Saikyou no Shokugyou wa Yuusha Demo Kenja Demo Naku Kanteishi (Kari) Rashii Desu yo? - Ch. 22

[MangaDex]

 

[JavelinJoe]

For once, this god has actually said something intelligent. Telling MC he cant go home, or at least the person they currently are searching for does not know of one, would more or less erase his current #1 reason to do things. MC's entire existance has been based around returning home ever since he got to this world. No future plans, no long term goals, nothing except return home. Take that away, and he could potentially lose all motivation to continue living. Waiting until he finds another purpose on his own is not a bad idea. At least for now.

 

[Mpwilson123]

That was weird his shot was dead one and it missed I wonder if it’s to die with his gods connection weakening or is it the girls doing, hope it’s not the former considering the what the top god said it’ll be bad if he lost his everybody’s wants to look after him perk.

 

[dokidoki]

Does anyone else here thinks this series has gotten somewhat stale or boring compared to the first couple of chapters at the start? like I think it could be a character problem as in I don't like any of the characters in the party atm and the ones I somewhat like aren't even part of the main story so rip

 

[boogle]

@dokidoki well yeah, they had a goal before and the story focused on the "Hero's" issues and enemies. The MC has no power apart from his god given ones, he only has a vague goal of reaching the bottom of the labyrinth (we have no reference how long this will take) and we only have a very slight idea about the ONE antagonist that the manga has so far.

Essentially nothing was setup for the readers to look forward to so far, no real "drama" (all the party is happy and like each other) and no side characters that the MC or party cares about.

 

[Eloyas]

Why doesn't he tell his party that his powers are waning in the dungeon? That's an incredibly stupid thing to keep for yourself. I hate it when people don't communicate properly.

 

[Ushiokaze]

@Eloyas
I don't think he knows what that drop does.
As you see on page 27, he was trying to ask what those drops mean, but got interrupted by the fight that happened.
That being said, I'm pretty sure he knows what the drops mean now.

 

[Qelix]

So he has next to no real offensive powers, except those gifted to him and he is losing them, when he needs them (clearing dungeons). The existence of an effect, that blocks his abilities is also a major setback in itself. Maybe some debuff spell could do the same. In that case he would have a very bad weakness to exploit in the worst kind of situations.

I see, why some people are getting tiered of this titel. The MC has a small set of unique (and very efficiently used) OP-cheat abilities (Worldmap, Appraisal), but next to nothing to defend himself, when found. Him being well liked, is a "wonderful" ability as 1. It doesn't get much more offensive, when the world tells him, he is shit and should just rely on others and 2. if that really is an ability, its fucking brainwashing. His offensive skills that he got are either very weak or, as it turns out, unreliable. It doesn't help, that he is about to be ambushed yet again in that dungeon and his offensive abilities regress also.

It's fine, that this manga takes the longer route and doesn't just shower MC in offensive cheat abilities (except that one time). More to expect and not giving everything away is a good setup for long term entertainment. It's one of the major good points, but... he stayed a bit too long too useless in battles. Some unique ability, that he could use to save his butt or turn things around in a tight situation, some sort of ace up his sleeve, would be nice at this point. The way is is right now, he simply becomes the victim in most situations and can't fight back. It's just one demotivating moment after the other for him. Also an enemy on his tail, that knows and abuses his weak point might sound like an exciting idea. But if it leads to that he can only survive because of deus ex machina events, like random power ups as it happened last time he faced his pursuer, if I remember correctly, that's boring.

And as MC could be about to give up any moment (especially if he learns, that "there is no way back home"), so are some readers. It's no fun reading a manga that offers no drama, but it is also no fun reading one, that is just unsatisfying or even frustrating for too long.

Don't get me wrong. My patients didn't run out. This manga still has a few interesting setups, I see potential and I like it. But some mistakes have already been made. There is progress in the story (Wolf hero's curses are broken one by one, mage girl becomes stronger), but regarding his own new powers, it felt like an asspull, when he got showered in them. (And it amounts to nothing, if they are taken away again or become unreliable. You don't climb a mountain with gear that might or might not work.) Now MC is also about to make enemies with some idiotic, foolish elven nobles (the trope of all frustrating setups/Sounds like a heck of pain in the arse.), is about to be ambushed, loses his abilities and is being pressed back into a frustrating loser role. Just one setup, that might lead to a frustration situation, after the other. Of course you don't feel thrilled about reading the next chapters.

MC better come up with an awesome plan and saves the day with his limited resources like an badass to prove his worth (especially in his own eyes) to get some HYPE into this, as MC kinda IS the hero of this story, isn't he? Or is he supposed to be just a joke to us? In this case add a gag manga tag.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

That was weird. Did the dungeon have no wifi, so the cheat signal didn't reach MC?

 

[icarushector]

Sounds like the dungeon is a godless realm. The gods don't know why they even exist and their blessings are reduced the deeper you go? Awfully suspicious. ESPECIALLY if we take into account that the gods are isekai'd characters too.

 

[Kyujyu]

@Ushiokaze I wouldn't be so sure, based on mc track record he is not the brightest isekai mc so these issue will escalates until its too late to take precautionary actions.

 

[gigabarto]

dwarf waifus are the best

 

[Wolvenworks]

oh no....anti-cheat in effect...

 

[Silwith]

"Hahaha, i guess i failed this time" Yeah, good job dumbest MC of all time, not letting your comrades know that something changed, so they can be especially surprised when one of them die miserably for you because you dumb fu** didn tell them, so they couldnt prepare...

@Kyujyu: " based on mc track record he is not the brightest isekai mc" --- understatement of the century

 

[Tokanova]

i think even if MC finds out he can't go home he'll just double down on helping claude break his curse. at least, as a short time goal, it'd be something attainable and drive him forward a bit.

 

[Raudhbjorn]

And like an idiot, Hibiki doesn't tell his party that he's losing power the further in they go.

 

[Manga-Titan]

Was Hibiki once a god? And wished to be reincarnated as a human with his memories erased? And those dungeons, why do they effect his skills blessed by the gods. So many mysteries.

 

[OllyMolly]

The gods are naively foolish this time around.