Castle

Very rarely do you stumble upon something that is so truly underrated like Castle with so few members and no review. I'm not a review writing specialist so this is just to give you an idea of what to expect with this Manhwa. As you can already tell from the synopsis, this Manhwa is about crime and gangsters but written in an actual dark and serious undertone. It's already one of few in such a genre so if you're a fan, definitely give it a try. The story mainly follows one man, Kim Shim also known as Amur Tigro, who seeks revenge on an omnipotentcrime organisation that has roots in the politics, policing and economics all around the globe. He's incredibly strong but not stupidly OP, is resolute in his decisions and cold-blooded but also cares about his allies. At the start of the story, he starts with only one ally but has connections with other organisations. He eventually builds up his 'gang' and the finale is a showdown between three out of seven of the main pillars of Castle. One thing I personally found enjoyable was the absolute size of the cast, and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say there are probably around 100 named characters in this 120 chapter Manhwa. While I do understand some of the reader's complaints about the amount of characters, I always found a wider cast to be more enjoyable as it's rare for a story with a small cast to stay consistently enjoyable. For those new to Korean Manhwas, the names do take some getting used to as there's a lot of very similar names. The art was amazing as well, really captured the evilness and seriousness of the gangsters facial expressions and the fight's were choreographed brilliantly unlike a lot of other stories where they have a blank 'swoosh' when someone punches/kicks. One thing to note would be that because it tries to keep it realistic in a world of guns and knives, some of the fight choreography feels repetitive. Although it's definitely not a bad thing that there are so many action scenes, when you're binging through many chapters at once you do feel yourself looking for break. The ending is left at a bit of cliff hanger but that's can't be blamed as the author does set it up nicely for a second season although some of the logic behind how some of the characters ended up where they were was shaky. All in all, this was a very enjoyable read and I will definitely be looking out for the completion of the second season.