Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe and healthy. This one has been in my “to read’ list for far too long and I finally decided to give it a try. It was good and definitely enjoyable but just a little disappointing. Anyway like always MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
Jin Seon is a kid who is severely bullied due to his weak appearance and physical disabilities. Bullying, however, is not the thing that is Jin’s major problem in life, he lives with his dad, Dongsoo Seon who is a successful businessman and also a serial killer and Jin is his accomplice. For fear of his life, Jin lives with his father and helps him without reporting him however a new transfer student changes all that for him and he now wishes to fight against his serial killer father, as a bastard son.
The characters in Bastard are the main factor in making it is a good story. Jin Seon, the unwilling accomplice who is following his dad’s orders and helping him in his killings. Seeing him grow from a weak kid who is a pushover to becoming a mentally strong and partially mature person who wants to go up against hisd ad to protect what he has precious is a nice, though short journey. We have the dad and antagonist Dongsoo Seon whose manipulative tricks and cunning make the story really interesting though backstory wise he falls flat as an antagonist. Kyun Yoon is the transfer student that gives development to Jin, she doesn’t grow immensely throughout the story but adds a ton to it. And the last one I’ll talk about, is Manny Kim, the typical bully whose family and backstory make him one of the simplest and yet most complete written characters.
The art is not amazing in this webtoon, it’s not so pretty that you’ll spend minutes looking at each panel but the art style in itself is distinct, and manages to set the atmosphere of the story as I like to call it, really well and also portrays the characters really well. The Webtoon is one that dives straight into the action and provides a thrilling and exciting experience that always keeps you guessing over what will happen next. The mind games played between father and son and the tricks used are mostly realistic and not way too over the top however there are many plot holes such as characters showing up right where they are needed for the plot’s convenience and some other things that happen that are just basically plot armor and unrealistic. There’s also the fact that the backstory of a few characters is incomplete and especially the fact that we receive no reasoning or even a clear picture of the villain’s psychology. These are points that make this fast-paced webtoon feel like a badly written story.
Facing your fears and demon will bring you peace. While I do admit that bastard falls short when explaining the reasonings and personal philosophy of the characters, it does present some things fairly well through the MC Jin Seon. As we see him facing his fears we see that nothing goes as bad as he imagined and it actually helps him move forward, accepting his inner demons allows him to progress further and do the right thing. I can’t say anything more without spoiling stuff so I’ll stop it here.
The Webtoon has 94 chapters all available on the Webtoon app so definitely go check it out if you want a battle of wits and a story of growth. Bastard is a story that gives high after high and will make you crave ‘one more chapter’ until you eventually finish it. Though the story has its own problems, it also has good points and for that reason, I will be rating Bastard a 6/10.
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