King Grey has unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed through martial ability. However, solitude lingers closely behind those with great power. Beneath the glamorous exterior of a powerful king lurks the shell of man, devoid of purpose and will.

Mother! I’m about to begin my journey to become the greatest mage in the world! Do not make me out to be a constipated infant!”Das hört sich theoretisch ziemlich cool an, aber Art findet es so gar nicht gut, dass er nun ein Kleinkind ist und seinen Eltern bedingungslos ausgeliefert ist. Der Geist einen Erwachsenen im Körper eines Säuglings, nicht unbedingt die Traumvorstellung für einen ehemaligen König. Aber Art ist ehrgeizig und arbeitet hart an sich. Ein Highlight hier ist, dass der Manga in Vollfarbe ist. Und Art als Baby mit seinen riesigen blauen Augen ist schon arg süß. Ansonsten sind die Zeichnungen völlig ausreichend, der Hintergrund ist oft nicht vorhanden und der Fokus liegt auf den Charakteren und der Mimik und Gestik. Ich muss gestehen, dass ich bei den Kämpfen zum Teil etwas die Übersicht verloren habe. The infodumps. Oh the infodumps. It's like the author decided on that instead of story. Sometimes I don't mind, like Worth the Candle has just slightly too much of this but I read them all because it's a good book and the info is usually interesting. I just don't care about them here tho like. Work it into the story. Cut it if I don't need to know it. FFS. Do better. Another thing the author did really well, in my humble opinion, is how he sometimes split the point of view of certain characters instead of just having the point of view from the protagonist, this help understand how supporting characters feel and make you care about them way more. Also, the way he does it is so natural that you don't feel lost not knowing who is narrating the story.

This is not the first time I'm reading this particular theme (reborn in a fantasy world with all memories and skills from previous life, as a baby), but man, this is well executed! I had a lot of fun reading this book, and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the series (currently waiting to get my hands on the audio format of book three).

The whole magic system seems to be based on some sort of videogame-like blueprint and I really didn't need to read so much about the mechanics of it in such a short time. The story on itself is fine. It does not look like it is going to be the most original ever or the characters are going to be specially bright by themselves. Not great, nor terrible, but I just cannot go over how poor the quality is. Except for the paper, the parer is quite nice. The problem is what you print on it I guess. The Beginning after the End 4: Vollfarbige Webtoon-Adaption - basiert auf dem erfolgreichen Roman von Tapas!