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Apr 22, 2014
After having read a few hundred or more yaoi mangas, I have gotten quite tired of stereotypes, which is why I'm so strict with certain elements of the manga.
The story starts out really well, a policeman with a normal build and almost too cute face meets old childhood friend who's turned into a beast of a yakuza, but the policeman is still good enough at judo to throw the bigger guy around or put him in a choke hold if he tries anything funny.
Unfortunately, this power balance only lasts halfway through the manga, where the policeman turns into a naive little boy rather than a
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person who's used to dangerous murder cases, and his now lover becomes the stereotypical hot, strong, and all-knowing (about dangers to his girl) shojo protector. What could have been a good story with interesting characters just totally flopped and fell down to the level of Hwang Mi-Ri manhwas, which are mediocre at best, even though they too usually start out rather promising.
Even so, the art is really good. The only thing I was slightly unhappy about was that the cuteness and tininess of the uke even extends down to his tool which is only one third the size of the beastly seme's. And those things are draw a little too pretty and candy-like. Not that I think this will matter to most female readers.
The enjoyment was good on average. First chapters were great enough that I was really disappointed at the end, but not so much that it ruined the good start for me. Those who like the strong seme x much weaker uke combination will probably get much more enjoyment than I did. And at least the uke didn't act too girly, something which is a delight despite other weaknesses.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Nov 6, 2013
This is a rather refreshing Korean manhwa. The story is good, it kept living up to or exceeding my expectations all the way through the manhwa. Its only weakness is that it often skips from one scene to another a little too quickly, so the reader has to fill in some blanks on their own. I sometimes got a little confused, wondering how the character got from there to here in zero panels.
The art is great. Not too many characters look like each other, they're fairly proportional, the women have nice curves, most characters look their age and the ones who don't have done it
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on purpose in the story. If i were to complain about something, it would be the main character's rather unmanly face, but he's supposed to have the type of looks that attract girls, so it's not all that bad.
Most of the characters have a pretty simple design, apart from their looks. Their personalities aren't too interesting, many seem to have no hidden sides at all, and don't really betray the first impression they give. Luckily, the main character more than makes up for it by being one of the haughtiest martial artists i've seen in eastern comics who can also live up to it. And his followers turn out to be extremely entertaining despite their simplicity. Or maybe because of it.
All in all i want to say that this was one of the best korean manhwas i ever read, it made me laugh in pretty much every chapter, the fights were many enough and all kinds of awesome. But it only gets an 8 from me, because in the end it didn't end. I enjoyed it until the very last chapter, which promised me a continuation that never came because the publishing company went bankrupt, and thus gave me yet another reason to learn korean (so I can read the novels).
But at least there was no rushed disappointing end to this, so it gets a higher score from me than it that were the case. It continued to deliver pure entertainment until the sadly premature end, which gives me reason to recommend it despite the sudden cutoff.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 15, 2011
This manga is first of all a lighthearted, and slightly grotesque, love comedy. Many will not appreciate it, as there is horrible killing and rape mixed together throughout the whole manga. But if one is able to see past this, one will notice funny parodies, sweet love, and that happy ending which is defining for a story to be a real comedy (at least after ancient standards).
The story is more than decent for a hentai manga, though at times a little hard to follow, while the characters other than the panda are pretty generic types that are often found as side characters in harem mangas.
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Still, the art is good, and the light comedy combined with a very contrasting morbidity makes for great enjoyment for people like me who actually like the ero-guro genre.
The author has even managed to get a really sweet and sad love scene into the manga, which is probably the reason why I personally like it enough to read it over and over again. Nothing can beat true love, even if it's in a seemingly horrid form.
I would recommend this to anyone who has an interest in the macabre and/or rape, to those who want to read something with good shock value, and to people who generally like the idea of a badass panda who goes around spreading death in town.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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