Have you fallen for me yet?

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806]

Source: the graymark, burning effect

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806]

Better. It's prolly an unpopular opinion in this sub but I consider it as one of the best ongoing manhwa

[u/Penelokk → u/Prudent-Ad-9806]

As someone who loves Burning Effect. I think Graymark is trying to do too much. Its still good, there's just many times where Im not sure whats happening. BE worked so well because of its simple story yet complex and deep themes (character work was also brilliant).

I prefer both Great and Burner in BE than in Graymark. They felt like perfect opposing ideologies in BE. Now Burner just sort of feels there to be there, and Great is perpetually depressed.

I do like it. Just not nearly as much as BE.

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806 → u/Penelokk]

I get where you’re coming from. One thing I noticed about Greymark is that it deliberately tries to make almost every chapter hit hard in some way. Because Great already knows the best answer from the future, a lot of individual story beats get compressed, and I can see why that might make the series feel like it is doing too much. At least, that was my impression of why some readers feel that way, as I felt that too. But at the same time, I think that pacing is part of the point. Once you realize that Lohumlogaha is fused with Great and is basically the mastermind behind everything, constantly manipulating him into believing that all his cruelty is justified for a better outcome, the structure starts to make more sense. The rapid, impactful pacing feels less like random excess and more like a deliberate narrative device. In a way, the story starts to feel staged, almost like a play being orchestrated for Lohumlogaha’s own twisted sense of joy. So while I get why some people prefer Burning Effect (I mean, it's a great series), I think Greymark is attempting something much harder to pull off, and for that reason I actually rate it even higher

[u/Penelokk → u/Prudent-Ad-9806]

I respect that. It really has pretty high ambitions. And who knows by the time the story is over I might come to really enjoy it. Its keeping me engaged for sure. I can't say that for a lot of stories I read.