- #1
It's shit.Started out vaguely interesting, with the world's hostility matching the prowess the protagonist (Rio) was showing. Everyone is out to piss on him, so him having super powers is fair. You want to see him excel and overcome in such a situation.But no, he leaves when the going gets tough again (though I loved the real politik the King and nobles were playing) and then arrives at the indigenous noble savage village due to a literal escort side-quest he does because he doesn't have the spine to just leave someone behind. The place is apparently filled with creatures of all races just getting along and being kind to one another in a complete 180 to the humans. At this point, I started to get annoyed.We're told that only the nobles essentially get to learn magic and that their system is limited and restricting while everyone in the Spirit village gets a taste of the Dryad's sap which gives them the basic ability to use their version of magic, which is much more well-rounded and varied. On top of that, the beastmen of the spirit village have stronger bodies, the elves can make better potions, the dwarves can make better armor etc. The Spirit village excels humanity in all regards, it seems.Yet for some reason the humans seem to be completely dominating the world, with the spirit people only living in a single village, often also getting kidnapped by humans for s*avery? The world building makes no sense.Rio is a half-baked and driveless character. He gets to have his cake ("oh, not gonna do anything, never show initiative in anything I do") but at the same time he gets to eat it (everyone is overwhelmed in the Spirit village is overwhelmed by his kindness and bend over backwards to please him). And then he casually instructs them on sh*t like martial arts, civil engineering and apparently politics as well? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU LET SOME WET BEHIND THE EARS KID WHO JUST SHOWED UP ONE DAY DICTATE LAW? What makes the author think that some random college kid knows enough about society to just come around and randomly throw advice around, and have nothing go wrong? The arrogance and sheer ignorance of the author is baffling.The spirit village is f*cking shit. The main character is a spineless wuss. The "love interests" are all one-dimensional cardboard cutouts who only exists for the sake of some nebulous checklist in the author's mind.Don't bother with this, it's not worth it.
