So I bumped into a new series while going down the rabbit hole with no description. Cover art and title was interesting so I read a few.

Standard setup and back story. Might be interesting to see if anything unique stands out…

Then it kept jumping forward. The story progressed way too fast.

I realized it was a manhua.

I don’t know why but there’s always so much happening so fast it’s hard for me to digest it all that I end up dropping it.

What are your thoughts?

Other manhua I’ve dropped:

  • Versatile Mage

  • My Wife is a Demon Queen

  • Monster Pet Evolution

  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    7 months ago

    I have started to hate most of the stuff that I read. Power fantasy like tower-climbing/levelling-up and otome/villainess is something I detest very much. I admit that I’m guilty of consuming it, because curiosity - and rightfully, it has killed the cat in me time and again.

    Apart from that, I hate over-repeated, unfunny jokes related to “accidental” sexual assault, and the cocky “smirk syndrome”. And don’t even get me started on special otome highlight panels - the hero/heroine can say the most ridiculous nonsense, and people won’t question it, cuz “muh fleur, glitter en shiz”. When it comes to adult category, they’re the worst, especially the “guilty pleasure” part of it - apparently, some people like it, but me, I’ve been traumatized.

    I like reading stuff that makes me feel like I’m a speck on the universe. I also like reading good slice of life. Good, as in, not just pointless daily life time-lapse. Something similar to Hyouka, where the story is slow-paced.

    Here’s a few of them that I enjoyed of the many I’ve read:

    • Manga:

      • Hyouka (I’ll probably read the light novel because this is so damn good)
      • Ai Ren (very dark and traumatic, but hits the right spot of transcendental mysteriousness and cosmic horror)
      • Attack on Titan (Spoilers only: I’ll start from the beginning sometimes later)
      • Uzumaki (cosmic horror)
      • Monster
      • Samurai 8 (I like this, the theme is very similar to Asura’s Wrath)
      • Code Geass
    • Manhwa:

      • Bastard (my number one manhwa favourite)
      • Days of Hana (bitter-sweet romantic story)
      • Tower of God (I’ve yet to resume - I stopped reading about three years ago, this isn’t what I consider as tower-climbing, more like tower-transcendence)
    • Manhua (all the manhua I’ve read are absolutely shit, except for this one):

      • Pan Long
    • Light novels

      • HakoMari series
      • Kamisu Reina series

    Right now, I’m considering moving to actual novels, from diverse international authors. Maybe a few in English, Hindi, French and possibly, my own mother tongue. I don’t really like the currrent enshittification of East Asian animation. Maybe I’ll read something like Inuyasha, Trigun, Blame, WorldEnd, Astra Lost in Space or Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash in the future.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      If you liker bastard, give Swet Home a go, it’s from the same author and the vibe has a similar-ish eerines.

      Also,as a general recommendation that I’m reading and enjoying right now:

      Black knight: kinda decent vibe to it. I reincarnated as a legendary surgeon: yes, I know, isekai bs, but the story progresses in an organic way for now and the MC is likeable. The return of the crazy demon: it might not be up your alley but the entire pretext is that the MC is actually kinda crazy so I do enjoy binging 5-6 chapters from time to time.