Rettoujin no Maken Tsukai: Skill Board wo Kushi Shite Saikyou ni Itaru - Vol. 2 Ch. 27 - Rockworms, again

[Arx724]

@Degernase
So what's supposed to be the draw of the series? There's no actual tension, the characters are bland, the art/action is as middle-of-the-road as they come, there's no fluff and no intrigue... so what is it?

 

[Degernase]

@Arx724 Hadn't read the comment chain so I didn't realize you were criticizing it. Yeah there really isn't much to praise about this manga, the best rating I can give is "it's not offensively bad/10".

 

[Vincentius]

@Arx724 So what's supposed to be the draw of the series? There's no actual tension, the characters are bland, the art/action is as middle-of-the-road as they come, there's no fluff and no intrigue... so what is it?

That is the draw. Many isekai, this one included, are simple escapist fantasies meant to appeal to people who feel like they have no control over their own lives and/or feel incredibly overworked. Failed a test at school or made a mistake at work? Insert yourself into this MC who almost literally cannot fail because he's so powerful. Too busy/nervous to get into a relationship? Here's an MC that draws women to him like flies to honey, so imagine what you'd do in his shoes.

 

[dragonashes]

If he does not tame that queen rockworm and ride it into battle, I will be severely disappointed...

 

[toastedguy]

and in the next chapter he will defeat the giant monster effortlessly the end

 

[kikix12]

@Arx724

Congratulations. You just denied several popular genres the rights to existence, among them slice of life, documentaries, biographies, comedies...

Not everyone likes forced drama, tragic death and mind-wrecking tension. If you like stuff like that, go and read a manga from a horror genre or the like. I read this, and stories like this, for a simple reason...To relax. So long as it has a decent flow and a happy-go-lucky vibe, it's a fine time-killer to fill in between stress at work and sleep. And I'm not the only one. The lone fact of how popular romcoms or comedy series are shows that there's a lot of people that just want to lower down in the thinking department and just watch something light now and then.

 

[NeedTomboyGF]

wow, absolutely despicable sniping this series. seeing as how your group began (sniping a series with slow releases), i never thought you would stoop so low to snipe a series passionate fans are working on and releasing quickly. you bitched and complained for months about calamity scans sniping you, but then turn around and do the same thing to another group. SHAMELESS!

 

[Blubgoo]

Damn it feels so wrong seeing her admire someone just because they're strong while the person in question did not work a single day in their life or experience any sort of hardship to acquire said strength. gonna be a hard yikes from me

 

[Arx724]

@Vincentius
You can have a story that's power fantasy / simple / escapism and still have actually interesting parts to it.

@kikix12
I apologise for not listing literally every single point of interest a series can possibly have when giving examples. Slice of life quite often has fluff, documentaries/biographies have information, comedies have humor, etc. And lmao @ "forced drama", did you miss the past few chapters?

I'm currently re-reading the Belgariad, which is a fantasy book series that's as tropey as they come. It's the "zero-to-hero farmer boy" trope, a fantasy journey of chasing the magical doodad with an adventuring party made up of a wize wizard grandpa, a big gruff heart-of-gold barbarian dude, the sly thief, the princess, etc. It's a run-of-the-mill children's book series, but manages to be entertaining thanks to the character interactions. Hell, the writer (Eddings) basically rewrote the same story 4 times (more or less, 2 of them have a different protagonist) and they still manage to be an enjoyable read.

 

[Gudachiz]

someone please tell me the guild master either dies or ends up getting tortured next chapter

 

[BoILeRuSS]

This is so below average, no, it's actually objectively bad manga...

 

[Saxfire]

@dragonashes
That Queen is best waifu so far

 

[OverlordSaiki]

Centi-senpai!

 

[Galatheus]

Dude, this chapters are shorter than my dick, and that's a lot to say... 4 pages more won't hurt anybody cmon

 

[gagegageha]

Just kill the branch master already.. he only a branch manager... kill him n other takes his place... he is expendable that way

 

[wahyurockajn]

@gagegageha well the funny thing is

Spoiler

he inded stab the branch master which wound the demon posessing him and later decided to kill the branch master so he can posessed someone else

 

[jimmyclear]

@wahyurockajn

A Hi-Jack situation? Interesting.

 

[Niton]

No way... it's... Big Chungus?

 

[nueee]

Thank you!

 

[Kiruzu]

bro

can the girl save herself or something for once cmon bruh