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Dec 13, 2015
I feel like most of the reviews on the MAL page for Girls of the Wild's give new-comers a misconception that this manhwa is either amazing, or extremely enjoyable. This is true to a certain extent, but it really fell into the gutter and it's decided to keep on dragging along in filthy water on instead of pulling itself back out. Due to that, if you're either interested in this review or are contemplating reading Girls of the Wild's, read on, my friend.
I've dropped things that I've given a rating of 7, so it's easy to believe that because I gave this a 5, I
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must not like it. This isn't true at all. I've simply been pissed off at it as of recent.
Girls of the Wild's started off as a mix of a power fantasy and a well-done, albeit a bit cliche, martial arts-themed romance/action/comedy. The main character is a very poor, likable guy with two cute younger siblings that he lives alone with and must take care of. In order to take care of his cutesy younger siblings and live on himself, he works a lot, and because he absolutely needs to save money, he accepts a scholarship to attend an all-girls school that just went co-ed. This school, for some reason or another, was giving scholarships to males that applied, and Jaegu, our protagonist, is the only one who did it. He does this without doing any research on the school, and after entering into it, finds out that all the girls there are a bit nutty, and that the school stands out heavily from other schools because it's known as a school that produces top-class fighters and martial artists.
Enter some more characters, as well as some flashy romance and fight scenes that are fueled by the character's drive to better himself. The feeling you get at this point in the manhwa is that it's going to be a well-progressed romance with some good main characters backing it up, operating under the guise of a martial-arts incorporated high school life that strengthens and deepens the character's personalities.
It would've been, or rather, it was, until it went off the deep end. Something happened, and I'm not sure what, but the first 70 chapters (around there) were pretty decent until another 140 chapters appeared, filled with senseless babbling and the author's failed attempts to flesh out side characters that really weren't that interesting in the first place. Forget about interesting though, because these characters don't actually add anything in the first place. It's okay though isn't it? We still have the fight scenes, right?
No, but we have some court-based sports matches about how martial artist girls suck at sports until halfway through the match when they've gotten enough of a feel of said sports, and then become professionals. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw the main character in a fight that actually means anything. I can't even remember the last time I saw him training, so I hope his body doesn't turn to jelly.
The art, at the very least, is good. It's not amazing in any way, and recently it hasn't been showing it's full powers, but some chapters have some pretty great art, especially of the characters expressing different emotions or showing how bad-ass they are.
Despite the recent slowness of this manga, I've stuck with it for quite a while now in hopes that it does something interesting again, and I'm happy to see that, without revealing anything, the latest chapter was actually pretty good. We might have a revival on our hands here. It's still much too early to tell, but if you're willing to go into that gutter yourself and read 140 chapters of boring characters and side plots, hopefully the old Girls of the Wild's will make a comeback.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Feb 24, 2014
Having finally gotten past the half-way mark in Magical Warfare, I feel that I can review it appropriately, for the most part. This season has quite a fair share of decent anime, and I was expecting Magical Warfare to be one of those, seeing as I saw a lot of talk about it before it aired. However, it let me down, and I am thoroughly disappointed. I guess one could say that this show is a perfect example of "all bark and no bite". Anyways...
Story (3/10):
So far, the plot has been extremely simple. It's execution has been even worse. Two characters (one mage, one normal
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human) meet in a high school and the human manages to take on the people chasing after the mage with his new magical powers. Somehow, his friends get wrapped up in it and they all decide to go to magical high school in the new magical world. There's some weird problems and some bad guys and nothing new or exciting is happening.
Art (3/10):
The background/setting art isn't terrible, but the character art is bland. Most of the time, the characters lack noses and have poorly drawn facial expressions. I've seen much better art in a show that was made eight years ago, and I'm sad that some shows released in 2014 can't come close to that.
Sound (6/10):
The sound isn't amazing, but it's the shows strong part. Effects sounds don't stand out too much, but I've heard a couple decent OSTs. The opening song is nothing special, but the ending song by Nano is good.
Characters (2/10):
You can tell characters are good when none of them are annoying, and when most of them have an actual purpose for being in the show. So far, I've found every character in Magical Warfare to be annoying as hell, especially the simple-minded kid with the blond hair. So far, the protagonist's friends seem to be there just to enjoy the ride, but I'm hoping they'll do something with them later in the show. Also, development is non-existent so far, so I won't bother typing up a separate category for it.
Relationship Development (3/10):
This is a category that I haven't seen in many reviews, but I feel that it is important. Characters describes how good the characters are and why, Character Development describes how the characters are changing, and Relationship Development describes how characters are changing in the context of each other. Basically, changing emotions directed from one character to another is a form of relationship development. So far, the protagonist and the two female protagonists have been trying to sort out what they think of each other, and what they should be doing with other. They've spoken about it, which is where this category earns some points. Beyond that, nothing has happened.
Enjoyment (3/10):
I'm finding it rather stale. I won't drop it because I don't like dropping shows because I like to see where they're headed, but I don't particularly look forward to watching Magical Warfare.
Overall (3/10):
The sound is decent, but the rest is pretty bad. I hope they can revive it in the last five episodes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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