Maria's Curse - Oneshot

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[Nanaten]

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[xanon]

That was cute.

 

[Satsuki-Nada]

Really hope this gets serialized. It looks interesting!

 

[Wavey]

it looks quite interesting

 

[waalex11]

I can't help but hate this manga for how stupid it is, although translation may partly be to blame.
On the surface of the main plot, it has cool ideas.

Centuries ago, a human-killing Dragon was trapped in Crystals by "Super-Humans" (no explanation as to how they exist- in text it literally states that they "began to appear" out of nowhere conveniently)
Followed by the present time with an odd start a high school girl who greets a boy attempting to kill him by smashing his head with her cursed crystal.

She fails, because he wants to live because he loves her- yet it wasn't clear that they were lovers at all until the ending because he calls her his childhood friend who he loves, but apparently they're actually a couple.
So, then the progress of this One-Shot starts when of course the crystal breaks and the Dragon is free.
Suddenly, we see her boyfriend be extremely agile...

We later learn, which he wasn't aware of himself, that he's a reincarnation of a Defeated Dragon who let itself be trapped by her ancestor, who btw promised to marry...
Which all happens after she's unable to kill him by smashing his head because it's durable, until he gets smashed by the Dragon's tail... and then suddenly dies, defeating the Dragon together, as a ghost,
only then to come back to life when her crytal curse wears off since it served its purpose.

... All of this is a fucking mess.
First, through text, it's not clearly evident that they're a couple, even with a classmate calling them lovebirds,
Then there's the bizarre nonchalant attempt to murder said boyfriend which is disgusting,
Afterwards, even worse is the idiot's sudden realization that he's the Dragon reincarnation who she killed I guess, even though there's the contradiction of sealing through crystals so how did he die...
Along with the fact that she knew all along. Why the fuck did she not ever tell him?...
Although the whole kill him factor gets fixed since it would have always brought him back alive, but why couldn't he have known all of this beforehand?
These plots are irrational and awful.

So stupid. 3/10.

 

[ARealCoolGuy]

First, through text, it's not clearly evident that they're a couple, even with a classmate calling them lovebirds

He also refers to himself as her boyfriend and she doesn't deny it. But even then, why do you need the comic to out-right tell you that they're lovers (even though it practically does that anyway)?

Then there's the bizarre nonchalant attempt to murder said boyfriend which is disgusting

And he, and no one around hem, really cares - it's meant to be surreal and silly, it's comedy. Do you think that when Homer chokes Bart in the Simpsons, that it's meant to be a real depiction of child abuse?

Afterwards, even worse is the idiot's sudden realization that he's the Dragon reincarnation who she killed I guess

I interpreted it as him being another demon's reincarnation (one that helped in the past, but wasn't mentioned), and not the reincarnation of the creature that's escaped and is chasing them.

Along with the fact that she knew all along. Why the fuck did she not ever tell him?...

Maybe because they'd promised to get married and it's embarrassing?
Maybe because she needed to kill him later?
Maybe because she'd sound crazy if she told him he's a reincarnation?
It's a story, and you need to suspend your disbelief to some extent.

Although the whole kill him factor gets fixed since it would have always brought him back alive, but why couldn't he have known all of this beforehand?

I can agree with that, it's a plot contrivance for sure. I think it would have been better if he did die, and they remade the promise for next time.

These plots are irrational and awful.

So stupid. 3/10.

It's cool that you dislike the comic, in fact I think many of your points are reasonable, but I think by saying "although translation may partly be to blame" crosses the line, especially when you have nothing to actually criticise the translators with, so you're just biting the hand giving you free food whilst bitching and moaning about how the free food could have been better.

You also need to keep in mind this is a one-shot, and more of a pitch to get the comic picked up rather than a fully fleshed out story. For example, the curse may actually kill him in the real thing, but because this was a one-shot and needed to end quickly, they chose to bring him back for a happy end.

For me, this was a high 6 or low 7 /10. It was an enjoyable and cute read.
Not everything has to be well though out and explained, cartoon logic is fine and fun sometimes.

 

[lovolo]

Nice