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Jul 21, 2021 to Jan 27, 2024
8.0/10
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βGod is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?β Kim Carnby is arguably one of my favourite authors ever. His writing involves takingusual tropey characters and flipping them over their head, creating one hell of a story. Flawed Almighty might not be his most refined work, but it is probably his most ambitious, at least in my opinion. I have never seen a story like this. I have followed Carnby since City of Dead Sorcerers and while the visual department has certainly improved, his core themes of family neglect, self harm, rejection and love are still prevalent. His storytelling methods haven't changed much. Only the techniques have. Meet Jeonji Kim. A random delinquent way past his prime. He is now a limping man who was expected to be the "greatest". Bullied from a young age, he quickly developed an aggressive exterior to cover for his softer, more vulnerable side. He is violent, blunt and cruel. And that cruelty leads to the death of a child in a car crash. And that girl is turned into an angel, and *must* save Jeonji from going to hell. While the detail that Shiyang is Jeonji's victim is revealed at the end, both of these characters show plenty of chemistry already. Whether you consider them as just friends or lovers is upto you. But Shiyang and Jeonji has one of the best relationship developements I have seen in a long time. The concept of God being flawed isn't a new concept, just read Greek Mythology. But Carnby takes an interesting edge to it. He isn't cynical to God himself, but to his methods, and the repurcursions of his acts on the human race. Other angels are great. I think Manwhas have this habit of making all their characters badass and cool, which I can get behind. Solo Levelling, Mercenary Enrollment and Sweet Home are just few examples were almost every character gets a chance to be cool, while having a relatively short runtime. Its (somewhat) sad that Flawed Almighty hasn't blown up yet, compared to Bastard or Sweet Home, which just took over the Manwha scene for a few weeks. Maybe it will take time. I don't know. Now, let me reread Flawed Almighty and cry again. Go away now.
Do good or go to hell. The conditions of his new curse seem simple enough for once-hopeful hoodlum Jeonji Kim. Or so it seems when his perky guardian angel shows up on his doorstep one day and heals his limp. But will simply going through the motions of helping people be enough to appease a petty god with a grudge? (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)
The main character, Jeon Ji is your typical high school bully, gets hurt and retires. Now he is an old grunt who only know the violence and also gets in troubles. Overall his character is bad, like this guy HOLDS his grudges. One day, God cursed him. His curse is to help other people find their happiness. He gets assigned a guardian angel and they both work together to fulfill his missions. If he doesnβt do them he goes to hell. If you're reading this because it's a work of Carnby Kim then please do not judge it as unlike author's other works, Flawed Almightydoesn't have a dark, complex background. Flawed Almighty is quite laid back and also funny,but it touches serious topics like murder, self harm, suicide and related things so beware. Whenever Jeon Ji tries to help someone, his words are awful, as mentioned above, he's not a good person and he's also socially awkward which makes it even worse for him, so it'll definitely be a squinty read. But as Jeon Ji helps more people, his character develops and he genuinely feels human emotions that which he was always so detached from,due to loss of hope. If you think the manhwa is not up to your taste then I'd suggest to not read it, everyone has their own taste. The storyline however felt vibrant to me, yet felt that perhaps something more could be done for plot, but in the end Jeon Ji will be Jeon Ji so perhaps not. Despite that,my rating would be 7/10. Please do not let my personal rating deter you from reading the manwha, if the summary catches your attention do read it and have fun.
For Carnby Kim, I agree with most of the concensus. It's his most typical work, but with the original spin. Carnby didn't change his methods to start a tale. A protagonist, way beyond what most of us can call a good person, or someone who CAN be a good person. Jeon-ji, a complete piece of garbage. Not due to a desire, but as "that's all he has". Modeled with violence, riddled with personal problems, given physical advantages, he was instilled that violence gets results. Violence protects convenient people, helps those around me, gives me control of my life. Allas, he got in a brutal accident, eliminatinghis chances to use all he knew to lead his life, violence. He's an incredible protagonist, for now, he's put in the hand of God, and must do good-natured missions to not get sent to hell. Contrast, attitude, now equipped with his violence, and an Angel who can infinitely heal him, and accompany him. It's such a fun, slightly light-hearted, but powerful story that can explore people in terrible contexts, all from which an inherent asshole should change with. It was slow, but close to a slice of life, with something brooding in the background. Now, apart from being fun, interesting, a bit emotional, tense, cool. There's something about the latter half that couldn't reel me in. The beginning premise felt incredibly nice, with a pacing to match it, and slow changes that make us root for the main character. I'd say, they took too much time developing that rhythm, causing the rest of the plot to feel weird after the shift. Rushed? Maybe. It's between rushed and proper. Everything that NEEDED to be there, was there, but not that extra layer that can land everything much nicely. More scenes with certain characters, more setups and pay-offs. The power system needed more depth. They tease about the existence of legendary weapons, and then they just drop them in the story at the tail end. They drop so many things in the big climactic finale, including a character twist. The story reached over-ambition in a very small amount of chapters. However, the ending, the true end of the story was so good. Wasted potential isn't the word for it. More like it was a second draft of the story. Polished in many ways, granting a great ending, and setting up many things. However, it needed more revisions, more scenes, more character interactions. If I had to sacrifice a plot-point, to truly land the ending, would be the second fourth of the story. However, we do need that for our protagonist's change to be true. Give it 30 more chapters, not at any particular section, but distributed in each arc, and piece of the story to truly flesh out what needed it. I still really enjoyed it. The art, the characters, designs, and the plot. There's just something about the fight scenes that you know Carnby wasn't all that accustomed to. He's much more ready when it comes to horror/thriller, so asking great angelic, and demonic fights isn't something perfect for him. 7/10. His weakest work, but hey, for the weakest to have a 7 really says something about the author.