I Am the Sorcerer King

The initial premise of Sorcerer King is practically identical to that of solo levelling. From the gates to the system to the main character being weak and paying for his bed-bound mother's medical expenses. After the first chapter however, the two series diverge entirely and it becomes a super unique and interesting take on magic within the context of a modern society. There are loads of really cool and unique ideas for weapons, attacks, and ways to utilise magic that I really haven't seen anywhere else. There's also a good explanation for why the system and the gates exist in the first place that Ifound to be pretty interesting. The only real critique I have is that the ending feels pretty rushed. New side-characters are introduced just a few chapters before the end and it overall doesn't feel as fleshed out as it probably could have been. The ending doesn't diminish from the rest of the series though and I'd highly recommend giving it a read given how strong the concept and execution of the rest of the series is.

I am the Sorcerer King strong point is how it entertains you with a system that blends fantasy magic and modern technology. It also does a good job of going into detail about how the economy would work in such a world, and how it would affect political relationships between countries and society as a whole. Although I sometimes felt a bit disconnected from the protagonist and most of the side characters aren’t anything special, they fulfill the role the author intends for them. It’s a shame that the ending is completely rushed. Starting around chapter 100, you can tell the pacing speeds up more than usual,and they ultimately wrap up the entire manwha in just five chapters, simply telling what happens and skipping all the dialogue and fights. An insulting ending for what could have been a memorable action-fantasy manwha.

generic ass modern progression fantasy turns into power trip fantasy into sci fi, it absolutely rushed everything past chapter 100 and even before that, everything just happened so fast anyway, there's not much of entertainment value in this series, actually, there's not much value at all, you will finish reading it and find yourself thinking, were any of these characters memorable? not really. was the plot any good? not really. was there any character development? some. did it make me think or question my beliefs at any point? no. did it make me laugh? no. was i attached to any character at any point? no. now, thisis an extremely harsh thing to say about any piece of art, but, was there any value in me reading this? no, none at all. if i had any kind of value to my time on this god blessed earth i would be mad at myself for wasting my time reading this. it feels more like an outline, a sketch of a story, still missing lines, colors and shading, you would need to rewrite this from the first word and actually add meaning and values to the characters and their interactions for this to be any good at all the shadows in solo leveling had more development and were more memorable than all of the characters in this story, and sl is already a "turn your brain off, it's power trippin time" kind of story. i've spent the last 2 hours trying to think of a reason to have read this story, anything, a giggle, an interesting plot development, a good character, anything at all, but there's nothing, there is no reason at all to read this story, which is absolutely appalling in a way i haven't seen in a while