July's manga / #Shounen(43)

One Piece is the best! Classic shounen manga~

Actually, I didn't like this webtoon in the beginning, because the male lead was so unlikeable, as typical of OP heroes. Even worse, he gathers a small harem of beautiful girls in the first five chapters (it only gets bigger from there). But it does improve slightly with recent chapters, although not by much~ Well, at least he's become slightly more likeable, because he cares about upgrading everyone mostly equally. Also, he hasn't shown any signs of favoritism or romance towards the girls, which is a plus for me, since it's so, so easy to devolve into mushy lovey dovey crap that doesn't make the story any better, and leads to pointless arguments or something. It's still somewhat interesting to see how the story will unfold from here, but I'm guessing he will not really encounter much way of obstacles besides his own teammates dragging him down. He gets lots of beautiful girls in his harem but they're all basically useless in the end since he always ends up having to save them.... Sigh. The art is decent, not the best, but it's serviceable for this genre of webtoon. His ring is OP and it can store infinite amount of items. I'm not sure why he's so good at fighting since his skill is actually forging. His girl companions are all idiots who are incapable of defending themselves, even against fodder enemies. He also picks up two trash guys as team members, and they're also extremely weak. I think this webtoon has potential, but it's definitely hard to see through the pile of plot armor crap the author has surrounded the male lead with. I'm hoping that he will have to actually face some strong difficulties instead of wiping the floor effortlessly every time, but I won't hold my breath about this actually happening. The translation gets worse with the newer chapters, and there's lots of grammar and spelling mistakes. Don't read if you don't want a headache.

A man is randomly summoned to a different world by "accident" by a goddess, and the new world he's in operates like an RPG game. He's chosen to be a craft type class, so he begins his quest by collecting and hoarding everything he sees, and his item box has unlimited capacity. A somewhat basic isekai with an OP hero who starts off with the best of the best in terms of skills and equipment, etc. He's not really a unique character, and I don't like him as a protagonist. Everything goes super smoothly for him, it's rather boring to read. World-building is rather weak so far, so the story isn't engaging in any way.

This weakling male lead was abandoned by everyone, his family, his teammates, his guild, etc. He ends up being used as a scapegoat so his former team members can escape a giant monster, and he's carried back to the monster's lair so he can be eaten by the larvae. It's very gross to watch. As he's turned into worm food, he hears a voice talking to him, which tells him to eat the larvae, and when he does, he's attained a different form which is clearly stronger than he was before. I don't really feel much for this character, and I can't sympathize with him, probably due to the rapid pacing of the story. It hasn't gone into what he's going to do with his newfound powers yet, so I guess we'll see where this goes. The art was detailed, but for some reason, I dislike the character designs. The gross detail of being eaten alive by worms was brilliant.

A boy with the useless job class of Appraisal is abandoned by his party members, and he nearly died, but is saved by a tree spirit and her guardian. He lost his eye, so they replaced it with an even more powerful version of his appraisal eyes, and he's learning to fight using his new ability. It seems ok so far, but nothing special. The tree spirit is completely in love with the male lead already, which is lame. The art is a bit too rough for my taste, but it's serviceable for shounen manga.

The daughter of one of the great seven heroes was abandoned by her father, but she survives with her ability to control dragons with her flute. She meets a vengeful warrior named Arjuna who wants to kill all of the seven heroes, including their offspring. They enter an uneasy alliance to team up and get revenge on the people who betrayed them. It's pretty interesting so far, and I have high expectations of this manga. I hope it doesn't go into romance quickly, if at all. The tense relationship the two main characters have is quite unique, and it'd be a shame to dive into standard tropes. The art is nice and flows well in the action sequences.

I so, so, so wanted to like this manga. In fact, I was in love with it from the first chapter, but it went downhill pretty quickly after that. But, wow, that first chapter was beautifully done, with some of the best art and panelling I've seen recently. There were a series of panels without any words, just action and wide shots, so amazing. It really captured the beauty and dangers of the new world the protagonists find themselves in very effectively. The only problem is that the pacing is too goddamned fast. Like we were introduced to 4-5 main characters in a short span of three chapters. Slow down! How do you expect readers to keep up? Not to mention, this is based on the Water Margin, where there are 108 main characters or heroes, who will all probably appear in this manga too. I think this could have been good, but maybe it will find the right pace later on. By the way, I love how the girl character doesn't fight, instead, she commands the guys around her like a general, but I wish it was more believable, since there wasn't too much explanation to why they'd stoop to serve her if they're more powerful than she is. And her being the supposed savior isn't enough for me, since she doesn't have the kind of charisma to pull that off.

Male lead lost his parents in a fire when he was young, and he was permanently disfigured and blinded, but he still can live on because he has an adorable black blob that guides him. Seriously, the black blob is so cuteeeeee. But there's more! It turns out the black blob is suppressing all the black monsters that are bubbling beneath the surface, and there's other people who are like him. It's really interesting, and there are definitely a bunch of twists that keep you guessing. It's been a while since I've read such an interesting webtoon. The art is quite good, and very well suited for this genre. I have no idea what that other person in the top comments is saying, that this is a 13 year old's wet dream because it's so much deeper than that. They dropped the series before it reached its full potential. Update: The first chapter for Season 2 just got released, and it looks like a bummer right now. I hope this series doesn't go downhill, because I really liked the first season... Update 2: Finished. Season 2 was awful, as I had feared. Nonsensical plot, flat characters, and Kkamjang is barely there. Ending was rushed and silly. Got a lot of shounen vibes from this type of conclusion where every is happily married after a timeskip. Sigh. Disappointed.

The first chapter is so weird, the male lead randomly isekai'd to a new world while he was fighting a caterpillar, and then decides to learn magic, just because he can. The way he reacts to his new life is so abnormal, and his goals don't even make sense. Why is he so obsessed with learning magic? We don't know. Why doesn't he try finding a way back to his own world? He acts like the isekai didn't impact his life at all, and he just does whatever he pleases without any real goal in mind. The art is alright for the manga level of art, which is usually higher than webtoon art quality.

This is awesome! It's like if Detective Conan was on crack. I love this!