The Archmage's Restaurant

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The MC is a well rounded hero who was born in a fantasy world from his 2nd life and worked his up to become one of the strongest. The "beginning" segment was skipped, which is fine, the pacing itself is fine. I admire how he carries Heroic qualities and won't hesitate to help people when push comes to shove. Sure he is a war hero in a way, but the restaurant isnt' going anywhere. It's super cool, he integrates earth's cooking aspects while balancing his powers and idealogies as a hero.

What really got my support is the incredible backstory, holy shit this Manhwa explains the ... backstory very clearly. The pacing is perfect with the right balance of comedy, emotion, action, and dark reality.

Well made, but ultimately it's just a collection of repetitive side stories. The restaurant has little purpose other than a location to hand out missions. The tone is silly but really it has no comedy. Punching bad guys and then turning into Muppet characters isn't really funny in my opinion, and it gets old fast. The action doesn't have much weight because it's established from the beginning that the MC is a god-like character that will never struggle with anything. There is some romance, but ultimately beating up random bad guys seems to be the main focus of the series.

This is barely about a restaurant and the plot will give you whiplash.

So, I thought this manwha was good at first. I went into it liking the story and pacing. It was genuinely interesting until...the red flags popped up.

1. The author seems to promote and normalize age gaps. There's a young girl and an old man which, although it isn't illegal, it is weird, but this is a plot device used to set up something a bit worse.
2. The main character kills a bunch of dragons in a war and later finds a CHILD dragon. Said dragon has a human polymorph and follows him in ... his adventures/restaurant endeavors. He essentially raises her. The manwha starts where said dragon is a TEENAGER...mind you the MC is nearly in his thirties. Sixty-four chapters later the girl who is still a MINOR, tries to kiss our MC. He brushes it of...next chapter:"I like her *blushes*".

All of a sudden the writer brings up oh 'she's gonna go through puberty soon' and 'look she's grown taller and more mature'.


This story is weird and problematic and you'd be weird to keep liking it despite that. Listen, if you're **that** type of audience then go ahead. For everyone else, stay away. The sad thing is, there were other actual adult characters who would be better fit for the MC and the art is good.