The Abandoned Empress
Fully finished. Art style - 7/10 - The art style is kinda of rushed, and sometimes the art looks a bit weird. It’s okay though, it’s not bad. Female Lead - 11/10 - I relate to the protagonist a lot, I really like how she feels so much for others yet she puts herself first at the same time. Male Lead - 4/10 - I really don’t like the male lead all that much, Carsein is best boi. He’s so cold, I never liked him. Overall - 8.5/10 - A true classic, but as with others I’m really disappointed in the male lead. It’s definitely worth reading though! NEW REVIEW: AFTER ACTUALLY FINISHING THE STORY Art style- 7/10 - My opinion still haven’t changed too much about the art style, it becomes awkward at some points. It’s still a solid art style. Female Lead - 1000/10- I can’t express how delighted I am by her development. I loved seeing her growth, her hardship, and how she delt with all her struggles. Aristia is truly an amazing female lead. Male Lead - 1000/10 - I take back what I said about being disappointed that he’s the male lead. This story mostly takes place in a different reality, where he didn’t do any of these things to her. I believe that all of the effort he put into trying to make himself seem sincere to Tia was absolutely amazing. It was beautifully written, I am no longer disappointed that he’s the one with Tia in the end. Absolutely amazing development in character. Plot - 2000/10 - I really liked the plot, not a lot of stories do this well with time reversal. Even Lady Baby, although it’s very popular, and I dubbed it my favorite isekai manhwa, is like granite next to the Abandoned Empress. It really disappointed me that now Carsein and Allen can’t be friends after she decided to become empress, but well, I guess it’s for the best. I could feel how pained the characters were when they decided that they must leave her. Overall - 2000/10 - PLEASE READ IT FULLY THROUGH BEFORE FORMING AN OPINION. I beg of you, please do so. I can’t recommend a better manhwa that expresses Aristia’s emotions better than this manhwa. I’m speechless, this is too good. Worth the read. Another good read is Ellen’s Solhwa, it expresses the emotions of the characters so well. This one would leave anyone speechless as well. I know a lot of people are not satisfied with the ending, but idk, it feels right? But I can feel some wrong in it too, I really wish she kept her friends by her side. Truly.
Ellin's Solhwa
Art Style - 10/10 - I loved how everything flowed nicely, the elegance of the style really emphasizes the characters well. Plot - 10/10 - I really loved this isekai. I liked how they tied the isekai soul factor into the story instead of throwing it away. Female Lead 10/10 - I liked her character a lot, she didn’t just sit there and watch. I can tell that Ellin genuinely loved living, she genuinely wanted to make that second chance at life worth while. Male lead - 9.8/10 - THIS MAANNNNN!!!! Bro has everything!!!! My favorite part about Kiha is that he didn’t instantly believe Ellin when she said that she was apart of a different world. I don’t like that he kinda shrugged her off then, but he had his reasons. Kiha had feelings of his own and wasn’t just a hot guy for Ellin to ogle. Overall - 11/10 - A heart warming beautiful story, I personally think that everyone should read it even if you aren’t crazy into isekai manhwa. I really liked how (SPOILER : King Light was reincarnated into Ellin’s world, and eventually found someone he loves. I knew Light was going to die though because it seemed as if he had no purpose in the isekai world.) END SPOILER - I would highly recommend this , I really like the author too, I’ll definitely follow up on her new comic. I think the ending was a nice way to tie everything together, even though we didn’t get a Light X Ana arc. But yeah, so much emotion from this, definitely one of the best ones I’ve ever read.
Doctor Elise
146 Art style- 9/10 - The art style at the beginning threw me off a lot, I could tell that this was probably the author’s first manhwa. It was messy, and lacked definition. The art got so much better, and I’m extremely happy with how unique it is compared to other manhwas. Plot- 7/10 - Actually, I never liked this manhwa all that much. The plot isn’t extremely unique, but I do still like a good clique once in a while. I personally absolutely loved the ending. It tied the story off so nicely, and reflected back on Elise’s achievements. I couldn’t help but feel this calming warmth while reading the last chapter. I feel like this manhwa is best when binge read, I got incredibly tired of it when having to read each chapter a day. Even so, for me even binging about 90 chapters on this manhwa, I didn’t really feel the incredible hype it has gotten from almost everyone that has read this manhwa. I don’t see why everyone practically warships this manhwa. Maybe I’ll give it a reread in case it’ll change my opinion. Female Lead- 7/10- She is a bit of a Mary Sue, whatever she gets herself involved in everything turns out a thousand times better. I don’t hate her, I think she’s actually a pretty solid isekai manhwa protagonist. I often like when authors show what happens to the ‘other soul’ in stories, I think that would’ve fit really well in Doctor Elise. Male Lead- 8/10 -I like how he’s not just a piece of art without meaning, he has an entire backstory and his own trauma. I like how he isn’t like an edgelord or anything, instead the author fits his trauma into his character realistically. Overall- 8.5/10 - this manhwa is worth reading, especially now that it’s finished. All I can say about this manhwa is that well.. it’s.. good? Nothing extraordinary, but it’s not bad. In the future I might reread this just to try to find why this manhwa is so hyped up.
Our Future (Cheok Kong)
Art style- 7/10- Not terrible, it’s like a simplified version of most BL artstyles. I think the author needs to work on drawing females, I literally thought Niki was another gay dude . Plot- 5/10 - Uhhh well it seems like an uncreative yaoi plot, plus he only uses his power ONCE in the entire goddamn manhwa. The sole part of his power is that he gets with his manz. I hate that the other dude that said anti gay stuff got like the biggest pass of the century- WTF. I get that he’s supposed to be trying to deny it but uh can someone chew him out for saying that shit???? Protagonist- 5/10- Our protagonist here is just so plain. Again he’s not terrible but he’s just kinda eh. Love Interest- 7/10- Yeah he’s hot. I like him that’s why he gets extra points, . I like how he kinda has a past. Overall- 5/10- Uh well so it’s very very absurdly mid. Like that’s all that comes to mind. Mid. Plain. It’s just eh. It’s not a bad read, it read it if you kinda just want something to a yaoi to read.
Mystic Messenger
Art style - 10/10 - The art style was comparable to promo manhwas- it was absolutely stunning and added the right amount of detailing to the characters. Plot - 6/10 - Let's just say that the reader didn't play or know of the story of the game. The reader would still find this manhwa a little boring. I have actually played the game, and I'm deeply disappointed that the story became so dull in this adaptation. WHERE THE HELL IS SAERAN?? What about the whole green eye thing? ISN'T HANA GOING TO TELL THE REST OF THE RFA THAT RIKA IS INDEED ALIVE??? Why did Hana just instantly change her mind who she wants to be in a relationship with like a day or two AFTER SHE CONFESSED TO ZEN THAT SHE LIKED HIM. HE SAID THAT HE LIKED HER TOO. TF. Also saying that Saeyoung is the closest RFA member to her is a complete lie. You literally met him later than other RFA members ( that's not really a problem, but he was really secretive with stuff then so there was no development between the two ) and the only time you had a deep convo with him is that ONE TIME YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD. ONE DAMN TIME, GIRL!!! The story built up the friendly relationship Hana had with the rest of the RFA fine, I wouldn't say it was the most realistic considering they were all overly kind? Idk, it's been a hot minute since I played MM, but still the story built up the fact that HANA AND ZEN LIKED EACH OTHER. I'm not a Zen stan or anything, but just throwing away this build up for this LAST MINUTE THING is stupid. I really like Saeyoung too... WTF. All and all, this story was like eating vanilla ice cream without the vanilla. It looks appealing, but the experience is simply too plain. Female Lead - 6/10 - Hana's nice. Not terrible, but not a shitty character either. She has a back story and really considers her friends in the RFA. Idk why the guys liked her so much, to me she's a really surface level character. Male Lead - 6.5/10 - Saeyoung is so much more than that. WHERE'S HIS TWIN BROTHER? Saeran is my favorite character! The story barely depicted his story or the depth in his character. I know that this story probably had to end at set amount of episodes so complaining about not having as much depth in the characters is probably the most ' well ok obviously but there's not enough time ' thing I could complain about still. We know so much about Zen, why not Seven? If Seven's the ML why do we know way more about the secondary male lead? Overall - 6/10 - I'm going to be honest, the reason why I suffered through this plain ass story is because it's based off of MM and the art style is immaculate. It's more content for the game, but I'm pretty sure a fan's adaptation would've been ten times better. They should've focused more on the story and not the art, although the art is UGHHGGGG SO GOOD. All and all, if you've played the game, I'd recommend reading this when you don't have to pay too much attention to the manhwa. If you're really focused on it, you'll get bored, so maybe read it in class? That's what I did at least. Play the game if you like the concept of the story, but not the execution!
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