i get the point that u have to put bad guys in these kind of story but damn they feel empty and bland each times its like im seeing the same "bad guys" all over again always going for the same shits and doing nothing except being the tools to produce some kinda gloomy and dramatic situation and just make us feels bad for the characters that are attacked
At first this seemed bad, but the world is starting to take shape. MC isn't a total wimp and at the same time it's not one of those "I'm actually op but i don't want to use my full power because [insert reason]". While there is a literally Deus Ex machina, it is more like the MC is in a video game then in real life; he has a clear advantage but still can lose. I have high hopes for where this goes and i hope to not be disappointed.
@thekingofhobos It's the other way around. He has no clear advantage, which gives the illusion that he's not OP, but he also can't lose, cause plot armor and an actual deus ex machina waifu.
I kinda already predict this.
Waifu in distress trope guide step by step:
step 1: introduce a girl/s (they can be OP, or have personality but that doesn't matter)
step 3: douchbags tryna [r*pe, steal, kill ] the girl/s
step 4: the douchbags will get the upperhand no matter how OP the girl/s are.
step 5:the girls will get hurt and the douche will be on 80-90% progress of their plan.(also fanservice so you know that the character will revolve around giving that shit)
------optional-------
the more bad the situation looks, the readers will be on the state of PTSD and will remember the most fcked up rape ntr hentai they read and they will go "Oh mY gOd! please MC come quick!"
step 6: the MC will come to save the day and kill the douche no matter how OP they look.
it's the MC of course hes OP when potential harem bitches are endanger
step 7:the girl/s will be gratefull
(or not, but you know shes just tsundere about it)
to the MC and their personality will revolve on trying to suck MC dick but he's dense so we will have a cycle of fanservice over and over again.
@shmerdistor while normally correct, I kinda hope the AI turns out to be fully yandere. Meaning that they end up not being 'harem bitches' (as you so eloquently put it) and instead serve as a tool to further the character-development of the "main girl" and strengthen her archetype they only alluded to so far.
But even then, they will probably exist only for fanservice for at least a few chapters, and then either be killed off for forced "character development" (the kind that isnt rly, just pretends to be) or fade into bg to give mc a reasonable explanation for beating situations one cant alone and possibly remain as occasional fanservice when author gets bored of main-girl or introduces annoying beach-episodes.
But if we are lucky they become a supporting cast that are proper characters in their own right. Though only way I can see that happening is if author decides to have them fill the yuri niche (which would mean fan-service).
Yeah, their outlook is bleak: death, fan-service, fan-service with less depth than the paper its drawn on, or more fan-service.