From Now On, I'm Your Dog
Suspenseful outline which is marred with incomprehensible actions whose characters lack depth. The story started strong with many questions surrounding its characters and how did certain event turned out as presented. Sadly, 10 chapters in, but it seems the author didn’t knew how to answer some questions and uncover few secrets along the way. Sometimes we are presented with interesting ideas which are executed badly; this manga is an example.
One Take
I’m a fan of mysterious dramas, but many webtoons and manga authors are not capable of drawing readers’ attention to plot twist and frankly this WEBTOON is another example of a mystery that failed to launch. It had a good beginning but it continues to trudge between exposing the deets and pulling the reader back for onset dramas which was repeated few times. Waiting for this story to move foreword was not interesting as the characters were detached from each other and from the actual story itself. Below Average if I had to grade it.
Detain
The concept was interesting , but it turned out to be a cheesy hallmark romcom after Chapter 2. There was no character growth and the storyline was devoid of a meaningful progress ( Spanned over 2 years), the characters and their almost non existent supporting characters haven’t changed. There were key events that we were brushed off such as the High school Bullying. This could have been edited out to be a 2 Part Manhwa instead of wasteful chapters.
Lies like Lies
Captivated by sorrowful memories; one arise to be repent for his failure to be present for his present while another holds a grudge against a society who failed to sympathize with his horrible ordeal. There are elements that failed to make sense such as the focus on women. Why women? Do these women represent the housewives who failed to offer kindness or sympathize with his younger self when he was assaulted? Their age ( 20-30) doesn’t necessarily represent housewives only. There was no mention of profession. The mangaka used to easiest route to explain Number 14; a date, but it’s far fetched to look into crimes committed in 12 dates for 20 years and what is the link? There is no link.
It makes sense that lack of evidence is the verdict, because the killer didn’t confess and the only witness was killed during the shootout.
At the end, innocence has died ages ago.
Ghost of Paradise