The art is really great. It felt like reading a comic book (Like DC or Marvel style) and clearly alot of effort was put in to each and every scene. It had felt like a really long movie that needed to be watched. So it was an interesting read.
There is kind of a power up thing but not really because the villains can barely keep up with the female lead. Having a protagonist just beat up the enemies so easily can get boring easily especially if it's not a gag manga. But I felt that this was handled pretty well or at least enough to make a Mary sue type character enjoyable. When I first got into this I wasn't expecting it but then you realize besides plot convenience, would make sense that she is actually that powerful considering that fact that none of her enemies are
pure blood vampires like her.
But why it loses points has nothing to do with the Mary sue part. It was enjoyable and kind of funny and some parts were a little unpredictable. But some things were dragged on for too long but was fixed with comedy. You'll find characters boasting about themselves not too often but still the characters are very flirty excluding the female lead. However the story took itself seriously and character development was handled nicely.
It doesn't have the deepest story now that I look back at it but the way the story was handled is why it gets a high rating. The author and her assistants did a very good job at capturing emotions such as loneliness. The emotional expression of the characters makes the story more believable and helps it feels more real.
Giving it at least 6.7 excluding the way the the art was handled giving the story more depth atmosphere and left me feeling amazed. Which would bump it up to a 7.6.
The reason why I couldn't bring myself to give it an 8.0 because of how the main villain was handled compared to the side villains who seemed to be more interesting.
Reason being:
I found them to be a problem because despite how much they were capable of they were hindered because they were in love the female lead? Yet they had an easy time taking out her parents who also showed him kindness . Like no matter how many times I wrapped my head around it he had multiple chances. It's understandable with the female leads development because she was emotional and felt betrayed but this guy hated the whole world and yet couldn't kill the female lead they knew they had no chance with after what they did. Also he justifies killing humans which was one thing but nothing ever justifies him killing the parents. He was luke warm and wasn't sure about what he wanted in the end. The side villians had clear motivations even if they were simple ones. Dude was aware he was a wreck for ten years but only felt guilty cause he knew he blew his chances with the female lead.
Another thing to add:
The romance wasn't all too strong either. I mean the relationship and friendships felt natural but them liking each other I couldn't pin point were or when either character fell in love. It like as readers we knew they were supposed to fall in love but I can't help but feel this was what we got as a result of the female leads loneliness and the authors forgetfulness.
I can assume how they came to love each other but it felt like through most of the story it was forgotten and then brought up again and relied more on attraction and lust and perspective of the readers. It wasn't that bad.It made sense why the female lead would like the male lead but that's it. Just wasn't strong enough for me as a reader to see how their romantic relationship mattered. It could have been no romance and only a dent of difference would be noticable. That's how much of an impact it had on the story.
Also because :
The female lead simply needed someone who wasn't biased against vampires but it doesn't matter all that much because the male lead also turns out to be a vampire who used to hate vampires while being a vampire ? And assumed all Vampire s were bad until he met her? But didn't come to think that if he also was a good vampire that there couldn't be other good vampires?
Honestly the romance would have been way deeper if he was a human who learned to care for her as a vampire and turned into a vampire later. But since he's not human and a strong willed vampire.... I guess it gives readers less anxiety for his well being?
But despite all this it was enjoyable. I like how there was so much content in 92.5 chapters. Most chapters have a lot of story. So it was a nice feeling to keep scrolling for more.
May 25 2022
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