A New Epic Begins: ‘The Beginning After the End’ Episode 1 Review

Starting its comicalization in 2018 on the digital comic and novel platform Tapas, the bestselling novel The Beginning After the End quickly became the number one Tapas Original in North America. It has since been translated into 6 languages, topped the trending charts of online publishers around the world, and received high praise in Korea and China. Upon its 2020 launch in Japan on the digital manga and novel platform Piccoma, it surpassed 20 million likes in just one year and won the the “Piccoma AWARD 2021,” a prize given to “guaranteed entertaining works.” With over 1.5 billion cumulative views worldwide, this popular series set upon its path to finally set to be adapted into an anime. After a mysterious death, King Grey is reborn as Arthur Leywin on the magical continent of Dicathen. Although he enters his second life as a baby, his previous wisdom remains. He begins to master magic and forge his own path as the years go by, seeking to correct the mistakes of his past life. As someone who loves reincarnated characters in manwha and manga, I knew that I would be riding the hype train for the highly anticipated series based on the beloved web comic created by TurtleMe.

King Grey, a king who did many nefarious deeds in his lifetime awakens…in a body that doesn’t belong to him, with a name that doesn’t belong to him and in an unfamiliar world. Simply out, he’s been reborn, now in his second life starting as a little babe named Arthur. Yet, he’s starting off this life with …