Secretly More Powerful than the Hero

[MangaDex]

 

[holybeersavior]

Guys this time it's a scania semi truck

 

[CinnamonCrunch]

this is basically just a dude with a humiliation kink who has the strange desire to always be the underdog

 

[OisE]

This story is shitty. Might seem like a good idea at first : to have power and to help people while they don't notice it.

But the message is not this at all. The MC is awfully hypocrit who wants to be the strongest and look down on people while looking like a normal guy.

Very bad. If you want to read something with a hidden strong character you can find one here.

 

[Sniffious]

12 chapters in and i want the time I wasted back, this story is atrocious.

 

[theredendermen]

Is this guy trying to copy Shadow-sama?

 

[MDC]

Honestly its not that bad. The premise sounds stupid and lowers your expectations towards a story about the MC being constantly berated for being "weak" and whatnot but its got more to it than that. During the first 20 chapters he learns that there's a limit to the type of power he can show without breaking the rules (and thus dying) and he's still overpowered.

For the first 20 chapters its not bad, curios if the next 20 will maintain it or go downhill.

 

[Xioverze]

is this just the worse Korean version of eminence in shadow

 

[Romario77]

I hate their faces

 

[Pintura]

It's not great, but it's not bad either. The art is rough, true. The story is about average for what it is and the MC is goofy. If I were to take it seriously, it would be a 4/10, but I just take it with the assumption that nothing matters and that it's a comedy, and suddenly it becomes a 6/10.
Sure that could be me coping and such, and I wouldn't have anything to disprove it logically, but I don't really care tbh.

 

[Pekotaker]

Eminence in Shadow bootleg

 

[sYMmetry09]

While this manhwa features a common trope of an overpowered protagonist, its execution falls flat, a problem common with this genre nowadays. The plot relies heavily on generic elements and lacks originality. The characters and their motivations feel non sensical, and the overpowered protagonist trope itself isn't well-developed, leading to a lack of tension. The art style might not be for everyone, and the overall experience is underwhelming. Readers seeking a well-crafted story with engaging characters would be better off looking elsewhere. I don't even want to compare nor put this on the same level as Shadow Eminence

 

[AKIRAS2]

Nah, i'd waffles

 

[LightningForce]

With most of these types of stories where the main character is super strong with that being the whole premise of the story, it usually doesn't feel like THIS.

I'm not sure whether it's the extremely jarring and unnatural artwork or the horrible writing of basically everything, but every time a scene comes about where his 'strength' is supposed to shine, it's just frustrating to read. Even the moments that are supposed to be cool, it just feels so frustrating and lacking when it comes to that climactic feeling in critical moments that stories like One Punch Man and Eminence In The Shadows pull off so well.

"Prepare to die!!!"
main character appears in front of obvious damsel in distress, smirks as if about to pull off an insanely cool move.
another character coincidently appears to stop the main character before he does anything, ruining the climactic moment the story was seemingly building up to.

You repeat that formula over and over again, this is the story you get.

The main character also just seems like a major dickhead. Constantly smirking as if he knows something other people don't, and then failing to pull off any sort of meaningful moment to compliment that, it's not really a wonder why everything he does fails to get any sort of reaction other than 'ughh' out of me.

 

[OpN]

The art in this has some kind of weird jank, idk what it is specifically but I can't fucking stand it.

Also the story is just so fucking bad, everyone is literally the definition of evil or mean for evil or means sake. They're caricatures and not real characters.