>The Main timeline Gaius is the epitome of cringe while this guy is the epitome of coolness
Both of them are cringe, it's just the artstyle help this version a little bit.
Gaius still has his weird fixation of crest, zero common sense, and battle junkie behavior.
>Guy attempts to legitimately murder someone for no real reason and the MC doesn't retaliate, nor does anyone seem to care. Typical shitty writing from Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
Also, the MC did retaliate.
Cliche is one thing, but a chapter who barely advance the plot is another.
Like seriously, in most trash isekai, power measuring/adventure guild registration/school registration is usually just one chapter.
Wait, the MC is basically here to "collect" the old gods right? and the only old gods that isn't collected yet is Bastet.
and the only way to reincarnate Bastet is to collect all the demon lord power.
I see that people mistaken her for something like Emiya, or Okita Alter. Her relationship to Gaia is more like Void Shiki to Root. Also, Emiya and Okita alter is Alaya counter guardian, not Gaia.