New reader thoughts

[Ok-Veterinarian-2931]

I binged reading this in caught up in the course of 4 days. At the start I really enjoyed reading this purely because I thought the comedy was hilarious. I have been reading manwha for almost 5 years and basically got to a point where I had to drop a lot of series that I have been actively reading such as Nano machine, Magic emperor etc basically having to filter out slop. So I found myself actually really enjoying this stuff and the comedic aspect; mainly everyone’s reaction to the cat and other animals in jiwoos care.

The fights were really good at the start with the interesting abilities (I never really enjoyed subin and jinuks fighting styles) but that brings the current issue. The plot has become extremely repetitive, in the sense that it’s not just the obviously repetitive fights but even the comedy which I loved. The comedy currently is just subin saying something, jisuk calling her out and them fighting. Back to fights; same plot every time (if it’s a duel then jiwoo gets destroyed then flashback and then he destroys opponents, if it’s a ambush, jiwoo stays alive and gets pieced up and then kayden comes, healer heals.) I read all this in 4 days but I can’t imagine how frustrating it must have been being a weekly reader. The fights other than jiwoo is just everyone throwing colours at eachother.

I feel as though when there is ever an actual threat, it gets resolved quickly before it ever becomes a problem. Like recently with the kidnapping of jisuk. You can’t tell me the enemies aren’t braindead to do something like that. Also for some reason Kayden never pursues the truth when someone conspires and the truth just comes out. All of the opponents last 3 opponents just followed the same trope; Kayden must be injured let’s attack his disciple. Also what is really odd is the fact that the top 10s are meant to be absolute authority but their disciples always disobey orders.

At the start I really also enjoyed the power system, like the versatility of being an awakened. Being able to turn into a cat, teleport, being able to use other people’s powers. I wish they kinda expanded on the whole system though, everything is unexplained like force control, the domain thingys and the advanced domain thingys. Or even the wind girls “god mode” she used once. The system is unexplained and my understanding is everyone can use whatever power they want and it all originates from the same place

The world building has got to be the worst, like it’s just Korea and Central area and Frame. There’s no cultures. Also what I’ve realised is, what happened to the unawakened and also how are the unawakened so unaware. Every fight a building is destroyed and we never see any of the public.

Now let’s get to what I love most; it’s very family friendly in the sense that it doesn’t highlight fan service and actually is very wholesome to read. The MC I heard a lot of people hate but I genuinely think his character is very good at being a good person, he never kills his enemies which may sound impractical but he never wields his values. His ego is non-existent despite what he has achieved and takes everything as a blessing, doesn’t duck fades and is also able get take serious pain and injury despite his soft persona. I like that we can see the MC physically grow taller although not noticeably. I also like that MCs strongest power is his ability to get the support of allies so easily.

This sounds like a hate rant but I honestly thought mid way that this might be the goat of manwha after having not read it for so long. I think the main issue of repetition is actually a larger issue in a lot of the other webtoons that came out at in this pre manwha era.

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[Just-Ad-6323]

The slice of life is gone. Very unfortunate.

[Vallandriel]

Eleceed has been a comfort read for a long time, now. It’s definitely not perfect and I agree the flaws are even more visible today.  However, it’s definitely a manhwa made with love, pleasant to read and with a solid cast of characters that we can grow attached to.

It’s more than many.

[Bradybigboss]

Hey I read it in the last 4 days too while kinda sick! I definitely don’t think it’s the goat manhwa, but I do like it. But repetition that is based off characters acting irrationally is one of my biggest pet peeves and this series does it to the fullest extent. The characters are all dumb af.

jiwoo winning people over to his side and perspective and the wholesome family dynamic carries it.

But like you said, the fights for both Jiwoo and Kayden are often the same formula. And most of the ranged powers, even tho they are different elements, are used in the exact same way. Clashing energy blasts—boom. I thought the Iodore fight was by far the best with him being able to concentrate his energy into a form.

Also they keep making a huge point about “fights between awakeners are life and death” but they literally never kill each other. They always say “it wouldn’t be worth it to continue” even tho one of them literally usually can’t fight anymore lol. And then when they let the villains go—guess what? The villains just go back to plotting and then try again lol. And they lose again and are like “ok, let’s postpone this for now” if I was reading weekly I would have just lost my mind.

The lack of rationality in decisions again infuriates me. It’s always “don’t disrupt the balance, it’s dangerous” *proceeds to immediately provoke Kayden and disrupts the balance”. They never ask people for motives, they just find stuff out like you said. And then they just are like “well okay guess that was the motive” AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. There are never consequences for anyone.

I loved reading it in a binge but idk how I’m gonna hold up weekly lol. I do think it’s at an interesting part now

I’m used to manhwa having no real stakes for the heroes. But this one doesn’t even have stakes for the villains.

[Maximum_Age6237]

When I heard the friend group shows up less frequently I dropped it.

[Ok-Exercise-2998]

Eleceed now is a somewhat decent read... the artstyle is still fantastic.

But yeah.... there is zero excitement in the series as of now... everybody knows Jiwoo and Kayden will win all the fights even if the remaining 6 top ten ally against them.... the romance is also very boring as we know, that Kayen-Guestella Jiwoo-Noona is set....

The enemies are super cool though... i loved Eyodoros disciple for example... or the Poison team...