100% Perfect Girl

Well, I've never written a review here so there I don't expect it to be quite helpful. But this manhwa had me aggravated. That's the closest I can describe this feeling. I considered dropping it twice within the less than 24 hours it took me to read. The only reason I stayed was for the art which was magnificent. Then there was also the need for closure. To see how this author would try to chummy everything up after so many horrifying events taking place.

"I don't want love anymore." 100% Perfect Girl started like a fairy tale but along the way it shifted. Left me wondering how could love sometimes mess us up so to the point where we don't even recognize ourselves… You have your average fairy tale story of a regular girl, Jay, who is living her normal life. While running an errand one day she meets Jarten. He is captivated by her. He had never seen anyone so beautiful and he has to know her, to have her. Jarten looks like royalty and it’s later revealed to her that he indeed is a Prince. After spending timewith him and getting to know him he has to fly back to his country. Not before he proposes to her and asks her to go with him. Love knows no boundaries they say, Jarten and Jay will put that theory to a test. Was it perfect? No. Like a lot of manga, the heroine was coveted by most of the guys, almost all. She was nice to boot and changed people’s lives, sometimes for the better and sometimes she was a calamity that befell on them. To say it with the words of someone in the manga, “She was like a cancer..” There was so much drama that it makes the story far-fetched but still leaves you wondering, what next? You have your assassination attempts, bodyguards, weapons dealers, pro shooters/snipes, mafia, and the high class parties. Need I go on? The plot sometimes got repetitive in a way but it's a common thing I have seen with long manhwa. It started like a regular fairy tale of Prince falls in love with a regular girl who feels trapped in her life. He loves her, needs her? She saves him with a promise to be by his side. Unfortunately, the other side is not greener in this case it’s just bigger and with it brings seclusion. Havoc was at every corner for them, one after the other, you witness the relationship change. All that mattered is that she was by his side. At first it surprised me the gloomy turn the manga went. But it made me like it even more. Because not all love is great and it does have it’s darkness. I want to say that this is a romance but that’s not exactly true. Love meets that thin line that borders on obsession and restraining order. Was there love? Yes, but it sometimes it was masked to look like obsession. The love became selfish, started changing them all while it makes the one you love self destruct by your mere presence in their life. that’s how you know. That’s what happened to them. It showed love at its worst, destructive. You’ll meet characters you’ll like and one’s you’ll hate to your core. Others you’ll love to hate or hate to love. There’s villains up the wazoo, but then again it is to be expected when the hero of the story is a rich Prince who seems to have it all. Jay is kind and doesn’t know the meaning of evil. At least not at the beginning. The characters whose change takes the longest is hers, in way. Because as a person you tend to have to hit rock bottom before you can really start to pick yourself back up and that’s what happened to her. I find that I really did like her character and you start to see her become who she wanted and not who everyone thought she should be. Jarten was the hero but his character made me feel like I was in a malfunctioning elevator. Sometimes I liked him and sometimes I wanted to throw crap at him. He was actually pretty flawed, borderline psychotic at times. He’s the type that loves someone so much that would rather see them dead than with someone else. You have your best friends whose role you sometimes enjoy more than the actual protagonist. The devoted bodyguard who’s story helps in creating and developing a great love for a character, Making him one of your favorites. You have villains that are so ruthless but yet so wounded you can’t help but feel for them in a dark and twisted way. The art was nice. I had to get used to the way some features were drawn but after it will become the manhwa’s style and you start to enjoy it. There’s a beauty to the characters that give them a surreal look. Also, got to give Wann props for making the guy characters look great without their shirt on. They all look the same a little bit but still, a girl can appreciate. The writing is amazing and the use of imageries and metaphors was great. The ending, be a judge for yourself, it wasn’t my favorite the first time around. The second time I gotta say I kindda digged it. I still think it should have ended differently but hey to each their own. Life, death, lies, obsession, coveting, selfishness, betrayal. This one has it all and it shows you, even being a princess is nor all it’s cracked up to be.

Alright, where do I start? Seeing as this is my first review, I'll do the best I can. STORY -- 8 It starts off as one of those cute little cheesy stories where the rich and handsome prince falls head-over-heels for the poor, average female lead. You know, those stories that give you a warm fuzzy feeling where you feel like "Oh, why can't my life be like that?" Ohohoho, now after that is where things get a little crazy. One heart-breaking event after another, leaving you partially depressed, but somehow, it mends your heart in just a few chapters at the end. Wann also makesit so that everything falls into place, and everything makes sense. Especially misunderstandings. But Wann makes it so EVERYTHING makes sense, pulling you deeper into the story. ART -- 9 The art was amazing in my opinion. I personally think manhwa art is really nice, but this one is just the cream of the crop. Wann laces the whole story with intricate details, and the characters look flawless. CHARACTER -- 10 Okay, I personally think this is one of the strongest parts of this story. You get the see how the two main leads of the manhwa gradually develop into what they are at the end. As not to give out any spoilers, it's magnificent to see how the two leads can start off as a innocent first love and develop into a relationship full of heartbreak, loss of trust, and shattered pieces of love that are pieced back together piece by piece. ENJOYMENT -- 10 This manhwa made me so psychologically unstable throughout the whole thing. I found myself feeling happy, sad, angry, and dumb-founded all at the same time for multiple times throughout the story. It just has so many highs and lows, it's like an emotionally roller-coaster. Nonetheless, at the end, it gives you a feeling you can't forget. OVERALL -- 10 This is definitely on my list of favorites, for many reasons obviously. I absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for a story worth your while.

Okay, i dont write many reviews but i just really can't help but write a review for this manga. I'm not going to talk about it piece by piece cause that would take too long, but here i go. I really enjoyed this manga. Its very original and it got me hooked from the moment i started reading it to the very end. My favorite part was that during all the serious parts, they made it funny by adding those pictures. I'm not sure exactly how to say it but they made the character faces all bubbly and so on (you'll see what I'm takingabout if you read it.) I love that because it allowed me to easily relate to life like for example in chapter 80, page 4. Its filled with serious drama and romance with action and a little comedy. I think that it would be great for everyone. I pretty much loved everything except that the male lead was a jerk here and there and that he didn't understand her very well. He even doubted her and didn't believe that she actually loved him until the last few chapters which made him look like a total dumb-ass. Other than that, i thought that it was amazing and that it's not a waste of time reading. I enjoyed this manga so much that i almost finished it in one whole day and practically stayed up the whole night until i collapsed and fell asleep. Well, thats basically what i wanted to say. I hoped that this review helped some-what (: