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Murder Girlband
Drama
[⬆️ to 40/69 eps] Murder✨ - cute accessory to your cozy story! No srsly, in this webtoon named Murder Girlband murdering their manager and covering his death is actually bonding experience for our group (and not only them ehhhhh). Like it's a factor in this story, but the bulk of the plot concentrates on figuring out your queer identity and coming out, falling in love with girls (it's also a GL romance), having crisis because you don't know what to wear, some toxic bullshit with your family or fake dating. And pretending that you didn't kill your manager and all the freaking ppl that known him not noticing that he disappeared. It's such a tonal shift, from murder to girl's everyday life problems, that it's hard not to get whiplash. I was thinking that with concept like that the webtoon would go with some thriller or action elements, or maybe we will get some psychological drama with girls trying to come to terms with killing someone and covering his death. Even some wacky comedy mood would work with this, make it a little bit unreal. But nope, it's a feel good drama about girls being cute and showing support for each other. And there's nothing wrong with this, only... Murder. Does. Not. Fit. Here. At. All. Like the girls are mostly fine, nobody really notices that manager is gone for the longest time, police doesn't really get involved up to 40 eps (I'm not reading more of it). It does not make sense realistically, and it does not make sense psychologically for the girls to be behaving like that, unless they are psychopaths. The story is in shambles and mostly the art elevates it to something that could be enjoyed, since it is amazing. Character designs, visual storytelling, all the cute or cool moments - they carry characters and they do a lot of job lifting this comic from it's poor plot. It's easy to see that during its run Murder Girlband had a pretty stable following, and I think it was mostly artist's and assistant's work. I mean, the day to day stuff is also alright - I have seen stories like this in other media, but with a cute art it's nice to read. Although I'm also a little bit bitter that their manager was their only obstacle to stardom and we don't really see the process of being in a girlband or being successful in showbiz aside from some cute quick scenes like trying to write a new song. This weboon wants to stress some serious issues here - like sexual harassment in showbiz industry - but also ignores the weight that murdering someone has. In the end I couldn't get past it.
