This caught my eye because someone has been sharing landscape photos in Facebook and captioning that it came from a manhwa. With nothing else to do, I gave it a try.

Wow... Never have I imagined that I'd be immersed in a manhwa world just by looking at the art. There's tower of god that has an outstanding approach to worldbuilding but you have to read 500 chapters of this thicc boi to get a gist on what I'm talking about. This manhwa (100 chapters as I'm writing this review) managed to condense its lore and convert it into paintings.

The character designs and landscape paintings in this manhwa are a definite eyecandy and they're consistent throughout. Oversexualization of women is something this manhwa tends to do most often, but this is not really new in the manhwa world. I can definitely see something like Redice Studio backing up the artist for quality assurance. But if this artist is self employed, then hats off to him/her.

Honestly, I've never seen this sheer production quality in a serialized work before. If we can set the benchmark to any manga and manhwa in terms of art quality, Her Summon deserves to be that benchmark.

The art is a stellar 10/10. But the plot is another story(get it?)

A problem I've had with a lot of manhwa is that their stories is, to say the least, very lackluster even in story making standards. I don't see any reason why skipping the proofreading stage would make a manhwa better. Mangas do this as well, but it's the charm that prevails. Even trashy mangas like Eromanga Sensei manages to make its own mark. The majority of manhwas offer a bland flavored story and sometimes spicy(pornwha gang where you at?).

Not to say that they repulse me in any way. I just think that the authors don't give a shit to the story. They're inoffensive, borderline mediocre and I won't comment any further on their motives. It's just that if you're intending to sell on readers on a literary work and not just an art exhibition, you need to at least pay attention to the story.

The plot in Her Summon is linear and not unique, to say the least. I know readers aren't looking for the story in a manhwa, but I do sometimes. I loved solo leveling for its straightforward plot but in the case of Her Summon, the art is a wasted potential when coupled with a mediocre plot.

We have an isekai protagonist who is a frail hikikomori in the real world but in the other world, he transforms into a charismatic and overpowered chad(slime gang where you at?). One disparate gimmick this premise has is that he's really not dead as he can transport himself between both worlds. We follow his story on eradicating everything evil, as most overpowered isekai protagonist is, as the script says, obligated to do.

Reading her summon is a double edged sword of an experience to me. We have an orgasm inducing art but a linear and average storytelling. Then there's the characters. Not to say they're all badly written- there's just this bias in character development that I can consider to some degree as a pet peeve.

The character development within the protagonist(Lord Yutuba) is likened to Rudeus in Mushoku Tensei. Even if you have this overwhelming KD ratio in this fantasy world, you could never escape the troubles of the real world. As he is first introduced, his obsession as an idol fan has wrongfully led him to a scandal in which he was brought at the lowest he has ever been.

I appreciate it if an isekai manhwa isn't a complete amnesiac and doesn't forget the real world.

In the later chapters, we get to see that he still hasn't moved on from that event and would occasionally get vietnam war flashbacks. Despite him finding a new purpose in life, he cannot escape the reality he has spent the majority of his life being stepped on. It honestly makes me feel sorry for him and for the protagonist to at least achieve something in both worlds, I wholeheartedly support him for that.

I'm quite surprised that he's a more well rounded than I thought.

The side characters, on the other hand, are forgettable. We have the main heroine who is in that position where she is warranted to have sufficient focus particularly on her character, but she isn't given that much push, which is a bit sad. She's just replaceable character. I'd prefer the sexy sexy girl from the beginning. Even though she's an insufferable bitch at times, I'd bet we'll get at least something from her and MC.

Anyone else are disposable and don't expect them to come back or if they do, don't expect much screentime from them.

I figured that this manhwa is still halfway finished, so giving this a landlocked score ain't fair. I'll come back again if this is finished.

If you ignore my rants and nitpicks above, you'll see that this manhwa is pretty decent. I wished the world in tower of god was this beautiful. The problems that I noticed didn't really hinder my enjoyment that much. Despite its flaws, I had fun reading it and you should read it as well, be it your 1st manhwa or 110th manhwa.