Make the Exorcist Fall in Love

[LilithRaven]

6.5/10, maybe a 7. Art is amazing, paneling is superb, story is horribly flawed. Imuris whole character IS the contradiction to the story, it isn’t a character internal contradiction. The manga is a shounen but you could call it a shoujo the way the plot continues it’s stupid love charades. How can she care and care about the main character if she is hurting him? Didn’t she do it before? Our supporting characters knew about her true form since the start but just let it be? Why do they keep letting the witches free? Why tf is dante chilling with prostitutes if he is now gay? Didn’t he just beat his ex to a pulp? Now he wants to kill him self to relieve the stress of it?
Like I was saying the story is almost like a horrible shoujo manga that keeps adding stupid love ideas as it increasingly gets worse till it reaches a horrible conclusion in order to keep its not so smart readers.

FINALY SOME ONE THAT SAID IT T^T

 

[67User67]

6.5/10, maybe a 7. Art is amazing, paneling is superb, story is horribly flawed. Imuris whole character IS the contradiction to the story, it isn’t a character internal contradiction. The manga is a shounen but you could call it a shoujo the way the plot continues it’s stupid love charades. How can she care and care about the main character if she is hurting him? Didn’t she do it before? Our supporting characters knew about her true form since the start but just let it be? Why do they keep letting the witches free? Why tf is dante chilling with prostitutes if he is now gay? Didn’t he just beat his ex to a pulp? Now he wants to kill him self to relieve the stress of it?
Like I was saying the story is almost like a horrible shoujo manga that keeps adding stupid love ideas as it increasingly gets worse till it reaches a horrible conclusion in order to keep its not so smart readers.

Completely agree, there's story "inconsistencies", like the greed guy trying to define what a man is by his own definition (would've preferred an adrenaline junkie fighter, developed into that because he wants to stay "gold" in winning against everyone, getting first, being greedy indirectly, but whatever)
Point being just being how strange this is, how do you go from rape to "being a man". Could definitely pick out more weird things, like when he "lost to lust" and that somehow being a victory? (also what did she mean by she felt good knowing she couldn't have had her past love by "seeing her in him", does the "win" not mean that she could have, in fact, had it? fr I feel like this IS a plot hole)
I'm all for main characters not always winning, or if they "do" for good reason (Rebuild World my goat🙌), but the "loss" really feels like nothing happened, also, a lot of the foreshadowing feels like they could lean into anywhere, that person in ice, his heart being chained, I don't think these are spoilers cause they mean nothing, you could show a duck on the moon it'd have the same effect
A good foreshadow would be like the bridge in Silent Voice, depression and falling from heights is already explored, so when it's revealed it's not really some twist or whatever it's more like a "yea... that makes sense", of course very shocking. Also small detail, no sound underwater, pretty cool, and I like how the book was symbolic of her wanting to communicate, for her to then hide her face behind it, there's just so much I love about that movie (it honestly should be talked about how it makes you feel uncomfortable not knowing what's gonna happen next, but given the themes of bullying, depression, suicide, it REALLY subconsciously makes you worried, ESPECIALLY the funeral, like, I thought that was it, love how much it makes you appreciate/be relieved), especially the difference in value/what you care about, when his mom finds out but, burns the money, like she says sorry about the money, but he's indifferent (as he should be, if you're gonna throw your life away you don't care about money(ngl this part made me tear up abit cause too real)), arguably genius as it's so realistic and such a small touch (literally lasts like seconds). As time went on having greater resolves is such a realistic and amazing detail, of course an adult would stand by their decision more than a kid, sure, she was bullied when she was younger but never thought about suicide, but then he's bullied, thinks about it, but just thinks back, then the last time it's thought of, well, you know. watch (all of) Silent Voice before revealing, amazing movie, anyway

my biggest gripe was in ch100
when she doubts him before having sex (about why he has condoms), people said it's their first time so it'll be awkward, but doubting/accusing of cheating before sex? complete 180, like no intimacy at all, proper intimate sex you should feel embarrassed/misplaced seeing it (as it doesn't involve you), like Tokyo Ghoul:re ch 125 (not really a fan of that story, but that chapter was a great sex scene example, not raunchy fluids flying everywhere), there's a bunch of buzzwords I could throw like intimacy, compassion, comfort, safety, warmth, romance, love, etc, I feel like none of those were hit in ch100, pleasure sure, and "don't stare"? nothing screams being comfortable with the person you love most like asking not to look at you, really makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside... it feels empty (admittedly I think the don't stare comment is supposed to be a "guys can't get enough of me" move, probably written by a woman, makes sense though, reverse roles and a woman's staring at you, it'd make you feel proud, but, in a sex scene? prioritising pride in the most vulnerable act? no sense, there's a place and a time people)
yea feels like a shoujo like you said, besides the gay dudes
ch90+ (til like 100 or whatever):
the whole plot of it already being laid out felt pretty bad, and boring just like he said, an entertaining clairvoyant would be one that lacks resolve or has issues comprehending/processing and acting, I imagine (wouldn't suit this story but) an emotional clairvoyant that's very worrisome because they've seen multiple timelines in which those they care about die would be pretty interesting, maybe they abuse their level of trust they can accrue to get their way, why would someone doubt a clairvoyant

Instead, you get him talking about what's gonna happen, it happening , and that's it, honestly felt like filler. It really makes no sense how his "realisation" only came during/after the fact, could've been like that one guy in MHA (yea, I know, I know) that was partially clairvoyant but couldn't see the outside world, so he was surprised to see it unfold (I think it was the boss of the bubble woman)

I got a feeling it's gonna be a "reveal changes nothing" (like a lot of isekai, "I come from a different world" "WHAT, okay now help me make food") but we'll see (talking about the ice person, chained heart, why he gotta fall in love, it's probably all connected like his heart holds some of hell's heat "until hell freezes over" or something)
ch104 is latest as of writing, I stopped after ch100, 7/10, art carries, I'll check it once it's completed
wrote without the gpt btw