Hello everyone, I have decided to review manhwa from now on. I have recently started reading a few and it's been going really well. So, I want to share my experiences with you guys and give you the review about the one I am currently reading.
Author & Artist: Morangji
Genre: slice of life, school life, comedy, drama
Chapters: 455
Status: on-going
Year of release: 2015
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Plot
The story begins with Nari who had gone through a makeover during winter vacation and it's her first day at high school, she was excited to start her first year. She feels like she's in the best shape of her life because back in time she used to be a chubby girl and because of diet she's now thinner. Nari was thinking that now she's got prettier, probably could get a boyfriend and also people would admire her.
But out of nowhere her happiness went in vain because her childhood friend Yuna appeared who was completely looking her best. Nari was disappointed to know that they are going to the same high school, Yuna is superhumanly beautiful to Nari. Then Nari made up her mind that at least in her class she would be in the top 20 percent and thought of introducing herself to her classmates and when she began to give her first cookie to the one sitting infront of her she got shocked as there's a beautiful girl in her class too, who's name is Seonji. Then Nari started to think of hanging out with the girls like her but then someone pulled her from the back it was Yuna with another beautiful blonde girl who is known to be Yuna's friend.
Nari was devasted as she felt like a ugly duckling between them. Everyone around them were staring at her because it looked like she didn't belong with them because to others Nari looks average. This made Nari insecure and her friends outshining her which made her depressed, she didn't want to feel left out so she thought of making new friends in that way she could avoid her friends but Nari could not avoid Seonji when she saw her being lonely, Seonji is ignored by people because of few rumours but Nari felt bad for her so she gave her company as Seonji was really putting efforts to become her friend. Nari's journey starts as she struggles to find her way in friends group as time passed she began to develop....
Review
Nari is like a real life character which people are finding relatable with each other. There are people who actually feel like Nari when they are around pretty friends they don't feel noticed or good about themselves. People are liking it very much as there are others who are same to same like Nari. They feel happy and comfortable when they read this kind of stories. As no one likes bullies and people who gives judgement because of the appearances. People can start to understand how Nari feels being in that place because we see her pov and it's crystal clear.
It is a long manhwa so I am not able to finish it yet but I am planning to finish it very soon as it's ongoing I will wait for it to finish. I think we need more stories like this which is relatable to us, only a few stories are about this kind of people who suffers. Most of the time we only see romance related stories but this is something about raising awareness.
I feel no one should be feeling insecure around beautiful people, there will be always people saying bad things about your appearance when they also feel something is less in themselves. No one is perfect so everyone should respect each and not judge someone through their look. I want Nari's character to grow within time, I hope she will understand that she is beautiful the way she is and she doesn't need someone else's validity to feel pretty. Even her friends admire her very much she should think of her friendship and not about the looks of her friends. They don't treat her differently so she should also learn to accept them.
I like the humor of Nari, she is really funny even she doesn't try. Also the artwork is funny it's below average. I don't like the drawings they could be better and make the story look more good. There are 455 chapters so I hope they have developed their artstyle within time. I like the colorings they match pretty well in every chapter, but still I won't say it looks the best. I really like it when the artist puts too much of effort in their art and it makes me want to read more of it. So, I would like to suggest this manhwa to everyone because it has a good storyline and I am sure everyone will like it.
Credits:
Pictures are the screenshots of the chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6 from the manhwa, you can read it on webtoon for free.
Pictures are edited with Canva.