Tag: Best Manhwa
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The God of High School Episode 13: Recap and Review
Episode 13 – ‘God/God’ In the final episode of the first season of The God of High School, Jegal becomes a God. His only opposition is Jin Mori, Han Daewi, and Yu Mira. Jegal attacks Mira first, tossing her into Daewi. The two put up a valiant effort, but ultimately they fail. This episode was always […]
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The God of High School Episode 12: Recap and Review
Episode 12 – Fox/God Sang Mandeok summons a God to destroy the world. Park Mujin calls off the God of High School tournament. Fearing that things are getting out of hand, the US government fires nuclear weapons towards Seoul. It’s an act that disregards the innocent lives that will be lost. Jegal Taek and Park Ilpyo continue […]
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The God of High School Episode 11: Recap and Review
The God of High School episode 11 opens by telling the story of the Nine-Tails. The fox spirit lived in heaven during ancient times, attaining power after a thousand years of training. The Nine-Tails became the guarding of God, however, his power eventually caused God to fear him. So God orders the fox’s execution. Outraged, the Nine-Tails […]
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The God of High School Episode 9: Recap and Review
It’s a trap Mori rushes to find his grandfather. The tournament has reached the quarterfinal stage. However, with Daewi suspended and Mori missing, they’re in trouble. Judge P tells Mira and Daewi that the match will begin in five minutes and if Mori doesn’t show, they forfeit. Mira opens against Lee Marin, a dark-skinned bald […]
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The God of High School Episode 7: Recap and Review
The National Tournament Begins The National High School Tournament begins with Group A. Our trio, team Seoul, faces off against the team from North Chungcheong. The team format is simple, each team will fight one on one, with the first team to reach two wins moving on. Jin fights first against Nah. However, when he […]
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The God of High School Episode 6: Recap and Review
The first few episodes of God of High School focused on action-packed fights between combatants at prelims in Korea. With each regional tournament over, a few weeks remaining before the main event, Park decided to alter the rules to allow more “tiger cubs.” This works at two levels within the story, Park gets to see more of the […]
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The God of High School Episode 5: Recap and Review
In my last post, I incorrectly assumed that Daewi’s friend died in the last episode. He’s alive, just barely. Daewi goal has always been to earn enough money to help his best friend. Woo Seungtae has an incurable disease. Woo and Daewi became friends after constantly fighting, Daewi doesn’t remember why they began fighting. Episode 5 of The […]
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The God of High School Episode 4: Recap and Review
Mira gets engaged Well, this episode of the God of High School turned dark. The fourth episode titled “marriage/bonds” decentralizes the tournament. Instead, it focuses primarily on Mira and later Daewi. While walking home Mira is approached by Oh Seong-jin. A successful businessman and martial artist as her to marry him out of nowhere. Even more shocking is […]
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The God of High School, Episode 2: Recap and Review
Episode 2 of God of High School introduces the motivation of the three main characters, the mysterious head of the tournament administration Park Mujin, and the villain Kang Manseok. Jin wants to fight and get stronger, Han wants money but doesn’t specify why, however, we see someone he loves is in the hospital. Mira’s dream is to revive her […]
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‘The God of High School’: An instant hit
I have been excited about the anime The God of High School since it was announced. I’m happy to say that the first episode, set up/stand up wasn’t a disappointment. The God of High School is based on the manhwa of the same name, created by Yongje Park, the series follows Jin Mori, a martial artist practicing Taekwondo. The […]