its actually so genius the way that this manga depicts hephaestion as a split personality of alexander rather than that of what we know their relationship was in reality... i was genuinely gagged when they revealed it. the reveal of alexander's "real" father through having the historical irl portrait of alexander morph into the guy olympia has an affair with was just so well done like i don't think there ever would have been a more perfect execution of that particular revelation. all the characters, even the side characters, have so much depth and complexities to them. also bruh eumenes is so great, he is so refreshing as a main character in the sense that his unique trait, rather than being his strength or his stoicity, is his intelligence instead. that's what makes it genuinely enjoyable to watch him go along his journey, even when he goes through a lot of shit. there is so much love in this story, and i'm not talking about romantic love at all, but instead the sort of love shown in charon's paternal feelings of love for eumenes, the love the village of boa shows eumenes, the love eumenes' mother had for him, and the love he shows the people around him. this manga is one that is quietly intelligent, its rather straightforward plot-wise but the attention lies in the detail and the subtleties of it all. what a great work.... i cant believe it hasn't updated since 2022. and the art being phenomenal too.... like this is a masterpiece and it should be just as popular if not more as vinland saga and kingdom etc
its actually so genius the way that this manga depicts hephaestion as a split personality of alexander rather than that of what we know their relationship was in reality... i was genuinely gagged when they revealed it. the reveal of alexander's "real" father through having the historical irl portrait of alexander morph into the guy olympia has an affair with was just so well done like i don't think there ever would have been a more perfect execution of that particular revelation. all the characters, even the side characters, have so much depth and complexities to them. also bruh eumenes is so great, he is so refreshing as a main character in the sense that his unique trait, rather than being his strength or his stoicity, is his intelligence instead. that's what makes it genuinely enjoyable to watch him go along his journey, even when he goes through a lot of shit. there is so much love in this story, and i'm not talking about romantic love at all, but instead the sort of love shown in charon's paternal feelings of love for eumenes, the love the village of boa shows eumenes, the love eumenes' mother had for him, and the love he shows the people around him. this manga is one that is quietly intelligent, its rather straightforward plot-wise but the attention lies in the detail and the subtleties of it all. what a great work.... i cant believe it hasn't updated since 2022. and the art being phenomenal too.... like this is a masterpiece and it should be just as popular if not more as vinland saga and kingdom etc