Villain to Kill · review
This is a really really good read. Story 8/10 - There are two types of people who possess strange powers in this world: villians, who are children of the night and psykers, who are children of the day. Cassian, our protagonist, is a top class psyker who gets killed off and reincarnates as a villain. He seeks revenge on his killers, while trying to navigate life as a villain to society. The plot starts off very strong, with an interesting twist to the hero/villian set up you would see in something like MHA. The story continues to be very entertaining and engaging throughout the story's progression.The cool thing is that we get to experience the story from both the point of view of a hero/psyker and from the point of view of a villian. Cassian tries his best to live as a villain, but still retains his sense of justice and wants to help people which is confusing for the other characters in the story, but very entertaining to view as a reader. As the story progresses, we get to meet many other psykers as well as villians and we realize that the lines between good and evil are much grayer than they seem. Just because a character's a villian, doesn't necessarily make them evil, and just because a character's a psyker doesn't necessarily make them righteous.
Art 9/10 -
The character designs are so slick and awesome looking, especially our main character's villian form and also Driver's villain form. The fight scenes are immersive and the color is very vibrant and well placed. Overall the artwork is very pleasing to the eye and is actually one of the first things that drew me into reading this manhwa.
Characters 8/10 -
I am a huge sucker for anti-hero stories, but the protagonist of this manhwa, Cassian, is a little different. He is sort of an anti-hero, but leans more on the side of good. The only problem is that society has labeled all villains as evil criminals, so no matter what Cassian does, he's always vilified (literally). Cassian as a character is level headed and smart and overall a solid character. The rest of the cast are also interesting and have their own goals and ideals. My only gripe about the characters would be that there aren't that many strong female characters besides Crow, but it's not necessary for every story to have strong female characters as long as the story can continue to be engaging.
Enjoyment 9/10 -
I had a blast reading this series and waited at the edge of my seat for every episode to release. This story is such an entertaining read and hits all the right points that kept me hungry for more chapters. Season 1 is currently completed and left off after a very interesting arc so I'm very excited to see where the story will go from there. Once this series returns, I'll be the first to jump into season two with two bowls of popcorn ready.