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Story: 9/10
Solo Leveling most definitely gave OP MC's a one up. It is a genre that many animes, manga and WebToons have done decently well. Solo Leveling really does do the OP MC genre well. The character development of Jin Woo was outstanding because it really brought out the satisfaction that the audience wanted to see. It is a fast paced story that is surprisingly easy to keep up with. The only flaw was that there were barely any other stories and the only focus of the story was Jin Woo. It is a good thing however, that Jin Woo did have many moments to himself to compensate for the lack of other story arcs.

Art: 10/10
I am a big fan of WebToon art styles and Solo Leveling had consistent clean art throughout the whole series. The lines were polished and thick. The colors were also bright and contrasted. The dungeons were slightly dark, however that made a cool effect with Jin Woo's signature glowing eyes. Both bright and dark parts were amazing. Character design were also classic WebToon which I also love. All in all 10/10.

Character: 10/10
Jin Woo was the main character of this WebToon. They placed large amounts of emphasis on his growth as a person and character. The powers he gains and the respect he gains from other characters really made him grow into the OP MC we have. Other characters were relevant enough to support Jin Woo's growth and that was enough to place the focus mainly on Jin Woo and keep us captivated on his character.

Enjoyment: 9/10
Seeing an OP MC grow is by far one of the most satisfying things in this type of entertainment. Solo Leveling definitely fulfilled my hunger on that aspect and it really did well. I loved the fact that they planned this story for 2 years and gave it a satisfying and cool environment to enjoy. I just wished there had been a little more female action going on there. Otherwise everything I enjoyed fully.

Overall: 9/10
Like I said, I enjoy this type of story greatly. I am satisfied with each battle and each level up. Each time an antagonist's ass gets whooped by Jin Woo. Proving someone wrong is a great feeling and Solo Leveling provides us that feeling. The feeling of having the ability to prove someone wrong and become more powerful. The overarching mystery of how he gained his powers as well as the gates becomes the mystery for another day. The day when Jin Woo becomes even more than he already is.

Thoughts on the First volume:
It was decent.
The story is about a teenage boy named Kazuki Hoshino who goes to school one day to find that a new transfer student named Aya Ontonashi has arrived, who declares war on him. That evening, she is found dead. The main character then discovers that his entire class have been reliving the same day (2nd of March) over and over again 27,000 times. Only Maria and sometimes Kazuki remember and at the end of the day, someone always dies.
The story is morally complex and has very well written and realistic characters, and the psychological taxation of the situation is not ignored. Imagery is well described and the book's true villains are revealed through some genuinely great plot twists. With that said, the book is far from flawless. After the first plot twist is revealed, the book's focus shifts to the necessity of one girl needing to accept her inevitable death in order to end the horror of the Repeating Classroom... The ending of the book ruins this and any tension involved for reasons I won't spoil. The ending also inexplicably undoes the removal of certain characters from existence, ruining all of the tragedy and horror that had been built up and making some of the more horrific deaths seem like pointless edge-fests. Also, while the rest of the characters are really interesting and well written, the main character just isn't. We learn nothing about his life and history or his personality beyond that he has a crush on another character (a girl named Mogi). I honestly think that Mogi herself would have actually been a far better main character due to her history and importance with what was going on, and her mentally unstable personality. Our lead by contrast is just a bland self-insert, and it almost made certain scenes boring.
I also don't understand why the book never even tries to show us how the parents and teachers are affected by the pseudo-time-looping that's going on, since apparently only the classroom and a few nearby areas actually go through the loop. We never even see our main characters interact with their families. Since it's established that time isn't really looping, it also makes no sense that the appropriate amount of time doesn't appear to have passed in the real world after the Repeating Classroom ends.
We also learn nothing about why the mysterious "O" (the true main villain) is so interested in Kazuki or why he put all of the other characters through the horrific events of the novel for so long despite himself getting bored of them. Aya also tells Kazuki a bizarre amount of things that she realistically wouldn't if she actually believed that he was lying, and to make matters worse, her reason for believing that he was lying make no sense:

Basically her goal was to find out who was behind the Repeating Classroom by finding out who remembered her real name from the previous time loop. The problem here is that no villain with a brain would ever tell her her real name in the first place, because that would give away everything. Instead of considering that he might remember for the same reasons she does, she instead assumes that he's a complete moron. This makes her entire plan to reveal her enemy feel incompetent, and counteracts every other attempt to make Aya come across as being ultra-intelligent.

So, overall the book is plot-hole ridden and shamefully edgy but has a lot of intrigue and a well put together mystery with mostly satisfying reveals, with only a few cop-outs. 6/10, recommended.

This manga was promising at the beginning, and actually has quite an interesting plot. But to someone like me who is a big fan of romance, it wasn't my type.

I needed more romance and cute moments so I kept persevering through the chapters but by around chapter 25-30 and onwards I ended up skimming through the pages so quickly, some points I didn't even read the chapter just scrolled all the way through it to the next chapter.

The story is good. Nothing bad to say about it, although I did end up getting a little confused as to where it was going after they reached their goal of banding together all four dragons.

The art style is also not suited to my tastes. It JUST passes my "okay" tastes, and if the story were more my type than it would've been fine.

Characters were alright, no big issues.

Overall, I rated it a 5 because truly there wasn't anything bad about story, it just honestly (as I keep repeating) wasn't suited to my tastes. If you're someone who enjoys the "KYAAAA<3" moments, this isn't for you. If you enjoy the more fantasy, historical aspects with minimal romantic moments, then perhaps this may be something you enjoy.

This manga doesn't have any fight or significant ethical questions, it's just some girl with some destruction god. In the most chill manga in jump history. It doesn't stand over the rest because it's not the same kind of read. You are not there to see some master writing or amazing fights and drawings. You are just there to see what kind of trouble did Magu-chan get into that week. Honestly just the best read of all time. The happiest moments of my Sunday jump reading are with this amazing creature called magu-chan
The review has to be longer so I'll talk about maguchan
The cutest creature of all time (sorry pochita)
The otaku god is also really fun to watch
And napputakku is also the greatest rival of all manga history.
These 3 form the best trio of all anime.
Only chilling out all the time.

I'll keep this short, I mean the manga is less than 50 pages, what's the point of a in-depth analysis?

My first one shot manga, so I should mention why I even read it - because the art looked appealing, so did the name.

Quite frankly, it's probably one of the easiest ways to decide whether to read the synopsis of a manga you've never heard of before - art and the title.

So anyway, [i]Ability Shop[/i] is pretty much set out like a fable, if you've ever seen the movie [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389860/]Click[/url], then the fable is kind of the same.

Thinking about it, it doesn't actually hold much comical value, and rather, is actually quite serious - despite the art style.

It's kid a kiddy version of [i]Death Note[/i] almost.

But it's good, if you read it for what the underlying lesson is, then it's a good lesson learnt.

I can't say much more, I mean.. it's a one shot manga - characters were good, but you can't grow attached to them just because of how short this was.

I felt that it was kind of a waste to use this as a one shot, it had the potential to be a short - at LEAST one volume manga, that way it would've allowed readers to feel more sympathetic.

However, enjoyable none the less. It's 50 pages, read it.

Usually historical manga depict characters living in some certain time of period in certain place so doing much research about the culture and history is must but this manga is truely do not deserve to be called that.

Story
The manga follows Genghis Khan back when he was still called Temujin. He is extremely powerful and blessed with divine protection from the heaven and with that he trails bloody path to create one of the largest empire.
The main premise align well with the history but everything else contradict it. It's fine to take creative liberty or have interesting twist on it but it was so loosely adapted might as well as make a whole new manga that has nothing to do with Genghis Khan. To give you an example in first few chapters there is character named Borokhula who becames a comrade and swore his loyalty to Temujin but in reality he was adopted son of Genghis Khan and was found after the destruction of the Jurchen, one of the tribes of Mongolia, and given to Genghis Khan's mother to be raised.

Art
So the art style isn't that bad and action scenes where it truly shines. I also enjoyed the background art and character design. It manages capture that rustic Mongolian feeling really well.
Characters have distinctive features and it's easy to tell apart who is who but Temujin sticks out like a sore thumb all the time. I don't mind the crazy gravity defying hair but did he really needed to have white hair. It clashes with everything else and he literally looks like your typical shonen protagonist in traditional mongolian clothing.
Speaking of clothing, sometimes characters would be dressed in clothing from wrong era. Deel (traditional mongolian clothing) from that time didn't had collar and woman didn't wore belts which is where the word "бүсгүй" meaning lady or young woman derived from a word "бүс үгүй " which literally means belt less.

Overall
If you take everything it says with grain of salt and just go along with it's badass manga but not something I would like to reread again.

Well it's Ongoing but it's really adorable :) The art is beautiful and the story lines quite sweet. A young girls life changes and she's happier with this one person who's made such a difference. You can relate to it.
But the best thing for me was the artwork. It was beautiful.

BE WARNED; THIS SERIES ENDED UNFINISHED!

Not trying to leak any spoilers for the series- but after chapter 38, there is a random time skip that changes the pace and tone of everything prior in the series so randomly and quickly that you feel like you had a mental relapse. Various readers who will read the series will notice it and will make you think that there are chapters missing... Nope. It really just went there.

The story then proceeds to rush past all the character development, plot points, and all sense of fundamental story telling to end the series as conclusively as possible within 2 more chapters (ends at chapter 40 but we are unsure if it is "confirmed" ending at the moment of writing this).

Why did this happen? People are speculating the series got axed by the publisher because it seems the author had no intention with this route and did his best to end the series as quickly as possible and resolve the great developments he was leading up to.

If the ending wasn't so horribly rushed- this would be an easy recommend.

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The beginning is so good and the growing development is so intriguing and unique that it keeps you engaged for what's happening next. The series outside of the last handful of chapters is A-tier if you're looking for a casual fun read.

The art style is very clean and easy on the eyes. The character designs are borderline generic but each have nice traits (best girl wars are to be had). The usage of facial expressions makes for a lot of great moments in the series that are quite memorable.

There is so much potential in the series. I'd rate it higher but anyone who reads far enough in the end will almost regret ever reading it for how bad the ending is. It hurts almost more because overall the series is so good and it's the publisher that chose to end it.

If you're willing to enjoy a good story and won't be soured by an ending because you enjoyed the "journey" more than the destination- have at it- this is a good series worth reading for all the unique interactions the main character faces.

If you're the type to be disappointed by bad endings that collectively ruin your entire perception of what you experienced... Stay far away from this. There's nothing but regret.

Personally, I think if this series went on the trajectory it was originally going... could easily have been rated 8-10/10. But the way it ended for me personally removes so much of the magic and makes me sad that this will be the end for this potentially amazing series. I think this is better than most 7/10's in general by far; but I think 6/10 is a fair warning for those who might regret reading something that ends so abruptly.

This is a period medical manga. I have no idea how much of it is based in the real world or what is even possible. But despite that, it's fun to read.

the story was great, to say the least, I'm writing this disregarding the fact it was cancelled and everything was warped up as best he could. If you can disregard the ending, it's a great read and the only reason it's a 9 out of 10 is because it has no proper end, just a quick wrap up.

The art is something that is both familiar and new. It's kind of a hard thing to describe, it's a bit like one piece, where unless you read it the art looks stupid (especially the early chapters, before the art got really good). I'm giving it an 8 because there were so few chapters the art never really evolved at all to fit the story better, but the art is still great.

As for characters, I'm rating this an 8 because the manga was cancelled, the mangaka probably expected a run of at least 10 volumes, so he put no big hurry on the character evolutions, but you can see there is some.

I enjoyed this manga immensely, it's sad that it was cancelled but the ride was fun. Some manga drag ass after a while to pad chapters, but I'm glad this one didn't.

Over all, it's a 9, not for what it is but for what it could have been.

If you are looking for a manga to read, have fun with, and enjoy the trip and not the destination, than this is a great one for you.

Story:
The big message that this manga wants to convey is that never talk to strangers.And never ever tell them that you have a little sister.And if you tell them by mistake,then be ready to flee the city,country and even Earth in order to save your life and of others.
The biggest asset of this manga can be described in a single sentence-that it is disgustingly creepy.The pace is quite fast which adds to the eeriness and helps in transforming the same world of joy and hope into that of a living hell in just a couple of chapters.
Art:
It does a fgood job in setting up the mood of the manga.The faces of various characters very often show the hopelessness that they are experiencing and the presentation of sudden change in emotions on their faces is also well done.
Characters:
A horror story often has weak characters and this one has this flaw too but to a lesser degree.The MC though boring had some development while the only other character worth mentioning is the antagonist.She emits a type of aura that is perfectly suitable for a character like her and she successfully executes her role of doing everything that she was supposed to do.
Enjoyment:
It was enjoyable as it creeped the hell out of me.
Overall:
It was a nice read and also had a decent scary ending.And it also reestablishes the fact that horror mangas can be good as well as creepy at the same time.