July's Manga

It's pretty hilarious, but currently slowing down in terms of plot. The art is nothing impressive, it's serviceable. The female lead is very strong and independent, but I feel there's a huge disconnect between her past life and her current life. No matter what, I don't see her as a professional assassin. The story's going for a reverse harem, and she's surrounded by ikemen. There's a lot of characters and it's easy to lose track of which characters have already been introduced. I don't like how she already slept with the Emperor even though their relationship hasn't gotten to the peak yet, and they both still have lots of secrets from each other.

It was great at the beginning, I liked Pauliana as the badass female lead. But later on, it skips a lot of the war to jump straight to romance, which sucks. There's not much focus on Pauliana herself, and more on the emperor's infatuation with her, which I find to be too rushed to be realistic. Pauliana is oblivious and stupid outside of fighting. I feel very let down by this webtoon. Art is ok, but Pauliana is not pretty at all. The emperor's forehead is way too wide, and I can't stop staring at it. It was even more obvious in the April Fool's chapter where he was bald, and I cannot unsee it. I'm pretty disappointed in this webtoon, it had a lot of potential to be great.

It's an interesting twist on isekai genre, with two people being reborn into new bodies instead of just one. However, the story suffers since it focuses mainly on the girl twin. Pacing is very slow so far. The two twins don't have much distinguishable personalities due to splitting of the main roles. Art is decent but not impressive. Changing my rating to 2 stars because literally everyone in this webtoon is so dumb, like a sack of bricks. Everything could be resolved if people just communicate! And the twins are not mentally their supposed age, they act exactly like how small children act.

The beginning of this manga was really good, and the female lead was both likeable and relatable. As the series went on, she just became kind of stupid and intolerable. It went seriously downhill after the arc where she had to be Ren's fake sister who had a bro-con complex with him. That was so dumb and not salvageable at that point. At least Ren finally admitted his feelings for her. Honestly, I like her interaction with Shou more than with Ren. It's more natural and organic, while with Ren it's uncomfortable and forced. I enjoyed the sections where she prepared for acting jobs but the author has stopped showing those bits of her life, what a letdown...

This webtoon is so trashy. But the art is quite nice for a pornhwa. Nothing special about the plot, I'm sure the plain male lead will end up having sex with all four of the stepmother's friends including his own stepmother. It's probably a teenaged boy's dream.

The art is good, I love how distinctive the female lead looks. Her adopted family is awful, but I don't really sense the emotional and mental anguish from her. I do feel somewhat sorry for her, but the author hasn't made me empathize with her. Her male interest was introduced far too early, so the webtoon is probably going to focus on their romance...meh. I don't like the pairing very much so far. The tombstone hunt sounds boring to me. We'll see where this goes...I'll probably end up docking more stars off though. Yup, I'm docking another star off because the interaction between the protagonist and the male lead is so dull and uninspiring, it's neither romantic nor suspenseful, and it's already dragged this out for a couple chapters now.

Art is somewhat lacking, the princess is not cute at all. She's supposed to be the most powerful mage in the world, but conveniently cannot use her powers. She's not really that intelligent. I'm a little bored by this writing. It's not fleshed out and not that enjoyable to read. The best parts of the webtoon are her interactions with her new brothers and father, and that's the only reason this gets 3 stars from me.

The first half of the story was very touching, but the main lead grew up too fast and became overpowered. It no longer focuses on the interaction between her and her new family, and it's quickly leaning towards a romance between her and her first knight... For that, I'll be docking a star.
Update: It's getting too melodramatic. I don't like this webtoon anymore. Too much weeping and whining and nothing happening.

One of the best manga I've read, the anime is also great. It's going dark very steadily, as I've always suspected it will. Honestly, I think this manga will have a tragic ending. Hiyori is slowly taking a backseat in the story, and it's focusing more on Yato & Yukine & Father. I hope Hiyori will be able to take the spotlight again soon, since her interaction with the other main characters is what makes this story work so well in the past.

It's pretty awful and the art is not that great. Story is nonsensical and I don't know why the two male leads are attracted to each other.