Jesus, they are both speedrunning this shit, AND hacking it apart with an axe!
So I've actually read most of the WN, and it's all DRASTICALLY different.
As someone who's read the webnovel, it's not ART by any means, but it's a fun enough story.
Main dude is strong, and a moron. OP characters are more fun when they're DUMB.
He also has an actual goal
and there's actual stakes, so it's not just non-stop slice-of-life stuff.
Honestly, the...
To be fair, he's not a good person, but... half(?) of this is an act. He's definitely a whoremonger, but he's also in the slums and whatnot for information.
It's a big mystery throughout the first volume, and when it shows how they met, a year prior, a LOT of their previous interactions start...