Zai Chongman Guaitan De Shijie Li Chengwei Monv

The horror vibes are really nice. Not overly grim and gritty horror, but like ghost shows horror.

The MC reccurently using a weird looking statue as a blunt weapon is also kinda novel and funny.

Reading this feels like watching an American teen/kid show because it is very surface level and there's not much introspection. Mostly close to teenager super hero dual identity shows... but much more gorier (Like Teen Titans, Winx, Miraculous Ladybug, etc.) It's not bad per say, but it's certainly different. It doesn't really tackle on more in-depth issues that a typical 18 years old college/uni student would face (that's MC's age) and the story would still have flowed the same way if he got de-aged to 15 or something. Like it feels like he's 18, but not really that mature. (Which can still be a normal thing)

It makes the pacing feel a bit jumpy with how fast it moves forward but with how gory it is there's some senses of stakes in it. It's definitely an intentional take. Though it does make character developments feel low or non existent.

There's also a lot of implied interaction, unlike much modern manga/anime.

This review is taking account till chapters 72, where there's definitely some potential "harem" thing budding. Though it feels more natural and not that shoehorned in.

That GB element isn't played much psychologically. Bro more or less accepts things as naturally as much as possible. It mostly just feels like a secret identity thing going on with the protagonist leading a double life.

There's also a lot of unanswered developments, and settings that feels kinda "wasted"... like why he's suddenly loli then why he's not. Why he's sometimes white hair then why he's not. Or leaves much room for speculation but the author is not developing these key points yet early in the story but focuses on the protagonist day to day shenanigans. Why there is a girl who calls system. There's a secret organization, but it also isn't developed much to where I read it so far. The protagonist is an uni student but it also doesn't use that setting much (it does use it; but not MUCH). Mostly all that action happens at night, after classes. And so it wouldn't have mattered if the protagonist was a convenient store worker on the day time because it still would have worked.

I need to knock off some score because for some "higher stakes arcs" or sequences, it still doesn't feel more intense and kept the pace evenly. It loses some steam from me with this. This series feels too surface level for me, and I feel like there's a lot of untapped potentials due to the author being afraid of digging deeper. (Comedy is also not that strong, unfortunately)