Watched the anime many years ago, which unfortunately ended with season 2 ( that ended at chapter 134). I had relatively positive memories of the anime and rewatched it to get into the manga better.
Well, what was my conclusion? Simple. My interest was completely wasted.
Although Nuarhyon no Mago has a very interesting concept with some relatively decent power systems that even had some charm. This whole manga is just hot air. No matter what the author did, he was unable to build even the slightest hype. No matter how many times he presents "This demon is so strong!!!" it doesn't change the fact that there wasn't a single real hype moment.
The everyday episodes at the beginning and smaller orders were by far better than what came and than what the manga showed us. In that sense, it's even good that the anime ended after 2 seasons. Everything from then on has been far below average. And by far one of the worst shounen you can find.
Weak story, empty characters, monotonous fights, and no consequences. In this world, anyone can create a bloodbath without anyone really caring. So much for the system and the protagonist.
[Story 4]
The Japanese demon stories are a reality in this world and the protagonist, as the son of one of the most powerful demons, is bound directly into this world. He is a quarter demon and is trying to find himself, which is his role. And ultimately to create peace between man and demon. However, on this path, he must defeat many (unnecessarily boring) opponents and in the end become the king of the night.
There were almost no relevant moments story-wise, apart from the minimal background of Abe no Semei (Nûe) or the background of Hagoromo.
And this barely scratched the average of storytelling.
Everything else was some slice of life, training chapter, or fights against "important" opponents that have screentime of 1-2 minutes (fight length) and were mostly not shown before.
Not to mention that it didn't matter who did what in this story. Even if a demon ate 100 people, he could have just switched sides and that was it. Although the protagonist talks about humans so much, I don't think he's as angry in that regard once they've been digested.
Likewise, the constant momentous fights tortured me until the end. A new group always appeared with some elite opponents, stronger than before, and there were various individual fights again. I already thought that "Bleach" had a problem with this, but here I found a greater comparison material.
And then we have the finale... one of the worst final arcs I've seen/read so far and with one of the most disappointing final fights. What an embarrassment that I even read this far.
[Characters 4]
In the beginning, I was impressed that we had a large handful of many diverse personalities and also some decent humorous moments. However, from about chapters 30-40 on, the plot became more serious and you could see what the manga was really about. Only the main 2 demons on the protagonist's side had a normal background and were irrelevant from then on. Almost no character really had screentime, dialogue, or important moments. Only the protagonist was boundlessly in focus. Which makes it impossible to remember any character, let alone understand them at all. Instead of throwing in so many meaningless enemies, he should have given the characters more attention.
But while I'm on the subject of "meaningless opponents". NO, single opponent except maybe Tsuchigumo, who was just the usual "fighting is fun" character and a boundless berserker. Other than that, there were just a lot of empty shells fighting.
[Drawings/Displays 6]
The environments were above average and the drawing style was relatively refreshing and individual. Dynamic choreography was, unfortunately, lacking here, making the fights look like just a slap fight no matter where you look.
[Conclusion]
The beginning of the series is definitely still kind of entertaining. But the further you go to the end, the more unbearable it becomes. Gokadoin Arcs (the final ones) were by far the biggest disappointment. When the beginning is average, the middle slips and the end is unbearable. It means that they failed in this project.
[Enjoyment 3]
