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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
5/10
Kind of a cute work, but it runs out of steam after a dozen chapters. Mr. Main Character's common sense defines his self-worth -> and he finds himself to be abysmally worthless.
Meanwhile, *titles goes here* -> so shenanigans will happen.

Dude, perhaps become a wandering "doctor" that can cure scars or something?
I imagine if this work didn't get axed (not saying it was, but it feels like it) -> then eventually a world-ending threat will roll along and he'll play an integral part of saving the world.

Pretty standard, not super interesting. /shrug
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
So wait... hold the phone.
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That guy is the actual real revolutionary? That's a mighty conflict of interest if I've ever seen one.
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Dice_24K Dice_24K - 2 months ago
Like... is it official? Nayuta is dead and we've given up on her? I feel like we're being misdirected... Nayuta likes you, Denji, to the point that she's willing to not destroy all of humanity for ya.

Also, killing the concept of "death" via Chainsaw man eating the Death Devil is... not good. To add: since the Aging Devil is still alive, people will simply be incapacitated due to old age, but never die.

I ask again: Fujimoto, where are you going with this?
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
Yoru:
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
I have never read this but I wanted to ask: how do two jobless siblings not end up homeless after 1600 chapters?
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Dice_24K IsekaidInfinite - 2 months ago
I appreciate your surprise. I learned about all this when I was like 80% done with reading Terror vs Revival.

To put it into perspective, you know how the Avengers: End Game is a HUMONGOUS crossover movie event that brings together a huge amount of characters from many previous movies?

Yeah, that's literally Terror vs Revival. It's the "main dish" crossover manhwa of the "Superstring" Franchise.
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Dice_24K IsekaidInfinite - 2 months ago
From the wiki, you can find two reading suggested reading orders. Google searching "super string wiki" should land you at the wiki.
The Chronological Reading Order:
https://superstringuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:CynicalLGN/Super_String_Reader_Order_(Accurate)_(Chronological)
This link ^ is too long, so I'll paste it again, cut in half across two lines:

https://superstringuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:CynicalLGN/
Super_String_Reader_Order_(Accurate)_(Chronological)

A Fan's Recommended Reading Order:
https://superstringuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Solideodoxa/Reading_Order_Suggestion

Fair warning, the lists you'll see are far longer than you're imagining right now... I would've just copy pasted the info otherwise.
Edit: I found this helpful image:
https://i.postimg.cc/W3JGGnb1/i.png
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
It's been 10 years since the events of Terror Man, apparently, and around a year or two since Revival Man. This story is, apparently, the crux where multiple works from the "Super String" franchise finally meet up.

Things. Are. Whack.
First of all, an alien rock thing crash landed in Saudi Arabia. This lead to the "Imagine Project," Terror Man's eyes and so much more.
Then, we got a Black Winged Clan, which are like demons that feed off human's twisted desires... what?
And out of nowhere, there are these "prophets" that exist and govern reality -> Revival Man's powers belonged to one of these "prophets" and their goal is to ensure destiny/fate/whatever plays out as expected -> including the end of the world. Maybe "Neolith Girl" covers this?

This may say "Terror vs Revival" but Revival Man is more of a main character here. With that said, I'd like to start things off by pointing out an important retcon:
When Revival Man revives, he always just woke up in bed, wearing whatever outfit, clean and without anything with him. Only something in his hands would appear with him. At one point in his manhwa, he gets killed, then he is shoved into a barrel, the barrel gets filled with cement and dumped into the ocean. He revives in his bed just fine. No barrel, no cement, nothing.
This is now retconned as he dies early on, as expected, he wakes up and he's... bloody? I shrugged it off -> but around the halfway point, this retcon is bought up front and center -> and is crucial to the plot progression, where the entire quality of this manhwa plummets. Even ignoring the retcon, it's so contrived that even if a 5000 IQ guy playing 4D chess -> can't freakin' pull it off. Contrivance upon contrivance upon a freakin' retcon -> just to get specific events to happen.

And what happens? Terror Man loses his mind for almost no reason and does a complete 180, going from Batman to Punisher to Joker, wanting to destroy the world. It's so dumb and conflicts with how he feels about his dad the entire time. I tried to make the best of it with "okay so, the plan is to fake all this drama, lure the big bad -> then kill him, right?" That helped me continue reading it but... sigh, I didn't like it. Blargh.

There are at least four characters that you will not recognize if you only read Revival Man and Terror Man like I did. I already mentioned Neolith Girl, but there are more things to read to not be completely lost. It kinda sucks because of that.

As much as I want to complain, I can't go lower than a 7/10.
Maybe it's my fault that I didn't follow the wiki and read every single prequel, some which aren't even available, but even if I wasn't lost, I still kinda hate the thing I mentioned.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
My recommended reading order:
1) Season 1 of this manhwa
2) All of Revival Man
3) Rest of this manhwa
4) All of Terror vs Revival

The concept is simple: "good intentions, forceful measures, great results but everyone thinks the results are miserable."

What starts off as a desperate measure to save people's lives ends up really blowing up out of proportions. I do appreciate the slow start that shows off the honesty of the main characters.
They talk to the cops -> they get ignored.
They call in with a bomb threat -> they get ignored.
They do stuff -> they get ignored.

What I would've done differently would've been to casually call the police, record call, call a reporter station, forward the recording of the call... and wait. Eventually, your calls will be taken seriously. You could ask for a dedicated phone that rings only when you call. No doubt a lot more people would die by my route, but I'm a normal person.

I mention that I'm a normal dude because the blonde who pushes the "terrorism to save lives" path in chapter 1 and 2 -> is absolutely abnormal. You'll learn her story in season 2 and another manhwa called "The QUEENS" which is completed and translated but not available here. Someone tell the bot to add it maybe?

Anyway, that's enough specifics, let's get to the broad strokes:
The characters are well written and the plot pushes the boundary between sense and nonsense, but soon enough, it just jumps into the nonsense. The introduced supernatural elements start off grounded in reality but it eventually takes off to Jupiter to get more stupider. There's a pun and a spoiler for the entire franchise in that last sentence, but don't worry about it.

Importantly: there are entire plot points featuring Saudi Arabia and a Religious Cult -> and yet somehow, there is nothing offensive and nothing racist in the manhwa. Gold Clap. Gold Clap.
BUT there's still a lot of nonsense going around.

I don't understand, for the life of me, as to why Mr. Main Character doesn't just reveal to the public any amount of truth. He has supporters but he insists on demonizing himself as a true terrorist. At one point, he drops the Korean President character person -> off the roof, live on camera, in front of everyone. What he actually did: save her life. Sure, it's a long fall, but she lands on a big bush and survives. If he kept her on the rooftop, enemies would've come after her and he would've had to actively strive to keep her safe -> one mistake and she's absolutely dead. The risks he took were calculated and boy is he good at math.

Overall, as much as I didn't enjoy reading this due to anxiety, I recommend it at a nice 8/10.
I think Revival Man is more enjoyable.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
My recommended reading order:
1) Season 1 of Terror Man
2) All of this manhwa
3) Rest of Terror Man
4) All of Terror vs Revival

Alternatively, unlike the rest of the "Super String," this is quite self-contained and can be enjoyed alone. If you choose to do that, that is perfectly fine. I kinda wish I did that because the author's writing kinda sorta FILLS ME WITH ANXIETY! Especially season 1.

The author slowly slithers some characters into your heart and threatens them, making you worry about them. Talk about earning sympathy, I hated dropping it because I wanted to know if certain characters are still safe and when I finally got to some point where I can safely stop reading for the night, it's already 2 am. Oh for crying out loud. I also hesitated continuing it.

If that sounds appealing to you, then go for it. Honestly, do you need anything more than that shining endorsement? I'm the kind of person who looks at "Hero Has Returned" and I call it out for being shallow "tug at your heart strings but it DOES NOT EARN IT" -> and I'm sitting around here praising this manhwa.

If you HATE anxiety, then give this a pass.

Right, what else is there to say?

Yes, Mr. Main Character is quite stupid, and he's in a disadvantageous position for most of the run time, especially in season 1. This is kind of a big deal and a key character trait. Him defying the odds is part of what makes him so interesting.

9/10.
I hope to never reread this manhwa because I HATE anxiety. T_T
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
Okay, read it. It's definitely axed.
The intro is peculiar but not unique. The progression is... pretty bad honestly. Characters are fine <- they just do what they're supposed to do. Good guys are good because the author said so.

The worst thing is: the baddies are bad in a fairly childish way and importantly: the manga tries to tug at your heart strings without earning it. I reject this when it happens in other works so it would be remiss of me to let it slide, ever.

The main thing you get is a big bad evil wolf. The problem is the information the manga tells you -> vs what happens. Realistically speaking, there is zero chance the wolf would cause any problems whatsoever. One character is an archer who can fire arrows that do not miss their target, regardless if there are literal pillars in the way. Furthermore, this archer can fire four shots at once; four shots, two in the eyes, one on the nose and one on a paw or some something. Reload, fire again, four shots, two in each ear and the wolf is useless.

Instead, you get this whacky sequence of events that makes no sense. Three retired former-royal guards lose their lives to this wolf because instead of fighting it in any way that makes sense -> they instead sacrifice themselves on an all-or-nothing gambit and lose due to stupid reasons... how does a wolf have armor under it's fur? They brush the fur aside to show it to you, and like, that's not physically possible.

If you've read all that ^ then you've already gotten like 90% of what this manga has. 1/10. Even if it wasn't axed, I imagine it would waste so much time that it would be hated anyway. Not to mention: it's a manga that updates once per month.

If you want something similar, but better -> read "The Baby Saint Wants To Destroy The World" instead.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
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Don'tthinkaboutitdon'tthinkaboutitdon'tthinkaboutit Her master is probably dead, DARN IT! Sigh, what's with the magic circle? Is the stupid kid gonna try to "steal" his sword-mastery or some nonsense?
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
The difficulty with these wolves is kinda arbitrary. No one thought to attack the legs to slow them down? No one though to attack the nose or eyes to blind it? Everyone went for the heart and was surprised by the armor that makes no sense?
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
I'm assuming this was axed?
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Ya know, I'mma go ahead and read this anyway. I'll reply with my thoughts or some something.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
My recommended reading order:
1) Season 1 of Terror Man
2) All of Revival Man
3) Rest of Terror Man
4) All of this Manhwa

Fun fact: there's an entire series of manhwa that fall under the franchise name of "Super String Universe" by "YLAB" (a webtoon studio). If you're approaching this manhwa because all four manhwa that I listed are "completed works" -> then you might wanna make a decision:

1) I AM READY TO READ A TON OF MANGA AND MANHWA THAT SEEM KINDA DISCONNECTED
2) Decide "I only want to read this small part of it."

There is "The Queens" which feature two important characters.
Then there's "Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to Multiverse" that was made by the same dude who made Sun Ken Rock and Dr. Stone's artwork.
Also, "Distant Sky" which is available and complete here.
There's a lot more: Hanlim Gym is here but incomplete (not even completed in Korean); "Neolithic Girl" and "Island" are here and complete; "Jungle Juice" is here and incomplete; and finally the end of the Super String Franchise, "Kangtawoo" etc etc

All this is according to the wiki, btw... You can find it if you google "Super String wiki." The wiki also has specific links to read most of the franchise.

Right now, I'm on team "I only want to read this small part of it."
Anyway, enough of that side of things. I'll make another comment for the actual review laaaaaater.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
This is a manhwa that looks like a manga, similar to the first two seasons of "The Breaker."
I gave this an honest try. It starts off escalating things real quick -> to get to the action -> and keep at it.

The problem is... it's very chaotic, noisy and messy -> to the point that I could barely figure out what's going on. To me, things finally slow down after around 10 whole chapters, so I can take stock and figure out what's going on.

Here's the plot: Ms. Main Character is a transfer student at a new school. She gets to her seat and eventually puts her head down -> and starts dreaming; final chapter confirmed my suspicion: this entire manhwa is effectively a dream. Anyway, this dream starts with her getting killed, literally being a head. (Chapter 1 btw) She finds herself to be immortal though, so she gets better... but she's no longer on earth but in "Amityville." Not Amity Park, that's Danny Phantom but I could not stop that theme song from entering my head.

So what's so special about Amityville? It's the land of the dead and people are split into two categories:
Both are "people who died and ended up here" but,
1) people who can't die easily, like the titular Jack Frost who gets ripped and torn apart often, but pulls himself back together and keeps fighting
and 2) people who do die easily.
I dunno where they get their guns from (this lack of knowledge extends to most basic concepts, tbh).

Not even a dozen chapters in, it's revealed that Ms. Main Character can do this "awaken" thingy -> and people never shut up about it. They also call her "the Mirror Image" and also never shut up about it.

I find this problematic as it clearly builds up what will happen: conflicts will arise -> people will die -> new characters are gonna pop up for this cycle to happen a few more times -> until eventually a specific person is labeled as the "big bad" -> and he'll eventually lose, not to Jack Frost but Ms. Main Character -> and final chapter confirms my "this is a dream, isn't it?" theory.
https://i.postimg.cc/WbnvWwH5/i.png
Sigh. Yeah, there's the "it wasn't just a dream" but honestly, screw this manhwa.

Between all the exceptionally predictable plot lines, messy everything and random asspulls for context
Example: seriously, one lady was introduced -> two pages later, she is hit with two pages of random flashback -> and she's completely brainwashed, trying to kill the people she showed up with

3/10. I don't recommend it.
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
Mr. Main Character: *uses "light sword" technique to kill all the demons*
Light Deity: "NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"
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Dice_24K - 2 months ago
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Dice_24K I watch Anime - 2 months ago
Lupiter is probably correct.
It's derived from "Lupus" (which means Wolf) and the "Roman God of Thunder" (which is Jupiter).
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