Ragnarok

Heh... Accidentally passed by, I had completely forgotten about this, until I read through the ten books, that the douchebag artist released before he decided to leave the fans of at a cliffhanger. There's some things about this series that are really good and really welldone and others are just awful, so my feelings with the manwha is really mixed. I guess it's a different kind of storytelling, it's kind of reminiscent of Game of Thrones where several characters are introduced and given backgrounds ( usually by someone else telling them about their background ) and then we get to figure the rest out ourselves. Iactually enjoy books that dont treat us like we were born with a pipewrench through our heads, but things get a little too messy in this show. The motivation for the characters is sometimes completely inunderstandable and it's common that they interact in a way that seems almost aspbergic. But the characters are very well personified and he establishes their character very early and does it very good. As somebody who love norse mythology, I feel almost a little insulted on how loosely based the story is on the genuine article, but I am willing to forgive it, because there are some really sound ideas in this series. As opposed to Rebirth, which feels like the artist improvises every page coming up, Ragnarok have a really good foreshadowing, so you can look forward to powerful oponents in the future. But like I said: the motivation becomes almost ridiciolous from time to time. For instance, the rivalry between Skurai and Chaos, who are both really 3-dimensional and interesting characters, but they didnt interract a single time before they met in combat. Which I see as a problem, once again, the motivation, nobody ever really explains what their goals are, even 10 books in. My final problem is that the art style changes heavily with every single volume. The first book have a pretty edgy style, the second one becomes more clean and welldrawn, the third goes too murky and basey. 4-5-6 is actually pretty reminiscent and they are the books who look the best. After that, it takes up a immature and less verified art. Every character begins to look like they suffer from reserve aging. But like I said, the characterization is brilliant. I love everyone in this show. Even the messed up psychopat characters. All around, pretty good, it could work out in time. If the asshole ever releases it.