The Beginning After the End

academy adults behaving badly advanced knowledge meets archaic world adventurers age progression animal companions armed combat arrogant characters arrogant male lead auras bad experiences banding together bandits based on a novel blood blood and gore character deaths character development character growth clever male lead comedic facial expressions comedic misunderstandings comedic moments in a serious manga comedic undertone comedic violence condescending characters confident male lead confident protagonist dead family members dragons dungeons exploring dwarf/ves elemental magic elf/ves emotionally strong male lead european ambience fantasy creatures fantasy ecology fate forest friendly male lead friendship full color genius/es growing love half-siblings hard-working female lead hard-working male lead hard-working protagonist huge cast of characters human trafficking immature adults immature male lead introspection kings kingdoms laid-back male lead legends long-haired male characters long-haired male lead magic male protagonist mana martial artists masks monsters murders observant male lead older brother princess female lead princess/es queens reincarnated in another world reincarnation rivals running gags sharp-tongued characters sharp-tongued male lead slaves slavery special ability/ies special lineage/bloodline strong characters strong father strong mother strong to stronger sword training swordplay teamwork teasing male lead teasing protagonist terrorists tragic past training travel trust twisted characters unfazed protagonist unique ability/ies unrealistic fighting