Art: This a bit hard one to measure, since the art quality of God of High School varies a lot. There are lots of simplified scenes which are of course providing some comedic value, but at the same time in my opinion they lower a little bit the artistic value of the series. While I was reading the webtoon I though that they were done either for laziness or so that the author could focus on the scenes that really require a lot of time and attention. That being said, if something about this webtoon sticks to the mind it's without a doubt it's amazing fighting scenes. They are drawn and colored so beautifully that they may in fact be the best scenes and work of art that I have seen in any manga/manhwa/webtoon. So in the end I'm pretty much obligated on giving the art of The God of High School a good score. The drawing reminds me a lot of The Tower of God and I'd say that it's without a doubt of higher quality, though I think that Tower of God is exceeding in the imaginative side of the story.
Characters: In this series I really liked the characters. The God of High School mostly focuses on three main characters, of which Jin Mo-Ri is the one focused on the most. The other two are Han Dae-Wi and Yu Mi-Ra. All of them are getting their share of focus and pretty good backgrounds, even though some of them are a bit of a cliche, but I didn't feel any bothered by it. Jin Mo-Ri being seemingly the main-main character, is an excellent example of a character which I like to follow: basically very carefree. It looks as though the author has gotten some influence through a certain main character from a certain mainstream manga.
Funny sidenote: there's a very minor side character at some point of the tournament whose fighting is based on japanese mainstream mangas.
Story: So the Art and the character side of The God of High School are the best side of the webcomic, but story doesn't fall too much short even though it's nothing to gloat about. The whole series is pretty much focused on the tournament aspect, which is the heart of the story and it works pretty well. The tournament is fun to watch as there's lots of different, pretty interesting characters and the power progression is working pretty well and is somewhat similar to Tower of God in my opinion. If you have read the Tower of God you can't help but to notice the similarities between the two. There is however an aspect to the webtoon outside the tournament and that is where the 'big things' concerning the story are pretty much happening. At this point I really can't say anything else than I've enjoyed pretty much every side of the story except for small minor details, but not too much. I consider The God of High School as good or very good enjoyment, not a masterpiece and it doesn't reach up to where Tower of God is, but it's still enjoyable enough.
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