Veritas by YOON Joon-sik

Veritas which actually means "truth" or somthing along the lineso of that is a Korean manhwa written by YOON Joon-sik. The manhwa first began production in the year 2005 and is still ongoing with 9 volumes present. Since this manga is a korean manwha it would be inaccurate to call it a manga by the way, which is obviously japanese. Well anyway this manga is a martial arts action manwha that has a monthly release schedule.
Plot/Story (8/10)

The story set in korea, is about a boy named Gangryong Ma who was the boss of his middle school because he always won fights against other people. One day he meets a strange man who defeats Gangryong with the upmost ease and walks away. Gangryong completely baffled by this strangers strength begs him to let him be is student, to which the stranger dismisses. However over time the stranger accepts Gangryong as his student and teaches him a martial arts called called Enlightenment Of Thunder and Lightning. Several months pass and the master has to leave, and Gangryong finnally gets his name "Lighting Tiger", The next day Gangryong finds out Lighting Tiger, his master has died.
Oh my gosh this plot is confusing, but I will admit it is new. Well anyway continuing on, Gangryong gets picked up by this organisation called "Reunion" and they put him in a school to train him in martial arts. Gangryong accepts only to avenge his fallen master, makes some friends, makes even more enemies and constantly gets into fights way over his head. The manwha takes place in a school, but it is not your average school because the manhwha never shows actual subjects or teachers. Nope it is pretty much just teenagers lazing about and beating eachother senseless.
Characters (7/10)
Gangryong Ma: When I first saw his character, he just stood out to be so generic it was unbelievable. He is stubborn and does not take no for an answer and if you annoy him, he will lash out at you. If anybody is stronger then him he will fight them, even though he will lose. If one attack does not work, he will simply use the same attack again but many times. His character almost never develops throughout the manwha he still stays the same since chapter 1. However I am sure in the future he will shape up and become a truly worthy protaganist.
Lightning Tiger: Obviously the most badass character in all of veretais and the one who puts the story in motion. Whenever he is shown, and this is always in flashbacks, he never loses. Yet he dies at the start of the manwha proving that the most powerfull characters are always killed off at the beggining. Well anyway he is an unstoppable fighter and certainly one of the most powerfull in the entire series. With his EOTL mastery he can unleash a torrent of lighting towards his oppenent. He has no trouble at all defeating everybody in sight.
Vera Linus: I mentioned this manwha takes place in a school, well she is the student body president and the most powerfull student in the school as well. She also is the most beautifull and possibly smartest. Yes the leader is always the complete package. She is responsible and a great leader, however she is a cold ice queen because she never shows her emotions and has no intrests in anything. None the less nobody can defeat her because she wields a martial arts power that is more powerfull then anyother called "heavens enrichment"
Art/Theme (8/10)

I can admit the art style quality is quite good, although not very good. Sure in the actions scenes the art gets kicked up a notch, though mostly in the detail area when we see an endless amount of debree being thrown around because of the characters fighting. However in just normal scenes in the manwha we have white backgrounds and such but not in a large majority. Though the characters hair styles are all drawn very well though. So I believe that the art quality gets a solid 8 meaning its a good, however I would not really call it great.
Overall/Closing (8/10)
Now I will be completely honest and this is only my opinion but I found the plot a bit confusing. Now im not saying that will always be the case, however this manwha I believe is still in the procedure of getting out of its "beggining arc" stages. I have no doubt that when the manwha really gets going in the future then the story will really lift off. The characters are low in number, and they dont have all their backstorys told yet but thats understandable. Really you should read this manwha because of the action fight scenes because they are cool, though kinda predictable. The art quality is good and does its job, however in the end I think this manwha is "okey" but will become "good" one day.
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