Yankee wa Isekai de Seirei ni Aisaremasu.

[Ringz]

Feels like I've waited more than just a month for another chapter to show up...

 

[humbleoverlord]

wow, truck businesses is flourishing now day, they make killing doing soul delivery to another world...

 

[Aretheus]

We are 12 chapters in and I still can't quite understand what these Pillsbury dough boy rejects actually do for the main character. They seem to just sit on his shoulder and point at things occasionally. Make me understand what I'm supposed to be getting excited for.

I understood that the shield was going to become a cool weapon eventually in Rise of the Shield Hero, so I was looking forward to that. I understood that Rimuru was going to become a complete beast from absorbing stuff in Slime Tensei, so I was looking forward to that.

I don't get what the unique selling point of this story is. He's a delinquent...? He uses a pipe instead of a well-balanced, masterfully designed sword or mace...? What am I supposed to care about?

 

[Zael]

@Aretheus

Spoiler

It's been indicated that they give him a tremendous magical power. With current numbers, it's about infinite. So he's already the world's strongest mage.

 

[Rheeve]

@Aretheus Also they remodeled the carriage for him some chapters back so they do stuff for him, also he sent them scouting in the cave like 2-3 chapters ago.
Most importantly though, they are adorable as fuck.

 

[Garlyle]

Liked this series A LOT more before that awful older sister started hogging all the screen time.

 

[AbuHajaar]

He can just attach that stone to his pipe and give it a potential draining effect in addition to the concussion got from hitting people with it.

 

[TrollKing]

@AbuHajaar That's actually pretty OP. Especially with his strength

 

[lrl]

I like how earnest this manga feels. It's not masterpiece, but it's loveable in the way it feels like something we all could have done, just actually done. If this makes sense.

 

[BloodySorcerer]

@Aretheus Well, we already know that they'll listen to the MC. And they can indeed create Items out of nothing like that Frying pan they made for the MC.

 

[mangafreak]

this manga is cancer, fuck i got my expectations up

 

[ConstantErasing]

I'm going with what seems to be the majority opinion here that this is really refreshing. The main character doesn't seem to be overly OP, he has a distinct personality, flaws, and a goal of sorts. It's just light feel-good sort of fun with the occasional moment of, at least moderate, depth.

@Aretheus Why does it need a unique selling point or something that makes the character OP? It's cute and its amusing. It's an enjoyable read following Y̶u̶s̶u̶k̶e̶ ̶U̶r̶a̶m̶e̶s̶h̶i̶ some delinquent guy who wants to make friends and a cast of (mostly) lovable idiots. It doesn't need to have some kind of unique hook that makes it stand out for it to be a fun series to read. However if you do want some foreshadowing of him becoming OP, I would say the fact that he's contracted with so many spirits when having only 3 contracted spirits makes you a top level mage is about as straight forward as it gets. I'm sure at some point they'll figure out a way to have him use magic and he'll become a demi-god or something. Honestly, though, I'd prefer if the series went in a direction where he can't ever use magic but he can use his connection with the spirits to assist others in forming contracts. After all his goal is to meet people and make connections and that'd be a great way to tie in with that. I doubt it will go in that direction, but regardless there are clearly ways for the spirits to become useful for him. Still, even if it didn't, do we really need more isekai manga featuring an OP protagonist living out a power fantasy? At this point I'd prefer more series where the selling point isn't some unique power that makes the protagonist OP, but just a good story in a fantasy world centered on interesting characters.

@mangafreak What? Why?

 

[Aretheus]

@ConstantErasing The isekai genre is simply a framework, nothing more. Every single isekai has to go through the same bullet points with regards to its central premise. But what a story does to make it stand out is what makes it worth reading or not.

Moon-led Journey has a great setting with an intriguing history, Mushoku Tensei has profound themes to its narrative, and Tensei Slime has an awesome cast of characters revolutionizing the world.

These narrative aspects can support a show by themselves, but it doesn't change the fact that the spirits in this manga are a complete waste.

We have two major factors differentiating this mangafrom every other on the market. Main character's a delinquent, and these gummy-bear-looking things. If these spirit's aren't actively making the story more fun to read, then don't include them. If you hang a gun on the wall in act 1, you better be firing it in act 2.

I do find it clever of you to try and disregard my opinion as me wanting the protagonist to be op though. Good work projecting your thoughts onto me.

 

[bhagad]

I'm in this for the chibis. :3

 

[ConstantErasing]

@Aretheus In your original post you ask about what the function of the spirits are, what they'll do for him. You use examples of things that made the character powerful in other series you liked. You asked what you should be getting excited for. I don't think its a stretch to interpret this as "wanting the spirits to make the character powerful", especially since his connection with them was given by god as a reward to help him in this other world, something that usually makes a character OP. I hardly think that warrants snide passive aggressive comments accusing me of projecting.

Moreover you seem to be agreeing with me on my main point: that it is the core elements of a story that make it good, not merely its trappings or its gimmicks. Although I might disagree with you over your examples (I think Mushoku Tensei's strong suit is the power of its emotional moments rather than its themes (though I'd still say those are good), and I'd argue that Slime's characters are largely flat, static, and uninteresting and that its strong points are its world and the central element of state building), we seem to agree that what makes for a good series is not a power gimmick or an OP character, but something more fundamental. My point in the first place is that this series is already enjoyable based on some of those core elements. I enjoy it for its tone, its characters, and its cute aesthetic primarily, and for the mystery of what the contracts with the spirits will do for him since he can't use magic. Yes, I'd call the seeming near uselessness of the spirits an attractive point of the series. It has been plainly set up that the spirits are quite powerful and impactful in their own way and the question of how he might end up using them is intriguing. It's actually a little ironic that you bring up Chekhov's gun since I'd argue that the spirits are following the idea of it quite well. They've been set up already and now we are waiting for them to be fired.

I simply do not agree that every isekai needs to go through the same bullet points in its premise. All an isekai needs to qualify as isekai is for the character to end up in another world. They don't need to be stuck there, they don't need to be reincarnated, they don't need some gift from god or a similar entity, although most series include these regardless. Yes, I'd agree that an interesting an unique premise that sets it apart is good, but its not necessary. I've enjoyed plenty of series with very basic premise because they simply did a good job of telling their story, and I've been disappointed in plenty of other series with great unique premises because they went nowhere with it (I've found everything Funa writes fits this to a T). This series is so far fitting in with the former category. It's not exceptional and I wouldn't blame anyone for not being interested in it. I don't even really mind it being dismissed offhand for not being especially unique, because the market is absolutely glutted with generic boring isekai that go nowhere. However, I would still argue that dismissing it like that is not entirely fair because it does have some unique aspects that can act as its selling point. For me it is the feel of the story, the sense of lightness and sincerity while still being able to get serious when necessary, that is its selling point, not the spirits. The spirits are merely a gimmick. I would agree that they aren't very good as a unique selling point by themselves, but they absolutely serve a purpose, both for the narrative and the tone, and honestly they don't need to be the selling point.

 

[Poppyfagg]

He can't use magic but he CAN use the chibis. He already used them for recon and transforming the wagon, when as we have seen so far are normal uses of magic. Like others have said, He got like 30 chibis, 10 times the amount needed to be some kind of super wizard so we just have to wait. Personally the suspense these chibis are causing is great.

 

[metalslime]

I can't believe you guy are going to write a fucking essay about an isekai story.
God. use that time to read some classic and critique it instead. This shit isn't worth your time to get worked up like that

 

[TetraSky]

Hopefully he leaves that place and goes back to living with the spirits by himself. Human interaction is obviously not his forte and he's lucky to even still be alive after being so disrespectful.

 

[Serkket]

Interesting idea but I really dislike everyone but the MC.
Hopefully they introduce some more likeable characters.

Spoiler

Maybe even have him join the Spirit Liberation Troop because this royalty sucks.

 

[Mathias]

And so goes our mithril pipe wielding delinquent hero on a wholly new adventure...