Rating
The Martial Arts Library’s Master Average 4.2 / 5 out of 67
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N/A, it has 20.2K monthly views
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Lord of the Martial Arts Library, Master of the Martial Arts Library, 무공서고의 주인
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Manhwa
let me tell you now this is waste of time
MC is fucking stupid
and u dont know what is happening here
first 2 chapter gives falls hope only
At one point I did enjoy this, but it’s turned into one of those stories that waste your time.
5 chapters per quest filled with stuff that wont matter in 2 chapters.
The first chapter of this manhwa makes it seem much better than it is. The MC is a 30 year old mercenary who can’t martial arts. He has a cool ‘finish the mission’ mindset and gains access to a powerful artifact, the martial arts library, in a completely believable accident. So far it seems like a fresh perspective on the murim formula with solid worldbuilding.
But then the MC reincarnates into his younger self, and the story falls. He’s embroiled in the typical arrogant young master drama. The library is revealed to be basically a gamer system, and his interesting mindset devolves into standard murim protagonist. There are still hints of good worldbuilding, for example in the way the Ha Clan head defers to a third-party visitor which establishes their importance. However, the Ha Clan itself is barely fleshed out at all. For example, the geography of the compound, how many people are in the clan, how the Ha Clan makes money, etc. We don’t even know the identities of two of the three princes competing for succession. And a little sister heiress just appears magically when the plot needs her.
I think the greatest mistake is underselling the MC’s destroyed dantian. The manhwa tells us that having a dantian is important, but it doesn’t show us why. What difficulties does the MC have? What can dantian-havers do that he can’t? The martial arts he gets
from the library are as good (if not better) than the Ha Clan’s martial arts, no dantian required. There’s no sense that the library is helping him work around a difficult problem or that his martial arts are compromised because they need to work without a dantian.
I thought this one was going to be really cool, but I’m disappointed.
Rating: “do-anything library” / 10
Average, but the pacing is medium-fast.
It’s a power fantasy you can truly enjoy, instead of those that are very good but there are 1 inch long chapters every week where absolutely nothing happens (basically rvery manwha)
HOW is this 3.9, HOW ?? This is straight-up 4.7
i need more of this manwha
this seems interesting mc will probably become strong af very quickly
I’m going to wait about 30 or 40 chapters before I make a decision. My only question is what is the purpose?
This has potential because there is a possible element of him having to manage the library, collecting new manuals to add, correcting and improving current works, etc.
Or is this just a straight power fantasy where the MC basically has a free ticket to invincibility?
Only time will tell.
Seems like it’ll be very generic. Murim x System x Weak MC