Humans are the Strongest Race ~Starting a Slow Life with an Elf Wife in a Different World~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[MangaDex]

 

[Operatix]

woho, let's dip into this. Don't let our dreams be dreams.

 

[Sleepzter]

IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO

 

[Dezaki]

another trash to read

 

[boag]

Another Isekai to the junkpile, lets see how long it takes for this one to lose its charm.

 

[Aretheus]

You know what this "saikyou" title gimmick thing reminds me about? That first episode of My Hero Academia where Deku completely spoils to the audience that he will become the greatest hero in the world. The point of this scene is that of course he's going to be the greatest hero. It's a superhero shounen, how else could it possibly end? No, that isn't the important part, nor is it the most interesting part, nor is it the focal point of the story. The important aspect is the journey that Deku has to go down in order to become the strongest hero ever.

All of these isekai protags are given their strength that they can make full use of without restraint from the word 'go'. They never need to be careful or face failure. Those disgustingly edgy revenge isekai plots are bad because of the pitiful character writing. But they are still infinitely better than this because, at the very least, the main character still has to grasp their fate with their own hands.

Listening to this marketing copy advertise that the main character here became the strongest race by no input on his part as a positive just makes me want to cry.

 

[gaigous]

That elf is like: "I found a dumb protagonist to leech on, Score!"

 

[Tray]

@Aretheus

Wow......you are a bummer......

 

[Aretheus]

@Tray My issue is that I can't fathom what people like about these. I don't rant about everything I don't like. I'm not into ikemen stuff, or yanderes, and I'm not that into sci-fi. But all of those have appeal that simply doesn't work on me. I'm fine with that. That's just a matter of having different tastes.

But I have never once in my life heard a single good justification for how anybody could possibly like this drivel. Everybody reacts to stuff as if it's the first time they've ever seen it even though they read the exact same thing the previous week, and the week before that. Do all isekai fans have Alzheimers? If so, then I'll apologize right now and never bring it up again. Otherwise, I need to know why a really good isekai light novel like Nigotta Hitomi no Lilianne doesn't have a manga adaptation, while dozens of these derivative throw-away stories do.

 

[Tray]

@Aretheus

Not trying to be a jerk, but it sounds like you may not care about understanding.

I read reviews about Nigotta Hitomi no Lilianne when I was bookmarking interesting reads. They ranged from "sounds cool" to "What the hell? Sexual harassment?!"

 

[Kiriha]

@Aretheus Yeah, everyone who still reads shoujo/shounen manga after the few first title definitely has alzheimer.

 

[Aretheus]

@Kiriha Lol nice attempt at a straw man. Too bad it doesn't actually work because shounen and shoujo manga (which are actually huge demographics encompassing a massive amount of all manga) have never given away their plot just from their tag alone. Isekai does. I can look at any isekai from this past month and describe them all at the same time because they're all the same story.

 

[Kiriha]

@Aretheus It's not like i'm trying to defend this y'know? Yes, i know that shounen/shoujo is a demographic but your "alzheimer" claim can be applied to most inside that demographic. The plot is the same copy-paste with different art and that's the same with most of these isekai. If your complain is about how the MC is the stronkest right off the bat then this kind of strory just isn't for you. Just because a manga have action/fighting in it doesn't mean it needs to be the focus of it.

 

[Aretheus]

@Kiriha Now you're trying to project that I'm frothing at the mouth just because I'm not seeing enough shattered spines and explosions on the screen to placate my pitiful attention span. You also just once again proved that I literally have to make the same disclaimer every single post I make because all of you try to write off my opinions by saying, "I just don't like isekai".

So here it goes...Contrary to popular belief, I fucking love isekai. Mushoku Tensei, Shield Hero, Rougo ni Sonaete, Moon-led Journey, Faraway Paladin, I could go on for ages about isekai that I love to absolute death. To even try to compare the pile of rotten mulchy shit that gets published these days to those should be a criminal offense.

That's not to say that all isekai that gets released now is bad. There are gems out there, and you will find me praising them in those comments when I do feel like a manga is good or maybe I didn't give it enough credit earlier. But for every creative, fun, inventive masterpiece, there are 10 other series that the author probably wrote during his washroom break.

Also, I find it so incredibly ignorant of you to think that all of shounen (btw, shounen can encompass comedy series like We Can't Study as well as the typical action shounen) and shoujo (shoujo isekai are some of the best isekai manga coming out right now, so that's just complete nonsense) manga are copy-pastes. Not even all isekai are copy-pastes, idk how you get off making such wild claims.

 

[Kiriha]

@Aretheus lol, calm down will ya? Honestly i'm not even thinking that you "just don't like isekai". It's more "this kind of story just isn't for you". And of course i know that shounen/shoujo covers a lot of genre. Copy-paste obviously refer to the general plot but that doesn't mean every manga is the same. If you read a lot, most newer works will start to look like "Ah, this is X but better" or "This is like Y but with Z twist". Well, this is tiring to explain so i'll stop there. Oh, and i say "most of" not "all".
About shoujo isekai...well that's because you still only saw the tip of the iceberg. I have a friend who's obsessed with shoujo isekai and he said it's plagued by the same diseases with regular isekai. Well, at least it's better than chinese stuff.

 

[Hounder]

@Aretheus I think it just comes down to the fact that the publishers are all looking for the next big title, and unless you take a risk, you never will know if something will work out. Lord knows how many manga can be considered to others, yet, in the end out of an entire group of "similar" manga, only one of two may be considered great, while the rest (even if they are good), left in the dust.

In the end, check out the story, and if it doesn't suit your personal tastes move on. That's how I handle it, and has kept things pretty simple. At worst, I will follow something just to see if there are any changes that improve, but that isn't something I do often. Now if you want to change the publishing culture, then you are pretty much out of luck, unless you become one yourself, or can manage to gain influence in in their culture.

 

[Aretheus]

@Hounder I would be completely fine with just giving every single one a chance. In fact, That's what I used to do during 2016-2017 and even early 2018. I would just be on bato.to looking for anything isekai-ish and see if It's a hidden gem.

But these past few months have been a new ball game. It's not even a matter of not suiting my tastes anymore. The good isekai manga are still good, but the bad ones actually disgust me. I can't stand reading more than one horrible isekai manga a week, and then I just curl back to my current follow list.

I can't even read them enough to find the good ones. 2-3 good manga probably came out this week, but I'm not diving into that dumpster fire again.

 

[Nioni1991]

The op isekai harem MC are in my opinion an exaggerated backlash against the nearly useless ones we used to have in shounen, especially haremromances but also action shounen. Seeing the MC win without getting beaten to a pulp everytime was pretty refreshing when this kind of isekai became popular, I think thats why some find theese character appealing @Aretheus. For me the novelty wore of quickly but maybe that isn't true for those that love this manga and all the others like it.

 

[azerez]

glad this manga doesn't waste time to give MC cheat power and just make human powerful

 

[captain_crunch]

Man, think how much my pubes are worth in an isekai world. At least $3.50.