A rough translation of “Chan” would be “little” said with affection. And Japanese is not the only language that refers to people like this. For example in Spanish you would also call people and things “little” as a show of affection.
Yeah but malty is the villain. She’s supposed to do despicable things like that. It drives the plot forward. Hell the series wouldn’t be a third as good without her.
Meanwhile Motoyasu is supposed to be a hero, someone who helps people like naofumi and the general populace and opposes people...
A large part of me has to agree. Not telling could have been funnier than anything the author has come up with so far. But alas, she gets named in the next chapter.
I just noticed something about the last page all of the usual comedy routine duos got their bodies swapped. For example:
The flat karane who’s always jealous of hakari’s bust swapped bodies.
The shy meme and proud beauty mimimi swapped bodies.
Kusuri and Yaku swapped bodies.
Kishika and hahari...
Also I don’t see what the problem with these arcs are. The author is showing a slight retread of the beginning of the series yes. But the part she wants us to focus on is the role reversal between naofumi and the other three heroes. I agree that it would be more satisfying to see them lose their...