The Unsuccessful yet Academically Unparalleled Sage ~A Cheating S-Rank Sorcerer's Post-Rebirth Adventurer Log~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 1.1 - Skill: Reincarnation

[mommunism]

I pointed out how common this garbage "weak, but actually the strongest thing in the universe" trope was literally two days ago and here's yet another uninspired title where it's the entire premise. This is the kind of shit that makes me embarrassed to recommend anybody at all to a site like this.

 

[Kllick]

Even with that low effort synopsis, we still can glimpse into the story easily. Just show how generic the manga is.

 

[humbleoverlord]

If you can, do. If you can't, reincarnate and become an adventurer - George Bernard Shaw

 

[Duainfey]

Well. This was too short to form an opinion.

 

[Eviltwinq]

>embarrassed to recommend anybody at all to a site like this.
true, especially with stupid comment like this.
>2 days ago
how about a decade ago when the boom started? unless you're not even born yet?
everyone knows this is a niche genre, yet it's 2019 and you still feel the need to sh** post about it.

 

[muon]

You may want to read his post again.

 

[sjmcc13]

@mommunism : except he is not weak, just not as strong/talented as the other 3 sages. being #4 of 100+ is still pretty strong normally.

Also there is a difference between being a garbage and being overused, if you are seeing a lot of something then that usually means the trope is popular with the audience it is being made for which requires it NOT be garbage in order to get popular in the first place. Popularity leads to overuse, garbade leads to very little use. Learn the difference between bad and "I do not like".

 

[Meridis]

@botodopo

I'm not sure what you could do that would be considered a good hook for a reincarnation fantasy or isekai story at this point. We're at the point where everything you would have to do in the story to make it stand out isn't stuff that you could stuff into the first chapter, it would have to build itself on it's characters, world, or themes and not on the basic setup that comes at the beginning. For me, I'm a little interested just from the mc. I can empathize with his borderline impostor syndrome response to the recognition he's getting. Outside of something line that, I'm not sure what would get someone interested in this kinda story from the first chapter at this point.

@sjmcc13
@mommunism

honestly, if your seeing the same story alot, that's more an issue with the range of stories you read than their popularity. There's still a wide range of stories being put out, we just keep finding and looking for the same stuff for some reason. I saw a good web novel I've been meaning to try that looks quite different from this stuff, maybe you should give it a go too. It's called "A Practical Guide to Evil"

https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/summary/

 

[Nep]

@sjmcc13

I can roughly see where you are both coming from but imo,

(The Unsuccessful Yet Academically Unparalleled Sage ~A Cheating S-Rank Sorcerer's Post-Rebirth Adventurer Log~)

One could say that there are lots of unsuccessful academic genius and successful academic dropouts. But not in this case.

There is no such thing as shit but cheat. You are either OP breezing through life or you are seriously struggling for legit reasons. "Cheats" that get the short end of the stick like Naofumi(Shield Hero) are not 'shit' but that series doesn't revolve around people thinking he is useless to begin with.

Then there is the Index series where people don't even realize his ability exists (which is also somewhat fine) until maybe late in the series[on top of natural bad luck] (i remember nothing after Accelerator)

The real problems are stories like say... Rakudai Eiyuutan, that OP slime summoner story etc, whose story premise is about MC being 'trash' but secretly OP, gets involved with high leveled people that NORMALLY wouldn't care about peons, win, lots of wow. Different flavors of pretty much the same story is stupid regardless of how popular the trope is. Its becoming cancer like almost every Wuxia/Xianxia story. Not all of them are garbage but easily 95 out of 100 are technically garbage, regardless of whether we like it or not.

There is no such thing as Heroic Failures. Pick one. You can't be both at the same time. #4 out of 100 sounds pretty successful to me and that number is only going to get 'worst' when he reincarnates.

Now that i think about it, these cancer stories are like fried chicken. Popular enough to be everywhere, most of them taste the same, only a few actually really good ones.

@Meridis

Thanks for the practical guide to evil. I technically hate villain(?) stories (to the extent ditched Tyranny because of it) so i guess eating offals would be a good alternative to the usual chicken, fish and vegetables.

 

[mommunism]

@Eviltwinq This isn't a niche genre. The trope is fucking everywhere.

@sjmcc13 Did you read the title? Unparalleled means he's the strongest period, unsuccessful means he certainly isn't considered to be in the top 4 of humanity. Also, I didn't say this is garbage because it's overused. It's both, for separate reasons. Every single title that uses it has a lazy deus ex machina to explain away the massive inconsistency between perception of the protagonist and the reality of his strength. I don't even care to humor your popularity defense, it's obviously absurd and fallacious.

@Meridis I don't read these. I just see a new one like every other time I look at the front page.

 

[mismarca]

pretty sure this dude career is about to fucking end 😌

 

[Orenoname]

Hello, I'm just here for:

Artist: Uo Denim

that is all

 

[lenovoaxioo]

i can see the plot from the cover

 

[nawoon]

@Orenoname didn't notice that until I saw ur comment. Noice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Tiihokatti]

Another one of these. I have read too many of these copypasta mangas that everything looks like one big blur to me.

Manga industry is truly oversaturated by the reincarnation/isekai/strongest-weakest/battle-school-fantasy setting. And now even Shoujo mangas are getting oversaturated by the otome-game isekai stuff.

And I still keep reading this trash. Maybe it's just that I'm trash too.

 

[welcome2atlantis]

This Sage isn't very sagely.

 

[juviegar]

Uo Denim? Instant follow.

 

[Reimos]

@Tiihokatti anime and manga are trash, but, if we are being honest here, so are we.

 

[feha]

The end.

The way this chapter ended, it clearly has no continuation. There was no "but", and no chapter would end without at least writing the "but..." even if they wanted to leave the actual body of it to a later chap.

 

[icarushector]

Cute