This is a martial arts manhwa based on a gag - an overpowered protagonist whose life goal (revenge) had been fulfilled before he could get started. The manhwa strikes an interesting balance between gags and serious stuff - some highlights so far are the brainwashed assassin (also great as a standalone story), and Yerin's past.

Also interesting: Some aspects of the art style strongly remind me of the legendary Adachi Mitsuru - like some of the comic facial expressions, or black panels that only show the characters' eyes.

At the time I'm writing this, the manhwa is only 26 chapters in, so there's no telling where the story will go - except that it will probably be exciting, and fun, and beautifully drawn.

... Last updated on March 4th, 2016, 10:27am

I think that sums this up pretty well. I like this work quite a bit, but my only real concern is that I'm not really sure how powerful people are in it. I feel like in every fight the MC should be saying "you haven't even seen my final form yet!" If you're looking for an easy read with a good story and you wanna see someone beat up all the bad guys, I highly recommend this.

... Last updated on April 5th, 2016, 9:24pm

Absolutely great read. It has a slice of life feel with action incorporated; which is crazy cool and flashy. Best part about the Manhwa, it is actually funny. The story line is slow but awesome, pretty action packed (read up to chapter 35 so far since this review). Totally recommend the read!

... Last updated on May 1st, 2016, 10:48pm

I really like Gosu, and I think it's one of the few "pure" martial arts manhwas I enjoy. It really reminds me of why I like this genre, even as the genre itself has become oversaturated with endless fights and powerups.

I think what sets Gosu apart from its ilk is, as another commenter noted, the real opponent for our protagonist isn't the other martial artists, it's himself. The webtoon is ostensibly about him taking revenge on his master's killers, but it's about a lot more than that: it's about a disciple who's always loved his kind and benevolent master realizing that his master had actually done some truly evil things and that his killers might not be good people, but actually had a good reason to commit that one particular murder. And these attempts to reconcile these two disparate images of his master are really eloquently and neatly interspersed between the scenes of really epic and fun-to-watch martial arts fighting.

Gosu also gets extra bonus points for having side female characters who are also martial artists and can hold their own against most men, and who aren't just there to act as the love interest for a dude. Especially Yerin, who, in any other manga, would've been a typical damsel-in-distress, but in this she's actually extremely powerful and never needs any saving from Ryong. In fact, all she really needs is a delivery boy, so Ryong should probably stop ditching work and start delivering some steamed buns again!

Writing this because I see people complaining everywhere that the protag is a "p*ssy" and want to clear that up.

The protagonist's character progression is amazing. He lived a peaceful life growing up so it would make no sense if he ran around murdering everything in his path immediately unless he's a total psycho. There is nothing unique about being a horrible person; you can just read xianxia if you want to see that and you can easily find enough to read until you're sick of it.

Instead of just being a sociopath, the protagonist is a person with a good heart who is slowly dragged into the violence of the murim. For the first part of the story, his power is enough to allow him to keep his hands relatively clean, but as he meets stronger enemies it gets harder for him and he's forced to adjust psychologically.

I don't know why tf someone even said he acts like "with great power comes great responsibility" because he does nothing of the sort. The protagonist thinks everyone has the responsibility to not be a !@#$ing serial killer regardless of power level and that's entirely reasonable. He personally helps people when he wants to, which is often, because he comes off as a genuinely nice person, but he puts his personal goals first (which are not nice at all). That is not something to write off, because the reason a lot of generic "good" protagonists are annoying is that they're actually unsympathetic hypocrites.

And no, him being a nice person does not make him "boring" because he is constantly forced by the plot to have to make decisions where he can't accomplish his goals while being "soft". The internal struggle and resulting brutality is much more interesting to watch than "hurr durr I instantly kill everything that pisses me off because I'm a reincarnated dragon bloodline asura god of destruction". The people complaining that he's not OP enough are probably in the middle of their isekai addiction phase.

As for the landscape panels: They are amazingly detailed to the point where the artist is some sort of miracle worker for being able to draw so many of them in a week. They're just plain gorgeous. The fights are cool and the humor is good. The side characters are good, too. Overall, one of my top 3 webtoons.

... Last updated on July 14th, 2021, 11:22pm

A martial arts manhwa based on the typical protagonist facing tougher and tougher enemies - except it isn't. As you progress through the story, you find that Gang's struggle isn't with the enemy in front of him, but one in his own mind. He's only just come out of his cave and into the world, and we get to see how he evolves as he discovers more and more of that world.
What more is there? Beautiful artwork, and an intriguing cast no less interesting than the protagonist himself.

The art ALONE is worth a 10. All the scenery and background? The choreography of the fight scenes? Oh my goodness. The details are so striking. The colouring is phenomenal. Each chapter is A+++.

Love the comment before mine, thanks LordOfTheThunder for backing up the MC and the plot progression.

Notice how everyone is either a 10, or a lowish score? You will either love and appreciate this webtoon, or misunderstand and miss the point of it.

GOSU is quality to those who can see it. The quality of this webtoon is the same as Tower of God (or ToG is like GOSU). It's that good.

... Last updated on December 30th, 2021, 9:51pm

ONE BATTLE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 50 CHAPTER NOW!!!!

The good:
- Nice happy ending, amazing art brings this up to at least a 8/10.
- Characters were surprisingly well written and fleshed out, which brings this up to a 8.3/10.

The bad:

- It is a slice of life manga and as such has some fairly boring side plots.
- Story is somewhat predictable and not really all that interesting.
- It's not really "deep" and doesn't really carry any emotions either.
- The fight scenes can sometimes drag on for a while.
- Despite having lots of fight scenes, the fight scenes themselves are not very well choreographed. If you want to read a top tier action manga I would recommend Ajin, which has MUCH MUCH better fight scenes.

Conclusion:

So it's not high art, and the fight scenes are not the best. But the artwork is awesome and the characters are actually pretty well written and fleshed out, with realistic motivations and reactions to events.

Okay, so the story is actually a bit boring and there is a lot of anticlimaxes where there is a ton of build up and you think something really shocking is going to happen but it ends up being very predictable.

But overall, it was a hell of a ride! I think this makes for a nice shounen slice of life story. Better than 90% of shounen manga out there for sure.

... Last updated on January 2nd, 2023, 2:12pm

I read this after Yongbi. But unfortunately this was not as good!

Wasn't as funny as Yongbi. Plot seems.... rather generic? At least it didn't have the same level of plot twists Yongbi had. I would of liked to see some more characters from Yongbi and how they turned out over the years, but as far as I could tell, this is pretty much a separate story with very little relations to the previous.

While not as exciting as Yongbi, it seems interesting enough for me to want to read more.