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Tags: Action Superpower Fantasy Supernatural
Jungle Juice is a superpower manhwa revolving around the college life of SuChan Jang and his experiences caused by a discontinued brand of pesticide spray called Jungle Juice which turns people into humaninsect hybrids.
When he was younger SuChan sprayed a dragonfly with Jungle Juice leading to their DNA mixing and him sprouting dragonfly wings. And while capable of hiding his wings during most of his adolescence his secret comes out when he saves his crush from falling to their death. With his college life ruined and his crush left disgusted and afraid of him SuChan is approached by another insecthuman HuiJin Park who helps him integrate into the Nest a secret sanctuary for bug people after he hears promises of a cure for Jungle Juice. Now in a hidden society of hybrid superpowers SuChan struggles to survive overcoming his abandonment issues from his old life in the process. In this review I hope to share not only my love for the art and the plots premise but also my gripes with its at sometimes clich and predictable writing.
First and foremost the art of Jungle Juice is incredible with the former hentai artist husbandwife duo JUDERhttps://twitter.com/juderland contributing insane amounts to the story in visuals alone though this series is entirely SFW. I have no issues with how the story is drawn and I doubt many other people would either. Just take a look at some panels yourself:
Chapter 1
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 35
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Much of the manhwas focal interest is in its premise with its fun portrayals of various insects and their unique associated superpowers. The writing is entertaining with many of the gags and wholesome scenes between arcs becoming personal favourites. In addition overall character development is cleanly presented as SuChan begins to acclimatise to his new life and wings while at the Nests University.
My critiques with Jungle Juice predominantly lie in the predictability of its arcs and how much it suffers from the shounenesque tropes of fighting new villain after new villain. I found that the manhwa often used forgettable villiansoftheday to progress the main characters abilities never to appear again or flesh out much more of the story. Moreover the direction of each arc is generally quite predictable and the main characters suffer barely any losses past each of their initial individual tragedies.
Overall Jungle Juice while having a slow start is definitely worth a try. Its funny its colourful and its original. Im sure wont regret reading it if you get the chance
Thanks for reading
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