Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusenmochi Datta node, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai - Vol. 7 Ch. 35.2

[Demenster]

I love the MC keep trying to solve "random mob appeared" issue with a gun.

Weirdly American

Every scifi series is just the future version of the wild west.

 

[Grikath]

even in the space age,
there's still a Caste system?
Noble and commoners?

it's like medieval Europe,
but in space?

I think you'll find that (semi-) autocratic/feudal elements are in a lot of science-fiction/science-fantasy.

In fact, I think you'll find that SF settings with a form of Democracy tend to be highly dystopian.

 

[Iamcheater]

Okay I understand that some ppl don't like Serena but come ooooon, poor girl is dying out there! Throw her a bone or something!!! She's not my top girl but I do like her and my heart aches seeing her getting rejected like this. Not even a small hint of acknowledgement!

Even after the latest chapter in WN... I am really losing hope but I root for her. Surely she deserves a nice little spot in the harem?

 

[JustNatsuki]

Well, if you insist...

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No, he recognizes Kristina's feeling for him, but he rejects her. In part, because of the difference in status and his desire to maintain his freedom as a mercenary.

On a side note:

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If anyone's interested in the light novel, volumes 1 & 2 are available in audio form on audible, with vols 3-6 on the way.

😑

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I feel like hes ALREADY recognized her feelings for him

Like 20 chaps ago

 

[definitionofinsanity]

...Wait, wait... This Gold Star business has some glaring problems compared with the story.

Hiro basically solo'd and defeated almost an entire god damn enemy FLEET that, IIRC, outnumbered the Imperial defenders and was also instrumental in saving an entire space station. And apparently wasn't even CONSIDERED for the award.

WHAT THE FUCK ELSE MORE WOULD HE HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS MEDAL?!

 

[HDMI1]

...Wait, wait... This Gold Star business has some glaring problems compared with the story.

Hiro basically solo'd and defeated almost an entire goddamn enemy FLEET that, IIRC, outnumbered the Imperial defenders and was also instrumental in saving an entire space station. And apparently wasn't even CONSIDERED for the award.

WHAT THE FUCK ELSE MORE WOULD HE HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS MEDAL?!

It was off the books since it was a traitor fleet. The Empire couldn't give him the medal without it becoming public knowledge that someone bought off an Imperial Fleet.

Most likely the higher ups made a note of it, and will give him a medal with his next act of space madness.

 

[DonS]

Man I can't wait for the long awaited scene, It should be 3 to 6 more chapters if they cut the BS
Can't tell because spoilers

 

[theShear]

I do like that both properly talk it out like adults and no Solid Head MC in sight. She makes her Feelings clear, he makes it clear why it's a no go for him
... for now. Something tells me if it happens she is pretty much the last to join the Harem.

 

[WillTell]

still, she's very cute tho

 

[RanmaChaos]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Kattz]

I actually like that Serena is not an auto part of the harem and that the cat girl noble was flat out rejected. One she's way too young and two, both her and Serena partially being rejected because they are nobles helps show that the MC isn't a horndog that will jump every girl that shows the minimum interest. It adds some quality to the harem by actually building up well thought out relationships. Something way too many works in the harem genre miss. I do hope Serena joins either far in the future or continues being rejected because the chaos she brings to the table is funny.

 

[Kattz]

Every scifi series is just the future version of the wild west.

Fun fact: the sci-fi Western subgenre has been tied together for so many decades that the individual genres tend to mimic many tropes from each other. So in short yes.

"In 1953, J. B. Priestley described the 'Western' as one of the three types of science fiction"

Anyways, here's an interesting video if you care more about the topic. Or just feel free to ignore this lengthy comment

 

[morichiro]

I can accept the honesty and all but c'mon, she's basically throwing herself at him, at least see it as convenient to have a noble backing you; guess I'll try and read the novel and see why he's such a wimp when it comes to "strong" women.

 

[definitionofinsanity]

It was off the books since it was a traitor fleet. The Empire couldn't give him the medal without it becoming public knowledge that someone bought off an Imperial Fleet.

Most likely the higher ups made a note of it, and will give him a medal with his next act of space madness.

No, no, no. I'm talking about when the enemy fleet appeared above the station Serena was stationed at and he destroyed much of it with that alien crystal. I'm not talking about the traitor fleet that recently happened whatsoever.

 

[HDMI1]

No, no, no. I'm talking about when the enemy fleet appeared above the station Serena was stationed at and he destroyed much of it with that alien crystal. I'm not talking about the traitor fleet that recently happened whatsoever.

Well the official report would be that the enemy was carrying an illegal crystal and died when it broke and summoned the aliens. The MC wouldn't want to be linked to that at all, even if he was the one that had and used the crystal on them.

 

[Kuokkanen]

I feel like Hiro is taking "playing hard to get" bit too far.

 

[Seraphsent]

Um. But aristocracy is still a thing, take a look at Great Britain or Japan. They have the (now) King and Emperor and the royal/imperial family so I wouldn't be surprised if it survived to the space/ftl age.
True they can't cut down anyone just like that, but times change and even today people are talking "remember back then? Those were the times". If the crime rates would massively jump and there were so many space pirates everywhere, it wouldn't be surprising if they got more priviledges.

About the animal rights, look at the ecologists nowadays. They either try new ways to have their hands amputated, illegally take control of the ships (which is a piracy btw) or poison the river.
The first and the last one may seem like accidents but the worms eating people too seems like accident like maybe they thought the most they would do was to crawl around the entire colony and gross people out and not kill everybody on sight?

Kinda a waste but I guess it's believeable enough for him to just say 'fair enough' and that's all.
Well, the author may still come back to the terror attack.

No, if your story is getting publishing and traction you need to kick it up a notch.
If you want FEUDALISM IN SPACE make it FEUDALISM IN SPACE. Go full hog with court politics, talk about how you manage to run a galactic empire despite having outposts that have so far been shown to be fairly disparate and culturally unique from each other. We're talking about satellite habitats that are so AI and tech-driven that people can't even cook (reminder this is an actual plot point). Don't just add details in so that some high society piece of ass can lust after the MC.

As for your second point, I disagree vehemently. That's some boomer email-tier writing. I don't care who you are and how realistic it is, when you add such lazy borderline fiction-breaking jabs it just looks worse for you. You can criticize a position while integrating it into your fiction, if you can't do that much then don't write it into your fiction. At best this looks like an abandoned plot point because the author was too busy finding the MC a new set of tits to squeeze and at worst it looks like the author is exactly that petty and small-minded.

also seriously the author got power armor and freaking resident evil villains running around like come on man this shit writes itself

 

[tonie]

No, if your story is getting publishing and traction you need to kick it up a notch.
If you want FEUDALISM IN SPACE make it FEUDALISM IN SPACE. Go full hog with court politics, talk about how you manage to run a galactic empire despite having outposts that have so far been shown to be fairly disparate and culturally unique from each other. We're talking about satellite habitats that are so AI and tech-driven that people can't even cook (reminder this is an actual plot point). Don't just add details in so that some high society piece of ass can lust after the MC.

As for your second point, I disagree vehemently. That's some boomer email-tier writing. I don't care who you are and how realistic it is, when you add such lazy borderline fiction-breaking jabs it just looks worse for you. You can criticize a position while integrating it into your fiction, if you can't do that much then don't write it into your fiction. At best this looks like an abandoned plot point because the author was too busy finding the MC a new set of tits to squeeze and at worst it looks like the author is exactly that petty and small-minded.

also seriously the author got power armor and freaking resident evil villains running around like come on man this shit writes itself

I don't think everything has to be said clear since chapter 1, since that will just end up becoming walls of text every 2 chapters or so making others lose interest.
Like with the AI rebelion story. He came across some AI and became interested how it came to be so they told him the story.

If one day a plot happens that, for example the country they are in will be invaded and taken over or Serena will get kicked out of family for some reason and the MC will pick her up either as a waifu, just an officer or a pet...
It may be more interesting to tell the story about how it came to be that there's aristocracy instead of forcing viewers with unrelated story sometime early (I always scroll through early text walls without reading them at the beginning lol).

The same with the terror attack.
They were going on vacation, but made a stop for a medical checkup when that happened.
Delaying the vacation with another story works once (terror attack). But just because he took part in it, it doesn't mean you should treat him like a hero. Don't get this part wrong, he is not a hero but just a mercenary. There's no need for the MC to be part of the investigation or to work fighting them. Keep in mind Serena tried to recruit him, or make him stay with her to help her with this mess or to not be alone with it either way what he responded to her back then was right: "It has nothing to do with us" because they're just mercenaries. It was emergency and they responded to it, but going after villains is a role for either a super hero or police. He's neither of those, just a random guy who, as the title says: "I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please while Aiming for a Detached House".
He doesn't need some specific villains like spiderman has. It's not a super hero manga and it also doesn't have to mean it's the end of that plot because they can always happen to come across another terror attack... or some noble will request help investigating that and will notice a certain, brilliant mercenary played a vital role in fighting them which can also be spiteful against a certain noble called Serena... Just gotta be patient about the plot, or just wait for the anime to come out.

You think the realistic terrorists are boring? It's better than trying to force them some ideology or whatever and when they are beaten by the great and heroic MC fighting for justice and friendship they just go

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Yes I'm aware he went on why he did what he did later but what I mean to say is to not force MC to fight every terrorist group that appears in his way.
Just let him be the mercenary he wants to be.
Just let the author write what he wants and not copy everyone else.

If Author is done with the other plots he wanted to write then after the current arc it'd be fine to come back to terrorist incident, actually I too look forward to it...
Or let's hear about Elma's origin, that's interesting me too ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

 

[Goldenzeal]

even in the space age,
there's still a Caste system?
Noble and commoners?

it's like medieval Europe,
but in space?

We still have nobles in modern times, but its mostly a honorary tittle without much power.
But its not very far fetched that families with power would consider themselves better then others out of pride.

 

[XDcute9999]

WN is far ahead of LN right? what's better to read WN? I read in the comments that it's a lot closer than LN in terms of the MC personality or smth.