I thought about it. Hmm...
Sebastian was in bed, he was "battling for his existence" as the newspaper/article stated... but like not a hospital bed?

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It's funny. To this day, all our exploits in AI isn't "teaching" them as much as it is "drowning them in data -> and testing them nonstop until they do what we want."

Ending E in Drakengard 1. lol

I get that the pressure was on, but he should have held his ground properly.

We can use this as a measuring stick to determine Mr. Main Character's growth. I don't know how effortless this fight was, but I'm sure we can all agree that he struggle significantly less than last time.

Looks like AI art.
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I'm back. I want to mention two things. First, I've read more stuff in this franchise and I've grown to dislike this franchise even more. I feel like most of my early scores for this franchise can lose a point or two and I'd be happier with the score.

Secondly, this is a quick review for "Electronic Horror Store" which is completed but not available here. It is very much like "Strange Store" which is also not here and both of these manhwa follow a standard formula:
- Here's a person, let's call him Bob
- Bob is living his life
- For one reason or another, Bob gets an item from the titular store
- Shenanigans ensue
This will either end in a horrible tragedy of sorts or surprise! Happy ending! In my opinion, there is exactly one fffffantastic story in Electronic Horror Store that features a camcorder, and the rest are pretty run-of-the-mill.

Relevance: One of the important characters in Terror vs Revival, Yak, is the main character of Electronic Horror Store. You will learn his backstory and motivation through this manhwa. I gotta say, like so many things in this franchise, it's stupid and I think it backfired because my conclusion is that Yak is just a jerk.
Also, and this is really important: his own backstory has details that get retconned at the end of Revival vs Terror.

To just spoil it: Yak and his sister are part of the Black Winged Clan -> and Yak eventually uses his powers to protect his sister, slaughtering a whole bunch of humans. That's considered "getting involved with humans directly" which is a big no-no, so part of his clan is summoned and penalize him by ripping his wings off and further penalizing him by taking his sister away. Meanwhile, selling magical electronics/technology that can kill humans is fine somehow. Anyway, his sister left behind a new invention thingy that allows him to collect human souls. Like... how? It is literally out of nowhere. So, he has spent 100 years collecting souls via this electronic horror store, and he has 756 billion souls in just 100 years, which makes no mathematical sense. We learn in Terror vs Revival that he can use these souls to fuel his powers in place of his missing wings which are the source of his power.

Retcon: Terror vs Revival's "final boss" (the Thanos of the franchise) is a Black Winged Clan member who is doing the big no-no and uh... apparently that's fine? No one from the clan is gonna show up to say or do anything about it? Great...
Do you see why I'm not enjoying this franchise? It's infuriating that there are distant goals the author inspires to reach but he is inept at getting there -> so stupid coincidences, retcons, and contrivances are the only tools on his belt to get him there.

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To me, reading this Superstring franchise is akin to mining for diamonds. So far, I have read a LOT of this franchise and I have not found any diamonds.

I have read the Island Parts 1 and 2, Distant Sky, Revival Man, Terror Man, Shin Angyo Onshi (Blade of the Phantom Master), Neolithic Girl, The Queens, Burning Hell, and Terror vs Revival.

Along the way, I found some gold in:
- Revival Man Season 1. (Not season 2, which is the prequel, aka "Season 0")
- Distant Sky, the first 3 seasons (until chapter 52)

I also found some silver
- Terror Man
- Terror vs Revival

There was some bronze
- Neolithic Girl
- The Queens

When I first reviewed them, I gave them scores - and these scores are different from what I'd give them nowadays. Yeah, it hasn't been too long, but still.

Also, I came across some irrelevant stuff that I can't properly rate because of reasons
- Shin Angyo Onshi
- - it's been too long (10+ years) since I read this, but I thought it was decent. It is irrelevant to the franchise.
- - - Apparently, one character in the franchise is the distant descendant of a character from this manhwa.
- Burning Hell
- - it's really short and irrelevant. I have almost no thoughts on it in general.

And my mining will continue as I head towards Electronic Horror Store (complete but not here), Marco Polo's thing (see previous), and Kangtawoo (see previous again).

Note: I don't want to read Housekeeper, Hanlim Gym and Jungle Juice yet as they're not complete. I don't think I can stand this franchise if I have to wait a week for every chapter.

Supposedly, the Marco Polo manhwa heads toward a big conclusion -> and Kangtawoo is the actual end of the timeline (according to the wiki). Maybe these are the diamonds I've been promised in this franchise.

Review for Island Part 2 - which is a colored, vertical scrolling manhwa that's not on this site. His name is "Van" for the most part, not "Ban" and especially not "Pan."
uh, 3/10
I'll be honest, I couldn't finish it. I read almost half of it then skipped ahead.

To start with: it's even stupider than part 1. Straight up, half the info/knowledge/lessons learned from part 1 INSTANTLY flew out the window just to get part 2 started. The overarching goal is that Miho wants to leave Jeju Island and by the end, she kinda doesn't, but it's established that she'll be do so just fine afterwards.

- Miho Won is a pretty big deal in the franchise, acting as the commanding head who makes plans, preparations, and spends the money to get gear and all that jazz. Again, she is like Batman but she doesn't properly fight.

- Suki also shows up.
- - Suki and Van are like two super powerful entities in the franchise; think MCU -> they are two named "heroes," except they're not getting along all nice and stuff like the Avengers do. Suki keeps showing up in the franchise while Van only shows up here and near the end of Terror vs Revival.

- Van himself isn't really an interesting character. To make him seem interesting, part 2 stupidly revives the whole "why would Van kill these people?" drama... which makes no sense because this is something that was addressed in part 1. He comes off as kinda weird and bored, but I don't know who the author thinks he's fooling because he isn't fooling me.

To solidify the connection between Island Parts 1 and 2 to the rest of the Superstring franchise, part 2 does properly introduce two things from two other big works; one of them is from Distant Sky and the other is the White 100 Cult. I gotta say, the more you learn about the stupid cult, the less sense this entire Franchise makes. The cult is the epitome of "entity that exists and does things to add difficulty and pain to the main characters' lives to make the story more interesting."

Like say, you're in the middle of a desert; a storm separated you from everyone else, so you're stuck wandering aimlessly, lost. You're gonna die and it's gonna be boring. SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE A CULT MEMBER SHOWS UP AND PLANS TO BLOW UP THE DESERT AND DESTROY THE WORLD. OH MY LOOK HOW INTERESTING THE PLOT HAS BECOME.
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When I say "does things" -> I do mean literally anything. There is no limit to their capabilities. Part 2 ends with them opening a hole to summon a MASSIVE FREAKIN' DEMON that destroys the plane that Miho is on. How? Freakin' what? It makes no sense. It just ends and we can only assume that Van kills it with no problem because it is never bought up again while Miho and Van are alive and well. Sigh and boooooo.

Heh. Imagine how thrilled Scarlet Python's wife would be upon hearing her husband is this strong. lol

I imagine Mr. Main Character has already predicted this explosion plan thing -> and plans to use it as a means to fake his own death or some something. Reap the benefits and dip in a perfect way.

Yo mama.

Hmmmmmmmm 6/10.

Mr. Main Character is a bored-with-life One Punch Man equivalent in a zombie apocalypse -> he is going around trying to see if anyone is strong enough to kill him -> fails. He randomly meets up with a group of humans who are anti-zombies -> and he gets convinced to go with them.

It's not a particularly complicated plot -> but then it suddenly breaks the fourth wall and the quality drops into the bin. Sorry, but you did not earn it.

That mistake aside, I will say, some characters are really well written. One character that I did not want to see -> went off and became one of my favorite characters. The manhwa casually demonstrates how being in a miserable and horrible situation does bring the absolute worst out of people -> and helping them anyway -> getting them into a somewhat stable situation -> practically brings out a new character.
This is one of the best things the manhwa pulls off.

The plot and the lore of the land and all that jazz made sense and there was a mystery about... until the fourth wall break. Power levels aren't consistent - at one point, Mr. Main Character becomes pretty pathetically weak for no real reason -> "it's because you don't have any will to win" or some nonsense. Like dude, he can swim in lava and walk away unharmed; and his punch can literally level a mountain, so uh... shut up.

If you're here for the "Psychological" tag, then there are a few instances where you'll be eating REALLY WELL... metaphorically. Off the top of my head, I remember 2 very clearly; check one of them out in chapter 38 and keep in mind that out of context, it makes little sense.

Mr. Main Character should secure his job for at least a few years, not just a single one.

The professor was really aggressive. If Mr. Main Character had an ounce of backbone, it would've blown up in his face.

Overall, his offer is actually really good. Only working like 15 hours a week sounds really good.

I'm glad that pretty much everyone in the comment section is hating on the professor's grading philosophy.

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This would be right if it was "+15" instead of "+5." I think it's a typo.
If it was +15, then yes, she factored it properly and her final answer of -5 and -3 would be correct.

Double Dragon Manor lore.

I smell a time skip coming up.