unOrdinary "Project Partners Arc" (Episode 36 through Episodes 39) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

This short arc took place in a flashback to when John and Seraphina were assigned as each other’s partner for a three-part class project. They weren’t best friends yet, but these episodes showed how they eventually warmed up to each other. I also liked how this flashback occurred naturally as Seraphina was studying at home in the present day.

unOrdinary "Suspension Arc" (Episode 29 through Episodes 35) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

The “Suspension Arc” challenged John and Seraphina’s friendship, taking place directly after the “Investigation Arc” and during Seraphina’s month-long suspension. It was hard and difficult to see them separated, and how the social hierarchy of this world was doing whatever they could to tear them apart. Then there was Gavin—the bully John threw out the window—from the “Beginning Arc”, who just wanted to take advantage of the situation. Arlo was also still determined to learn John’s secrets and sever his ties with Seraphina.

unOrdinary "Investigation Arc" (Episode 18 through Episodes 28) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

This arc had started making the mystery of John Doe a part of the series’ plot. In the aftermath of the “Turf War Arc”, Arlo—jerk boy—started growing curious about John Doe’s past and what he may be hiding from the rest of the school. The background news and activities of EMBER—evil group that targets vigilantes—were also creeping toward the surface, as more and more vigilantes were getting serially killed for being heroes.

unOrdinary "Turf War Arc" (Episode 13 through Episode 17) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

As I continue to write these Webtoon reviews for unOrdinary, I’ve noticed how short the arcs have been so far. This series has very slow plot progression, but the author is making up for the lack of plot with stellar character progression. In this “Turf War Arc”, main protagonist John Doe took a backseat while Seraphina stood in the spotlight. She was talked into playing a Turf War with a rival school. The author didn’t go into the specifics of what this event was, but I read it as informal street fighting with superpowers.

unOrdinary “Kovoro Mall Arc” (Episode 8 through Episode 12) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

unOrdinary had officially caught my attention. For those who hadn’t read my review on the “Beginning Arc”, the link is here. The series follows main character John Doe navigating a superpowered school—Wellston Private High School—without any powers of his own. After reading both the “Beginning Arc” and the “Kovoro Mall Arc”, I have some thoughts and opinions on what isn’t being told in this series. The beauty of the Webtoon is what’s not being said.

unOrdinary “Beginning Arc” (Prologue through Episode 7) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

After taking my well-deserved break from reading and reviewing The God of High School’s first five volumes, I decided to read the Webtoon series unOrdinary—written by uru-chan—for the time being until the author finishes the final volume of G.O.H. Last I checked, there were about 180 episodes of unOrdinary so far. I’m thinking it shouldn’t be too much of a challenge to catch up, give or take the weekly episodes that come out on Thursdays.

The Bonesetter’s Daughter Book Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

The story is centered around Ruth Young, a Chinese-American ghost writer working in San Francisco, and her mother LuLing, who was losing her memories to dementia. Part One centered around Ruth and her life in the third-person POV, Part Two centered around LuLing and her past—written and translated—in the first-person POV, and Part Three returned back to Ruth Young, who needed to process what she learned about her mother—and the mysterious Precious Auntie—in Part Two.

Edgedancer Book Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

I decided to pick up Brandon Sanderson’s Arcanum Unbounded—a novel containing his Cosmere Collection of short stories—again. I hadn’t read from the collection since last year—2019—when I read Mistborn: Secret History. This time, I revisited the collection to read Edgedancer, a novella that bridged Words of Radiance and Oathbringer—the second and third books of the Stormlight Archive.

Words of Radiance Book Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Unlike reading The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance was a way more enjoyable reading experience and took me less time to finish despite the sequel being 300 pages longer. Initially, I believed it was going to take me another four to five months to finish reading this novel based on my experience with The Way of Kings, but luckily, I was proven wrong.

Atonement Book Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Synopsis: The novel—written by Ian McEwan and published in 2001—is set during 1934 on a summer’s day, where main protagonist Briony Tallis misinterprets the romantic intentions of her older sister Cecelia and Robbie Turner—son of a servant and childhood friend—as something more malicious. This misinterpretation caused a ripple in all their lives during the carnage and chaos of World War II.