The Lone Necromancer

(On hold/dropped at chapter 23)
I really can't take this, it's just another poor imitation of Solo Leveling but without all the tension and life-and-death situations. The plot armor is so thick it probably is thicker than a tank.

No seriously, what the heck is this? The MC does all the right things without obstruction, and is able to melee effectively despite a necromancer, able to ARISE, gets some OP mp gain and regen item, and at chapter 23.... Able to hide his Shadow Army. What in the world is this man? And keep getting OP items from roulettes, not even from defeating strong bosses.

There are actually other series that this series copies that are survival related, like that of zombies or the bug survival series. But the moment I saw necromancy and how OP he is, I just can't help but see the resemblance to Solo Leveling... But come on, the MC is on a massacre, there is barely any struggle, the entire plot is like reading MC steamroll everything! Honestly boring.

Hard to enjoy the story because in most situations the MC is like a rash shounen character with plot armor. He's bascially a friendly and nice Necromancer.

Also lol at the guys screeching racism, i'm so far 106 chapters in and there is none.

The arc with Chinese players invading Korea definitely came off very racist. I did not enjoy that one bit.
Story progression also leaves a lot to be desired.
Major world settings completely glossed over.
Necromancer MC has been done to death, pun intended. It's boring now.

Every single plot of the story is just to glorify this mc. Even the card. Way too many dude. Constantly having villains from different countries and mc easily slaughtering them alone and they won’t even be the main villain like ever damn time. He went to Taiwan and easily soloed their entire army and broadcasted the slaughter and helplessness of Chinese to the entire world. According to the author it was so easy because Chinese players we brainwashed with propaganda (damn) and their leader was portrayed as a pig-headed weak character who can’t fight and is a demon worshiper who sacrifices his people as offerings. Then a strong enemy is introduced and the real fight begins as if the previous fight was nothing but a joke.
It’s the same with Russia. Portrayed as ugly drunkards, the Russian women being called ugly by Russian men and then being defeated and the real villain comes again as though play time was over with the comic relief characters.
Oh boy when Americans came author really said they will invade and take over anything they perceive as threat for themselves as American freedom.
Christian and Muslims were also targeted.
I stoped when Americans were introduced so don’t how much more the author wrote to cover his insecurities

In my opinion, manhwa that are founded in a game-like leveling system must instill in the reader a sense of predefined rules that do not care if the protagonist succeeds or fails. It's a failure if it feels like the game system was not created for everybody, but was instead created to heavily favor the protagonist -- but our protagonist just seems to get whatever he needs from the system whenever he needs it. It's like "Oh, a level up, this skill is exactly what I need to win!"

For those who don't mind spoilers, and want a specific example of what I am talking about, I will refer you to when

our protagonist was killed by a raid boss, only to resurrect and get a truly massive power-up that allows him to solo the raid boss.

Also, whenever RNG is involved, our protagonist always seems to win, pulling out legendary items every single time. It feels like the entire world is bending over backwards for him. Most of the characters feel two-dimensional as well. I suppose the story itself isn't too bad, which is the only reason I do not rate this lower. You may still enjoy it to some degree if you like necromancer novels like I do.

READ 71 CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY OR SO. It means it's good lmao.

To be honest, it's one of the less entertaining webtoons of this style. The MC is waaay too lucky, he just gets the best items granted to him whenever he needs it and he also doesn't have the best personality traits or development. Other side characters are there just to serve the plot, not as individuals. It's very nicely drawn and has a lot of fights, so if that's what you're for then suit yourself but the plot is lacking. It's still not a bad or medicore read, just a 'fine' one.

So far, better than I expected. The MC is a necromancer but he's not a loner, thankfully, I rarely like those solo stories. He also doesn't transform like magic into a new person, he's slowly get stronger but it's done in a way that each step (so far) is interesting to read and pumps some adrenaline.
Story is meh, just generic crap, so far nothing noteworthy. At least there aren't constellations (yet, sick of those).
Characters, well the main and secondary are interesting, the fillers are all lame one way or another, everyone is either too whiny, wicked for the sake of it or just dumb. MC is interesting to lead the story, not too altruistic for his own good nor too much of an ass, likewise, he ain't neither are whiny looser nor an unparalleled genius.
Pace, so far, great.
Art, very good.
Overall, a good one, we'll see how it lives up to the 100ch hurdle in time, I can for example see it going the loner route and becoming boring fast.