As someone who used to love and follow this manga avidly the past 3-4 years, I can’t help but be disappointed at how far this manga has either fallen or how my manga taste has changed — setting higher standards by the chapter.
The game premise is certainly a hard premise to mess up, since there are so many options and paths to go with it, and it still somehow remains interesting. This likewise logic applies to this manga, but somewhere along the journey, the manga lost all of its flare and uniqueness — this could be due to burn out or the stagnant/mess of a plot.
I do think the plot was handled in a measurable manner, incorporating some bad@ss moments here and there, but it got out of hand very fast — at one moment, the mc strives for something, but the next moments/chapters completely flip the subject, and the former plot was half-@ssedly finished. It seems that the plot moves too fast, and with this, the story becomes lost in the process only to be clouded with plot holes.
The characters relate to the plot by having a rushed introduction — there are such an incredible amount of filler characters for “plot’s sake” that it becomes ridiculous and easy to forget all of the details/attributes of each one. Along with this, the mc isn’t strong — I have no issue with this, but it’s hard rooting for someone when they show visible weakness and a lack of progression, only belittlement — it just leaves an unsatisfying feeling.
I once loved this, but it is certainly no wonder on why or how this manga has been rated so lowly: tiresome plot, random characters, and a lack of progression in the mc. I know this manga has been finished, but my love for this has run dry, and I don’t even care enough to read until the end at this point.
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?!”
