I can’t believe they just casually dropped the fact that Halebob was straight up brainwashed and is the sole reason Santa Industries even managed to exist. Dude really sacrifices himself in his final moments for everyone. He didn’t try to do anything to save himself or ensure his own survival, he really gave it all for his juniors. Crazy how that persisted past the brainwashing too. He seemed like a pos but not the absolute worst to begin with, and now we learn that’s because he wasn’t one to begin with.
Man that’s so tragic. Halebob wasn’t the hero they deserved he was the one they needed.
Yessssss!!! I went from absolute hating him to feeling so so bad for him and it feels SO unfair how his story wrapped up...even if it would be hard for the public to accept him his teammates should've absolutely been waaaaaay more grateful...not whatever the pink haired lady offered him at the end...his sacrifice and dedication really moved and surprised me...my man deserved better
The craziest part is that no one knows, or will remember. He will never be remembered for his ultimate sacrifice and heroism, only the evil he was forced to become by the brainwashing.
I loved how this work looked, wish it didn’t fall off so hard. Strong start too. Why is it that works like these always end up over focusing on the romance towards the end? Really kills it tbh.
It has romance in the tag. People read & love romance story too (like me
So? My point was that it over focused on it. Romance is but a piece to a story like this, and the path it took the romance down is also genuinely not great. This was not structured like a romance story from the start, and it did not capitalize on its original foundation and setting pieces once it began to drift into the romance arc. There are a lot of other manwha and manga that capitalize far better on the romance aspects of their stories and their plotlines. This one is an example of one that began great, had good art, but then fumbled.
This is also from an era where this sort of plot type was newer, so people didn’t know how to give it a conclusion, or a follow through. One of the issues is that it has a clear base premise and starting conflict, but then it doesn’t know what to do after resolving the initial premise or ideas. Which leads to a stagnation in the plotline and a dilution of the story.
You have to actually analyze and look at the story. A story like this is not a pure romance story either, the romance only begins very late into it, and despite all the possible romance options it chooses the worst possible one. Pretty much everyone hates how the romance plotline in this panned out, since it did ruin the story.
It has a romance tag is not a valid excuse, and peoppe enjoying romance isn’t either. It ignores every bit of context or nuance to what I said without thought, especially since those who enjoy romance plots also aren’t enjoying this story or those that have similar issues. It doesn’t even start out as romance, and the romance doesn’t pay off, because it ends up overly focused on it and because it ended up being very hasty and rushed in.
You not only served with this, but it was really informative to learn about the manhwa before reading, so thanks (even though it wasn’t intended lmao)
I’m glad! It’s really a shame since it starts off pretty strong and has some strong story beats just to get ruined in the latter half. This was one of my favorites until the chapter releases started taking certain turns.
Since immortality is so difficult to crack, I bet Irantes didn’t crack it, but is instead stealing the life force of others. That’s just a theory though!
Maybe the oath of loyalty sucks up the life energy of the mages and transfer to him of something?
That's that. But then where does the mages/elders get their "immortality", to other mages perhaps?
Maybe? Who knows maybe they even recycle the corpses of mages that died in the exams. I won't even be surprised if they're using commoners as an ingredient for their 'immortality'.
Using common folks and unlucky mages seems to be the closest answer, I mean it aligns with their character. I just hope that Riley and mc kills them in a oh so painful way
Funny enough it was the manwha with Sigrid that made me think about it. Also, is the Grimoire the MC or Riley when you think about it? It’s Riley’s story with the grimoire, out of every adventure and person he’s been wielded by. Just food for thought.
This is, just really good. It’s style is simple but it conveys so many things. Really hits as somebody around thsi age. Going through things similar to some of these characters. It feels real.
I still can’t stop laughing at how so many of them feel dejected by Katarina’s continuous accidental seducement of others.
I like how he conversation about the man who turned into a tiger was foreshadowing, cause the MC was never warned about it until the mother gave the warning. She wanted to watch the MC succeed but be shackled by that scholarship, and even potentially end up like the man did. She didn’t push for it or against it though. Offering help but never enough to fix things or change things. Just to prolong them. Create false hope.
I also like how the beach scene is recontextualized. The mom was worried the MC would get drowned lol. At first it seemed like the mother wanted to live through her daughter, and was just possessive of her and a helicopter parent, but then it turned out she was just trying to make sure her daughter didn’t do anything bad. She’s not perfect but damn, I wasn’t expecting that twist. It kind of foreshadowed the daughter was off though quite a bit. Even just looking at the interactions. She never interjected to either’s benefit, like during the argument.
Really well done character interactions.