The Weakest Occupation "Blacksmith," but It's Actually the Strongest

[controversial-me]

whenever I read this it feels as though I’m dragging myself through mud

 

[Werebearguy]

Series was fully translated on November 10th 2023. The result? It dragged on way too long, and became less interesting with every new arc and character. The start was good, but the quality continued to dip until the very end. What a shame.

 

[blackcondor69]

It felt like it Got cancelled I’m sad

 

[Nekke_]

Kinda mid ending, probably would have been better if it ended earlier, felt like it was artificially made longer

 

[Morthasa]

A frustatingly common issue is series that don't seem to end, but rather put up a semi-colon and then just peace out.

 

[Klaudrin]

Yet another series that ends inconclusively.

 

[blackeyedcat47]

It has decent lore and overall story with nice characters. The whole concept of "blacksmiths are weekest and crapiest in the world" was explained pretty realisticly. but base line is, this is just your average harem story with

Spoiler: ending

typical dense Main Character who for someone reason cannot notice feeling of females around him and generic ending in which no romance line are finished and first female character appeared in a story almost confessed her feeling to the MC, but guess what, suddenly interrupted by others females and all was turned into a joke.

Like what's a point teasing reader with all that romance bs if you don't finish story lines properly.

 

[kilionimra]

Guess it was axed, another isekai story ended.

 

[Pandicle]

It's a pleasant read when you binge it, the axing was not too brutal and some details made me laugh a lot (chibi Mear * _ *).
A good one to spend an afternoon with

 

[Xaqairy]

Wait... That's where it ends? What? That's so unsatisfying!!
Relatively short manga. Decent, if cliche, characterization, but the ending feels more like the end of an arc, not the end of the story.

 

[kotetic]

Is it just me or this manga ended too abruptely? I wanted to know what happens next. It's generic yeah it is but who cares just finish yout story properly!!!!

 

[TestAddress]

Isekai always has the trope, people in the other world are less smart than a 5th grade elementary kid.

 

[SimplyARando]

Aria got me feeling some type of way 😩

 

[Hyperkinesis]

I didn't mind this one. Although I figure that any manga I actually finish had to be interesting in some way if I stuck around for nearly 200 chapters.

The premise is fine, a "weakest [blank] is actually the strongest" isn't the most original thing, but I came here for the ridiculous over-powered abilities so I guess it's alright. The characters were generally likable, although I've never liked the dense MC trope since it doesn't add anything (especially here) so I could've done away with that for sure. But what drew me in the most was probably the overarching mystery—specifically why the blue crystal monsters were around, and the existence of the three 'bosses'.

The one critique I have about that though is that I wish we had more time with them, learning more about their personalities, their goals, and even their powers. All we really got for that was a brief panel with them as humans before Aria's introduction, so I thought that was a shame. I would've liked to like these characters, but they just felt like milestones for our protagonist.

Other than that, after looking through a bunch of comments, with people being extremely dissatisfied at the ending, the obvious reason as to why is because it finished on a cliffhanger. If the 'blue crystals' arc was treated more like the main story and the ending was wrapped up neatly from that, not nearly as many people would've had a problem with it. I'm sure the author knew that was the risk for an ending like that though, so not much else to be said about it.

(Though there's a little comment right at the end of 163 that says that the final volume "will be released on January 9th" so it's not where this story was supposed to end anyway.)

Overall, 5/10 — kills an afternoon well and had some great storytelling moments, but there's a lot of missed potential. If the final volume ever comes out, then I'd like to see where they conclude it, for sure.