For years, fantasy has been caught up in the mass-produced churn of ultimate isekai power: a crazy mix of modern life and magic that often seems more derivative than daring, telegraphed entirely by those long-sentence titles that say it all. Fortunately, the genre is finally getting out of that rut and remembering what it used to be: a realm of wonder, witchcraft, and worlds that A stat sheet HUD is not necessary to indicate character growth. or tell a good story.
Right now, both the anime and manga are in a Deeply old school fantasy revival.with series like Delicious in the dungeon, Freezing: beyond the end of the journeyand Witch hat workshop leading the charge. But that doesn’t mean that the fish-out-of-water formula tapestry of isekai’s dark ages has lost its charm. When done right, it still sings, and evil pointA new manga that combines the whimsical, witchy magic of classic fantasy with the contemporary spell of influential culture, proves that the genre can still feel familiar and refreshingly strange in an absolutely shocking way.
evil pointby Jiang Hallfollows Sadako, a witch kidnapped in an enchanted forest that only reckless live streamers would venture into in the hopes of getting good content… which turns out to be how the story begins. After scaring off her intrusive guests, Sada realizes that they dropped a smartphone (or as she calls it, a “little glowing board”) while fleeing into the night. And like placing an iPad in front of a child and watching their little brains melt in real time at all the bright colors, Sada is immediately hypnotized by the glamor of social media and all the pretty influencers sharing cute photos for likes. After years of feeling invisible, Sada decides to go to the city and become an influencer.
Things are going pretty well for Sada, largely thanks to her. princess diarybig city-style shopping spree, all without having to pay the high prices at the stores he shoplifts from because he has no money (thanks to his spells on cashiers to get a five-finger discount) and use magic to make his phone’s camera float so he can get the best angles for his growing social media presence. However, her growing fame quickly makes her puffed up and she makes a big mistake by revealing herself to be a witch.
While fans take Sada’s reckless moment of transparency as a joke, her witch confession has the opposite effect on Hanako, a woman with ogre strength who is immune to magic and despises witches so much that her double thumbs-up on Sada’s posts turns into Twitter fingers, making her Sada’s first troll. Charmingly, instead of becoming a serious look at the Social media chaos and online fame. toward Oshi No Ko, evil point follow the route from enemies to lovers like him gothic and pink house meme The characters delve into each other’s worlds on a wild journey where the excitement and danger of social media and witchcraft collide.
What attracted me to evil point is that it’s a fun little manga with a unique vibe, reminiscent of romantic comedies from the early aughts. If I had to compare that vibe to something, he It feels like a mix of nice to meet you, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Leslie Hung brat girl. evil point It effortlessly balances the comedy and drama its premise promises without one overshadowing the other. It also doesn’t hurt that the manga’s endearing Hana-and-Sada dynamic is quite cheerful (grateful). There’s no need to squint, overanalyze, or enhance screenshots like other series that leave queer fans assembling a cork board and string to connect a queer story that stays in their heads and makes it to the page.
While evil point doesn’t turn on the plane’s runway lights, making Hana and Sada seem like a guaranteed ending at the end of her first volume, Jiang definitely does her thing, leaving enough blushes, furtive glances, and odd-couple sparks between them, channeling the same flirtatious promise as Sumiko Arai The boy she was interested in was not a boy at all..
In any case, TGSWIWAGA (“Yuri Green” for short) is a perfect twin for evil pointThe enchanting, witchy, sapphic vibes of. Only Green Yuri feels like a high school student. lullaby that actually commits to the sapphic longing of his leads, evil point reads like a (somehow) even more yuri-tinged version Kamome ShirahamaHe is asleep beforeWitch hat workshop series, Eniale and Dewiela. Honestly, that’s as good a quote as any new manga meant to inspire. Google search ready for memes “Does evil point Is he gay? could wait.
Considering Jiang is already a familiar name among Yuri fans, having written the spicy and toxic series about Yuri’s workplace. Black and white: tough love in the officeit is likely that evil point Won’t leave people feeling upset about whether or not their opposites: Attracting girls with names of horror icons eventually will. Resolve it in the remix.
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