Master Magic Efficiently - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - Crossroads

[wundt]

I die inside each time I see someone's heart portrayed to be where the lung is supposed to be

 

[The5thSeraph]

@CalamityCallout
And here I was thinking it was a good addition, because he literally isn't his future self but a past incarnation with future memories. But having the brain of a child, why would he immediately follow the desires of an old man version of himself from the future? He wouldn't, would he?

@Alex-dono-sama
He probably wanted to get the red magic over and done with quickly because it is what he was already most familiar with, then he could dedicate the rest of his time to the other elements.

@dskilly
Not sure he had a plan. He seems to be winging it. And I've no idea how he knew a spell to reverse time, but from his own reactions to it I'm guessing it wasn't a sure thing. He is almost certainly winging it.
As to why he is joining the girl, THAT much is obvious: Because if he just follows the same route he took the first time through life, he will arrive at the same destination. But he is looking to change his own fate, so on a rudimentary level it makes sense to do significant things differently. Difference is the intent there, though how exactly it relates to his goals, we don't know.
Plus I'm not sure he is necessarily struggling to learn anything so far, but simply getting bothered by the fact that he was doing the same thing as before all over again.

 

[dskilly]

@The5thSeraph
Hmm, that's actually a nice viewpoint on it, makes the entire thing of being sidetracked more acceptable though completely off from his efficiency mindset. It still bothers me that it's not just the MC that's winging the entire thing and just luckily landing it, if that's actually the case, when it feels like the author is the one that's winging it and patching up the story conveniently, and not very well at that.

 

[Phalorix]

just trying to make it unnecessarily deep and its not working.

 

[Lonewolf22]

okay, this is some galore of plotholes right there folks!
did he not realized that he wont be living in solitude? why he would not be living in solitude you ask?
CAUSE THE REASON HE DID THAT IS SO HE COULD FOCUS ON MAGIC ENTIRELY!!!!
but he already "knows" that, so why did he think he would be living in solitude?? that's BS thinking right there mc and also a plothole!

ugghhh MC for a genius red mage, your IQ is not very high at all huh?

 

[DrBuns]

Everyone else explained my problems with the manga so far well enough. Dropped.

 

[Axccel]

I like that he uses a railroad as an illustration for, well, railroading himself into a pre-determined path. Clearly this mangaka is genre savvy.

 

[Axccel]

oh man... it's only the 2nd chapter and there so many things I don't like about this manga already... the internal dialogue is interesting but what he's conflicting about doesn't really sit well with the story when he knows what to do already and CHOSE to reverse back time so that he could do it more efficiently... SO WHAT WAS THE PLAN IN GOING BACK IN TIME?? He knows red magic isn't his forte and there is way more potential in the other magic attributes. Then there's the question of why does he know time traveling magic and how is he able to cast it when he's only specialized in red magic which doesn't seem to be related to time-space type of magic. Then there's conflict of interest from his reason to travel back in time with why he's joining the girl, wasn't his goal and intense desire to master magic again and gain a title at his best magic attribute type and research?? How is joining a little girl's made up guild going to lead him to any advancement in his struggles to mastering magic or finding the most efficient path to mastering magic?? It's almost as if the girl character was forced into the story for some "plot"... I have nothing against that since the reason he gave was that he wanted to adventure, which also has nothing to do with what he desired or voiced during his regrets, but it really doesn't connect well to the 1st chapter. Then there's the issue related to his struggles where it hasn't even been that long since he went back in time to understand or perceive that he's struggling or hit a wall in his training to master magic yet but somehow already struggles?? There's like no time to see the fruition of his training or feel the effort in trying to reach his goals. It might've been wiser to just skip chapter 1 and start from chapter 2 without any of his past/future context because they feel like 2 different stories which sadly doesn't well together but feels more like an excuse for the story to carry on and not the reason the story moves.

When he went back in time, it was one panel and he was very angry. It's pretty obvious that he leapt into this without thinking and without a plan out of anger and spite. The whole point of the story at this time is that he has realized that he didn't think this through and screwed up. Realizing that things won't just miraculously be better the second time if he doesn't put in the effort to make it better.

No offense, but you don't seem very bright or you aren't reading and are just looking at the pictures.

To really hammer home how bad your take is, you posted this comment in a chapter entirely dedicated to him realizing he needs to change his ways to improve and make a plan.

 

[Axccel]

Strange that they have schools like this, especially for children. Things like that didn't really exist until well into the Industrial Revolution, and even then they were created just to make workers educated enough that it was easy to train them for any job in any industry.