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The whole thing is high-octane and rarely drops in tension. The fights and the narratives are generally good, but it may be confusing if you rush while reading. All the characters are unique and likeable, and the art is distinct and coherent. If you go into it with an open mind, then you will definitely have an enjoyable experience. There are obviously some flaws, usually relating to stand power continuity, but none of them take anything away from the overall quality.

You don't need to have any prior knowledge about JJBA before reading this, but it might not be as enjoyable. Part of the reason of why it's good is because Araki takes the good concepts from previous JJBA parts and coagulates them into Steel Ball Run. Seeing the improvement is his writing and art makes it even more better, which is why I think that it is one of the best manga of all time.

I generally dislike JoJo's. I think the fans overblow the fuck out of it like nothing else, and can make you think it's god's gift to media when it's still great but absolutely not the godsend they treat it as. Despite the rabid fans that can't keep their mouth shut without saying 'ora' or some other brainlet reference to the series for over 10 seconds, I really think this is the particular installment that deserves that level of praise.

It's best read without knowing anything beforehand, but I can wholeheartedly recommend this part to anyone that just wants to read JoJo. Despite the fact that Redditors would LOVE to crucify for daring to skip a part(GRRRR :Rage: :Rage: :rage: :Rage: PART SKIPPER BAD!!! HAMON GOOD!!!!!!!) I think you could justify only reading this part with some light knowledge of the series as a whole. The characters and concept is probably the most interesting the series has ever gotten for me. While the other parts did have their highlights this never really let me down on anything that was shown or discussed. Everything feels inspired or to the least interesting if it references other parts of the serie.(If you've read the end of this, you know exactly what I'm on about.) yet it never feels boring.

So as TL;DR: Yea, go read it.

So i am up to date. to tell you honestly, Solo Leveling is surprisingly boring. Giving 5/10 is enough. I had high expectations since there's a huge hype surrounding this series and people keep on saying it's great etc etc so i tried it out.
I am so disappointed
(1) the story: this is elementary level story.
I remember watching Sailormoon back then, when they have the same scenarios repeated for several episodes lmao. SL is not different tbh. A gate will open, team will enter it, thinking they can handle the monsters, turnout it is stronger than they expected, Jinwoo would appear and save everyone while displaying his OP skills. And the cycle goes on and on. It's pretty tiring. I was waiting for some kind of twist or surprise but to my dismay, the story is pretty mid.

(2)characters: Jinwoo is a boring character. no development whatsoever except his growing powers. yeah, he's OP but that's it. not really fun to watch. well, some people might enjoy him but not for me, i expect for more. and surprisingly,other characters are just like him, dull and boring. the only character that amazed me so far is Jin Ho. the rest are like his shadow army, lifeless.

(3) Art: top-tier is an understatement. the only reason why I was able to finish it is because of the art. The art saved this series. if without it, SL will be a total waste of time.

If there’s one thing to say for sure this manga certainly lives up to it’s title of “One Punch Man”, but not in a good way. One punch man is all hype, no substance. I’ll explain in more detail later on.

Plot (5/10):
The premise is about a hero named Saitama, who’s trained and become so strong, he defeats all his fights in one punch. As a result of this, he’s bored and longs for a decent challenge. The plot isn’t deep or complex. The story basically revolves around this one joke: Saitama wins every fight in one punch, everything else might as well be padding for it. Basing the premise around this repetitive joke made the manga become stale quickly once you’ve seen it the first few times.

That begs the question: how does a writer manage to write around a overpowered protagonist who one punches any enemy he comes into contact with no difficulty? Well the story revolves more around the other heroes. Saitama’s sidelined once the major arc starts, in fact he’s sidelined for most of the manga because having him around would make the story boring watching him one punch everyone. It’s not a bad direction storytelling wise, but it’s really telling when the best parts of OPM is when the main character isn’t present.

The fights are boring and predictable because they follow the same formula: a threat has shown up in (insert city), the heroes are getting their ass kicked to hype up the villain, but don’t worry because Saitama will conveniently show up last minute and guess what? One punch the enemy and win! Yay...
There’s no real stakes or tension because of the lingering effect knowing Saitama could always show up to save them.

The world building is weak. The hero ranking and monster threat system are decently explored, however the cities are just lazily labelled A- Z with nothing really distinguishing them.

Characters (5/10):
One of the weaker parts of One punch man would have to be the characters.

The majority of the heroes and monsters aren’t well developed or complex, they are one dimensional and could be defined by a few character traits. The only characters I remotely care about are Saitama’s group of friends who have a bit more depth than the others.

Saitama is portrayed as a overpowered hero who embodies qualities of traditional heroism, and is meant to prove raw power or heroic achievements doesn’t make someone a hero. You’re supposed to emphasise with his plight as a low ranked hero trying to become S rank. However, I can’t relate to Saitama. His abnormal strength caused by basic training makes no sense. Saitama acts like an incompetent moron who lets others take credit for his achievements and he let’s civilians think he’s not doing his job properly. It’s infuriating when the writer tries to victimise Saitama like this, because the reader knows what he's done. Had Saitama displayed his true power to the Hero association I’m sure he’d easily become S ranked, but due to his incompetence and lack of social skills, I can’t say he deserves it.

Genos is supposed to be the intelligent cyborg, yet he’s oblivious when it comes to Saitama and acts like every little thing is a wise lesson. It might be a gag, but it’s not funny. His motivation is forgettable because it gets constantly sidelined. Genos doesn’t really learn anything from Saitama unlike Mob & Reigen. Whenever Genos takes an L he just goes to see his plot device doctor who conveniently makes him 10x stronger because plot.

Art (10/10):
One of the saving graces of this manga is the art. I have to give credit where credit is due, Murata is an amazing artist. He took the webcomic which looks like a bunch of scribbles a 11 yr old kid drew and brought them to life in manga format. His art is absolutely breathtaking. The characters and backgrounds are well detailed. The fights are fluid and dynamic. However, what amazes me the most is Murata’s ability to pump out these high quality chapters consistently e.g. he would drop a 100+ pages worth for a chapter.

Enjoyment (4/10):
I don’t enjoy OPM as much as I used to, and that’s reflective in my rating.

Comedy is subjective, but i’d argue it’s not as funny as fans make it out to be. For example, “oh look Saitama missed another sale!” or “the enemy is scared of King’s engine” haha...

The tournament arc was the worst tournament I’ve ever read. Every fight up until the finals was a one shot. Gouketsu was hyped up only to guess what? Get oneshotted by Saitama. There’s no tension when he’s around.

As for the Monster invasion arc, there’s not much to say since it’s still ongoing. It’s focusing on the S ranked heroes raiding the Monsters hideout. Hopefully, the heroes get a lot more depth during this arc.

Garou carries this manga. Before he showed up it was just a simple monster of the week “parody” about heroes with the highlight being Boros who was a generic villain. That being said, while I like Garou his character is definitely overrated amongst OPM fans. I thought he might be more compelling, but his motivation of becoming a hero hunter is shallow and naive. He doesn’t realise the reasons _why_ monsters aren’t liked or as popular as heroes, and why heroes gang up on monsters. It’s not because it’s unfair, the monsters are attacking innocent lives. If a number of heroes are fighting against one monster, with everyone cheering/rooting for the heroes side it’s not because they’re cooler, but because the monsters are either too strong or dangerous and the heroes are risking their lives fighting. Furthermore, Garou has way too much plot armour that he might as well be a shounen protagonist, e.g. the guy can take on multiple heroes, demon lvl threats and heal faster than other S ranked heroes like Tank Top Master who were in the hospital for weeks.

Overall (4/10):
OPM is a fast read. You can breeze through many chapters because there’s no substance to it and the dialogue is kept to a minimum.

It annoys me when OPM fans overhype the series as if it’s got some deep, intricate story with amazing world building, complex characters and themes, when it’s really just a mediocre story about heroes with great art and decent action. It’s a fun read, nothing more.

I originally rated OPM higher, until it devolved into a typical shounen and started to drag with long, stretched out fights against monsters, which were entirely pointless to the overall story (you’ll know what I mean if you’ve read the webcomic).

Did you ever use to look up to and idolize famous superheroes from comic books when you were growing up? Did guys like Superman, Batman or maybe Captain America get your blood pumping? Well let me tell you they're all a bunch of sissies compared to Saitama, the REAL superhero who will utterly annihilate anything and everything with a single punch of his fist.

One Punch-Man is a hilarious manga about a bald, completely average unemployed guy named Saitama whom after three years of hard training ended up becoming a superhero... as a spare-time hobby. However he still ended up bored and disappointed, because even the most monstrous apparitions gets completely blown to smithereens if he merely punches them once.

This manga is basically one big parody of classic superhero comics like the Marvel and DC Universes. One Punch-Man is primarily a comedy manga at heart, but it certainly does so in style and above all in a very fresh and unorthodox manner of fashion. Saitama is *completely* overpowered here, but his non-caring attitude towards his "occupation" and the monologues he has are just hilarious to read. There are plenty of other characters in this manga as well of course, the majority of which are other superheroes, all with their own ridiculously silly names and character settings which are also clearly just making fun of the entire superhero trope.

The other thing that's so great about this manga is the artwork. It's simply brilliant, like really surprisingly so. The artist, Murata Yusuke, clearly knows when to be serious and when not to be. When the manga is being funny, then the art style is very exaggerated and fitting, but when it gets into the large-scale action scenes for example then suddenly it looks freaking epic! There are chapters which consist solely of double-page panels depicting high definition visuals of planets, cityscapes, spaceships, superpowers in action, slow-motion shots and god knows what else. It looks absolutely fantastic.

Overall, One Punch-Man is a very fresh take on an otherwise quite overused concept. The unorthodox yet incredibly likable protagonist, the great comedy and parody aspects as well as the very crisp artwork together make up an extremely entertaining manga that will both impress you and make you laugh hysterically.

If you like series with action, super powers and a brilliant sense of humour, then this is for you.

This manga is a not so rare find and is pretty generic. There's nothing special about it, but it does have a nice feel to it and it's still a fun read.

The characters are fairly nice, but it's only limited to a few characters. The others tend to be....less than enjoyable due to them having 0 real personality and they don't really do much for the plot, so I wonder why they are even there.

If you're looking for something spectacular, you aren't going to find it here. However, the art is pleasing enough to the eyes and the two main characters are pretty cute to watch, so those are some of the redeeming qualities this manga offers.

This manga is only good in its drawing aspect, the author draws characters very well, especially female heroes. but in terms of the story it's bad. at first I enjoyed the story but after the middle of the chapter there were some parts that I did not understand what I meant and I did not expect to get a short ending because the anticlimax was very short in this story and I was really not satisfied to get a bad ending. so the conclusion is that I only like the image aspect and I'm disappointed with the end. that's all

Looks like this is gonna be my first review for this site. But this is not gonna take long, after all if you have read another short horror manga you will pretty much know how the experience will go. Personally I read manga like these when I have nothing to do and want a quick read. And as that, this manga works quiet well.

The story is short and self contained, and not over ambitious at all. What is presented is not bad, but enjoyable for what it is. The biggest strength this piece has is its art, just like a lot of other horror manga. The designs are not scary nor thrilling but cool instead. And it was fun to see how they applied insect biology on humans.

However being a short horror manga just like any other, I did not really managed to attach myself to any characters nor did not care that much about them. This is at best a story I will remember for about a week until it vanishes into the void of my memories.

As a final point I would like to read the original raw version as I felt the translation seemed a bit off. I can´t tell for sure if it´s a bad translation but I personally was slightly bothered by it.

If you have time and just find this manga randomly, give it a try. You probably won´t remember it well but during the time I read it, I was enjoying myself. And it´s also a quick read and a solution if you want to pass time.

I stumbled upon this manga through the Youtuber "The Anime Man", and I kind of regret reading it.

Story 5/10

The story starts off being kind of childish, with silly orders, although the orders quickly become difficult to follow. While the story does become interesting at some points, sometimes there are lulls, in which the same information is repeated over and over again, which can get really annoying. The pacing is just awful, since the manga starts off at an extremely slow pace, but in the latter chapters, a lot is happening at once, almost too much for a reader to really follow. I also found the ending to be absolutely awful, so if you're looking for a manga with a satisfactory ending, this is not the manga for you.

Art 6/10

The art is pretty decent most of the time, although the amount of terribly shocked/crying faces really annoyed me. Throughout the series you will see an incredibly large amount of ugly crying faces, although the faces are not as extreme in the end as they were in the beginning, where you would see one of those faces with an extreme expression almost every page.

Characters 5/10

Most of the characters (the ones that are actually worked out) are incredibly flat. They have only one motivation, and all their actions revolve around that. They don't gain any new motivations, their responses to a situation never change, and overall, there is zero character development. There is only character who was remotely interesting and mysterious, and she doesn't really appear until halfway through the series, so for the rest of the time, you have characters who have extremely black and white, but predictible reactions, and I don't like to read about characters like that.

Enjoyment 6/10

While the story managed to keep me interested at certain points (mostly towards the end, but then the ending left me feeling extremely unsatisfied), at others I had to force myself to finish the manga, and so, for the limited entertainment it gave me, I will give it a 6/10.

Overall 5/10

The story is badly paced, but with an interesting concept, the art is average to bad, the characters are, apart from one, incredibly flat, and I didn't have a lot of fun reading the manga. This all results in me giving this manga a 5/10

i don`t see any reviews for this manga so i decided to give my opinion

story : quite good and unique in it`s own way it focuses on 2 things the romantic story between the main chracters that`s full of obstacles and the feelings of different patients who needs organ transplants and have to wait a long time for their turn to come

art : well the art is good but honestly not the type i prefer still it served the purpose well

characters : not unique but the story shows every good and bad aspect of each character which is why it`s amazingly captivating

overall i give the manga 9 and if you are interested in medicine then you must try this