Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this Webtoon Review. Please read with caution.

On June 3, 2020, I read the “Responsibility Arc” and found myself almost caught up with the series. This was the last completed arc of season two. unOrdinary is currently on arc 20—no official title yet. As a result, this will be my last review on unOrdinary for a while. Thanks everyone for taking the time out of their days to read my reviews and/or start reading unOrdinary. I hope—like The God of High School and Tower of God—that this Webtoon will receive an anime adaptation someday.

Now let’s talk about this arc. Everyone being held accountable for their actions was the theme. The Fake Jokers revealed how the mid and low-tier students have been experiencing abused since the beginning, and how the elites have basically neglected them to constant abuse. Remi was the most caring about the mid and low tier situation, and she had been making an effort to fix the system by lecturing the bullies and connecting with the low-tiers like Evie, Seraphina’s friend.

Blyke was also reflecting on his defeat and growing stronger during the arc’s beginning—episodes 168 through 170. He started secretly training as a vigilante in order to become a more capable leader next year. Isen even took responsibility as a writer by exposing John’s identity as Joker to the entire school. I was proud of everyone’s—Seraphina, Remi, Isen, Arlo, and Blyke’s—character development.

Arlo didn’t play a major role in this arc aside from his interactions with Remi, Seraphina, and Isen. We also got a glimpse into his background that connected to his Aunt, a member of the Authorities. This made him question why the other characters didn’t trust the authorities to deal with EMBER. Arlo’s viewpoints had been challenged left and right throughout this series, but he was really close to reaching a breaking point.

John, on the other hand, was still in denial of his actions. Even when Seraphina confronted him about everything that happened, John refused to take responsibility and blamed others for his actions. This led to John and Seraphina disowning each other, no longer best friends.

Seraphina still wanted to understand John’s mindset better and decided to look into Claire—a girl John knew from his old school. This interest meant she hadn’t completely given up on John yet. She also researched Terrance—the invisible student from the “Kovoro Mall Arc”—and his potential involvement with EMBER and her ability loss.

Overall, I have really enjoyed unOrdinary so far. This arc was a good reminder on valuing character momentum over plot momentum in order to give the reader satisfying payoffs later on. This will indeed be the last unOrdinary blog review for the time being. I really appreciate the support, and I’ll see you all later.

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