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#2 Reign of the Seven Spellblades

The more I read the less I care about the conventional ways of determining if something is "good" or not. Not to disparage how important the analysis of stories traditionally is, but what I've began to draw the line at what I consider good comes down to how much heart and care the author actually puts into it. At least, this is what I sometimes like to tell myself, but then this manga comes to mind.

While most aspects are extremely derivative of popular fantasy works that have come before it, there is a palpable feeling that the author truly believes in what they're making. Unfortunately though, I can't bring myself to think of it as anything but part of the slop that's come along with the advent of the isekai wave (despite not actually being an isekai). Every aspect is half baked leading to what is almost less of a story and more a scattered collection of ideas. All of that being said Nanao is awesome and it's possible the story was created as an accessory to her, who I imagine to be the authors favorite OC.

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#1 Something I Have to Tell You aka Neoege Hago Sipeun Mal

Anyone who reads manhwa is familiar with the works of JH who repeatedly has made some of the most iconic entries into the medium, namely The Boxer and The Horizon. However, their first (to my knowledge) work Something I have to tell you stands out as their best. Unrefined, messy, immature, and because of that extraordinarily human.