One of the worst Isekai tales in existence, should have been named “In Another World With a Learning Disorder”...
I’ve read hundreds of Isekais by now and there’s only one other tale (though that one only screwed up the MC) that I hate as much as this one.
The MC - Touya - makes absolutely no sense as a character. He’s meant to be 35 y’s/o but he is characterised to act/react as if he’s the actual age of his very-young avatar (18’ish). He doesn’t go with the isekai Death March-styled “naive foreigner on holiday” vibe, but rather he genuinely seems to have a learning impediment... The author frames him the same way as every other young protagonist (like he’s a saint), except that he’s never intentionally a good person at all—in fact, the guy’s a total asshole to everyone and ONLY ever helps anyone out when he’s obligated to! Heck, even when it comes to our heroines, the only reason he begrudgingly progresses the story with them is because he ongoingly caves to ‘societal expectations’ that other, more mature adults in his surroundings, pressure him with in order to prevent him from completely fobbing off everyone. Be it a life-or-death battle involving others, be it a young maiden in distress, be it contributing to the community, the author MEANS for him to be identical to all other “saintly MCs” (like whatever this was copy/pasted from), but every single time the dynamics of the situation vary in some way that instead suggests that our MC is slow-witted, unfriendly, self-interested, selfish, unsympathetic, and incapable of assessing any of the situations he’s in beyond the simple calculation of ‘I’m safe’ & ‘Im not safe’ (and only in the immediate-present).
He’s an asshole. A total asshole. He’s not someone who lived for over 35 years, LET ALONE was a fking Office Worker?!? No fucking way, he has ZERO real-life skills, has ZERO interest in other human beings (literally the only relationship he forges of his own volition is WITH A NON-HUMAN ENTITY - A FUCKING SPIRIT!), he cannot grasp even a fraction of what the viewer can/is regarding his own situation or even the mechanics of the game that he was APPARENTLY #1 in the world at (& supposedly after years upon years of grinding more than anyone else in the game - which is completely contradictory & at-odds with his supposed full-time job???)... The guy is a fucking moron—and it absolutely doesn’t help that the artwork is both uninspired copy-pasta (that, frankly, could have been computer-generated & would probs still be more expressive & artistic), and is trying to portray an artstyle that’s simple to digest & fast to understand, meaning that characters (esp. our MC) don’t express complicated emotions, so the MC only has child-like facial dynamics suitable for someone under the age of 15... It’s completely fucked - WHO is the target-demographic for this story anyway!?! 35 Y/O OFFICE WORKERS? AN AVATAR FOR TEENS?! SIMPLE SCENARIO-BUILDING & FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, BUT COMPLEX WORLD-BUILDING, SOCIO-POLITICS, & WORLD-MECHANICS/SYSTEMS?!?! ...... -.-
Literally 1/10, only because the lore of the universe/world & the mechanics of them (MMO-world etc) are quite pleasant, easy to follow (despite moderate-complexity), and the first time I’ve seen this kind of MMO arrangement - it was fun... Lmao, I’d give it anywhere up to a 3-4/10 if they even THOUGHT to explore said mechanics nearly as much as they laid-out expectations for.... As someone else said: “a game where you change classes every 100 levels, & our temporary antagonist has over 700 levels worth of job-evolutions; WHY-OH-WHY DID THE PROTAGONIST STOP EVOLVING & JOB-CHANGING AFTER LEVEL 200?!?”.
Trash. I can’t recommend this at all because it does everything in its power to betray every.single.expectation that you’ll either ‘BE expecting’ or will ‘be told TO expect’. It’s like seeing a grown man that looks friendly & is well-dressed, refuse to use the toilet before you only to soil himself. And then to repeat that process every chapter.
