Philia Rose: The Prophecy of the Crown of Thorns

PZcolo Jul 11, 2022

5

Poor worldbuilding, other than a zoomed in map there is little "building" to go about, there are giants and superhumans, but they are presented with no intro as if there was no need to explain at all, the religions are not explained either, I thought it was an alternate reality at first, just a different land with christianity as it's main religion, but it's nothing of the sort, there is magic or mystic arts or something, don't know because again, not explained nor introduced. So, a 2 in worldbuilding.The characters are the same, I keep reading with the expectation that at one point the author will grace us with something, some backstory, you know, why the prince does what he does, why the MC has her powers, what happened 8 years ago, what happened to the crazy redhead? But nothing is ever explained (so far, 40ch in), new characters keep popping in, new uncertainties, but the old ones are lest unaddressed. Yeah, I know they will be at some point (probably), but it's done very poorly imo. In short, chars are not bad, but they are poorly presented and developed.Then we have the annoying humor that creeps in even in the most solemn moments. too intrusive, too in your face that you can't take the story seriously and it's ment to be a very serious and dramatic teary story.Art is good or even great, pace is... inconsistent.Overall, it's hard to like this for me, it's an interesting story but it's a mess and is very poorly executed, and if I were to resume it in one world it would be, boring. Dropped at ch40, got annoyed with the lack of explanations and the annoying characters.

MangaXexperts Mar 27, 2022

9.5

This manhwa has a lot of original cast of characters especially the main character. Her personality is very likeable and unique in some way. The art of this manhwa is also gorgeous. The story is very good. The plot is nice and slow. And the world building is charming. Overall it's a super awesome fantasy drama with a very little focus on the romance part. 

CornerxofxDreams Feb 6, 2023

4

The one good thing first: Art is very pretty, mostly. Bad stuff in a list: (cant be bothered to do more, 60 chapters in)- shit pacing- somewhat interesting FL, but not much romance for a long time- world building is basically non existant. Its all poured over you, you have to figure it out yourself. - lot of stuff is still not explained up to ch60 - power balance between fractions and people feels somewhat off- dont like FL relationship with high priest (typical boss -> employee "ah i hate you shitty boss, but i do it anyway" bs, not funny, not interesting, just anoying (shounen style))- characters are way to overdrawn, excessive? Evil is just pure evil, without any intelligence, same for the goodies :/