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Actually a really good read, great characters, artwork is decent, premise is well-done, and overall story is pretty fantastic.

Just as you get tired of a murim plot point it concludes the arc, gives a good cliffhanger, then throws the MC back to the modern world - rinse and repeat. While the MC is pretty generic for the most part - the supporting cast are all really interesting and their dialogue makes for lots of hilarious situations. Thankfully the MC frequently has challenges in combat, and his insane strength gains make a decent amount of sense (with him regularly hopping inside a murim-based hyperbolic time chamber). ... The "game-ification" also doesn't get too in the way, as it often does in this genre. Foreshadowing is impressive, and the storypoints are frequently dynamic enabling some interesting conclusions. MC's master genuinely made me tear up multiple times, and there is lots of fun plot-twists along the way. A 9/10 murim story with a 7/10 modern-hunter story, but the juxtaposition makes for great synergy enabling you to thirst for double the plot progression - this balancing act is done excellently.

Overall does everything you should expect from this genre well, along with a slew of fun cast members. An added bonus I literally laughed out loud multiple times throughout the story.

Okay, let's get this Murim Login review started! I'm a cultivation manhwa connoisseur, and this one... it's got something special. Imagine Solo Leveling, but if it actually made sense and didn't treat its side characters like cardboard cutouts.

So, Murim Login. Hunter world? Check. Murim world? Double check! It's like mixing Red Bull with your ginseng tea – that extra kick, you know? And our boy Jin, our MC, he's not your typical goody-two-shoes. He's got flaws, he's messy, and I can appreciate that. Shows he might actually grow a personality later, which ain't true for half the MCs out there. Murim Login is basically ... Solo Leveling's smarter, better-looking cousin.

Now, don't get me wrong, Most power fantasy manhwas are great, but their pacing too fast at times. Meanwhile Murim Login sometimes feels a little slow. They actually try – gasp! – developing characters with proper storylines. It's a miracle! A refreshing change from the usual manhwa speedrun plots. The art? Look, it's pretty standard manhwa fare, nothing groundbreaking.

So, my final verdict on Murim Login? 9/10, would recommend! A wild ride and definitely worth your time. Now excuse me while I go find more hidden cultivation gems.

This manhwa tries very hard to make you laugh. In 62 chapters, I think I laughed twice. Its comedy really is bad.
I still don't care about the mc to this point, he looks like an worse version of Lloid-sama, he isn't that likable, his motivations aren't that clear, he is really fickle, he changes his mind all the time, he promises the world and a second later, decides to run away. In Greatest Estate Developer, this is not bad at all because the comedy is really strong, and the mc has really stable motivations. Here, the mc goals change all the time, he truly looks ... like a boy playing a videogame and going true the storyline and its quests for the first time, there is not strategy, preparation for the future or anything like that. The story doesn't completely suck, the world is actually a little interesting, but the flaws are actually so big that it's impossible to ignore. If they tried less to make you laugh, at least the story would progress faster, but they interrupt the story all the time to make bad jokes. Oh, and the world is a good integration between generic Solo Leveling world and generic Chinese Martial Arts world, with the "system" and the "qi, pills, qi kingdoms, techniques, etc), it is very well integrated, but it is still very generic.
The story is not bad per se, but not good as well. If I hadn't started already, I wouldn't start reading it, but since I did, I think I will keep reading.
6,3/10