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omg, i feel awful for him
I really hope that as soon as the match is over, win or lose, he just bounces; off on a journey to get stronger by doing the same things the demon king did
ALSO, i am DESPERATELY hoping that there isnt a trap demon king fakeout, just make him a guy who MC gets close with, and not this "demon king is my gf" clumsiness
he was losing the match so he used a spell that only the demon king used, this triggered the maid PTSD memories and made her broke down coz the demon lord killed her parents and her village, the mc parents found her and took her, then his father denounces him for using that magic and the whole stadium turns against him, and he ends having to run away, completely fucked...so nope! shit is not gonna get better for this poor dude,i dont know what happens next but really want to know...
you don't get immediately tossed aside when you use magic that a demon used, they figure out why you know it first. yes he is treated well, but is also apparently immediately discarded, that aint a good life
"Ultimately, no matter what we do or say or believe, there will always be a great many who disagree or judge or ridicule or become upset by our decisions. But it is of essential importance that we try as often as possible to ensure that among those people our self is not one of them" -Robert Pantano
This. Normally a kid like that would be seen as spoiled. But I think it's a good thing that the manga makes a case for a person like that.
From his pov, his parents not believing in him is the worst thing imaginable because he had not experienced anything worse. But can you really blame him for feeling this way?
Other manga would have made the parents evil to make sure that we emphasize with the mc. This one did not (so far) and that's pretty neat.
He has gone his entire life, from cradle until present day, being compared to his father in literally everything he does. He has trained himself until his hands bled, studied until passing out and tried his best at everything he's ever done. He has never got a single word of acknowledgement from anyone, only being compared to his father and how he seemingly does not match up to him or anyone of the heroes kids. The world around him has spent the entire time forcing him into a bad fitting mold of his father without sparing a single thought as to whether or not he even shares the same talents.
The reason he's so unhappy is that he has spent 16 years being a told he's not good enough to match up against his father or his peers. His childhood friend has spent her entire life cutting him off socially because she's a possessive tsundere who can only vocalise her affection as passive aggressive slander and off hand remarks against him.