Harshit's reviews

Nine Peaks – Not a Tokyo Revengers ripoff

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. I knew I was reading this from the moment I saw it getting trolled on Twitter and I have to say I was right in my belief. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story begins with Mashio Gaku, a delinquent quarrelling with his easy going father who dislikes fighting. Mashio Harumi, Gaku’s dad dies in an accident soon after the quarrel with his son leaving Gaku devastated however seeing the amount of people turn up at his father’s funeral makes him think that his father may have been kind of a big deal. Gaku falls in the sea while fishing and gets out with the help of a stranger only to find himself in the year 2000 and the stranger is his father in his teenage years. Gaku decides to spend time in the past with his father watching and helping him become the top of Kumine and discovering what led to his father disliking fighting.

Mashio Gaku is our immature main character who despite having a seemingly I’ll relationship with his father is shown to actually want to spend time with dad. The clash of ideologies actually kind of reminds me of Thors and Thorfinn. Harumi, the badass dad is also an interesting character because his attitude is like that of a mature mentor character however he hides mysteries of his own.
The Blue Tiger, Kaidou is not a character who has been explored a lot however seeing how he’s involved he’s got to have more depth to him. Kanamori Souichi is a sophormore who is like the first boss of the series and Shiranui the senior is also an interesting character since he’s one of the major players for the throne of Kumine.

The series has incredible world building potential since the series will see Harumi take the throne of Kumine an entire town and not just one school, it gives immense room for character growth and different types of characters. The character designs are also quite good and I feel like the design plays a major factor in keeping the series eye pleasing after the great story. Now for the heart of the matter, the series being a delinquent time travel story but still having its own identity separate from Tokyo Revengers. I have to say that Tokyo Revengers simply made the time travel delinquent genre popular and that there’re so many fun things that can be done with this formula. I will be rooting for any author trying out new things and it’s honestly funny to see how many people dissed Nine Peaks for the clout and didn’t even give it a chance.

True strength will definitely be a theme in this series just like Vinland Saga because being strong and being eager to fight are two different things. Seeing Gaku be thrust into the cruel world of delinquents that he dreamed of and seeing his father who disliked fighting, fight in that environment provides us a perspective of not seeing a new king rise but rather seeing a king maker, a number 2 who is hot blooded and knows much much less.

Currently at the time of writing, the series has 3 volumes with 23 chapters and while that isn’t quite a lot it still gives a good idea of what the story will be about that’s cool action and emotions, I’m fully supporting this story and I hope it turns out good however considering the current situation I will give the series a 6/10.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Suzume – My First Makoto Shinkai movie.

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 was the first movie I watched in theatres and also my first Makoto Shinkai movie and I was blown away. MILD VERY MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story has Suzume Iwato, a high schooler meeting a mysterious man who asks her about ruins around the town. Intrigued, Suzume decides to visit the old ruins herself and finds out about the mysterious world of Gates, doors around the world that when opened will cause destruction on a massive scale. Teaming up with the mysterious male who identifies himself as Munkata Souta, a Closer whose job is to close the Gates scattered across Japan, Suzume embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.

While the story focuses mainly on our two leads that is Suzume and Souta there are a handful more characters to keep the plot interesting however I was amazed by the ability of the movie to go into depth with the characters in such a short period of time. Dreams, ambitions, life, sacrifice, the closeness of people to death all are beautiful themes that surround the characters and reflect them as well as their actions. Too much and it would be spoilers.

The animation is stunning, absolutely stunning in the movie, the world is crafted with beauty and elegance. The story is also thrilling, there’s not a moment that is boring or that isn’t moving the plot forward in some way or the other. The camerawork and voice acting, both things that I rarely (actually I don’t think I ever) talk about were both so spectacular that they didn’t carry the movie but rather complemented the plot in coming out better with more emotions and moving the audience. The pacing is also really good with the funny moments balancing out the thrill at all the right times to make the audience calm down after some spectacular action striking a perfect balance. The backgrounds and settings always complementing the scenes also elevates the movie. The music was also amazing which can be noticed by how much the tune is loved. The flaw of the anime is that there are multiple mysteries that are never really solved and seem to just be there for plot convenience.

The next paragraph will contain heavy spoilers so please skip if you don’t want that.

While I don’t know where Shinkai’s brilliance really lies, I do know that the theme of healing childhood trauma was most prominent and most beautifully explained through the movie. Suzume tragically suffers from loss and healing only with the help of her own older self shows childhood traumas healing only with our own growth. I loved that scene and I loved how it came out and pieces of media exploring themes is what any media should be about.

With a short 2 hour run time, Suzume is a movie that touched me a lot personally and is definitely something that can be majorly for everyone. The fantasy, the emotions, the animation, there is very well something for everyone. I rate the film a deserving 9/10.

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea – Stiff animation is worth it for an adventure.

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. I was interested in the plot of this anime but the animation was a big turn off for the first few episodes so if you cannot watch CGI then I will not recommend this anime but if you can then read ahead. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Kaina lives in a world where people build houses on trees and the land is a mebrane like substance which is called the Canopy. This world gets its water from the Orbital Spire Trees, giant trees where the villagers built their home. However the canopy is high up in the air and below it lies the Great Snow Sea, an endless sea of snow. The people of the Canopy believe that life cannot exist down at the Snow Sea however down below countries are formed at the foot of the Orbital Spire Trees. Princess Ririha of Atland travels up the Canopy to look for the Sage, a being who she was told stories of by her mother in an attempt to save her country against the cruel Valghia who is attacking them for their water which is in the Orbital Spire Tree that Atland is built on. Ririha meets Kaina at the Canopy and the two team up to go down to the Great Snow Sea, a journey that will save the country of Atland.

This is a series that focuses much more on story progression than characters so the characters are really generic and don’t have that much depth. There’s the curious Kaina of the Canopy, a man who was supposed to simply serve as Ririha’s guide but ends up doing a lot more, however he’s more of a do things as they come type of person, a little bland. The Princess of Atland, Ririha has a bit of personality as her desperation to save her country is evident every time she tries her hardest for the slimmest of hopes that Atland can be saved from Valghia. The Valghian general Amelothee is also another character that is well written, her dynamic with the Atland elite warrior Orinoga is something that was good to watch,

The setting of a dying fantasy world due to the lack of water is a great one and despite the bad animation making the characters look stiff and really bad, they did manage to make the scenes of the world and the environment look amazing, it really invoked a sense of awe when you saw it. The anime knows how to keep the story interesting enough to keep you waiting for that next episode however the best thing was the fights which were few but each fight was absolutely amazing to watch. The fantasy world had immense and I do mean immense world building potential, they could have revealed so much lore and so many other things about the state of the world however I think that they were just confused between whether to go the fantasy or the lost advanced technology route and in the end just gave us a bad mix of both.

The anime is really simple and straight forward, it doesn’t go all that deep into anything however the one thing that I did learn was how fun a simple story could be sometimes, even though the story is predictable at times or the lore is so bad that you don’t understand anything about the world of the story, it’s just nice to see an adventure that is simple.

With 11 episodes, the anime is a short watch with a predictable yet good finale, it’s fun to watch if you can look past the bad animation but that’s all it is, a fantasy adventure for you to watch when you’re bored and just want to watch something that you can turn your mind off to. Do not go in expecting a lot but it’s still good entertainment, I’ll rate this one a 6/10.

REVENGER – Grudges, murder and repentance.

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. The animation of the first episode was what drew me in towards the anime and I am glad that it did because this was one epic journey and I enjoyed it quote a lot. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Kurima Raizo is a smurai who is tricked by his superiors into killing his own father in law, in grief and wanting to die he comes upon Usui Yuen, a man who works for the organization known as the Chapel which takes revenge on behalf of people who burn their grudges into a gold coin by biting it. Teaming up with Yuen, Raizo takes his revenge on his superior only to find out that the conspiracy goes far deeper than he could have ever imagined. Becoming a revenger like Yuen and his team, Raizo swears to put the matter to a rest, killing all that stand in his way as he deals with different types of grudges and learns of the dark world of revenge.

This anime focuses a lot on the development and characterization of two characters, Usui Yuen and Kurima Raizo both of whom are incredible characters and deserved all the focus that they got. Usui Yuen is a revenger who works for the Chapel, a secret organization that takes on contracts in the form of bitten gold. Yuen questions the nature of revenge and repentance and which of the two should go for each perpetrator. Kurima Raizo is a samurai with a guilt conscience, he constantly battles with the guilt of the crime that he has committed, as the protagonist I really liked the conclusion to his arc. We have Soji, the drunk and irresponsible member of the revengers whose friendship with Kurima is another good dynamic. We also have Teppa and Nio, other revengers of the group that do not get as much focus.

The good animation is one of the best parts of this anime because some scenes can be absolutely beautiful to watch, a contrast to the dark and grim world of revenge that we follow. The action is decent, I didn’t find it really overwhelming or anything like that but it was still good to watch. The mystery of the story is another thing that it does well, constantly revealing connections between characters and the true nature of some of them. The pain of the people that are unable to take their own revenge is well represented despite begin such a heavy theme, you will feel bad for each character that asks for their revenge. The one bad thing is that sometimes some characters get little screen time but are constantly refereed to later on in the plot which can get confusing.

“Should a culprit be allowed to live if he repents?” This is a question that the anime asks, I won’t spoil too much but this something that we can deeply ponder on, every criminal deserves punishment but does a person who has repentance and guilt for the crime deserve to be punished as well? Can it not be that the person that has committed a crime can someday turn their life around but can never get that chance because they are punished? It really is interesting and the anime shows an interesting take on it as well.

12 episodes makes REVENGER a short watch with a finale that concludes Yuen and Raizo’s arcs absolutely beautifully. You should get in it if you like a mystery with loads of action and seeing characters with great depth, for the conclusion alone is worth it. The anime is a solid 8/10 in my book.

High Card – Superpowers and the mystery behind them.

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. I really thought that this anime would be some psychological card games however not being what I expected doesn’t mean that High Card still isn’t a good anime. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The royal family of the Kingdom of Fourland holds a secret deck of 52 playing card which gives superpowers to the person who uses them effectively making them “players”. The cards were stolen from the royal family and scattered across the country causing many people to become ‘players’. Finn Oldman, a small time thief struggles to get enough money to save the orphanage that raised him before the landlord forces them out. In a desperate attempt to raise money Finn visits the casino and witnesses a bloody fight in between players for the cards that they hold. He is recruited into High Card, an organization that works under the King of Fourland to recover the cards. Working undercover during the day as car salesmen for the Pinochle Old Maid branch High Card works to fight criminals using cards for their greed and recover them. Finn who joins up for the money, enters into a world where everyone has secret plan to use the cards and no one’s true intentions are known.

We have the protagonist Finn Oldman, a petty thief who wants to save Sun Fields Orphanage, the orphanage where he grew up. He suffers from Amnesia about a specific incident which is truly very exciting. We have his mentor Chris Redgrave, a cocky and confident ladies man who is focused on doing the job right at all times. Leo, the branch manager and the leader of High Card has issues with his father that are left unexplored. Wendy, a samurai girl and Vijay, a guy with plant powers make up the team of High Card, though Chris and Finn are explored deeply with their motivations and dynamics with each other, the others don’t get as much depth except Wendy who gets a full episode to herself. I really look forward to the characters getting more screentime in season 2.

There’s nothing that’s really outstanding about the anime, if anything tis the concept as a whole and the amount of mysteries that the story contains even after a full 12 episodes. However the creative powers are definitely something that the anime should get credit for because every card user that we see has a unique power and the way they use it is unique as well making the action of each episode feel fresh. I was annoyed however at how they hinted so much at bigger things going on behind the scenes for the plot and the world however there is no follow-up to most of that at all, I really hope that season 2 follows up on all of those leads because S1 is a whole setup that delivers on characters and not story.

I was really annoyed by the 10th episode because I knew that there was no way that I was going to get the answers that I wanted about the lore and the other mysteries of the story however a season 2 announcement made me excited for the finale all over again and I feel like that showed me that sometimes patience is key when watching a show because I know I would not have enjoyed that finale as much as I did had I not known that the questions I asked still have room to be answered in another season.

12 episodes makes High Card a short watch but that’s just for now because we already have a season 2 announced and I believe that we will be looking at the greater things in there and I hope that we do because I really think that the series has loads and loads of potential that could make it skyrocket in rating but for the time being, only considering what we have, I will rate the anime a 7/10.

Blue Lock – Battle Shonen Football with lots of emotion.

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. I know that most of you that are active in the anime twitter community or anitwt already have opinions on this anime, either you think it’s good or you think it’s the worst thing every made, well I think I’ll be showing why a battle Shonenesque, hyped, filled with emotions anime can be good. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.’. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

Isagi Yoichi passes at a critical moment in a tournament causing his team to not score and his high school team gets disqualified leaving him frustrated. Meanwhile, The Japan Football Association hires Ego Jinpachi to make the Japanese nation team win the World Cup. Ego reveals his plan to be the creating of a facility known as Blue Lock, a training ground to train the ultimate egoist, a striker who will never pass and score 100% of the time. Blue Lock sends out invitations to 300 players with Isagi being one of them. Isagi accepts the offer however the training method of Blue Lock is not what one would expect, striving to be the best in the highly competitive environment of Blue Lock, Isagi and 299 other strikers play to become the world’s greatest strikers with failure meaning they can never represent Japan ever again in soccer, effectively destroying their football careers.

Blue Lock shines with its characters, giving each of them their own motivations and goals for joining Blue Lock as well as their their very own unique ‘egos’ which is a key part of Blue Lock. We have the main character Isagi Yoichi who is eager to be the best but realizes his level pretty soon in Blue Lock, however he strives on with the dream to be the greatest striker in the world. We have Kira Ryosuke, a player who is eliminated early showing what kind of players Blue Lock needs, completely selfish egoists. The incharge of Blue Lock Ego Jinpachi despite not looking like much knows exactly how to make the players under him stronger. Bachira Meguru, the crazy dribbler with a really sad backstory is one of my favourite characters. We have the Ichigo looking guy, Kunigami Kiniku with the dream of being a soccer superhero. These characters all have amazing depth but any deeper analysis on them makes the ‘mild spoilers’ thing change to ‘major spoilers’ and I don’t want that.

The nice visuals are the first thing you notice about Blue Lock even though at some very specific places we can nitpick, the majority of the episodes look good. The egoist type of play shown in Blue Lock can seem like it really doesn’t make any sense in the real world but the anime does know how to utilize it fully and how to not contradict itself when playing soccer in teams. The plot is also constantly moving, every match making sure that things stay interesting. The soccer of Blue Lock actually makes some amount of sense believe it or not but then again I am also not a major soccer fan so I may be wrong. The intensity of a battle shonen, often described as childish in anitwt is the best part of the anime since you’ll get connected to the characters, you get sad when they lose and hyped when they win, this connect to the characters is what makes the intensity and emotional moments perfect for Blue Lock.

Changing ideals to become better. The anime while talking about this point doesn’t mean to tell a person to completely lose themselves but shows that only through constant evolution a person can survive in Blue Lock and I believe that that is also the case in real life since without growth there is only stagnation and stagnation is not good at all.

24 episodes in total, a second season and movie already announced and a finale that makes me want to dive into the manga as soon as I can, the intensity of Blue Lock that some way consider its weakness are its biggest strength and I would definitely give this anime a solid 8/10.

Fate Coin – Money doesn’t remove misery

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 is a bit of a different comics from PTJ company and while I don’t think that its their best work, I also believe that it needs time to grow so regardless, a review is in order. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story shows MC Euijin and his friend Junhyeong living a night of luxury by spending money at an expensive hotel only they aren’t rich, the money that they are using is borrowed and they plan to commit suicide together. However before saying, Euijin asks Junhyeong to put the remainder of their money in a new cryptocurrency called “Fate Coin” which was basically a joke. However minutes before they die, the value of the coins shoot up like crazy and this begins a tale of deception and greed that will expose to us true human nature.

I feel like even after 1 story arc being completed, there haven’t been any major developments in the characters just yet but then again its way too early to judge if there are developments or not. Our MC, Euijin has a very sad backstory which shows that he is pathetic and deserves some happiness but in the end we see that he too is not immune to human greed. His friend Junhyeong who is shown to be petty and greedy despite being MC’s friend for a long time. We have Lim Ahyun, MC’s girlfriend and a character that teaches him that people can lie to you. Finally, there’s Choi Kangmok a realist in the story. He’s the mature mentor type of figure to Euijin who also has real struggles of his own to deal with.

The manhwa can be considered a story about how a real person would act if they got all this money. The manhwa talks about how human greed changes people even the ones closest to you. It shows that even with money you can be unhappy and yet also talks about how money is needed in life. The manhwa can be considered more like a social commentary with a story but it also has some funny moments while also talking about the brutal realities of the world. While there seems to be no direction that the story is going in, the manhwa still is interesting enough to make you want to read more.

Greed changes people. That is the core of this manhwa. We see many different examples of how greed changes people, people who once thought you to be a nuisance suddenly get close to you in hopes of getting some money out of you. That said, greed also changes a person, we see that MC is greedy not only for money but also wants a better life, he wants it but can’t figure out why he doesn’t have a better life even with money.

The manhwa is completed at 40 chapters and there were a lot of places to take this story to but as for now that ending is satisfactory at best. If you want a little bit of social commentary mixed in with comedy and an interesting plot that might teach you a couple of things about the dangers of crypto, this is a manhwa you should try checking out. It’s one of those things that may hit or miss.

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Questism – Solo Levelling in high school

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The story starts off with loser Kim Su Hyun being bullied by his classmate, Choi Changdon. In his desperation and desire for revenge and a better life he screams out for a quest window to appear infront of him and it does. Learning that he can complete certain quests given to him now to grt stronger and get revenge on his bullies as well as live a normal life, Kim decides to do the quests which will start him off on a journey that not only lets him conquer his high school but also the entirety of Gangbuk. This is the story about Kim’s journey to the top and what the truth about the system that appeared infront of him actually is.

I really liked the underdog, zero to hero storyline that this manhwa does with the MC because seeing Kim Su Hyun go from being a bullied loser who is pathetic and fed up of life, all the way to, beating his bully, Choi Changdon and even further is really nice. The MC has a good sibling dynamic with his sister Kim Daeyun and I liked that because that humanizes an MC for us to relate to. There’s the bully girl Baek Chaerin who the author is playing a “will they won’t they” game with because I suspect she is an LI but at the same time she’s not contributed significantly to the story yet. There’s other characters like Yang Soha, Ko Hajun and leaders of other schools all of whom are interesting characters and yet this early in the manhwa are still a mystery.

The manhwa looks like a classic straight from the start with the MC being a loser and the using the system to get stronger. In that respect its like Solo Levelling but the way the system is so well developed and used in a high school fight setting will really impress you as well as make you wonder what could happen when these enemies are beaten. There are really cool and badass fights which is to be expected and Johan from Lookism is mentioned so maybe he’ll make an appearance. The manhwa also is really comedic with some really good art. The only flaw is that its confusing with its uncreative high school names which makes me mix up the characters at times.

Things won’t always go your way in life. That’s what this manhwa shows really well in my opinion. While its used more as comic relief we can see that the MC doesn’t actually want to fight more than he has to but the situation demands that he fight and he does that so even after getting the system its not like his life has gotten better rather the problems that he was facing have just changed.

The manhwa is ongoing at only 26 chapters released till now and the story has a lot of places to go from herr which really makes me curious about just how far they’ll take this manhwa but I know that PTJ company won’t disappoint so there’s no need to worry. If you want a classic underdog to hero story, more of a system, game styled manhwa like Solo Levelling or are just a fan of PTJ,

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Tales of Greed – Moral stories that are worth a read

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. Another one from the PTJ universe only this one is a little different so the review will be more like the one I did with Api Bungaku. Anyway there’s only a small description of events ahead so don’t worry, only a little bit of SPOILERS.

This Webtoon is very different in the fact that it’s episodic meaning that one arc contains a few characters and things they do and the next arc completely shifts to a different setting with no relevance to the first one. You could think of it like a collection of short stories which actually would be the best way to describe it. These stories are aptly titled, “Tales of Greed” because the stories are all stories of people having supernatural occurances happen around them and trying to exploit them and their greed teaches them a good lesson. While some of these are wholesome as a way of pacing the stories, most are dark and disturbing.

Since the Webtoon moves to different characters so often we don’t get to see every character in great depth but what we do see actually tells us a lot about the characters, some are simple people who want more and more from the world, the others are people tired of the world and want revenge on it. Either way we get to see their morals and values fairly quickly because of the situations that they are put in.

The Webtoon gets you sets you sucked in right from the start with it’s intense stories. The fact that it doesn’t shy away from anything makes it very good because we get to see some of the worst things that people do and them getting karma for it while also seeing some fairly disturbing things that I don’t think I should write over here. The Webtoon can be funny at times and as I said also wholesome but some of them gets scary psychological, things that if you think about, will really scare you.

The lesson is too simple, greed will lead to your downfall. In all the stories, the people who use the powers that they have been granted for hurting others or taking what isn’t theirs, lose out and have to face their karma.

The Webtoon can be considered complete at 39 chapters though the author has said that there will he more stories in the future. I have loved this short Webtoon that I binged and while it is

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Manager Kim – An amazing father with an amazing story

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. I’m jumping into the PTJ verse comics now and I’m going in with high expectations, this first one, Manager Kim did not disappoint at all. SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story shows us Senior Manager Kim, a hardworking man and a loving father. He has a young daughter named Minji in high school but he’s also an ex spy, ex special forces and a guy who has 2 units dedicated to him. He quit his job in the special forces to live together with his daughter but what happens when that daughter is taken away from him ? She’s missing and seemingly dead. Manager Kim will stop at nothing to get her back. It doesn’t matter if they’re street thugs or the Korean military themselves, what matters to Manager Kim is his daughter. This is the tale of him getting his daughter back.

I loved that this manhwa had characters that connected it to the other PTH universe comics. Of course there’s Manager Kim who has made an appearance in Lookism as well, he’s a man who is usually avoiding trouble and trying to live a simple life but when things come to his daughter, a switch is flipped and he won’t stop at anything for his daughter. His daughter Minji acts like a typical teen. She doesn’t know her father’s skill and is a brat overall. Then we have Song Hansoo, Father of Taehoon from Viral Hit (always suspected there was something about him). Also Park Jincheol, Dabin’s dad from My Life as a Loser. There are many good characters but since the story is still in only its beginning phases and its more of a thriller than a personal journey, I believe there isn’t much character development which isn’t needed.

The manhwa has an incredible story start and it manages to keep that feeling throughout the read. There’s extremely brutal fights which you would come to expect from a manhwa that is connected to Lookism. There’s also really cool spy stuff that makes you feel like a fascinated child again. I have already stated the amazing characters that are present in the manhwa. The thing that makes it so good is the gradually rising stakes as we progress through the story going from gangsters to professionals.

The manhwa gave me a simple lesson. If you have something precious then don’t stop at anything to protect it. It’s as simple as that, as much as you can, struggle to protect what’s precious to you because simply giving in is not the way but what Manager Kim also does is not pick useless fights just because he’s strong. He wants to live quietly but when there is a serious threat he doesn’t back down teaching us that its not about being tough when things are good it’s about being tough when its needed.

The manhwa is currently ongoing at 26 chapters and while I do feel that there are numerous places for the story to go from here I think that waiting and watching is the best thing to do because another PTJ universe manhwa also ended at around 40 chapters. But if you liked Mamager Kim from his appearance in Lookism or if you simply want more of the action that the PTJ universe comics present or you just want a good thrilling story, this is the manhwa for you.

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My Bad Boyfriend – From romance to a thriller

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. Another story of the Blue String universe, no connections made yet but I want to say that this story’s tag was a bit misleading, you’ll see soon enough. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story begins with school delinquent Junhyuk confessing to Yujeong Cha and asking her to date him. In the moment, being timid, Yujeong agrees to date Junhyuk. After spending time with him she realises that he is not as bad of a person as shr thought him to be but Junhyuk has secrets of his own. He’s got enemies of his own and he has a reason to date Yujeong Cha. Their past connects them both and what begins as a seemingly innocent romance between a timid girl and a well being rough guy, turns into a thriller with revelations, violence and murder coming into play. Just what are the secrets that Junhyuk holds except from being a misunderstood bad boy ? How will these secrets affect Yujeong ? That is what you’ll have to read to find out.

The characters in this manhwa at first seem to be like common characters of what you’d expect from a manhwa like this, there’s the innocent girl Yujeong who is confused by the sudden romance in her life and is trying to find out the truth behind the rumours about the bad boy Junhyuk who is a mystery of his own. There’s, Juhee Seo the best friend of Yujeong. Mieru who is Junhyuk’s friend. Seonho, Junhyuk’s other friend and interested in Juhee. While at first I thought I knew these characters, the plot developed in a way which made me feel that I didn’t know anything about these characters.

The manhwa is really funny at the start when it’s all slice of life and the art is pretty good too but the manhwa has quite a few flaws that you wouldn’t expect from a Blue String universe manhwa. The first is that the fighting in this manhwa is not like the others so consider it more dramatic than action packed. There’s quite a few slice of life and romantic moments earlier on in the series but as the series progresses we move more towards the thriller part and the romance is nearly forgotten except for serving as a plot point. While the story that develops later on is very thrilling and exciting, the first few chapters are something that you need to bear but atleast we get cute Yujeong for it.

The manhwa really just goes with the classic, don’t judge people from what they are on the outside and it’s very true and it’s not because Junhyuk is someone who’s just very kind hearted and is misunderstood as a delinquent, we truly never know about his true character until after a bit further into the plot so you should give props to this manhwa for fooling you, if you do get fooled that is.

The manhwa is currently ongoing at 46 chapters and the the translations are slow but the story seems to have reached it’s climax but I’m not sure about that. This isn’t the type of manhwa that I’d reccomend straight away like all the other Blue String universe ones, you have to be someone who likes dramatic sequences in order to like this manhwa because the action is not very good but the drama and thriller parts are absolutely amazing and can keep your attention.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Hanlim Gym – Fighting, crime and development

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. Ever read Study Group ? If you haven’t then do make sure that you read it, it’s amazing. But if you have then you all remember Gamin’s uncle, well this is the story of that badass in high school and how he rose to be the person we saw in Study Group. As usual, mild SPOILERS ahead.

The story shows us Yeongha Jeon, the leader of his high school who was formerly bullied but once he started punching bag he realized that he was the strongest. Now at the top of the food chain, savoring his new title as the toughest guy at school, he meets his match when Suho Kang, the Champion of the PVP games, single-handedly takes down him and his crew. To earn back his honor, Yeongha decides to join the PVP games where there are no rules, only pure violence. Throughout the way he tussles with people much stronger than him and with the help of the Hanlim Gym he becomes stronger but also a better person. Will Yeongha be able to take down Suho ? This is his journey.

The characters of this manhwa are many due to the unique system of the PVP games and while that alone lets us meet lots of new characters, there are others introduced as well and Hanlim Gym does well in making us understand the characters and make them feel more human rather than one dimensional even without giving them a backstory and thise that get their own backstories, those characters are a delight of their own. We have Youngha Jeon, the MC who wants to take down his rival, Suho Kang, the champion of the PVP games. While Suho is kept as more mysterious we get to dee Youngha in much detail. There’s also Hanlim Lim, the girl on who’s name the gym is named and a really good fighter. There are other characters as well but as you know by now, I don’t like spoiling things.

The fighting is so very good, it’s on the level of Study Group with each fight being intense while also showing us what the fighter is thinking, what their strategies are and what growth they are experiencing through the fights. The action sequences are intense and well thought out because they feel like a movie if you’re imaginative enough. There’s also the fact that the system that the PVP fighting tournament implements is system and easy to understand which lets us enjoy the action. Another good thing about the manhwa is the development of Youngha from a street thug to a martial artist which includes not only an increase in strength but his mindset in which he gives up all the useless pleasures and trains only himself. The pacing can fall short at times with some fights feeling a bit too long.

The manhwa really shows us through the MC, the difference between a martial artist and a street thug. Like I said before, Yeongha not only gets stronger but also changes his mindset. He gives up the useless pursuit of alcohol and other pleasures because he wants to get stronger and that is something that we should all learn from. In order to be better we need to give up on the useless pleasures of the world and focus on our own selves.

The manhwa is currently ongoing at 113 chapters, and I’m sure we’ll be getting more and more of this story because things are getting interesting. There’s the fact that Yeongha needs to climb to reach Suho, a delinquent alliance is also moving behind the scenes and Yeongha still has to master Jeet Kun Do. Regardless if you like martial arts and some good fighting then you should check this manhwa out because with its simple plot and yet deep world, it’s an interesting manhwa.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

To not die – When the victim pushes back

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. Here’s another one from the Blue String universe. I think I’ll just read them all at this point because they’re amazing. As usual, mild SPOILERS ahead.

The story follows Im Dajun a high school student who gets bullied at school every day. On the day he decides to commit suicide, he comes across an interview on TV about a student who had murdered his classmates that bullied him. Dajun becomes inspired by what he saw and decides to take revenge as well. However, his life steered into an undesired direction. Im Dajun ends up leaving the school and after meeting a strange but strong guy on the streets he joins a Runaway Fam. Now Dajun is free from his school bullies but life on the streets is not as easy as it seems to be at first. Learning how to fight from his runaway fam with the desire to take revenge, Dajun finds out that there are much more violent people in the world than just school bullies, and his strength, will be useful in dealing with them to stay with his new family.

The characters in this manhwa are not really developed all that much after the MC. Dajun is a person who is seeking strength in order to get his revenge on an unfair world only to be met with the more brutal realities of the world. There’s the strange man he meets on the streets, Cho Hangil who takes Dajun in and teaches him how to fight because he saw potential in him. Carefree and yet cunning, he’s the leader of the runaway fam. There’s Cha Daeyeob the red-haired runaway with a specialty in Judo. There’s Kim Taek a long blue-haired runaway who knows kickboxing. Ha Sungbin, the dark blue-haired who’s a great boxer. And lastly Hong Gayong, the girl who knows wrestling. All these characters are the main cast so to speak but only Daejun gets development while the rest of the characters are just there. They are interesting and fun to watch but you cannot really connect with them.

The manhwa has really good intense and brutal fighting. That’s where it truly shines, in the fights that Daejun fights, his using street tricks and other methods to beat opponents stronger than him gives the entire manhwa a very Holyland-like vibe. The mental growth of Daejun is also shown very well as he grows from being a bullied kid with low self-esteem to someone who has confidence and doesn’t stand down in the face of wrong. The good fighting and strategies combined with the zero-to-hero storyline with the MC make for a good read however I would love to see more character development for the others in the runaway fam as well because that is where this manhwa lacks.

The manhwa shows how a bullied kid who was pushed too far by his tormentors starts down a path that is very difficult. Daejun is pushed over the limit and only then does he get brutal and fights like a madman to survive. I feel like it shows that not everyone who is living on the streets wanted to live that life but in their desperation, they committed acts from which there was no going back leaving them to find some sense of happiness in their street life as some like Daejun plan revenge due to their bitterness that they just can’t let go. I think it’s up to a person’s personal opinion to think that what Daejun did is right or wrong but what we have to remember is that this story isn’t trying to glorify the things it shows rather it shows the reality of that which we know little of while providing us some entertainment.

The manhwa is completed the first season at 66 chapters and I’m desperately waiting for the second season. While not as good as it, if you liked Holyland and want a story that is similar to that then you definitely need to read To Not Die, the story of a boy pushed too far who just wants to survive with some great action and fighting.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

The world is money and power- Gambling, scheming and revenge

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. So in case you guys didn’t know, Study Group and True Education are a part of the Blue String universe and I have managed to find out the rest of the comics in that universe and read them. This is one of them. As usual, mild SPOILERS ahead.

The story follows Gunwoo Dahn, son of a politician who has gotten invovled in a scandal, forcing Gunwoo to transfer schools but the school Gunwoo has picked is special in its own way. Mireu High used to be a school for delinquents and troublemakers but all that changed when Taekyeong heir of the Songmyung group transferred to the schools and offered the principal a deal, introducing gambling to the students to contain the violence and the system worked out with Taekyeong and his 7 friends being the top people at the school but Gunwoo is here to shake up the system. With a secret motive for wanting to take down Taekyeong, Gunwoo will do everything in his power to upturn the system, using violence where his wit and smarts fall short, we will follow Gunwoo as he takes down the corruption in Mireu High.

The characters in the manhwa are interesting. We get to see our badass MC Gunwoo who has the charm and wits to gamble in the school and take it over. He makes fasy friends with studious and serious student Hyeonmin who is also unhappy with the school system. We also get to see Gunwoo’s old friend Buddha as both of them share a unique friendship. There are other characters that are introduced and while not all of them are given very detailed backstories we know just enough to know their motivations and what kind of people they are. An example would be our MC, he’s fighting for his own justice but he doesn’t care about the others he destroys in the process. His morals are in a grey area where he’s working for what he considers good but the tactics he employs aren’t the most virtuous. The other characters are unique and have their own reasons for gambling, personal or petty.

The mind games of this manhwa are the real peaks, the gambling games are nicely set and while there are some games that are easily recognisable, some of them are new and all of them are interesting to see. The psychological aspect of the games are where the manhwa actually truly shines. The art of the manhwa is amazing as well. The manhwa adds to the realism of the whole “gambling controls everything” by showing us how the school runs on gambling with various aspects such as exams and even the snack store. There are various cool moments in the manhwa but not the kind of amazing fights you come to expect from Study Group. The manhwa might seem predictable at first but the plot twists keep the story fresh and always keeps you guessing. The manhwa is still young so I feel that it will be able to overcome its lack of backstory very soon.

The manhwa very much talks about one theme that stands at its centre and that is, “everyone only cares about their own self interest.” This is shown multiple times throughout the entire manhwa and the MC himself stands as an example of this ideology but another thing that the manhwa teaches by showing us these elite students and their gambling is that “no one is untouchable.” No matter how tough, no matter how wealthy, no matter how powerful, in the end everyone can be beaten.

The manhwa is currently ongoing at 50 chapters and is going strong with it’s plot. With its intense mind games and unpredictable plot twists and a very basic story in a completely new setting, The world is money and power is definitely worth checking out if you’re into either any of the other Blue String universe works or if you liked Kakegurui or if you’re just looking for some good story because this one has it.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Alice in Borderland – A deeply psychological death game

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. I thought about watching the Netflix show for this one but then I just settled for the manga and it is a wild ride. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story starts off with Arisu, student who is dissatisfied with his life and spends his time with his only two friends, Chouta and Karube. One day the trio suddenly see fireworks in the sky and suddenly wake up in a seemingly post apocalyptic world. The trio explore the world and soon participate in a ‘game’ with a woman they meet which are represented in type and difficulty by playing cards. Understanding they they are in a place known as the Borderlands where they need to participate in the games to survive which if they fail means death, Arisu and his friends clear a game and get what is known as a ‘visa’ which allows them to stay in the Borderlands for a few days. If this visa expires, the player will be shot by a laser beam from the sky. Wondering about the many mysteries of the world of Borderlands and seeking an answer for what happened to them, Arisu decides to survive in this world to uncover the many many mysteries of this world.

The manga has some good character development. We see Arisu who is our main protagonist and constantly changes or evolves his goals throughout the duration of the manga as he experiences new things in the Borderlands. His character as a whole is very interesting to me because of how scared he acts just like a normal person would in that scenario and yet also manages to calm himself down and clear the games. Showing his psychology of him always chasing after a goal and then being shattered when it’s not what he thinks it is is really interesting to me. This constant destruction snd rebuilding is what causes true growth in him. There are other amazing characters as well such as Usagi, a mountain climber who becomes Arisu’s primary love interest. There are more supporting characters too but telling too much is a spoiler and you know I don’t like spoilers.

I like the games that are setup in the manga which are both variations of simple things such as Blackjack and completely new games and concepts which will make you stop and process the rules. The strategic moves and mind games are the best thing about the manga which really makes me think that this story should be seinen rather than shounen but that’s just my personal opinion. The manga manages to draw you in from the very start and keeps that interest throughout the story even when it deviates into side stories which focuses on other characters. The manga doesn’t forget these characters and develops all of them with their oen unique backstory.

The manga goes deeply psychological with one question and that is ‘Why do you live ?’ and without providing an answer for it, the manga teaches a lot of things. The manga shows that everyone has different thigs that they hold dear and different things that makes them want to live and this very theme is central to the last game of the manga and I think is something that people can reflect on and truly try to understand what their purpose is in life. The manga also dives into survivor’s guilt and a good look at that allows people to understand trauma victims just a little bit better.

The manga is finished at 93 chapters if I remember correctly with all the side stories and lots of chapters being divided into 2 parts. There is also a short sequel called Alice in Borderland Retry which is of 13 chapters and can be read if you want to see how Arisu ends up later on in life. With it’s interesting plot, many mysteries, great strategic mind games and even good action combined with it’s psychological themes, Alice in Borderland is one manga that will immediately go into your top 10.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Sakamoto Days: A rising star in the manga world

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. I got this one from twitter as well though it was a comparison of how a certain character looked like Draken from TR but that doesn’t matter. Mild SPOILERS AHEAD.

The story tells us about the legendary assassin Taro Sakamoto who met a lady and fell in love with her. He decided to retire from the assassin world and live a normal life with his new wife even having a child. 5 years later, Sakamoto is out of shape and enjoying his life, supporting his family by running a store. One day a clairvoyant assassin Shin comes knocking on his door because a hit has been put out on Sakamoto’s head. Even though Sakamoto is out of shape he quickly and non-lethaly defeats Shin showing that the legendary assassin hasn’t gone soft. Learning that there is trouble in the assassin world with the hit on his head, Sakamoto tries to find out the truth about who placed the hit while balancing his family life at the same time.

The manga is only in it’s initial 60 chapters so it’s too early to judge the characters but I can tell you that these characters are a lot of fun. Our very own chubby assassin Taro Sakamoto who is basically a Japanese John Wick, is a fun character who has his light-hearted moments with his deadly ones. Even if it seems like we’ve seen his development that isn’t quite right because even after all these years we see that Sakamoto also has somr things to learn. There’s the clairvoyant assassin Shin who also struggles with his own issues and gets help from Sakamoto in both becoming a better assassin and becoming a better person. We also have Lu, a traid descendant who helps Sakamoto. We have all these and more characters all of whom are exciting to get to know and to see in action.

I liked the great comedy that the manga provides as nearly every chapter makes you laugh out. The characters are easy to understand and the plot though easygoing at first slowly picks up the pace and slips into a comfortable rythm atleast according to me. Though the best thing has to be the completely over the top and John Wick style action with broken buildings and stuff. The action is never boring and will always keep you entertained and wanting to read more as you progress through the story.

Though Sakamoto Days isn’t a serious manga it can teach us still and while the value of life is definitely talked about, there is something less obvious and that is comfortable in being ones self. We see this with Shin and Sakamoto both as they struggle a bit with being themselves and eventually come to terms with it.

The manga is ongoing at 60 chapters and is only in it’s first major story arc I would say. There’s a definite direction that the story is going in and it’s an interesting direction, the entire plot is interesting but I think that the main selling point of the manga has to be it’s action. The art, the story everything else is secondary in my opinion but the action is the best.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

OUT – An incredible delinquent story

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. I got this reccomendation from reddit and I was very skeptical because I thought this would just be a repeat delinquent manga but boy was I wrong. As you know by now, mild SPOILERS ahead.

The story shows is 17 year old Iguchi Tatsuya who has just been released from juvie on probation. The conditions of his probation state that he must move away from his hometown and the bad influence of his friends. He moves to West Chiba with his aunt and uncle to work in their restaurant and complete his 1 year probation. Tatusya is determined to not go back to juvie but on his first day when he goes to buy a pack of cigarettes he butts heads with a man outside the convience store and out of old habit gets into a fight. This man is Abe Kaname a 17 year old who is the Vice Head of the Kilihito gang in West Chiba. Becoming friends with Kaname, Tatsuya begins his new life as he understands how the gangs of West Chiba work and the secrets and dark past of their old generation of their gangs.

The characters in the manga seem pretty one note at first. Tatsuya is a violent man by nature who simply has fear of going back to juvie and tries to stay out of trouble. Kaname is a delinquent but he tries to be good. Atsushi the leader of Kilihito is a man who cares for his friends. But as we go deeper into the story we get to see that these characters all have their own complex and very detialed backstories. The complex backstory of the characters is perhaps the best thing about the plot, each and every character of the vast cast is fleshed out and explored as we get to see what made them who they currently are and while these backstories sometimes take us too much away from the main plot like Lookism, it’s all worth it.

The absolutely brutal fights in this manga are a delight to watch. Sometimes they get way too unrealistic but that doesn’t break the immersion that the story has you in. There is also lots of gore as we go deeper into the story as we see that more than boozoku these guys are proper gangs by bringing in weapons like knives and getting serious with stabbings and kidnappings. This isn’t a story about the honor of delinquents or anything like that, it’s more about how brutal the delinquent world is and how people survive in it. We also get to see how Yakuza pick out new recruits from anong the delinquents and how they fall deeper down the hole of being criminals. I think that the best thing about The manga is the unpredictable twists that we are often met with. There’s always a deeper plot going on, many characters doing things for their own sake and backstabbing each other. These twists make the story of OUT really complex and good to enjoy. While the story does move away from Tatsuya and moves towards Kilihito as it goes on, it still is enjoyable.

You can’t change your nature. This is directly addressed in the manga through various characters, Tatsuya himself isn’t able to change his delinquents nature and gets into trouble. Characters like Keigo also show this very well, the violent nature of his isn’t fixed and instead he falls deeper into it one can say. That is true in real life as well because changing a person’s nature is nearly impossible.

The manga is translated to chapter 197 till now and the story is nowhere near it’s end yet so I’ll be looking forward to the slow but eventual releases because I want to know more about this story. With it’s brutal combat, deep story and detailed characters, OUT is a delinquent manga of a different kind and while it’s deviation from the inital atmosphere might be a turn off to some, for those who are willing to bear it, OUT is a good manga.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Lookism anime: Stellar animation and a good adaptation.

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. You guys already know that I really like Lookism. I already posted a review and often talk about it on my Twitter so the anime obviously had me hyped and it delivered, I had my expectations low but it delivered to a hundred. LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD.

The original story is really complex and long but the anime only adapts a short part. Daniel Park is a fat, short and ugly guy who is constantly bullied by his classmate Logan Lee, desperate to get away from his life of constant bullying, Daniel asks his mom to change schools. Daniel shifts away and starts living alone in Seoul and dreads going to school fearing that he’ll be bullied again. He sleeps that night only to wake up in a much more handsome and fit body. He finds that he can switch his consciousness between two bodies. Daniel decides to go to school in his new body and with that begins his adventure at J-High. Daniel realizes how much his new body can change things for him because he’s much more handsome and robust now which leads to friendships and the realization of the discrimination in the world.

The characters aren’t very fleshed out in the anime because there are only 8 episodes and the story focuses on Daniel and his own story and journey and literally everyone else is a supporting side character that gets very little depth. There’s boxer Zack Lee (yes I will use the English localized names) a classic bully who changes by Daniel’s influence, and my favorite character Vasco, the leader of the crew Burn Knuckles he’s an airhead and wants to punish the bag guys. There’s Mira who is Zack’s love interest, Zoe who gets an instant crush on Daniel, and the quiet blonde boy Jay who is the most mysterious in the show excluding the characters in the ending. I genuinely think that Jay will bring a lot of confusion to first-time viewers but he’s not just a convenient nice guy believe me. There’s also the main highlight of this arc which is Duke, a rapper who is often put down because of his looks.

The animation is absolutely amazing even with a few CGI scenes which don’t look half bad at all. There’s mostly nostalgia that will draw in the manhwa readers which I assume will be most of the viewers of the show. For newcomers however Lookism still targets a very narrow range of people, it’s slow-paced, slice of life, and a commentary on society and how the bias against people’s looks is so deeply ingrained that people will behave differently with the absolute same person all the time. Lookism has action and it looks good, there’s more to come as well however all those who come to Lookism for solely action will be severely disappointed, there’s a really deep plot going on in the background and will be amazing however for the time being we will have happy times and that’s not something for everyone. I didn’t quite like a lot of the character designs

The lesson you can learn from this anime is definitely don’t judge people based on looks, Daniel is treated very differently in both of his bodies and that just goes to show how much people discriminate on the basis of looks, so much so that they won’t even recognize if the same person came in front of them in a different body. This body is just a covering for our soul and so judging based on that is simply not right, the same goes for animal cruelty, animals just have a different body than us but they are souls on the inside too.

The anime is 8 episodes long and it’s a decent watch you can watch it in one day and finish it. The fights are short but enjoyable, the animation is stellar and the story is pretty decent in that it fits into 8 episodes. Don’t come in expecting something amazing because of the hype of the manhwa because this is just a short part of a very short part of the entire story, there’s more to come (I personally hope that S2 drops soon). The story at the start is really slow and more of a social commentary than action and detailed story. With all that said, Lookism is an absolutely amazing entry point into a great story. I personally will rate the anime a 7/10 mostly because of the nostalgia and animation because as a stand alone it isn’t all that much.

So that is it for this post guys hope you got some value from this. Thank you guys for reading to the end hit me up on Instagram and Twitter with your thoughts and if you have any ideas on what I should write about. Stay safe from the COVID-19. Thank you again and I’ll see you all next week.

Shinobi no Ittoki: A bad start with a great finish.

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. You guys already know that I really like Lookism. Who doesn’t love ninjas so when I saw a show about ninjas in modern day I was excited and the first few episodes left me disappointed to say the least but the story picked up so good I was amazed. LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD.

Sakuraba Ittoki is a common boy in high school who has an over protective uncle Tokisada and childhood friend Kousetsu. Having never understood why others around him were so protective of him he lives his life with his widow mother Yumika. A proposal and a date lead to an attempt on Ittoki’s life and only then does he understand that he comes from the Iga clan of ninjas and that his mother is the head of the clan. A whirlwind of events lead to Ittoki adjusting in his new life as a shinobi and to find out that his father’s death was no accident and that the politics of the Shinobi world specifically the agression by the Koga clan are all happening because of forces conspiring to claim something the Iga protects. On a journey that develops him from a young carefree boy to a true shinobi, Ittoki will take actions that will affect the entire ninja world.

Sakuraba Ittoki is a shinobi from Iga, he’s the type of main character that many people hate because he’s compassionate, his motivation is to save others and all he’s trying to do is to understand what being a ninja is. His ideology is one that will get him hate however for me I personally think that it was just incomplete. Yumika is the Iga head and Ittoki’s mother and my 2nd favourite in the series, that’s all I can say without spoiling too much. Kousetsu is a childhood friend and another Iga ninja that has secrets so deep their unmasking will leave you amazed. Tokisada Kaga, my favourite in the series, nicknamed, Tokisada of the Carnage and Tokisada the Demi god, he’s a loyal and smart shinobi who absolutely deserves his very own spinoff. There’s tons of more characters like the acting chied of Koga, Kido. Ban Suzaku, another amazing character from the Koga clan, Kirei, Ryoko and many more. The series has strong characters but they are few and I feel that the haphazardous beginning to the story could have been greatly used for character development.

The series has some pretty good animation and it only improves till the last episode, the animation also serves to make the action better and the high tech ninja stuff is impressive but also adds to the combat greatly and it truly makes the series feel like a ninja story set in modern day. Another great strength of the story was the clan politics of the series that again reinforced that the story is set in modern day. The series starts out weak and takes a very different direction from what one might expect, it manages to set the world well in those 4 bad episodes enough that everything after episode 5 is good however sitting through those 4 episodes that make the plot feel very random might not be possible for some people. The series also missed out on the heavy potential of world building that again could have been used in the first few episodes.

Someone will always have a different ideology from you and accepting that to lead a life of co existence is what the anime showed truly in my opinion because the primary conflict came from a broken ideology of a broken man and even Ittoki who stands agajnst this ideology doesn’t have an ideology that is complete and rather feels very surface level. As people we however need to be better, to understand ourselves better, so that we can see where our values lie.

The anime is 12 episodes long and has a finale that makes the entire first 4 bad episodes totally worth it. The modern day ninja series has amazing animation, cool fights and most of all hype moments even then considering the bad start and the slow pacing that could have 100% been better I’ll give the series a 7/10, it’s something that pays off only if you sit through the bad stuff.

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Legend of the Northern Blade – A near flawless manhwa

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. I got this reccomendation from twitter and I have nothing but thanks for the person who reccomended me this. As usual, mild SPOILERS ahead.

The story begins in a fantasy world where a group known as the Silent Night are causing destruction and devastation in the world. The strongest of the world at that time came together to form The Great Heavenly Alliance and in order to combat the Silent Night a group of warriors known as the Northern Heavenly Sect was formed. For years the Northern Heavenly Sect kept the Silent Night at bay but the 4th Generation sect leader known as the Great Wall of the North, Jin Kwan-Ho was betrayed by his subordinates the Great Four of the Northern Heavens. Jin Kwan-Ho committed suicide right infront of his son Jin Mu-Won while disbanding the Northern Heavenly Sect. The martial arts scrools were all taken by the Great Four of the Nothern Heavens and Jin Mu-Won, who had only been asked to study books by his father and had no martial arts was spared to live alone in the deserted Northern Heavenly Sect. This is the story of the rise of Jin Mu-Won against the conspirators and to find the truth about the world, the story of the 5th generation leader of the Nothern Heavenly Sect, the Northern Blade, Jin Mu-Won.

The characters in the manhwa might seem quite a lot at first so much so that I had to keep their names written in my notes to make sure I remembered them but soon enough we get to see that these vast characters are all developed and are integrated into the story so much that you won’t be forgetting them. The vast cast of characters all have their own little quirks and personalities and it’s fun to watch them interact with each other. The MC Jin Mu-Won is shown to be a calm and rational man but is also shown to be idealistic claiming that he wants to live his life to the fullest and would go up against the heavens for that too. There are numerous supporting cast members of the rich world that the story has and like usual I do not want to spoil too much here.

I personally cannot decide what I consider to be the greatest thing about this manhwa, the fights or the rich lore and world building. The fights are intense and with Jin Mu-Won being an overpowered MC most would think that the fights get boring but instead each fight is very different and amazing and the complimenting art style makes it a delight to look at. The lore and world building of this manhwa is also great since there are many families, fighters, sects and even a whole different measuring system just for the world. The plot itself is gripping and always does unpredictable things that keep the flow of the story moving and fresh. There’s nothing to complain about from this manga since it’s all so amazing but if there is one thing that I would have to complain about it’s how slow the story builds up in the initial 5 chapters but as we go on in the story we see that the slow buildup actually set a good pace and introduced a lot of things that would be hectic to introduce later on in the story.

People in power always want to hold onto it. That is what the manhwa shows best, the story being set in a time where things are changing we see lots of new people making a grab for power while the old ones also try to do their best to retain it. This is true in real life as we see the new powers enter and the old powers being anxious to retain their position but the story also shows how nothing lasts forever and that the old ones need to crumble soon as well.

The manhwa is currently ongoing at 119 chapters and the story has given us some pretty cool moments and developed a lot but this is only scratching the surface as we see how there is much to be known about the world and it’s secrets and how there is much for Jin to do. With its amazing fights, rich world building, vast cast of characters, gripping story and good artwork, the Legend of the Northern Blade is a near flawless manhwa.

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