Jack Frost

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Alternatives: English: Jack Frost
Japanese: 잭 프로스트
Author: Go, Jin-Ho
Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 95
Status: Finished
Publish: 2021-03-06 to 2021-03-06
Serialization: Booking

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4.0
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Alternatives: English: Jack Frost
Japanese: 잭 프로스트
Author: Go, Jin-Ho
Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 95
Status: Finished
Publish: 2021-03-06 to 2021-03-06
Serialization: Booking
Score
4.0
7 Votes
42.86%
28.57%
14.29%
14.29%
0.00%
0 Reading
0 Want to read
0 Read
Summary
It's Noh-A's first day at Amityville High School, and her reception is chilly to say the least. Brutal might be a better description! Decapitated but not dead (or is she??), Noh-A quickly realizes that nothing is as it appears at Amityville High where paranormal creatures battle for supremacy. Caught in the crossfire, Noh-A may have to rely on the unlikely (and possibly unreliable) aid of the most sinister student at Amityville... the deadly Jack Frost!

(Source: Yen Press)
Reviews (7)
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Jack Frost review
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Ivvy13
Apr 05, 2021
I really liked Jack Frost. It definitely had some issues, big ones, but I enjoyed it. It also was annoyingly similar to Hellsing, in the sense that Jack and Alucard are basically the same person.

Story 6:
Jack Frost starts out super slow. Girl transfers to new school, sees creepy guy she labels "Smirky," takes her seat, and all hell breaks loose. Her head comes off but she doesn't die. Cue first mystery that takes forever to be fully fleshed out. Literally half the story. Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with that, however, this felt more like the author wanted to write a ton of action and didn't really bother fleshing out the story until he realized he'd written half a story that was basically going nowhere. While I felt that the ending came together ok, it was really rushed and felt thrown together.

Art 8:
I mostly enjoyed the art. The style wasn't exactly for me, but it was ok. The fight scenes, which took up a large portion of the story, seemed to mostly be large blocks of black and white blur. That may be because there was so much fighting that I started skimming over it to find story points, but either way, there's a lot of fighting and a lot of movement in the fights, so it does blur some.

Character 6:
All the characters were pretty one dimensional. The author seemed to try giving them more depth sometimes, but really only succeeded in making them act really out of character at inopportune times. The ending showed a lot of progress with a couple of the characters, but looking back on it, you can't really see how they got from point A to point B. Noh-A is really the only one to change at all, and her character growth was overall enjoyable.

Enjoyment 9:
I hold story and character growth in very high esteem, but I also really love insane characters beating the crap out of other insane characters in a supernatural setting of blood and death. It was a fun read, even if I wanted to rip my hair out sometimes trying to figure out WHAT exactly was going on with the plot. I don't feel like I wasted my time and if a sequel was ever released, I would totally jump on it. I want more of Amityville and the characters.
Jack Frost review
by
CPsyche3_4
Apr 05, 2021
Interesting manwha if you liked Hellsing and similar things where a bunch of crazy people want to fight and kill each other.

I would tag this with:
- Action
- Dark
- Horror (mostly gore, there is no psychological horror)
- Supernatural

Story: 5/10
While the start is nothing too special, it does get quite interesting towards the end, where certain characters finally begin to evolve and change / develop. Unfortunately, this all comes to a quick end, because the story ends right as the female MC becomes more interesting.

The ending itself is also pretty damn disappointing, the manga had a dark feel to it the whole way through, and then it ends on a happily ever after note and, while the main villain is dealt with, none of the other rivalries are solved and now no one wants to fight each other anymore. This was the biggest disappointment for me and this might've been a 8-9 with a better ending.

Art: 7/10
The art is good. The fighting scenes were sometimes hard to figure out the exact movements of the characters, which is an issue for my as I like to look at panels for a while, playing the scene in my head.

Characters: 8/10
This is probably the most volatile section for this manwha. If you don't like crazy characters that love fighting and killing, much like in Hellsing, then you will not like the characters here.

For me, this is great, so I liked most of the characters. The female MC also got very interesting towards the end, unfortunately, this wasn't explored much as the story ended shortly after. You also get to learn more about Helmina further into the story, but their personalities remain largely the same throughout the story.

As you can guess from the last sentence, there is not much character development here, though that's always hard to judge as most of the cast are adults, and so typically less subject to significant personality changes, or at least changes typically occur slower. This manwha is clearly not about character development though, so I didn't let it bother me.

Enjoyment: 7/10
Enjoyable series if you like crazy people fighting and wanting to kill each other. This series is not about character development or teaching some lesson or moral, so if you're looking for deeper meaning, this will not satisfy you. The ending definitely took off a few points (as mentionned in the story section) from my enjoyment here, otherwise this would've probably been a 9-10 for enjoyment.