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I'm the Grim Reaper is an excellent read. The artwork is very good, and the story is fun. I've requested not only Volume 1 for my library, but 2 and 3 as well.
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Wow, what a great little start. A concept that's not super unique, but it's held up by a nice art style, some REALLY good character chemistry, and an intriguing plot filled with mystery.
Who is/was Scarlet? What did she do to get sentenced to the ninth level of hell, where only the worst people end up? What's the deal with Detective Chase and Case X, and the dead woman who looks just like Scarlet? And who the hell are the Red Spades?
Each person that Scarlet sets out to reap is a sinner, but she isn't able to sweep them all under that one blanket label. A mother trying to save her son from suffering in a terrible, misguided attempt of love, a serial killer apathetic towards the terrible world, a woman who loves snails...
This little volume has comedy in spades as well, with Satan being a truly awful little fuckboy type, and Chase's utter nerd identity mixing with his love of his (admittedly rather cute) ugly cat. Scarlet's a no-nonsense type of woman--- but she's in such a sticky situation, teaming up with a detective when she's literally killing sinners once a day, every day.
I really enjoyed some of the "horror" panels in this, I can't wait to see what might develop out of this. Looking forward to a volume 2.
Thank you for this ARC.
The colors are nice. The story itself feels short. Super easy to read. A connection to Dante and the levels of hell. Satan making you a Grim Reaper? But why? If there is no reward in the underworld. I hope future novels get better in the story and development of the main character.
This is the type of manga that is right up my alley. I love dark story telling. Scarlet has died and ends up in hell but she has had no idea how or why she died. She is offered an opportunity to become a Grim Reaper for the devil or spend eternity in oblivion on the ninth circle of Hell. Given the choice, I would be a Grim Reaper as well. The only catch is she has to reap one soul a day and her new body is not impervious to damage. She starts to find clues regarding her death but what was the reason she ended up in the worst place in hell to begin with. She enlists the help of a disgraced detective to help her find the answer.
I look forward to future volumes and it would be interesting to see this series developed into an anime.
First off, I love that Viz Media is getting into the Webtoon scene. I loved that this particular one was in full colour and the flashback scenes were done in grey, with hints of colour to set the scene. The story however in this one fell flat and didn't entirely engage me, with it being based off of a webtoon, I may give it another go, as I have seen previous ones get better as the story finally sets the scene/narrative.
Loved this! I haven’t spent much time on WEBTOON but I can say that everything I’ve read from there so far has been great.
This is an excellent blend of humor and a crisis of morality as “Scarlet” buys her relative freedom from purgatory by becoming the Grim Reaper and delivering the souls of sinners to Satan. She teams up with a detective who seems good on the outside, yet bears the mark of a sinner. All goes well until Scarlet questions why some people are labeled as sinners and what she did in her human life to put her in this position.
I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
This was a cool start to a graphic novel. I like the idea that the main character does not remember how they got to be such a bad person to where they were sent to hell in the first place, but it seems like you will slowly learn about that as you go. This volume also ends in a big cliffhanger, which is good for publication purposes, but bad for a reader who just want to know the answers!
The characters were interesting, a grim reaper teaming up with someone who has sinned. Wanting to know what both of them have done to get where they are is intriguing. The art is well done and there are comic relief moments amidst the darkness of the plot and story.
This was a pretty quick read and I'm definitely interested in the premise. I'm not sure how I feel about the pacing yet. It was faster, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it felt like it didn't work completely for the flow of the story/world building. I do plan to read future volumes, so that could change as the story develops.
A great mystery story; girl arrives in hell with no memory and is given the job of Grim Reaper. Back on Earth she finds that the job is more difficult than she thought and with a quota of one sinner to reap per day, she doesn’t have time to investigate just how awful their sins were. She meets ex-cop Chase, also a sinner and they strike up an uneasy partnership solving crime.
This was such a strong beginning to the series! I'm totally hooked on the characters and the storyline, and the cliffhanger definitely has me excited for the next one. Great art, too, if a little busy at times (though that may have been the watermark on the arc file). Can't wait for more!
I really liked this. I found that the concept was interesting and I liked the way Graveweaver told the story. I really liked the character designs and the art. I think the pacing was well and it kept me engaged as I read it. I'm excited to see what happens next
A mixture of humorous, wacky and utterly dark.
The art style is very flat, which isn't bad, but not what I'm used to.
I feel very torn with it all: the flow of the story, the concept, the art & the future of the plot.