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If you read this Manhwa because you find the title was "How To Fight" instead of "Viral Hit", there are probably things that you would expect:

- You expect this to be about how the MC realistically fights and defeat most martial artists or combat athletes and their specific styles despite being basically a regular guy, and happens to record it on a popular internet platform for nothing but money.

- You expect this to be about the MC's life in Newtube, which is heavily inspired by the real life popular internet platform, YouTube, as a Newtuber with How To Fight as his contents.

Then be prepared that ... you will literally have neither of them, especially the former.

A little spoiler without actually spoiling: up until the MC fought a crime group leader who happens to be a wrestler (most likely Greco-Roman, but could also be a pro, scripted entertainment, wrestler) while broadcasting it live with the title: How to Fight a Wrestler, the MC is no longer a regular guy, but a guy that could believably fight. Funnily enough, months before this fight, he fought an MMA fighter (for a silly reason, but still a fight, with any ways to win permissible for both sides) and somehow won while still being a regular guy. Of course, it was broadcasted live, and the title of the MC's video? Iirc, it was How To Win Any Fight. Why not use the same tricks against the crime group leader when the MC is no longer a regular guy?

You will also not have what you expect about Newtube, either. After fighting the crime group leader, it is barely about Newtube. The plot shifted into tracking the crime group leader, and even the MC got sidelined at one point by an eye candy character for female that happens to know how to handle himself well in a fight.

On the other hand, if you know this Manhwa by the name of "Viral Hit", you would likely not have those expectations.

The art is simply mesmerizing, and the humors and the character interactions would likely make you entertained. If you enjoy reading the likes of Lookism, Loser Life, or Manager Kim, you would probably (and likely) enjoy it even more, especially if you fancy an eye candy character for female that I personally find cringe since day one no matter the flashback.
Otherwise, just drop it, either after reading some of it, or not reading it entirely from chapter 1.

This is my second review in My Anime List, and Digimon is one of the main series I have been following. My review of Digimon contains huge spoilers here and there, so this review is actually for some Digimon fans rather than those who are new to Digimon or haven't watched Digimon Frontier, but you are free to spoil yourself.

Digimon Frontier is the first Digimon series to not have Digimon tamers and partners. Instead, the tamers themselves become the Digimon, and it actually brings distinction to the Digimon series, though human becoming Digimon was not firstly introduced in Digimon Frontier, but in Digimon Tamer instead.

STORY: ... 8
The story is quite enjoyable. While I doubt some people truly watched Digimon for its stories, Digimon Frontier is one of the first anime to lowkey promote the "Blabla lives matter!" movement, which is kinda funny when you think about it. But the depth of its story still makes it enjoyable.

ART: 9
One thing I really love from Digimon, especially over Pokemon (and I love both, mind y'all) is its arts, especially the Digimon's arts. Why do I only rate it 9, though? The characters' arts are not that good. Some are plain and simple, but some are peculiar that they would look normal in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure universe, but weird in anywhere else.

SOUND: 6
There is that one music that is used over and over, and I kinda don't like the evolution music. Other than that, It's good enough.

THIS IS WHERE THE SPOILER STARTS! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

CHARACTER: 7
I have made a poll about how Bokomon and Neemon are annoying, and kinda hope more people would vote in the poll. The characters of Digimon Frontier are good, but could have been better:
1. Bokomon would have his time to evolve, preferably to Ninjamon, MetalMamemon, and ShinobiMamemon (if there is such evolution for Bokomon, lol) in order to protect Takuya and others, or Patamon from enemies. That way, I would stand him, even just a little bit.
2. Katsuharu and co. should have been the new hosts of Earth, Water, Wood, and Steel spirits, though that would be a lot of work for the writers.
3. While there are good enough development for the Legendary Spirit hosts, it would be nice to see Junpei, Izumi, Tomoki, and especially Koichi to also do the double spirit evolution.
Not sure about Neemon, but can he evolve? He is literally just there for a comedic purpose, and sadly, not even a good one.

ENJOYMENT: 9
I would have given it 10 if:
1. We get to see more of Royal Knights, but NOT as antagonists. Seriously. Ulforceveedramon, especially, has been hyped up to the mountain higher than where Yggdrasil resides, yet we see less and less of him in every installment of Digimon. Not even in Video game scenes.
2. Gryphonmon and GranKuwagamon being one shotted by LordKnightmon was pure bullshit. Maybe Pteramon, but Gryphonmon and GranKuwagamon have been hyped as two powerful Mega in Digimon games, especially GranKuwagamon in Digimon World 3. Spoiler here, and LordKnightmon got defeated single-handedly by MirageGaogamon. Is this a way of telling that MirageGaogamon is stronger than MagnaGarurumon?
3. Speaking of Royal Knights, Royal Knights being somehow stronger than one of the Great Digimon Angels is also bullshit. How do I think so? Both KaiserGreymon and MagnaGarurumon could defeat Cherubimon, one of the Great Digimon Angels, only to have their asses handled easily by Dynasmon and LordKnightmon, who are like A Tier in Digimon Royal Knights, yet Dukemon/Gallantmon can barely defeat Beelzebumon, but the same Dukemon could go toe-to-toe with Zhuquemon, a Holy Beast. To give you some contexts, Dukemon could single-handedly defeat ShineGreymon and MirageGaogamon, and Dukemon is also an A Tier among Royal Knights, not equal to Omegamon or Alphamon. What I'm trying to say is the power level in Digimon is even more bullshit compared to, say, DBZ or Mortal Kombat. One may argue that KaiserGreymon and MagnaGarurumon are both kids in Digimon's bodies, but remember: a kid in Digimon's body can almost defeat a Holy Beast, and it happened twice.
But I decided to give it a 9 because there are some fun and badass times in Digimon Frontier, somethings that aren't shown a lot in other Digimon series, like the Legendary Spirit hosts cooking burger, having a Trailmon race, swimming in the beach, making rocket, etc.

OVERALL:
Enjoyable. Could have been better, but still very good.

The Sequel of manga Crows, which takes place after Harumichi Bouya and others have passed schools.

This review contains SPOILER! And this review is for those who have read Crows.

I will always enjoy a manga where it is mostly about fighting, especially hand-to-hand fighting. Worst, or Crows x Worst to be precise, is a wonderful series to spectacle: the world setting is simple, the characters are mostly fresh, the MCs are OP but not totally invincible, the story is easy to understand yet still enjoyable, and, of course, the fights are awesome!

Story: 9
Crows has rather simplistic story, but Worst is a bit more complex. It is ... simple compared to other manga, but compared to Crows, it is a bit complex, but still understandable and enjoyable.

Art: 9
Crows has poor art up until Bouya fought Housen and Tatsuya Bitou. But Worst's art is getting better. You can say that Worst's art is a better version of Crows.

Enjoyment: 10
The character developments and the fights are what I enjoy the most from Worst, especially Amachi, Murata, Renji, Takumi, and, the last but not least, Mitsumasa. If you're going to read this manga, you better remember these names. Hell, even King Joe really developed into a somewhat different character compared to who he was in Crows, and he developed amazingly well.

Character: 8
I love Bouya, but I love Hana even more as an MC. Hana is basically a smaller but more physically powerful version of Bulldog from Crows, with him being a loved leader and all. He is one character that doesn't need any development because of how great they already are. While I did say I enjoy the character developments the most, why do I rate it only 8? Not 10? That one person is why.

Look, I respect that he is powerful and kinda neutral, but I hate how despicable asshole he really is. Bouya would use force to get what he want, so would that guy, but that guy basically made some people (including his gfs) his personal slaves, and used them for his personal gain. Even if it's for comedic purpose, it's such a dick move, even for an asshole like him. I personally don't find him lovable. SPOILER Don't get me started on how he sucker punched Hana with a chair in their supposedly mano a mano duel that would have rivaled Bouya vs Rindaman. So much for 'the greatest duel in history'. And one thing I hate from Hana is how kinda out of character for him to still respect that guy after such an asshole move. And the winner for that fight would have probably been Hana should that guy face him like a real man instead of being a coward, and should Hana hit that uppercut which that guy himself stated he would have lost if the uppercut hit him.

Really, we got Rindaman in Crows, who is overall a chill guy to some people around him (an old lady even praised how kind the dude is), probably the second or third best guy in Suzuran in terms of personality. And then we have that guy who is basically an asshole but still have respect to some people.

Overall: 9
This manga is a wonderful read.