pluckaduck's manga / #Military(4)

it's a bit confusing, and you as the reader really have to draw conclusions on your own. ch 6. so black-hair, despite knowing hisar(?) could be forced into allowing the revolt, used this chance to let the visars understand that the shadows of war is close upon them. whether hisar is innocent or not, he did not care, and went over to his province to suppress the uprising, but it turns out that the enemy empire's army, which exceeds his numbers, was behind him. if black-hair tried to suppress the revolters (the arabas), their fellow clansmen outside will def not stand for this, and so this would allow a chance for the empire to intervene with a just cause. i think. ch. 19. solid plot without any contrived tropes. it's all about politics and the greater benefits before friends and stuff- basically nationalism. it's no coincidence that suleyman bey looks like the older version of mc, he's the more mature version who traveled and is actually competent (not to say mc isn't, but he is still naive in world politics). ch 25. i cant deny it any longer...... im not entirely sure what's going on. all i know is that the political opponent is wayyy intelligent.

ch 2. what a solid beginning! ch 29. that plot twist! never saw that coming. so the alchemist who died figured that when he ordered the massacre of the ishibaal it was for another purpose?? now I'm questioning every interaction he had with the other charas. ch 41. dam the plot thickens, mc's father or whomever that is, is the founder of ouroboros group?? (edit: he's not, thank god) ch 61. truly i really cant hate scar. ch 70. really...did not expect that plot twist.

it seemed really interesting, it really did. zombie apocalypse + cold, subdued uke + cheeky brazen seme seems like an interesting combination. but the delivery was meh. the dialogue is meh. the creator should've focused on storytelling and dialogue instead of the art. it's stiff and shallow. there are some scenes that def feel that there is no point being there...like the drunk guy and his 'boulder'... what exactly did that establish that was relevant to the plot? nothing. seemed to only be there for comedy. also, there was no proper buildup for that plot event when the lockdown happen bc there was an adam spotted in the facility. when seme threw uke into safety, making him locked in with the adams... was it supposed to be touching or something? i didnt really feel anything, bc there was little to no rapport between them. while the plot threads- the origins of the virus, the evolving intelligence of the adams, uke's and seme's past- seem interesting, ultimately it fail to keep me hooked... prob bc there were some scenes in between that were just not that interesting or relevent.

it's pretty decent. i especially loved that scene of that magician suffering under the torture of a justin bieber's 'Baby' song's orchestra for his interrogation. the worldbuilding for a low fantasy is fairly fleshed out, a combination of magic and modern technology, and the monster situations and the process of subduing them are well-thought-out enough. if i lived in this world, ill be glad to know my taxes funding the military are being used well lol. the ending could've had more buildup and closure, but considering that it's not a character-centric work, but focuses on the military dealing with monsters, it is fine.