Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
Wistoria: Wand and Sword

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If you like manga like Mairimashita Iruma kun and Boku no Hero Academia, then you WILL love this one. I love it.

Amazing art
Cool plot twists
Perfeect characters and their developments

Story is not so unique (but what is these days), but the world building is amazing. You might think it will be predicatble at the begining, but it will lead you to something else that you wouldn´t guess.
Charcters are perfectly drawed, MC looks like a weakling, but he´s one of the strongest characters in this universe. Their developmenst are well rounded and so their flaws, sthrengts, their inteligence and I also think, they react normally to the ... situations they fall into. They are still at school and of course sometimes need to depend on their teachers. Otherwise it would be boring.

Genre is typical shonen, normally I dont read shonen manga, but this one caught me right from the begining and it´s still one of my favourites to read.

Okay you will love this if you like: good art, cool magic and eneimes, progression mangas
And you probably wont like it if you dont like: slowly releasing chapeters (every 1-2 weeks), fantasy, super plot heavy mangas

Here are the postivies:
+great art
+great characters
+good character development in side characters
+uneqie story
+great world setting
+ long chapters
... + fantasy
+ immaculate design
+ great systems ( in progression )
+ ( SPOLIER ) lets semi important chacters die

Here are a few negatives:
- slowly realsing chapters
- anojoying villans and side characters
- the underlying plot is a little vauge or just not revelad i'd like to know a bit more
- a little predictable

Anyway i recommend reading at least the 1st 20-41 chapters to get a hang of the manga and see how you like it

It's clear from the first chapter that this is a story about a character who hides his true power. But even though I normally skip those, the worldbuilding was interesting enough that I wanted to know more. The art style is also gorgeous, and action panels are this manga's strong suit. At first, the story was so predictable that I wanted to drop it, but then the stakes became high in chapter 13, and I was pulled in again. Alas, I've reached chapter 26 and it pretty much drained all my hope.

As I said, I quickly became invested in the world, its power system and ... history. But the more important aspects—the characters and plot—are quite a mess. And it all comes down to our protagonist, Will Serfort. We're supposed to feel bad for him, but we also know that he's much stronger than everyone else. It's sad because he could have been a great character if he relied on his experience and knowledge instead. We get to see that he can be a good leader who supports others and comes up with strategies. I can also respect his goal of being with the girl he loves, but given how powerful he is, it makes no sense that he hasn't already ascended the tower.

I find it strange that Elfaria is labeled as a main character because she rarely appears in the manga, and we don't know much about her. Will's only two friends are both in love with him, and his mentor wants him to hide his power too, for some reason. None of the secondary characters is very complex, but at least they can't do everything on their own. The story reached its peak in chapters 13-18, which I genuinely enjoyed. But key moments from this arc were completely forgotten in the next, and it all went downhill from there.

Despite the title "Wand and Sword", the story doesn't try to prove that knights and mages need each other. Instead, the protagonist possesses special abilities that surpass magic. This manga certainly has some strong points, but the fact that the main character is so overpowered makes it dull for me.