"At a wrong place, at a wrong time" - This is probably what I would describe the status of this Novel. Dark Blood Age is a novel that's unique in a sense that it tries to become something greater than the format that is it written in - "web novel" - usually allow. The novel takes itself super seriously, implements famous literature gothic literature, feudatory chinese philosophies, ancient myths and archetypes. For example, the main character starts off as a normal white collar worker, but during the progress of the storyline he gains more and more qualities of a "byronic hero" - which included considerable level of intelligence, self-criticism, self-destructive, loner,... Unlike other reviewer opinions, the side characters have a significant level of polishing to them as well. To illustrate, in chapter 244, the story direct to a tragedy of a father have to choose which of his 2 children to let go into the hands of a bunch of cannibals. The situation itself is extremly similar to the origin of the main antagonist of the famous manga "Monster" of Urasawa Naoki. In "Monster" the main antagonist reveals that the very action of choosing one of the children of his mother is one of the reason turning him unable to feel emotion - thus, making him a interesting antagonist. However, in this book, we can see that this option is justified due to the cruel circumstances of the world, and only by choosing to let go of one of the children is the only way to create a living opportunity to the other. The decision of the father also reflect the reality of *** discrimination of the china's society. The archetypes, myths and other inspiration that the novel borrows is not something "new" or "groundbreaking
