u/Fun-Horse120

"I've been recently trying to read new comics that are coming out, and all of them have one storyline. They all have one storyline.

The guy goes back in time, then he becomes overpowered, and somehow he either finds a female servant or ends up with a female master who becomes devoted to him. It's always something along those lines.

I can't say that I hate the trope itself, but because the storyline is constantly the same, I've been getting irritated by it. It's the same storyline, over and over again.

The worst part is that it's not even the fact that the storyline itself is boring. It's that you start reading expecting something good, then the main character is already overpowered from the beginning.

Number two, they're literally degrading the female characters. They put completely unrealistic standards of beauty into every single comic. I know it's fantasy. I know it's a novel adapted into a comic. But even within fantasy, it's unrealistic. Every female character has the same huge curves, the same body, the same glowing face, the same oversized eyes. They all look identical.

I'm honestly getting pissed off because it feels like all these authors share the same brain cell. I don't know if it's laziness or if they're just writing to make money now. If that's the case, can somebody please recommend something different? I'm paying for these subscriptions every month. I'm not reading through piracy sites. I pay because I love reading comics.

I finish what I'm doing, I sit down to enjoy my routine of reading, only to be met with the same recycled story and female characters who exist mainly to be sexualized.

Another thing that really bothers me is how some of these stories sexualize characters who are clearly meant to be very young. It's weird, and it's uncomfortable.

Maybe I'm being too critical, but this is genuinely a warning to authors. Please create actual storylines.

Look at series like Nano Machine. The main character had people following him, he went to the Demonic Academy, he made male friends first, there was one female character who slowly became important, and they didn't constantly sexualize her. The story focused on relationships, growth, politics, power, responsibility, and world-building before romance or fan service.

I can't say older comics created a perfect culture, and I know readers also deserve some blame because plenty of people clearly enjoy these stories. But I really think these should be separate genres.

If I pick up a martial arts comic, I'm expecting dialogue, character development, strategy, world-building, and a story. If I wanted endless fan service, then make that its own category. Separate it.

People always say, "Just read novels." But I don't want to read novels. I want comics with good storytelling. That's why I started reading comics in the first place.

Go back to the comics from around 2016 to 2024. There was progression. There were foundations. Series like Nano Machine, Trash of the Count's Family, and others built their characters. The protagonist learned power gradually, made friends, learned responsibility, and grew naturally.

Now we're just bombarded with bodies, bodies, bodies. Unrealistic female bodies. Unrealistic power scaling. Main characters who are overpowered from chapter one.

I honestly think Solo Leveling also played a part in setting unrealistic expectations for power progression. It was great, but too many authors copied the overpowered protagonist without understanding why it worked.

Create foundations. Build the story from chapter one. Don't wait until chapter 55 before the world finally starts making sense. Let us get attached to the characters before introducing romance or fan service.

Because right now, these constant copy-and-paste storylines are making readers numb. We start dropping series because they all feel the same.

And again, I'm paying for these subscription services. I'm supporting the industry. I'm not looking at pirate websites.

Can anyone recommend martial arts comics that actually focus on storytelling? I'm not reading comics to stare at boobs or unrealistic female designs. I'm reading because I want a story that makes sense."

I've been recently trying to read new comics that are coming out, and all of them have one storyline. They all have one storyline.

The guy goes back in time, then he becomes overpowered, and somehow he either finds a female servant or ends up with a female master who becomes devoted to him. It's always something along those lines.

I can't say that I hate the trope itself, but because the storyline is constantly the same, I've been getting irritated by it. It's the same storyline, over and over again.

The worst part is that it's not even the fact that the storyline itself is boring. It's that you start reading expecting something good, then the main character is already overpowered from the beginning.

Number two, they're literally degrading the female characters. They put completely unrealistic standards of beauty into every single comic. I know it's fantasy. I know it's a novel adapted into a comic. But even within fantasy, it's unrealistic. Every female character has the same huge curves, the same body, the same glowing face, the same oversized eyes. They all look identical.

I'm honestly getting pissed off because it feels like all these authors share the same brain cell. I don't know if it's laziness or if they're just writing to make money now. If that's the case, can somebody please recommend something different? I'm paying for these subscriptions every month. I'm not reading through piracy sites. I pay because I love reading comics.

I finish what I'm doing, I sit down to enjoy my routine of reading, only to be met with the same recycled story and female characters who exist mainly to be sexualized.

Another thing that really bothers me is how some of these stories sexualize characters who are clearly meant to be very young. It's weird, and it's uncomfortable.

Maybe I'm being too critical, but this is genuinely a warning to authors. Please create actual storylines.

Look at series like Nano Machine. The main character had people following him, he went to the Demonic Academy, he made male friends first, there was one female character who slowly became important, and they didn't constantly sexualize her. The story focused on relationships, growth, politics, power, responsibility, and world-building before romance or fan service.

I can't say older comics created a perfect culture, and I know readers also deserve some blame because plenty of people clearly enjoy these stories. But I really think these should be separate genres.

If I pick up a martial arts comic, I'm expecting dialogue, character development, strategy, world-building, and a story. If I wanted endless fan service, then make that its own category. Separate it.

People always say, "Just read novels." But I don't want to read novels. I want comics with good storytelling. That's why I started reading comics in the first place.

Go back to the comics from around 2016 to 2024. There was progression. There were foundations. Series like Nano Machine, Trash of the Count's Family, and others built their characters. The protagonist learned power gradually, made friends, learned responsibility, and grew naturally.

Now we're just bombarded with bodies, bodies, bodies. Unrealistic female bodies. Unrealistic power scaling. Main characters who are overpowered from chapter one.

I honestly think Solo Leveling also played a part in setting unrealistic expectations for power progression. It was great, but too many authors copied the overpowered protagonist without understanding why it worked.

Create foundations. Build the story from chapter one. Don't wait until chapter 55 before the world finally starts making sense. Let us get attached to the characters before introducing romance or fan service.

Because right now, these constant copy-and-paste storylines are making readers numb. We start dropping series because they all feel the same.

And again, I'm paying for these subscription services. I'm supporting the industry. I'm not looking at pirate websites.

Can anyone recommend martial arts comics that actually focus on storytelling? I'm not reading comics to stare at boobs or unrealistic female designs. I'm reading because I want a story that makes sense.