Far East Chimera

[Turkeyjerkey]

Right on the money

Rip. I think it just lacked that strong story hook. Like there was no established long-term goal for the mc. Well that and a million other things. The worldbuilding was weak and small in scope, the characterization was lacking, there wasn't a great deal of thematic depth or originality, it wasn't weird enough to attract a niche fanbase, the art was nice but not "cool" enough to appeal to little boys.

The sort of manga you get from a creator who had a lot of passion but not much of a plan. The only way a work like that can survive these days is if perfectly fits the generic shounen formula or plays into the tired shitty self-insert power fantasy. And I respect it for at least not doing that.

 

[Turkeyjerkey]

Great art but that's about it.

Spoiler: Chapter one spoiler and my reasons it's bad

First half of chapter one we see a crazy strong and cool mc. After page 27 of chapter one, what she cherishes the most gets crushed just like that and mc is so helpless she can't do a thing.
Making a character strong just to show them to their weakest like it didn't even matter and it was all a joke, all that in the beggining of chapter one... I can't trust author isn't going to crush my fleeting happiness at any random moment after this.

Lol this is what I'm talking about. Fucking kids these days just want a power fantasy, no struggle, no tension, no loss.

 

[Painasbread]

Lol this is what I'm talking about. Fucking kids these days just want a power fantasy, no struggle, no tension, no loss.

What I put in the spoiler is why I disliked reading the first chapter. That's completely subjective, and the goal wasn't to critize the manga as a whole with sound arguments but just express how bad I felt reading this part and why.
So attacking me just because I didn't like it and not because my arguments aren't logical is not very nice.

I also can make a sound argumentation with examples showing why it's a bad story overall. I didn't do that because I didn't want to bother doing that, it's not like this story absolutely needed an objective critique coming from me.

I think it just lacked that strong story hook. Like there was no established long-term goal for the mc. Well that and a million other things. The worldbuilding was weak and small in scope, the characterization was lacking, there wasn't a great deal of thematic depth or originality,

I said "Great art but that's about it." before using my spoiler, and this sentence is pretty much saying the same as your description of this manga, with only less words and explanations. Though you didn't even praise the art but that's not the point I'm trying to make here.
I mean you just said it yourself why this manga is bad, what's so wrong with me disliking it then? I can't exactly understand your purpose in criticizing my decisions after all that. 🤨😑😑

 

[Turkeyjerkey]

What I put in the spoiler is why I disliked reading the first chapter. That's completely subjective, and the goal wasn't to critize the manga as a whole with sound arguments but just express how bad I felt reading this part and why.
So attacking me just because I didn't like it and not because my arguments aren't logical is not very nice.

I also can make a sound argumentation with examples showing why it's a bad story overall. I didn't do that because I didn't want to bother doing that, it's not like this story absolutely needed an objective critique coming from me.


I said "Great art but that's about it." before using my spoiler, and this sentence is pretty much saying the same as your description of this manga, with only less words and explanations. Though you didn't even praise the art but that's not the point I'm trying to make here.
I mean you just said it yourself why this manga is bad, what's so wrong with me disliking it then? I can't exactly understand your purpose in criticizing my decisions after all that. 🤨😑😑

I'm not serious about your comment I'm just using you as a joke because you so conveniently demonstrated one of the points I was making about how much the modern manga industry has been hollowed out into cynical power fantasies.

 

[Painasbread]

I'm not serious about your comment I'm just using you as a joke because you so conveniently demonstrated one of the points I was making about how much the modern manga industry has been hollowed out into cynical power fantasies.

I misunderstood you there, my apologies.

I though you were saying I liked the type of story without tension and loss since I disliked this, which had tension and loss directly in chapter one as I said, and I though you tried comparing me to a kid

Having some sort of tension not a bad thing, it's just very poorly brough up and even badly taken care of afterwards here.
This renders the power fantasy quite cynical indeed, and this type of stuff is really trash writing (imo).

I don't know if it's written for kids, at least I think only the less experienced readers can't understand that this is bad.
So yeah kids apply, since they have to start somewhere too, but also people who don't have much time to read in their daily life too.

 

[Pokari]

I'm not serious about your comment I'm just using you as a joke

Bruv that's awful