Hate List ~~~*

HAHAHA THIS WAS SO DEPRESSING AND FOR WHAT

i actually dropped it before the ending because i was getting bad vibes AND GOOD THING TOO
i mean if you want to feel sad for like EIGHTY CHAPTERS GO FOR IT
edit: 113 god damned chapters

my friend also recommended this one and i just want to know a) WHY and b) they are not my friend anymore

this is a colossal waste of time (sitting in at over 260 chapters currently) with absolutely no resolution for ANY plot points, the most unlikeable main character the world may have ever seen, and the only good character (seraphina bae) being treated like literal shit
IM STILL ANGRY I READ THE WHOLE THING
mostly the mc is a massive hypocrite and i side with the people who bullied him

its not as bad as some of the others on this list but it is also absolutely not fun or good
it is super incomprehensible, particularly from the aspect of how they choose to interpret the greek gods? none of it makes sense. if you thought lore olympus was picking and choosing from source material, think again
the character motivations make zero sense and the main character is way stupid (esp for someone who is supposed to be ATHENA)
story drags on AND ON AND ON AND ON
please free us

this is a catfish story

it starts off super strong, i was so excited for it! and then.. the ML is an asshole. and you're like okay, he's going to get redeemed, that's such a fun plotline
and then he CONTINUES TO BE AN ASSHOLE FOR NO REASON (plot or in response to someone else)
it actually became super unpleasant to read because he's just a toxic asshole who the FL is forced to get along with or SHE'LL BE KILLED?? and we're supposed to think this is romantic???????

original character??????? where'd she go??????????

much like her outer appearance, her inner personality radically changes, losing any appeal that the story once had along with it

give me back my girl who loved metal and horror D:
i was also super disappointed with story choices. she was a perfect candidate to learn special effects makeup and transform her passion for horror into something makeup related but noooo

"Cute romantic comedy manga about teenager and widow."
No.
I dropped this at ch15. It is so boring and repetitive. Like it goes nowhere. The art is very shounen (derogatory). It also feels super voyeuristic.
This is my least favourite type of female "protagonist" because even though we are told the story from her perspective, it is clear the gaze is actually through the male protagonist, who has the personality of wet cardboard. and that's not even addressing the very weird adult/minor romance

"Hana is a high schooler who ends up replacing her big sister at a marriage interview."
Since my last review was a shounen, I will add a shoujo on for equality's sakes
here is the SAME FUCKING ISSUE with an adult/minor romance (she is 16 and he is 26). that aside, this was a lot more of a fun read and this story could have been fixed by adding like 5 or 10 years to both characters ages. the male lead is also kind of a huge asshole (very old school shoujo tsundere type) but no dubcon so far....

I AM UPSET
the art is breathtaking and the story is super compelling but it centers a NINETEEN YEAR AGE GAP WITH A MINOR
NOOOOOOO
i don't think i need to explain this any further
super devastated because it would have been such an excellent story minus that ONE TEENY LITTLE DETAIL HUH

this has to have the ugliest art i think i've ever seen
its actually astonishing

the story is fucking dire, i guess it has a happy ending but damn they really put the mc through any and everything before that point

i just want to make it very clear I do not hate this for its premise. I knew what I was committing to. I'll even ignore the super questionable ethics about the whole "barbarian" thing.
the MC is just awful, the pacing is bad, the art is bad.. this is so halfhearted. the main healer accuses her of having smallpox just for the ML to be like she doesn't have the symptoms UM? GIRL THAT'S UR MAIN HEALER? HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR HEALTH?!?
they didn't even fuckin TRY