Absolutely fantastic series. Shounen series that keeps all the good parts of the genre, but ignores all the unwritten rules to write what the creator wanted.

Despite it not being a theme of the webcomic, this is a very feminist series. All the fight scenes are just drawn to be amazing fights and have no sexy posing of characters male or female. Also, there are plenty of strong characters of both genders and weaker ones of both genders too. All are well written.

That is another great thing about this manga, the characters are all amazingly written. There are a bunch of side characters in addition to the two leads and they are all fleshed out very well. I ended up loving so many of the characters from this.

The plot is fairly simple, but well executed. And the many side plots made by the character's different goals, as well as the male leads long past, are interesting too. It also starts off some cool world building for her other series Ember Knight, and apparently more she plans to write in the universe as well.

This is a great series and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a well written shounen unlike any other.

Not nearly as good as Ember Knight in every aspect. Writing, art, story, the MC is aggravating, even the available translation isn't as good ( I missed the the fact an official one existed, a mistake).

Still above average. A bit gloomy I guess, but thoughtful.

Very slight spoilers on the character arc of the MC ahead.

The main plot line deals with the MC, who starts as a selfish jerk and really doesn't change too much. I find any character that liked him to be both foolish and unlucky, since he is an asshole.

It started out great. You drop a naive but ambitious girl next to a jaded immortal and have both change each other by presenting their worldviews and having new experiences.

The Beginning: What I just said. Except... that really didn't happen at all. Gilgamesh never changed, and Trudia practically didn't exist for 90% of the story. The chapters were mostly just Gilgamesh wandering around and telling Trudia, the audience standing, about all the world building the author had done for that prior work that had never been published. It was one long loredump with the occasional action scene.
The Middle: Battles become more prevalent and the entire series is spent trying to escape their enemies or fighting them off. New allies and enemies are introduced, and the time spent on characters goes drastically haywire with some characters being clear favourites of the author, none of which are the core cast initially introduced.
The End: Philosophical nonsense that goes nowhere. A literal author avatar shows up, says a bunch of contradictory things, and then leaves. Literal word of God that there won't be a clear resolution because stories don't have to. That doesn't mean they shouldn't though. The author explicitly stated in the epilogue they wrote this story trying to do the opposite of everything people told them a story should be. No wonder it wound up dissatisfying. Also some of the lore you are given is just flat-out lies, I can only assume because the author wanted to retcon earlier developments since they're carrying the world to the next series.
The World: Worldbuilding and lore is 90% of the series. The author has put a lot of thought into the world, and it has some interesting quirks. Unfortunately it also fails to explain some of the most basic functions of that world, instead focusing on the greater whole despite it being less relevant to the story being told. It's so bad that the author has a side chapter where they explicitly explain core facets of the setting which are actively affecting what is happening that they just failed to implement into the story in any way. The one true shining point is the "knights". The knights are a (government?) entity that are bound to the king by an oath so they don't present harm to the country. Despite that, this never comes up, and instead they are effectively just walking demigods who can decimate anyone who isn't a knight in combat effortlessly. They each follow their own code of honour, which can basically be any worldview you can think of. What this actually amounts to is just incredibly powerful people walking around doing whatever the hell they want with really nothing to stop them but other knights. It's an insane and terrifying prospect and there's no real explanation how they actually affect the world at large, they just kinda exist.

As for the characters, they're pretty much the one thing the series has going for it -- except when they aren't. The author has clear favourites who they spend even more page time and development on than the main cast, and it makes you wonder why they didn't just write about them instead.

Trudia: The "main" character. A knight-in-training who has a curse that will kill her eventually. She never becomes a knight, never affects change on the world or people around her, is barely even shown actually fighting or suffering from her disease, and is generally bland if not outright unlikeable. The only narrative purpose she serves is being a reader stand-in for the endless exposition, and to provide a reason for their travels. She also has magical eyes of insight that one person at a time is meant to have, but these are never given any clear abilities outside of her being able to read a secret sign language. Additionally the "only one at a time" thing becomes a problem when another character with them shows up and is apparently the cause of the curse, but then that just... stops being a problem for no clear reason. The other character with eyes is unaffected by this, having no curse at all. For all the author's world building they fail to explain core aspects of the story.
Ram/Gilgamesh: The actual main character, who drives every single plot point and development. With such an interesting concept, an immortal who has seen and done everything, you'd think he'd be my favourite character, yet I like him the least of anyone. That includes the villain who beats people for fun and has no good side. He's literally the worst immortal I've seen in fiction, ever. Initially portrayed as isolated from other people and the goings-on of the world, you expect to see him share his experiences and then grow to care about people again. Then that just flat-out doesn't happen. As the series progresses and he reveals more of his backstory, it is made clear he has no concept of caring about other people if it comes at the slightest expense to him. Everytime he doesn't like a development in a relationship, he just leaves. He does this for thousands of years with literally everyone. He also explicitly lied to people repeatedly and has seemingly only caused negative change in the world as a whole, because he has been present for literally every important moment no matter where or when, and the only times he actually does something he makes things worse! Even his caring for Trudia and wanting to cure her curse is solely because she reminds him of someone else and he wants to prove that he can cure her. You'd think by the end this might change, he might find some empathy or goodwill to man... Nope! He just leaves again, this time for good! It's also not explained what actually happens or how he can finally die. Oops!
Hadar: Honestly, why does this character even exist. He provides occasional comedic relief, and exists to lose in fights. I can't think of a single time he has actually hit what he is aiming for despite being supposedly the best bowman from an assassin clan specifically training bowmen. The one time he does hit, he is shooting unnamed characters behind who he is fighting, which is presented as though it is some smart tactical move, but it has no effect on the plot or battle and is never brought up again. He is supposedly on this quest to search for his sister who abandoned the assassin archer clan, but she is never found and the plot point is dropped.
Nepheren: A dragon Ram raised and then ditched when she got hurt, because he figured she was dead. She comes back after literally hundreds of years, seemingly having lived in the wilderness until the plot needed her to show up to save the main party, then s them and acts exactly the same way she did hundreds of years ago while never asking Ram why he left. In a similar way to Hadar, she is useless in combat. She hits people and blasts them with magic constantly, yet it never deals any actual damage and is basically ignored. Even when she has a big growing up moment in one of the last fights... It kinda just doesn't lead to anything.
Hinscher: The final main party member, she is a time traveler due to being frozen in ice and is a holdover from the author's prior work. Both her design and power set are generally reminiscent of Thor, but she at least gets the benefit of being actually interesting. She is the most honorable knight, exemplifying everything heroic they could be. She won't be rude, she won't fight if there's no reason, she won't look down on you if you're weak. She's genuinely the only person in the series to show active goodwill to people she doesn't know. Everyone else is so self-absorbed they don't care if it's not someone they have a personal relationship with, even supposedly "good" characters.
Waron: Another knight, and the author's clear favourite as they never actually lose a fight, instead either winning, reaching a draw, or getting bored and dropping the fight. They have as much page time as the whole cast of good guys put together, and are firmly in the bad camp. They seem to have no interest beyond fighting strong people, and their repeated mention of "hating knights" is never actually expounded upon. They show up, there's a fight scene, they stop being important again. They will fight both good guys and bad guys, and the times they act up seem to just be whenever the author wants a fight scene or wants to change the direction of the plot. By the end of the series, they've kinda just left to do their own thing. Ripe for a spin-off right? Well... the author did a side story for them, and it was effectively just a fight. We didn't learn anything new about the character or how they interact with the world. They feel so bizarelly pointless. On the whole the character is actually fun, but they don't feel like they exist in the same world as the other characters and have simply too much time dedicated to them.
Tink: The author's other favourite. He is a knight that works for the evil mages because he thinks their magic can cure his sister. He does evil things constantly, but is never really punished for it. He constantly acts like he isn't evil or regrets it, but then will actively kill and torture people for the evil mage organization's goals. He was also apparently Trudia's teacher when she trained to be a knight, but when they first re-meet it is made clear he doesn't her. This is then retconned and dropped as a plot element -- instead he re her but sent her away so she wouldn't get recruited by the evil mage organization. He is a fanboy for knights, especially Hinscher, and after she tells him what being a knight is, he decides to be a good guy. Then he immediately died in a sacrifice that wasn't actually important for the series. Seemingly the only reason he died was for Trudia to take up his two magical weapons in the epilogue. Everyone acts like he was a hero despite the heinous things he repeatedly did, and his sister is never brought up again so I guess she just dies.
Malto: An organization, rather than a person, they are the evil mages who want to take and control all magic in the world because... Reasons. It's never actually explained what their end goal is, though there are brief moments where they pretend to be the good guys despite mercilessly killing and abusing people constantly. They have three named characters outside of Tink, and I couldn't tell you the name of any of them. One is a blonde character who based on her initial appearances seems to be a knight wielding a magic hammer, but then just isn't and is I guess just someone strong but not a knight. She is generally not relevant and only seems to exist as an excuse for Hinscher to retrieve her hammer. There is a redheaded mage who is higher in Malto's hierarchy than Tink and the blonde hammer lady, as all they care about is magic and not combat prowess. This character repeatedly beats Tink Everytime he fails, but then later just s the main characters on their journey back to Malto and no one, Tink included, has any real issues with it or complaint. The last is the leader of Malto, a blonde person who is bound to a magical wheelchair. They have no opinions or plot relevance, and are immediately betrayed by the entirety of Malto when they go with Ram's plan of trying to use all the magic in the world to bait out God so he can die... Or something.

Frankly the whole story is a mess and the interesting lore is constantly being hamstrung by the author's contradictory presentation of it. Not a single character gets a resolution to their plotline, unless you want to be generous and call Tink deciding to be good in the end and then immediately dying to little effect a "resolution". The only way to enjoy this is if you read it as a philosophy class, as at least the characters have very fleshed out opinions on what makes a good life and how one should act, but even in that form there is fat to be trimmed. They have the bones of so much good here, yet seem to have actively gone out of their way to make the story worse so they can make a point about what a story should be.

Want a series that touches upon immortality and the downsides most people don't think of? I recommend To You, the Immortal instead.

Tentative summary 3l5g2v

This series is the story of an energetic and slightly brash tomboy girl with a terminal disease who came across a depressed and unmotivated immortal dude who, for some reason, manage to get through his rut, decides to find a cure for her. But to do so, the two protagonists will need to explore the entire continent to find the missing pieces. Throughout the journey, powerful antagonist forces strike, unexpected comrades the party, and a surprising plot twist.

Tentative review q2q8

Since the main developments seem to be mostly "Travelling across the continent", going from waypoints to waypoints. It would be mostly appropriate to consider this a traversal series.

Generally speaking, traversal series have this soothing, lonely vibes. It feels kinda close to the vibes when you play an open-world fantasy exploration adventure game. It feels long, expansive, and vast. You "feel" it during the "journey".

However, the author likes to present very strong opponents which also makes this series action centric. But at the same time, it also raises the stakes and the tension plenty-more so it's not necessarily a bad decision. (THIS IS AN AUTHOR THAT LIKES TO KILL NAMED CHARACTERS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE PLOT SO BE ON YOUR GUARDS FOR YOUR FAVS) It also makes things very unpredictable, so you don't know who's going to die. It can get exhilarating at times.

This design decision of including high stakes action is not always a bad idea, however to me it does take it away from the vibes. Because the action scenes LAST VERY LONG (power system explanation is on HxH-tier in of long-windedness).

So, the way the action is depicted here, feels like it kind of detracts from the strong traversal, philosophical vibes that it is going for (more on the later half).

However, it can also be argued that maybe the author knows their strengths (to create epic fights), so it is not necessarily a bad decision. But the problem is, sometimes, the reason why they have a fight can feel like... not very rational and illogical (like they can just talk it out instead of fighting to the death) so it can seem dumb at times for forcing a dramatic turnout. It feels kinda cheap when such fights do engage (the author mostly fixed this in their next series, the Ember Knight).

Other flaws include:
Power ups feels abrupt and "out of necessity" for the protagonist to grow in order to advance the story. Certain characters are too strongly developed for when it comes to the motives and sidetracks a bit the main story.

The "spin-off" side stories, available to read at the end of the "main story", while contained, feel more "complete" to read on their own, than trying to be integrated during the "main story".

All and all, it's still a decent series, a bit unique with a strange direction that doesn't feel the most cohesive. I'm glad that the author has taken what they have learnt from this and eliminate most "issues" seen in here in their next series.

The world building is unique, intriguing, and makes you feel invested in the side cast and the spin-offs quite a lot!

Worth a read? If you don't mind the flaws, enjoy unexpected turnouts, an "underdog" and atypical way to fight (like presented in the author's other series), you'll like this. If you enjoy OP power fantasies where nobody can touch the MC, you'll probably not enjoy this as much.

Closing remarks (for those of you that have plenty of time to waste) 66184s

The characters just tag along casually is kinda weird but good fun.

It's worth your time if you want to chill and cruise along while not minding some actions here and there. The power system jargon is really long winded and can be off-putting. (I would have preferred that to be off-screened like put in the extra content page; but it is an interesting narrative choice). It feels like the author has a very analytical mind, kinda reminds me of Liar Game and HxH... DURING THE LONG-WINDED OMNISCIENT NARRATIVE SECTIONS. It is quite, unique? Since I don't across this type of voice often, I find it interesting. Far from usual "shounen" series, it has this weird "maturity" that puts it closer to a "seinen" series (but when the action sequences hit, it becomes closer to a "shounen" series---well more like a shounen-seinen hybrid like Kengan Asura...)

The author really likes the shield.

Flawed and endearing characters. I feel like the author puts great care in showing the named characters. Human connections and forming relationships are a main thematic here. There's also quite a lot of "growth(?", well it's actually closer to "self realization"? Which is kinda rare for "shounen" (so that's why I don't consider it as shounen).

The plot twist is intriguing, I feel more or less satisfied at the ending and it ties most things well together. (There's some random BS but that's beyond the point of the plot and the author has addressed that in the afterwords anyway if you can make it that far)

WORTH THE READ? If you enjoy "similar" series stated below, you'll probably like it.

Closest series in of vibes 4o5z6h

To You, The Immortal (pre contemporary and future arcs), manga <- similarity: "human connection"; also, I like the "action" there better; image this series is like that, but with DBZ and Bleach level of action... yeah it'll kinda feel, a bit strange...
About Death, manhwa <- similarity: overall vibes; it has a very similar vibe when there's no action
Kengan Asura (and some other boxing series) AND World Trigger <- similarity: level of technicalities when there's action... like imagine these series, but instead of their world-specific weapons, you have fantasy unique weapons.

Great humour, plot and great action. I love the characters, although some are just dicks. It's a very interesting story. Unfortunately in the last half the plot gets a bit weird and doesn't quite land solidly. It does leave alot of potential for future series though. The side stories are brilliant.

As other people has said, this whole manhwa is questions. It made me ponder about life and how I can efficiently make it work. The need to better yourself, in any steps. Understanding that there will always be people better than you, how you handle the emotion that arises is what defines you. The whole manhwa is about being normal. Every person has their own story. The way it connects to each other is what makes this manhwa my top 5. Forget the quest, forget the journey and don't think about the ending. This story is unsatisfactory, and I love it.

Every character has their own story and you don't need those flashback fillers to tell because their choice of dialogue just oozes out of it in the purest form. it's especially fun when i got to hear Warren's rants, you could decipher so many things just from Warren's pure vibe. You didn't need filler flashbacks to know Warren is frustrated with society, lonely and isolated, but too conceited and proud to have atleast one friend. the psycho can get real emotional sometimes which is so ironic in the saddest form, and i love irony. the Story starts slow but the continuous world building kept me going, especially by being intrigued to the Immortal's past, I was also very confused why He wasn't as Overpowered as i thought immortals would be but hearing the answer made me respect this epic on another scale, it gets real philosophical in a lot of ways, the author didn't make him overpowered just for cliche purposes, he thought about it, he definately did, just when you hear him explain why he isn't as strong stunned me, something along the lines of "Because I've lived so long it's not fun anymore" the story tackles the idea of talent vs effort, unrelated but my past goals on trying to go professional in a Video game made me really relate to that concept. It's really hard to win when you lose motivation, especially when it's not fun anymore, to create a wise character when you're not wise yourself is impossible, author gained a lot of my respect when i heard those lines, All in all, This is an epic, it's not just about the quest, it's the world and the characters in it, they really made this one shine through. I always think about to it when i think of a good story and Warren may stick as my favorite fictional character for awhile.

Is it confusing? Yes. But that's why it's interesting. Are there some unsatisfactory parts? Yes. Most definitely. Is it going nowhere? Absolutely not. Though there are many questions I still have after reading it, it did answer some and it is vague because that is the nuance. The characters themselves are figuring out the meaning of their existence, their pain, their nonexistence and unsatisfactory though some may be, you do get all the answers. I can't say I liked everything about the story so far, but I can say it was well done. And I do believe there will be a sequel.

There is no story. The girl is supposed to be sick and on the verge of dying, but that's hardly visible, save a cough once in a while. She teams up with an immortal and they both look for the knowledge that would cure her. This looks like a never-ending quest with no clear purpose. Other characters appears along the quest, each one being stronger than the previous one, à la shounen.

I've read up to chapter 20 then skipped to 57. I could grasp the situation and what happened immediately though I had missed two thirds of the series, so it seems the pace gets extremly slow.

The drawings are not very good in the first chapters and they turn bad later on.

By the way, I did not find any reference to Gilgamesh, the mythical king of Ur that tried to be immortal but failed. I started reading this manhwa because of its name. The sumerian-akkadian tale is far more interesting than this series, my favorite part being the plot to stop Enkidu from living among beasts, up to the fight with the tyrant. The Gilgamesh tale will go on for another 5000 years, while this manhwa will soon be forgotten even by its readers.