The cover looked pretty boring, but after taking a look inside on the publisher’s site, it did seem quite cool actually, so I checked it out.
I was gonna say the style reminds me a lot of Fairy Tail and One Piece, but Hiro Mashima is literally the mangaka of Fairy Tail, so yeah…
If you like FT or OP, you’ll love this too, probably. I, on the other hand, have never been intrigued by those 2 franchises, and this manga shows why. The art is great and I love how diverse everyone’s appearance is, but that’s about it.
Personalities of everyone are incredibly flat, there’s no real plot except constant fighting, and the main goal is something as basic as killing the ruler/god of the world. Protagonist has the most plain MC-energy, someone who would’ve died in the first page if he were a side character. But he’s not. So while the side characters are all more interesting (my favs are Chako, Frey and Mikoto (these two’re unhinged, I love them)), he steals the focus with his lameness. Or may get a harem because he’s from a rare species. Nothing intriguing.
I was so bored most of the time. Wanted to give it a chance though, trying to figure out where exactly the hype comes from, but again shows that I don’t understand mainstream hype.
And of course – it ends on a cliffhanger. I’m not really interested in following this story, yet I do wanna know what happens… ugh. Although it’s quite self-explainable how it’ll continue and end.
Maybe I’ll check out volume 2 someday, maybe not. It’s definitely not in my priority list, though. If you’re gonna do the most basic dungeon academy plot for the perverted male gaze, at least give it some originality. Like a queer twist or a disability rep or something. Not chewing the same old heteronormative & neurotypical gum over and over again. (Well, I guess perverted men don’t need more than that…)
| Criteria | Scores | Our Score |
|---|---|---|
| Art | 1-5 | 4.5 |
| Pacing | 1-5 | 3 |
| Characters | 1-5 | 2.5 |
| Writing Style | 1-5 | 4 |
| Originality | 1-5 | 1 |
Finale Grade
C
Thanks to Kodansha for offering an eARC on Netgalley.
Finished reading: 6th April 2025
~Arden Skye
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