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thor123

  • Belgium
  • Joined Sep 29, 2014
  • 28 / M

Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World is a surprisingly light-hearted fantasy romp about a guy who first goes through decades of despair, to finally end up in his target fantasy world where he turns out to be basically One Punch Slash Man.

While initially our Sword King Han-Bin gets thrown into that world as a pawn of some manipulative gods, that plot thread takes a back seat to show how he has a lot of trouble to function in this magic-based society. Which leads to some hilarious moments, as he teams up with some interesting people to work as an "adventurer". Pacing of the story is ok as well.

The characters are quirky and interesting, and mostly have enough backstories and personality to get you invested in them. And, surprisingly, even some of the early "throwaway" villains are memorable, which is not something you see often in these kinds of OP MC fantasy stories. Speaking of our MC: he may be OP in a physical sense, but his mental weaknesses at the start of the story as well as his... dubious intelligence make his adventures early on extra worthwile imo (and funny later on). Han-Bin's positivity is also kind of inspirational.

The art is full-colour, does exactly what it has to do, and it does it well: muscles are muscular, waifus are cute, traps are cute, dragons are cute (?), facial expressions funny when they can and serious when they should be serious.

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Overall: it's one of my personal favourite isekai series currently. It's not what I'd call a must read or anything, but it's still a very enjoyable fantasy manhwa which I recommend checking out.

8/10 story
8/10 art
8/10 characters
8/10 overall

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