fans of palatial intrigue will like this story.
The "fake marriage" of the Main Characters and how it evolves from fake to real is funny and sweet, and once true romance is established it doesn't lose the interest; it keeps evolving as the story progresses.
The first part comprehends the efforts that Raeliana has to make to survive, and the establishment of the romantic relationship. By the point this review was written (Chapter 132) we seem to be entering the actual main plot of the story, the relation between the MC and the villain and why and how she was isekai'd.
The story is well thought, and most recurrent villains don't act straight stupid like in other manwhas. People concerned with the writing will find it appealing.
Art: 8 (Very Good)
The art is well done and detailed, specially the dresses. It doesn't go godlike (Like in "Your summon") but it's pretty and pleasing to see, and extremely appropiate to the late 18th or 19th century feel the story conveys. It also improved as the series continued. There's not much to criticise. Good stuff.
Character: 7 (Good)
To be honest, most characters are straight up likable or hateful, and most of the main ones are pretty well constructed. The MC is smart and strong, although for some time she was too fixated with the "original story" before she was Isekai'd and it can get a little bit frustrating at some points. As a MC Raeliana is a very good character tho, better than most.
The Male Lead, the Duke, is a smart as well, stoic, strict but just, kind in private, and (obviously) he ends up liking Raeliana. He is an atractive and competent Male Lead, cut a bit above the ones in many other romances.
There are memorable secondary characters and villains around, as well.
Enjoyment: 7 (Good)
I read all of the available chapters in one go, some 6 or 7 months ago. The mysteries and conspiracies keep you hooked, as well as the desire for things to go well for both MCs and seeing the romance flourish. Things don't always go well for the MCs and the villains are competent, so the suspense becomes real.
Overall: 7 (Good)
High quality webtoon and, as I said before, one of the best balanced palatial romance stories around. Enjoyable if you like romance and intrigue.
As recommendations, other good romance isekais would be "The Lady of the Lamp", "Survive as the Hero's Wife", "This is an obvious fraudulent marriage" and "Iris, The Lady with a Smartphone".
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Jun 11, 2020
10 of ? chapters read
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2
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8 |
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8 |
At first, I thought that this would be the typical fantasy manga with some palace intrigue and classical romance plot (I mean, even the countries are named after single letters), but I was pleasantly surprised. This is a GOOD politica manga.
First the story. I'm surprised by how many things have happened in the 10 chapters I've been able to find. Chapters are long and straight to the point. Character's actions have serious consecuences, and there are no lore dumps in the middle of it. Flashbacks resolved in one chapter, rarely more. Good rythm and exposition, what happens and why it's pretty clear. Don't expect much
physical action tho, it's all conspiracy. Until now, at least.
About the art, it's somewhat basic for manga nowadays. It's mainly realistic, avoiding crazy hairs and dresses. It goes for the purely historical feel. Backgrounds are detailed, the drawing is clean and dynamic. Not much to say here. You won't be surprised nor disgusted. It's functional for the story they're telling.
Characters are well constructed. ALL of them flawed. You won't find OP main characters with saint-ish personalities here. Everybody watches and fears everybody else to certain point. The main characters, Aruna and the Prince, have both good and bad character traits and a nice relationship, and secondary characters are instantly recognizable. For such a restrained and "realistic" art, character design is plenty varied.
About the enjoyment, I'd give it an 8. I wanted to read some serious political - court intrigue manga and I was looking for something new. This is a good finding, if you like that kind of thing. I really want to read more about this story, but updates seem to take long. I'll keep an eye on it tho.
Overall I'd give it a 7 (Good, meaning GOOD), although I've thought of the 8. Had some doubts, I'll need to read some more to decide.
As recommendation (Not on this site), there are some manhua and manwha with similar themes (The fight amongst the queens, the court is a lethal game), like "Surviving as the Hero's wife" and "The lady with the Lamp". Shounen oujo is somewhat similar as well.
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May 26, 2020
17 of ? chapters read
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1
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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4 |
Pretty standard low quality Isekai harem manga, with at least some full nudes one every two chapters. I started reading it because I was interested in the management part of the story but, to be honest, the writer doesn't make the most of the setting, not by a long shot. No spoilers ahead (Not that there's much to spoil anyway).
About the Story, there's two main, really serious flaws. First, the MC doesn't have any kind of personality, he just have ideas, but it's basically a reflection of the writer or a power fantasy receptacle. Second, the waifus don't have distinct personalities neither, apart from the
two first of them. At the beginning they were fairly different, but by chapter 10 they do mostly the same role in the story. The others don't ammount to much neither.
We are introduced to the tower fairly soon, we get a quite straightforward explanation on how does it work, and then.. it's waifu time! The story doesn't have any real conflict, the main character do not find adversity or difficulties to implement any of his ideas to manage the tower, and the plot basically goes from one waifu to the next, introducing insanely hot female character that lust incontrolably after the main character because reasons, then the MC gets all bashful (Not that he's sleeping with a couple of them already, every new woman get's him all blushed) and they go live in the tower, rinse and repeat.
About the art, it's good. It's obvious that the artists worked hentai before. Also there's literal sex scenes in the manga, it's not subtle at all. Had to restrain from wanking one out a couple of times. Still, it's not amazing, combat scenes are fairly simple, you won't stare at the vignettes for long.
Characters, as mentioned, are pretty bland. There's none worth remembering.
In short, I was expecting at least a little bit more than this. I've read dozens of Isekais at this point, and this one is just not worth it, there's no drama, no mistery or no pleasure to it.
If you want to read something similar that's not pure garbage you could try Realist Hero, Realist Maou or Dungeon Builder.
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Apr 29, 2020
19 of ? chapters read
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4
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8 |
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8 |
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8 |
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8 |
A fantasy story that's not isekai or have any overpowered characters? Is such a thing possible? Well, here you got an example. No spoilers, by the way.
The story starts well after the heroic stage of the main character has ended. Once he is old and battered by the life he has lived, decides to travel to find his final resting place.
For those fearing an extremely introspective manga, like I was before I read it, I can say, do not worry. It explores plenty of action scenes (To be honest, I was surprised, I expected a cooking fantasy manga).
The story is quite well
paced, the first twists of the storyline are resolved quite quickly actually. It goes to the point. Any time a problem is presented, the reasonable course of action is explained and taken, no pointless exposition or emotional bait.
The art is quite good, even very good I'd say. The physical conflicts are well represented. You know who hit who and when, it's not just sword swinging with appropiate results. Backgrounds are well defined, no plain whites if it can be avoided.
The main character has it's own ideas about honor, violence and vengeance, and most do not match with a modern point of view. This is not a manga where the main character intends to play the part of the hero. He IS a hero, by the standards of a medieval society. No modern morality bullshit. Secondary characters are colorful and different, and because the wandering nature of the main character, they come and go all the time.
I was actually surprised by the quality of this work overall. It's strange it does not have any review for a work four years old as of now.
I absolutely recommend it to seinen and fantasy fans. I hope you'll like it.
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Apr 4, 2020
64 of 79 chapters read
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2
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Wasted potential: The manga. Mild spoilers ahead, nothing serious tho.
At first, this may seem one of the best "back in time" stories around. The main character is strong and has her own voice, and the secondary characters are charismatic and funny to read about, with many chapters where you can enjoy their antics and smile. And that's good, that's the part I like about this manga.
Now there's the bad. This manga devotes most of it's length to action, politics, tactics and strategy, being what you could say "the core" of what actually happens, but does it rather poorly.
Action is showy, but it's
not taken seriously. The good guys slash enemies left and right and are only wounded by massed firearms or named enemies. That's to be expected tho, but the action scenes could be a lot clearer about what's happening, as we usually see one or two panels of each important character doing their thing, not actual combat secuences of any kind. When a combat extends in time, action becomes sword crossing and screaming their values at each other, more than displays of swordmanship or martial arts of any kind.
Politics consists on entire chapters of pure exposition and monologues in which the characters involved detail their motivation to become engaged in the age of the Warring States... Only to be trumped by the MC talk-no-jutsu. Yeah, let's totally forgive those people who have killed hundreds or thousand of your subjects because they feel bad.
Tactics are mentioned in the manga as well. We see some basic maps detailing unit movement and the characters go on about the strenghts and weaknesses of their troops and army, but most battles are decided because one of the MC just barges in and defeats the enemy commander in single combat, ignoring hundreds of soldiers that were allegedly capable of winning the battle, instead of winning through actual tactics.
Strategy-wise, the good guys armies can move around and seemingly teleport where they are needed the most, also win against armies far superior to them with really low casualties, because... well, they're motivated. No talk about supplies, terrain or anything else. There's just a convenient ridge from where to look down at your enemy before scathingly tell them that your bonds are too much for them to break with their puny (and several times larger than yours) armies. Scouting and spying's done, most of the time, by one dude.
So that's it. I'm a bit disappointed, because I really wanted to like this manga, but it's just not good at what is TRYING to do. It should dedicate more time to the personal lives of the main cast and their dinamics, or take war and history seriously, or both, but right now is a half-assed attempt on both things.
And please, stop with the annoying talk-no-jutsu. I understand the MC is trying to instill into the warring state's poeple a sense of family and kindness that belongs to our era, but there's thousands of people's lives at risk at some points and she asks everybody to bend to her will and stop/take unreasonable decisions because "I'm sure they are doing it because they hurt". No shit. Honestly I could not stop thinking that If things went out well it was because of pure luck and MC bullshitery, nothing else, because the actions taken were not smart at all.
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Mar 9, 2020
13 of ? chapters read
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5
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7 |
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7 |
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8 |
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9 |
At this point (Chapter 13) I can say with no shame that this is a GOOD isekai manga, way above most of them. I started reading it, as many, because of meme magic. I just wanted to see an Isekai with Putin riding monsters and defeating enemies left and right.
Instead (Or we could say "also"), I got a fun, engaging manga, with atypical characters (None free from imperfection), above average art and some interesting twists on the most basic isekai tropes. It's too soon to emit a deep analysis on it at this point, I think, but I would definitely recommend it to anybody
who likes fantasy stories, not just isekai fans. It seems to be going a bit into "settlement management", we could say, something I always appreciate in manga about people from the present sent to fantasy worlds.
I'll keep an eye on it from now on. Good stuff.
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Sep 20, 2019
37 of 37 chapters read
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8
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| Overall |
8 |
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8 |
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7 |
| Character |
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Interesting take on political intrigue by the hand of Natsume Ono, one of my favourite mangakas. Fully recommended to those who liked the masterpiece that is "Saraiya Goyou", along with those who liked "Pumpkin Scissors" or "Taihou no Stamp".
No spoilers ahead.
First things first: Excuse my poor english.
Story 8/10:
VERY character focused. A story with a simple premise, that later on gets more complicated, but not to the point of being extremely convoluted.
It does not overload the reader with characters, motivations and unnecesary exposition about what's happening; everthing is explained in a few words when it must, and most of the dialogue is
fairly natural, no exposition for the sake of advancing the story among characters who know what's happening already.
Most of the thrill actually comes from not knowing who knows what and who's lying and who does not.
If you are looking for action, tho, you must look some other way. It's practically inexistant.
Art 7/10:
Following the typical artstyle of Natsume Ono. Some will find it weird, but i find it soothing and stimulating at the same time. I specially like the expressions, most of the work woes into these and it shows. It's one of the few mangas that have going back time and time again to particular drawings just to try to find exactly what's the meaning behing this or that stare. The rest is mostly secondary.
Character 8/10:
Mysterious characters with untold backstories and interesting but not readily apparent motivations populate it's pages. There are hardly any characters in the entire manga that one would calify as "bad people", and none outright evil.
Most of the main characters get developed along the story, not because they change during it a lot (It is not a long story) but because you discover more about their intentions, clarifying past doubts about why they do what they do.
Enjoyment: 10/10.
This being the most personal section, I must say I love this kind of story. I just put some piano (Max Richter, I am looking at you) and read the whole thing in one go.
Overall:
Truly recommended. It's an intelligent, pleasant work, worthy of any library, be it composed of mainly manga or otherwise.
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Aug 11, 2019
26 of ? chapters read
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4
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First, I must say I do not usually drop any title I have started, but this one managed to get me do it (After I read the first 26 chapters). Also, excuse my poor english, if you find any gross mistakes in my grammar or orthography.
Now to the point:
This is a power fantasy of a manga, where the main character is just awesome and everybody loves him. This is not an uncommon thing, as anybody who has read some Isekai manga surely knows, but this one I found particularly dumb and dishonest.
The art is decent (Not very good tho), but the characters and
plot are just... not good. And let's not speak about the treatment of the female characters of the story by the MC. I do not like to add modern politics and stances to my manga, because I understand Japan is a very different culture that my own, and many times manga covers very different societies and temporal eras, but this is one of the first manga to make me cringe because of the representation of female characters.
Seriously, not good. If you want to read some isekai just to let your mind wander off, I'd recommend Isekai Kenkokuki, Botsuraku Youtei Nanode or Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami, instead of this filth.
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Jul 12, 2019
41 of ? chapters read
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1
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8 |
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7 |
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7 |
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8 |
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8 |
Interesting military manga, going deep into logistics of war through a curtain of comedy. Characters are well defined, although until this point it has not gone to the past of most characters (surprisingly, the most detailed background descriptions are those of the antagonists or secondary characters).
Half gag manga and half pure military story, it's a nice read if you liked the more "strategic" or "negotiation" side of Youjo Senki or Pumpkin Scissors.
A particular thing about this manga is that the author designs one military vehicle in each chapter, dedicating a full page to explaining it's capacities, pros and contras. The author is definitely
a war otaku.
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