In Threads of Time [the title sure is giving off a bit of mysteriousness), we find our dear old friend Kim Moon Bin the delinquent (VERY original character, right?) who has money (the originality flow just keeps coming) and distant, uncaring parents (we've almost hit jackpot with the originality here). So he's a chain smoker (great influence on readers) and loves chillin' wit his homies, he also does KENDO!

*Ding, ding, ding!

We've got ourselves a winner for ORIGINALITY!

Woohooo!

.............Not happening, buddy.

So back to our yarn (I'm sorry, I couldn't stop myself), chain-smoker-buddy is under a weird witch-thing...'s, a scary ghost or whatever, is haunting him and the creepy thing troubles his dreams which turn into NIGHTMARES!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!


Honestly, I felt sorry for him there cuz I know how nightmares can get and I bet you had your share of those too.

So anyways, this witch-ghost-thing... Uses violent means to bring him to Ancient Korea (UNITED for once) where he lives with another family who believe he is their son. And here is when the trouble begins.


Story-wise, this Manhwa was, surprisingly, entertaining.



I know, I was surprised too.

The plot developed, moved on and didn't lag too much; in fact, I would have extended a couple of the scenes but I'm quite happy with the way it is because I'm not that rookie-ish to believe that extending makes the story better. In fact, it could strangle it to death.

Speaking of death, here is the Ideologies and Themes paragraph {I promise, I'll try and be concise}.

The thing that bugged me for a while was when reality seemed to merge with illusions in the story; it wasn't quite my cup of tea since this reminded me of Monarch slaves. I was like, is this reality or is THIS reality? Secondly, there was some bloodshed... Okay, not some, but a solid amount of bloodshed which was made below-R-ratings by the very lukewarm art. The other one of the bigger ideas was the let's-make-sure-every-girl-woman-and-female-baby-gets-raped-or-better-yet-gang-raped idea, which wasn’t the most comfortable thing to read through, but the Manhwa isn't one of the worst themed stories.


*Looks at above paragraph

There, that isn't too bad.


Coming to the characters, some were really unoriginal while others were alright. There was not much exploration through personalities and ideas but then again, the story wasn't very detailed in that way.

The art was:
a) Almost constantly simple
b) Not shaded as much as I would have liked
c) Filled with those creepy weird big eyes
d) Occasionally seen to have details.


Overall, the story was moving if nothing else and thought-provoking which earns it big points. Even though the quality wasn't the best; after finishing the tale, you'll find that there is an aftertaste inviting reflection and questions bouncing in your head. The story encourages perspective to be used in life and will definitely have you enjoy yourself at bare minimum.

For you geniuses out there, that means read the Manhwa!
Which in turn means that Maz-Maz doesn't give it a thumbs-down: VICTORY!