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Review contains minor spoilers


Oh, my, god. What the hell 8,91?!!? That’s higher than ToG’s(Tower Of God)

Holyy, well here we go

Ohh Solo Leveling. I know i’m late to the SL train but, we’ve all heard of this series, whether it be social medias, anime/manga websites, or maybe you just heard of it from a friend. Now, you might ask, “Is Solo Leveling Good?” Or “Does Solo Leveling live up to the hype? Well, no but actually, no. Solo Leveling does not live up to the hype. People will say it’s the “best manwha ever”, or “It has the best plot”, we also have a lot of biased reviews. To tell you the truth, it’s overrated. It’s the definition of overrated. Well here’s my point of view in this review.


Story:

The first 40 chapters were good(i guess), but after chapter 45 or so, it started to declinel In terms of plot, there’s little plot. Now, we all have to remember this is a battle shounen. Battle Shounen’s with actual plot that is good are rare these days. So i’ll just one up my score. But to SL’s story. Well, the story is really nothing unique. It’s your same old “weak-guy-becomes-strong-after-getting-a-powerup” trope. It adds nothing new, we just have the formula of: “Disaster happens, filler fights, Jin-Woo arrives, where the good shit happens, looks badass, end.” That’s basically the whole story. And after chapter 128 Solo Leveling tries to be interesting by pulling a Kurama and Naruto. This fails, as the Carton Temple felt very very very very fast-paced, and ultimately fails as an arc. Sure the sovereign reveal was interesting, but it takes so long for them to actually expand in that.

One thing i’ll give to Solo Leveling tho is World-Building and how realistic the system is and how it would affect this world if it ever happened, so, props to them.

In summary, Solo Leveling is a generic power-trip with a badass mc, it also trys to be interesting but fails, due to lack of expansion. And yes, i did read the Novel. It was boring.(5/10)



Characters:

Oh here we are. The characters. I’ll keep this short since there’s really nothing to say about them.

The characters are really just filler, and just are there to tell us how badass the MC is. They have no personalities whatsoever, and the rare ones that actually have personalities either.

A. Don’t have enough screen-time

B. Have the most generic bullshit personalities in the entirety of comics/manga.

The only interesting ones are Jin-Woo and His Father.
Overall(3/10)

Art:

Possibly Solo Leveling’s strongest point. The Art is gorgeous, and each panel gives off the atmosphere of the situation. This is probably why Solo Leveling gets most of it’s love.(100/10)


Enjoyment:

Although i bashed SL alot in this review, i still really enjoyed this. Power fantasy trash is a guilty pleasure of mine, and sometimes i just wanna turn off my brain and watch an MC slay some mofos. The only real reason i made this review is to get off my chest on how overrated it its, even tho it’s one of my favorite’s.(8/10)

Overall score: 5

This review is spoiler free.

First of all, since I joined MAL I never thought about doing a review, but for BECK it was another story. This manga was just mind-blowing on all aspect, it even made me change the kind of music that I listened before.

Ps: Sorry if there are error, English isn't my primary language.



-STORY

How can I describe the story in one word...? REALISTIC (some moment are not). When I started reading it, I thought “How can a 103 chapters with 65 pages each, about a band be really that good?” And I'll tell you how, after each chapter you have goosebumps and you want to continue reading cause you want to have more of this feeling that make you feel alive. And the other thing that make the story so good is the fact that its really realistic. All that happen to them, are thing that could really happen in real life.



-ART

The art style of Harold Sakuishi is really unique and he is known for that. The art has a bit of comedy and realist, and this art style is perfectly fit for BECK.



-CHARCTERS

The characters, are what make this story so good, they are perfect for this kind of manga. The character development is amazing, all of them are like reals persons with real society problems. These characters are the most realistic ones I have ever seen in a manga.



-ENJOYMENT

I enjoyed this manga to the point that I didn't wanted it to end. The first two third of the chapters have a good touch of comedy, yet the comedy is rarely in the dialogue, its the art that make the comedy in this manga so goood.



-OVERALL

This manga is worth more than a 10, I literally cried at the end of the manga(not because it was sad but because it was finished).

If you are looking for a beautiful and realistic music manga with a little bit of comedy, BECK is for you.

Tsutomu Adachi is a nobody in the grand scheme of manga. He won a rookie award early in his career and never amounted to anything. His only real notability is his relationship with his brother, Mitsuru Adachi, who is notorious for his sports romcoms that have been published for decades.

It's a manga by a nobody that didn't have enough talent to succeed on his own. How could this manga be any good?

I think this manga succeeds because its story is very unique and very genuine. Tsutomu isn't a great illustrator - his art is quite poor. But that's what the story is about, his poor art skills. The manga is a product of its own story.

It's also a relic of a bygone era; Tsutomu often brings up artists that were generally unsuccessful and lampoons them. These artists are regarded as even less noteworthy today than Tsutomu himself.

But, my favorite part of this manga is the relationship between these two brothers. Mitsuru labels him a failure, and Tsutomu takes credit for his success, but you can tell they really did care for each other.

You probably won't get anything out of this series unless you are a diehard Mitsuru Adachi fan, but as a short, funny read, it kept me interested.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Adachi. you wrote an unremarkable manga, but your influence sure left a mark.

A return of a cult classic of a well-beloved manga: Dance in the Vampire Bund. This was the first manga I've ever read as a kid and to this day, it's the best were/vampire manga to exist. Both the OG and Sludgehammer are really good, Scarlet Order is good too, but the ending felt rushed and there were couple of missing scenes. A.S.O on the other hand is good, but...how should I explain this? Now I'm having mixed bag. Let's go into full detail:

Story: After the rushed ending of Scarlet Order, the story continues with Mina and Akira trying to beat Katie, aka fake Mina. The story itself I like it, I can't complain. The only negatives I have is: 1) hammering irl politics into the story. It's really grating and cringy that it is barely manageable. and 2) even more plotholes and even retconing 1 event from the og series. I can't help but wrap my head around in confusement.

Art: I can't say much about the art. It's identical to the rest of the series. However, I couldn't help but there was some scenes that are skipped and it's bothering me. Also, idk if it just me, or the artist can't draw the werewolves' feet.

Characters: Along the way, we get returning side characters from the series, except they don't appear long as we get to introduce the "new generation" of werewolves that is Phoebe. While I do enjoy other characters and the adventures of Akira and Mina, I HATED Phoebe. She's arrogant, annoying, an idiot who makes dumb choices, no reason to be in the story, and what's worse, she's a Mary Sue SJW who thinks she's a boy and she drags the plot of one of the best Arcs in the new sequel and she is ruining it by making so much stupid choices. You can even remove her from the story and change characters and it doesn't change the plot. I hate her as protagonist and I want her gone as it doesn't fit with the series.

Overall: I do think the story is good, I just hate Phoebe that she is ruining the series. I feel like that this is more of a Side Story rather than a main one. If the manga deviates from the main story just like how they did to Dive in the Vampire Bund and have her own side story, then I wouldn't mind with it and it would be decent. But if this is the direction this series is going; replacing a cool and badass protag with an obnoxious one, I am so disappointed.

Oingo to Boingo Kyoudai Daibouken is a masterpiece by all standards. It's probably the best manga ever written. I really liked the art and story, it really pulls everything together.
It's one of the best things ever.
You'll instantly fall in love with the main characters Oingo and Boingo.
You will never know true happiness untill you read Oingo to Boingo Kyoudai Daibouken
Oingo and Boingo are love,
Oingo and Boingo are life.
This manga is based on the series Jojo's Bizzare adve
Overall, should you read it? Yes you should! You would not regret the time you spent reading this manga.

Hoping reading this review helps you decide if you want to pick this one up into your list. Stumbling upon this manga and finding if its worthy of your time, you'll be the judge of that.


You can say, I first started to read this manga was because of the Ecchi and Smut content and the cover art of the Light Novel, so the Art Style should be good right? Well it sure do. The Art Style surely is good no doubt about it, the Character Design especially look's so appealing and even more alluring when income to the part of love making. The proportion of the female body, it is not that too much, it's just the right amount of proportion's just like the ideal body of a real female body. The Art Style can be a great way to attract new reader's as long it is paired with a good Narrative and Character Development this can be a really good manga.

When it comes to Character Development, our Main Male Character has already establish with his number one girl because the goddess retain all his memories previous life he has on that world. This second life mean's new companion and establishing new relationship while forging new bond's at the same time strengthening said bond's. Along the way more Main Character show's up, now this is a Harem manga so naturally Female Character's show's up so that mean's more Character Development in progress. The part of the problem with this manga is that short chapter's mean's a little time to dedicate the scene for the Ecchi part and Character Development of each Female Character that tend to lead to disappointed development. Some chapter's dedicated solely for the Ecchi scene with little development and vice versa. This still can be redeem as long the Narrative for each Character Development is consistent.

The Plot of the manga can be a little underwhelming but the Art Style and Character Development overshadow the overall Plot of the manga, means the love making scene of our Main Character's and discovering potential Harem candidate's, there's a lot of action so the fan of this type of genre should be happy. The Character Development and sub Plot's is still the one sustaining this manga, it's still entertaining for most of the time. The history of our Main Male Character and his number one girl somewhat interesting to the point the plot intertwined with the previous companion. That Arc was somewhat interesting to the point my curiosity almost switch on and then when the Arc ended, I was satisfied at the same time dissatisfied. I did expect a bit much so my expectation did the number in the end. Still, plot like this can be enjoyable and paired with a capable Main Male Character and subordinate can be enjoyable to read. I just hope the Author of the light novel improve the plot narrative so that the Art Style of the manga will not be the only remember for it's Ecchi scene but also it's narrative too.


I do highly recommend this manga for the people who like the Ecchi paired with Smut and for the new reader's who starting to read this just don't expect too much of the plot, just enjoy the Character Development of the girl's in his Harem within his circle even out of his circle. Some part can be disturbing for the new people but not that disturbing like Goblin Slayer disturbing or other disturbing manga out there, just a head's up.

I enjoyed reading this manga; however the storyline is pretty simple. I enjoyed the art style and the design of Kiriko the most out of the manga, especially how her form evolves throughout the story. I still was not able to identify if Kiriko is really a monster, or maybe a very realistic illusion formed from the feeling of guilt. But I don't think that this is a flaw, more like something that makes the story more psychologically interesting. The characters are not very memorable and pretty mediocre but they are understandably this is a short manga so not much backstory could be provided, it was more focused on the plot. However I really enjoyed the small twist near the end.

The story is about two boys,two rivals in kendo, that fall in love.
If you want to read yaoi,just because it's yaoi,then go ahead.
If you want a more realistic development,a more refined artsense,then don't buy it.
It's a fair enough book,but it's just average. Soon forgotten.

This is without a doubt, one of the worst mangas I've ever read.

The art is good, as in the artist is skilled, but the're so much over the top abuse, over the top villanous characters, deus ex machinas, and diabolus ex machinas, so it is intolerably bad.

Mind you I'm quite picky when it comes to manga, so that shows, but this is simply appalingly bad.

Breakdown: 1/10 story, 5/10 art, 1/10 character, 1/10 enjoyment 1/10 overall.

The story is about horrific over the top bulling that goes above and beyound any reason and makes you wonder whether the hell any adults are in thsi situation. The writer drags the main character int of the worst possible abuse they could possibly depict without turning it into gore porn, and then suicide follows. Then the the character is locked in "purgatory" and is tasked to save people from misfortune his suicide brought on them.

Then we get more over the top events.

The work is titled as shounen, meaning there's a lot of over the top screaming, a lot of insane villainous characters that act beyound any reason and gloat and cackle hysterically even when beaten up, etc. Basically, the work takes sledge hammer and tries to hit all your feelings in it, inventing the absolutely worst possible dregs of that humanity that could possibly ever walk the surface of planet earth, then tortures main character before deah, and then tortures him some more after death.

None of this is believable. The story falls apart into incoherent string of overly dramatic events where everybody screams something. None of the characters look relatable. The writer tried do depict vilest of the vilest villain, and went so far that the villains no longer resemble people and instead look like clowns.

This is not enjoyable in the slightest, and as far as I'm concerned it was a massive waste of time.

If you want something GOOD, read Angel Densetsu or Properller Heaven, or something. This manga is complete garbage.

So a pretty 'generic' isekai game manga as people would call it, however I find it simple to enjoy due to a few reasons. First off, the main character is wary and cautious, and doesn't stick his head out in the new and unfamaliar world. He doesn't go super saiyan and wipe his enemies out in one blow, but savours the time spent with the enemy (and then defeating them). To me, it's the process that matters to reach the endpoint (of a battle), not the endpoint itself, that I enjoy. So I have a confession to make, I do like overpowered main characters, and he does fit the bill. I have some expectations for it to fulfill my entertainment needs, so I suppose I can only keep reading. I hope you guys don't take it too seriously and critique it to the point where I wonder what you actually find enjoyment in, critiquing or reading manga, so remember that it's a simple isekai manga and not some revolutionary ones like One Piece. Thank you for reading.