A tokusatsu-inspired story set in an alternate universe, modeled after Super Sentai.
The first few chapters mainly introduce the world and its characters. The main story begins in Chapter Five.
Welcome to Hope City.
This place once belonged to heroes. Magical girls, Kamen Riders, Super Sentai teams: those sparkling folks protected what they called "peace."
And then? Well... the heroes died, evil vanished, and the survivors lived on with their wounds.
Now the city is bustling again.
New heroes are growing up, and old shadows are stirring. The government, corporations, religious orders: everyone is making their own moves.
And me? I'm just a spectator.
Sitting in the shadows, watching them come and go, occasionally giving them a push, occasionally having a laugh.
This city is called Hope City.
But honestly, there's not much hope here.
Still, if you look closely, you can find a few interesting things.
Come on in and take a look.
After all, you're not getting out anyway.
I haven't watched Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Pretty Cure in several years, so my perception will be biased, so this comment is not applicable to people who have been deeply involved in any of the above IPs in recent years. The AI smell is very strong, often "not XX, it's XX", and reused with statements that seem to have not been deleted. However, in some places, you can also see the hand-made part, which is not pure AI. The Riddler has a strong flavor. After reading it, I still don't know what the protagonist's purpose is. I feel like the author has been immersed in his own OC and doesn't know what the world is about. But surprisingly, there is actually a little bit of chemistry that can be seen. The world view is quite dark and cruel. There are not only wars but also the Golden Code Consortium. Four urban areas and four systems are divided and conquered. It gave me the Vision Consortium X. There are quite a lot of characters described, but they have the form of a group portrait but not the soul of a group portrait. Describing one more person and one sentence is like giving the name of a dish, and there is no real sense at all. However, it requires more than 100,000 words, which is somewhat difficult for people to read. Currently, only Sentai Blue has a personal return for the decent characters. The others, except for Sentai Red and Sentai Green, who may develop, are all superficial stereotypes. Apart from the protagonist, the villains are better than the main characters, they just have a little more development. In conclusion, there is no running account, and the number of eight-part essays is not particularly large. If you are not too selective, you can still read it.
After seeing the latest, I felt inspired. I think the theme of group portraits of heroes stewing is still attractive. It felt good at first, but later I felt there was something lacking. The following is just my personal opinion. A big disadvantage of multi-line group portraits is that they run simultaneously, and as a serial that cannot be read in one go, it tests the reader's memory. If too many riddles are buried at the same time, it will distract the reader's attention. I think the best way to write is to advance unit by unit, telling a main story completely each time, and interspersing some branch lines and foreshadowing of other characters. Or like the animated Scavenger Reign, which also serves as a multi-line narrative, but progresses through a very clear time period. The story will become neater. The first thing about this story that I felt was not handled well was the motivation of the protagonist. The first thing that attracts people to read this story is the protagonist, and then its general background is quickly revealed. It's easy for people to ask questions at this time, eh? What is the protagonist's motivation? There is basically no explanation for readers in this regard. Judging from his performance, it can only be said that he is a happy-go-lucky person. As the protagonist of a heroic story, this is a negative point. The second thing that makes me feel that it has not been handled well is the main line, or the timeline. This is a problem that most loosely written articles have. It can easily become a running account. How is the animation of the same type handled? Although it cannot be said to be very clever, it is that in each unit, a weirdo will appear once. At least it will make people feel that time is flowing.