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Jul 18, 2026
After Kang Mina learns to teleport, she uses her abilities to get rid of bullies & criminals. This is essentially Death Note with a much more hands on approach, where instead of writing names in a book and letting an invisible force handle death, the main character has to be physically present with the victims.
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The art is good & it's fairly entertaining to follow. I believe it accomplishes what it set out to do with its narrative. A girl who wants positive reinforcement from the public as she gets rid of criminals, with people trying to catch her.
Where the Manhwa falls short is how everything
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feels a bit too surface level. Many of the victims don't get much exploration or setup, just a "this is a bad guy who deserves punishment", others get a bit more others less. Similarly, many important side characters don't really have a backstory beyond what you're told through text, if they have one at all. There's also some foreshadowing that leads nowhere.
You kind of just have to take everything as is and form your own thoughts and headcanon.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 25, 2026
Holds serious potential to be the best "kingdom building" animated series.
The show follows a simple premise: Witches are real, and persecuted for their powers. The main character seeks to help these women, and also utilize their powers for the betterment of humanity.
As most fantasy kingdom building shows tend to be, the writing certainly has a tendency to just make things fall in place for the main character, but beyond that the show retains a serious tone with pacing that's easy to follow. I also like the setting.
The graphical style is comparable to Wit / Mappa, with a dash of Castlevania. I overall really like the
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character designs, visual style and atmosphere created. Some people also praise the animation quality, though I found it a bit rough around the edges myself. However, the animation being mediocre is not a big pain point, as this isn't an action oriented show.
Most of the background music has a very generic feel, but it feels oddly fitting for the setting and I like it.
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I've read a bit of the novel, and while far from having finished it, I don't recall ever being blown away by the story writing. But with an adaptation of this quality, I hope they continue even if this isn't going to be a masterpiece. Because it's just an enjoyable watch.
Also as per usual with Chinese shows, translation quality varies depending on where you watch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 3, 2026
The second season of A Will Eternal sees us following a now more matured Bai Xiao Chun. There's less comedy involved, and it's mostly about large scale fights and competitions.
It's less frustrating to watch since the main character isn't constantly goofing around, and starts strong with the Blood Stream Sect arc. However the following large scale battles and narrative conclusions felt underwhelming and uninteresting. There is also a lot of repetition on display here, with Bai Xiao Chun doing reruns of his greatest hits when it comes to comedy and each battle feeling identical to one another.
Harem elements are stronger than ever, and they serve
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zero purpose other than displaying how desirable the main character is to women. There's no meaningful character building or bonds being formed here. It's kind of a side dish, just like the comedy.
Compared to the first season, it's a more enjoyable watch overall. It doesn't reach new highs, but the more serious tone and matured main character serve the show well.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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May 26, 2026
Follows Bai Xiaochun who is afraid of death and desperately seeks immortality. I found the underlying, slowly forming narrative between the sects somewhat interesting, and animation quality is watchable. I recommend watching the first ~15 episodes to see the highs and lows.
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Very comedy focused, but when things get serious the comedy factor is heavily reduced if not completely removed. The main character gets brutal and merciless at times, though a lot of the action is censored with the camera not showing all the gore, and a lot of non-lethal moves accounting for killing blows. The show has several reoccurring side characters, and
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there's a clear harem that's forming around Bai Xiaochun, though nothing too romantic actually happens.
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A lot of the comedy focused episodes I found very unsatisfactory and annoying.
Tencent YouTube and WeTV have machine translated subtitles that are nonsensical. Viki uses fansubs that are superior by far, so that's your go to. Remember to change subtitle background to be a solid color. It's transparent by default and has hardcoded chinese subs underneath.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 5, 2026
Relaxing, sad, melancholy and uplifting in one package.
Journal With Witch is a simple story that follows a 35-year-old novelist taking in her 15-year-old niece Asa, after her parents died in a traffic accident. It focuses on watching Makio grow as she takes care of Asa, and Asa as she tries to come to terms with loss. The show doesn't grow into anything bigger than that, or follow a strict direction. It feels authentic and wraps itself up nicely.
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What makes the show interesting to follow despite it's slice-of-life-esque nature, is seeing Makio and Asa both being oddballs in their own ways. Two flawed human beings communicating
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and dealing with life. They both say things or give advice that doesn't seem to be particularly helpful.
Aside from the aunt and niece duo, the show also has many side characters that occasionally show up. I find they're handled really well, as they never feel like a central piece to the story, but rather unique individuals.
Every now and then you get some narrative progression that feels just as authentically mundane as anything else you'd witness, but still thought provoking, because you can reflect on your own life-experiences as you watch how the various characters in the anime react to the same events in their own unique ways.
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I've personally never dealt with loss myself so I don't know how relatable the show may or may not be, but I still found it very thought provoking and enjoyable. As long as you don't expect any intricate drama or a big overarching story, this is a great watch.
And also the OP slaps and the artstyle is dope.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 30, 2026
If you're in the mood for a short story, this is the perfect pick. One chapter is enough to hook you.
A beautiful and sad apocalyptic story, with people doing their best to live in a world that's dying.
The author didn't shy away from exploring the darker aspects of humans surviving under extreme conditions, and the morally grey cast of characters is overall well written. The art style is pleasant, and it was a really atmospheric and immersive read. Well paced too.
Didn't expect much from a story I randomly picked up, but I was more than pleasantly surprised.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Mar 26, 2026
Love triangle with some angel demon lore sprinkled in.
It doesn't really explore the otherworldly aspects regarding angel/demon societal structures or magic systems, so their existence doesn't really add much to the series beyond strictly necessary narrative ties. It's there moreso just to stand out from other romance drama series.
That being said, even with the expectation that the setting is just fluff, I wouldn't say the characters or story are anything to write home about. The romance felt hollow and characters didn't pull me in, but I could see some people enjoying this.
If you like these sorts of stories, go for it. Otherwise, skip.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Mar 24, 2026
While at the start I expected a clear-cut action story, this ended up being more of a cyberpunk "1984". Bad Born Blood's central themes revolve around totalitarianism and mass surveillance, told through the eyes of a promising cadet for the Empire, Luca.
This doesn't feel like any other piece of media I've experienced. While there are many similarities to be drawn, it still has a lot of unique ideas, which is why I find this work commendable.
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The basic lore mostly comes from the "RF Online" franchise. The general background is that after earth was destroyed, humanity settled on a planet called Novus. There, aliens and humans
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coexist. There are 3 major factions: Accretia, Bellato, and Cora. Bad Born Blood mostly explores the Accretia empire, which is a totalitarianist human only faction.
The narrative revolves around Luca, a young boy who is thoroughly loyal to the empire. He was born as a low-class citizen, but strives to climb high in the military in order to earn his place in the world. With his level of talent, he is bound to go far... But as he is constantly forced to choose between his personal life or the Empire, cracks eventually start to form.
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Where I believe the series is currently falling short on is expanding on the larger world. I'm not sure how much we'll get to explore the other factions or alien races, as this is seemingly just a promotional work for the game franchise. It could just end up being a very small slice of the pie.
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Overall a great manhwa, and I hope it sticks the landing. Heavily recommend if you want something that's not run of the mill.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Mar 11, 2026
Real races with anthropomorphized versions of the actual horses. This is a prequel to the "Pretty Derby" series, but only in the sense that historically Oguri Cap raced before the horses that appear in Pretty Derby series. Works perfectly fine as an introduction to the series, and based on the few eps I watched of the main series, I'd recommend this one more as a starting point.
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Cinderella Gray follows Oguri Cap's journey from the countryside to the very top of racing, and it is all gas no brakes. You are given race after race, and the intense music followed by the loud thumps on
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the ground make all of them hit hard and get your adrenaline pumping.
After each race, there is a moment of peace too. The trainers give pep talks and come up with strategies for future races, and the characters form bonds and expand on their goals and dreams.
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What prevents me from thoroughly enjoying Cinderella Gray is how I can't relate with the characters. These girls are BORN TO RUN, and that's for the most part their sole motivation in life. They are not humans: their careers only revolve around running, they go to school for running, they dream about running... Really hard to connect with or understand these characters.
This issue is also exacerbated by the constraints of real historical events, as while these umamusume are born to run and are seemingly forever young, their real life counterparts' lives probably weren't so simple. So in the show you get to see how much they enjoy running, their future motivations, but eventually some event that occurred in real life will have to be shoehorned in.
That is actually criticism for the whole franchise, as it has to live in a box and will never be able to spread its wings.
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Overall it's fun. But basically I didn't connect with the show on a deeper level.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Sep 13, 2025
A full blown action manhwa with some horror elements.
Early on I worried the story would feel too short or take a turn for the worse, since the narrative or character writing aren't anything exceptional. But despite there being some obvious issues, it held up well throughout. Great art, great setting, great fights and a decent story.
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I love the setting. The earth is completely submerged with water, with humans having to live on ships that float on its surface. During the day people can go about their day as they please, but as the night falls, this fragile peace fades away.
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Hostile marine life surfaces, and dozens, even hundreds of massive leviathans come to prey on humans.
The human colonies are on massive boats that have turned into dystopian cities—somewhat reminiscent of the images you'd see from the Kowloon Walled City—held together by duct tape and dreams.
Early on the setting for Leviathan seems really promising, and it does exceptionally well with the world-building and horror. Unfortunately it mostly stops expanding the world and starts deviating from the horror aspects. The setting is just a springboard to have a ton of bloody badass fights against enormous sea monster with OP main characters. Realism is thrown out the window. This might seem like it'd tank the overall quality, but with how great the art is, and how each fight maintains a fairly fresh feel, it simply manages to be a great action manhwa. I think if the writer had managed to intertwine the initial premise alongside its action packed story, the story would have been better.
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The overall narrative is not the best thing ever. I think there is a clear idea of a beginning and end that is followed through fairly well, with some solid character progression, good pacing and a satisfying conclusion that didn't make the story feel too short or dull at any moment... But there are some notable flaws.
Although the overall structure and narrative idea is quite good, the writer seems to be a bit whimsical with everything else. This "whimsy" started quite early, as the first few episodes felt like a quite mature horror story, but then turned into a very action and fan-service focused read. Then after a while the fan-service is gutted shortly after.
One of the bigger issues is that there were many subplots that started, but which never found proper conclusions. This issue ranges from side characters to the main cast in varying degrees. We see some side characters whose personal growth and motivations seem to shift around too much, and this results in them having a slightly inconsistent personalities. There were also some romantic subplots that started, but were either cut short or disappeared entirely—only for the involved characters to later be in an entirely different state of mind. Overall it doesn't ruin the comic, but it certainly holds it back from reaching greater heights. Especially for those who want a truly strong narrative.
Another issue is definitely the final act being slightly rushed. While definitely an issue, it wasn't a huge negative to me, as it still managed to reach a fairly satisfying conclusion.
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Leviathan definitely falls in the "shounen" categorization, but in my eyes it's one of the greatest ones. There was also an afterstory that's out, which hasn't been categorized on MAL yet, which allowed me to have more of an appreciation for the whole package than some of the earlier readers.
Anyhow, if you love action and want to see fights against sea monsters, or if the setting intrigues you, I urge you to give Leviathan a try.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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