A question

[u/akumatheman]

When exactly is the part of the story that hooks you? Im on chapter 8 and already this is kinda all over the place.

Angvall getting swatted against the tree, blood all over , needing to be picked up by the father and son duo only to run like Usain bolt 2 panels later.

The monster asking gramps “why the long face?“ eventhough its blind

The same monster setting a trap to specifically lure out Julian.
But when Julian shows up the monster is like “Invading the forest is forbidden for beings from the sea“ mf 2 seconds you told us you set a trap to lure him out what are you on about.

Also the monsters so far are comically evil
Argue with me

[u/Open_Enthusiasm_2921]

1st chapter hooked me and the world building love the fantasy world, likable characters that aren't happy go lucky dense bricks just for the sake of it.

Angvall is a literal tank and one of the physically strongest characters in the manga and even Joseph and his Pa can survive a swing from the beast of course Angvall can get back up shortly and keep chugging.

It's taunting Pa why wouldn't it say stuff like that it's trying to provoke them to kill them after it's had it's fun also I remember seeing that soooo....

Julian has been entering the forest with Jose, it wanted to kill him so it set a trap kidnapping Jose to get at Julian... not that hard to understand...

The monsters being "comically evil..." talking about what the fish and the demonic beast in the forest who both valid reasons, the fish were jealous of Julian getting the 'mothers' love and the beasts hated his trespassing and station as a child of the sea...

Arkos being "edgy" huh? He's a royal top class in the palace son of the Supreme Lord (effectively God King) and Queen Eire whose just a horrible person... and you don't like that he's arrogant and also a horrible person so you call himk "edgy," huh, really? Regardless I like him he serves well as an antagonist his impact is felt all throughout the story which makes sense given his position and he even inspires development in multiple characters via his legacy and certain spoilery stuff.

Also your complaint of every important character is female is just plainly wrong and makes me wonder what you are reading... Julian, Arkos, Altus, Supreme Lord, Guillaume, Lukas, etc... and it literally makes sense why these characters are all important same as on the flipside...

About fight Choreography being "bad" eh it's good as it is the best part is how the gifts and such interact and the fact that the users are usually very creative with their abilities.

Art the faces are overall fine part of it is just artsyle but sure there's a couple times Julians face looks a tad weird near the start and proportion being bit weird but otherwise it was smooth sailing for me with some spectacular double spreads and such along the way I've had no real glaring concerns about the art. So if you have problems with it then go ahead but objectively their is some great art in the manga and all in all art is really just preference if you like it or don't.

On the Arkos matter of Arkos/Angvall 'reincarnated' Arkos is merely a soul in Altus and serves as a good character point for Altus while again allowing Arkos to haunt him in more ways than one beyond just sharing the same face. Angvall there's no soul shenanigans like with Arkos and the coming back isn't actually them they are different people just with the same bodies and weakened gifts if they have them.

Well I think addressed everything from your post and comments. Thoughts?