If it's fan service, why censor the tits...
And yet support roles are always foolishly looked down on unless the partymate in question can pull their weight in combat, because raw strength is always prioritized...
Most stories don't put meaningful emphasis on the hardships of the road anyway when convenient basic-level magic exists. Otherwise expeditions would have to be accompanied by a number of helpers handling menial specialized tasks.
You need to understand, most of these stories that try to force the MC as an underdog either make people look down on him way too much for no reason, or make the MC have a power that in almost every f***ing civilization ever would respect yet for some weird reason, the MC is looked down upon....
Because the author doesn't know how to write a power that can actually be misunderstood...
_________________
Well, there was one where the party was actually cool and tried to stay with him but left and he only found out his power grows after sex..... but the author f***ed it up and made the party members douches...