Seikatsu Mahoutsukai no Gekokujou

[MangaDex]

 

[RiasatSenpai]

uploaders site has close to 10 chapters

 

[Necromandre]

Ey i love this, hope the creators, translators, editor, artists kep continuing this.

 

[Solipsist]

This is one of those manga where, without the art, would be a very boring story. Art carries this 100%.

I found it really weird how, you get the feeling that the author put some work into the setting, there's some depth to it.
Yet, at the same time, it's aa cookie cutter and uninspiring as it gets.
Dungeons. Levels. Stats. The main point of conflict being "People think I'm weak but actually OP maybe", and the girls come on swarming.
Not to mention, what's the point of making an esoteric class of magic, "Life magic", and then have it behave like an offensive class? That's like having a crafter become an OP warrior.
Just write a warrior.
What the author should've done instead, is have the MC be a competent supporter, or crafter, rather than be recognized as a strong fighter.

It feels like the author was really into the
D-genesis LN, and tried to copy it, while also copying every other trope on the market.
What's next, a tournament arc? Being dumped by the hero party as a background story?

I wanna point out that I'm dumping all of that, because A) gotta do something on the toilet, and B) because it genuinely seems like the author is capable of proper world-building. But gave way to too much marketable tropes.

 

[BusinessGL]

It’s decent.

 

[Solandri]

This is one of those manga where, without the art, would be a very boring story. Art carries this 100%.

I found it really weird how, you get the feeling that the author put some work into the setting, there's some depth to it.
Yet, at the same time, it's aa cookie cutter and uninspiring as it gets.
Dungeons. Levels. Stats. The main point of conflict being "People think I'm weak but actually OP maybe", and the girls come on swarming.
Not to mention, what's the point of making an esoteric class of magic, "Life magic", and then have it behave like an offensive class? That's like having a crafter become an OP warrior.
Just write a warrior.
What the author should've done instead, is have the MC be a competent supporter, or crafter, rather than be recognized as a strong fighter.

It feels like the author was really into the
D-genesis LN, and tried to copy it, while also copying every other trope on the market.
What's next, a tournament arc? Being dumped by the hero party as a background story?

I wanna point out that I'm dumping all of that, because A) gotta do something on the toilet, and B) because it genuinely seems like the author is capable of proper world-building. But gave way to too much marketable tropes.

I think that's a bit unfair. You're concentrating on the similarities with other manga, not the differences. Lots of even the best LN/manga/anime use those same tropes. So their presence isn't automatically an indicator of mediocrity.

I enjoy stories where the MC thinks outside the box. He has a weak or limited power, but figures out ways to leverage it to accomplish things you wouldn't think were possible. I have found very few stories like that; this being one of them. Also, the systematic way MC goes about testing different spells in the dungeon to figure out what works and what doesn't, I've only seen in two other stories. I completely geek out over that (and do that type of testing in a lot of the games I play). So it's painful to see you lump this in with the thousands of trope manga just because you personally don't appreciate this. This is a story for people with a scientist's or engineer's mindset.

The author isn't just making stuff up as he goes - he's put some thought into creating a logical and consistent basis for magic in this world. The author already explained the difference between "offensive" uses of life magic versus offensive magic. Life magic has more limited range, and (from what we've seen) seems to be limited to applying physical force and physically melding objects. Bear in mind that magic is relatively new in this world. So the moniker "life magic" is just a label that was quickly slapped on in response to obvious uses of this type of magic. From what I've seen so far, "force magic" or "physical magic" probably would've been a better name. But other characters (and you) are automatically assuming it's weak based on the unfortunate name given to it.

As for MC becoming a supporter or crafter, the story establishes in the first chapter that MC is already one of the best in the world at that (he fixes damaged equipment for the school superbly). This story is about figuring out ways to use life magic in an application where it's supposed to be weak, not one where it's strong. i.e. Establishing that it's weak only because people haven't really thought about ways to use it.

(It's an analogy to kids being bullied in school because they perform poorly in athletics or academics. A lot of times they perform poorly not because they lack talent, but because they haven't yet been able to figure out how to apply the talents they do have. My nephew has dyslexia. He struggled with math and reading assignments, until we figured out different ways for him to approach those which worked around his dyslexia. He's now studying to go into aerospace.)

That's not to say the story is perfect. The pacing is a bit wonky, and there are a lot of confusing time skips / flashbacks. Sometimes it's difficult to follow what's going on in panels. MC is one of those "strong but doesn't realize it" characters I despise, but at least he seems to be growing out of it (unlike countless other manga I've read). I'd give it a solid 8/10.