- #1
Average. It's not terrible in any aspect, but it has no strong point either. Maybe you would like this story if you like Monster Hunter, because compared to other stories, this one focuses a bit on monster hunting and crafting items from them. But if you ask me, that part isn't done well either.The premise is a witch wanting to start a new life in a distant continent and she hires a merc to accompany her.The witch is the less focused one so let's talk about her first. She has lived for a very long time as a secluded witch so she is very powerful, but acts like a young countrygirl.
The merc guy is the protagonist. He's insanely strong. And since he's a merc he has loose morals, he will take on any job as long as it pays and doesn't brand him an enemy of the state.Aaaaand that's it. My impression with the story is that the author wanted to come up with something mature but it was so half-assedly done that it turned out shallow. There was not a single interesting thing about the story so far. The male MC is bland. All his enemies were simply inferior to him. The reasons for the important fights are all every dumb, like:Male MC: "I didn't do what you suspect I did. But because I'm a merc, I refuse to answer your questions and will fight you to the death if necessary."His enemies: "We also don't have enough proof to prove that you did, in fact, commit those crimes. But instead of digging deeper, we are sure that we can win and we don't like your attitude, so we will fight you."Then the male MC wins, his enemies eventually find out that he also didn't do it. So they regretted their rashness and tried to repay him for their transgressions.I do not criticize those events for being unrealistic. But 3 consecutive major conflicts (in the span of 90 chapters) went off exactly like this and I just had to roll my eyes, it's like this is the only way the author knew to progress the story. The MC has no morals so he has no real enemies, all the ones I listed were just people doing their jobs (albeit poorly). No one has any real beef with him, and thus no fights are satisfying at all. To make matters worse, fights are most of what the story is about so far. There's not much world building, other characters, or events to speak of.Finally, is there harem in this story? In the traditional sense, no. No female characters including the female MC shows real romantic interest for the male MC so far. But still I must say, holy crap the author shoved in a whole lot of girls (who are also bland) that felt indebted to the male MC and that just sucks.
The merc guy is the protagonist. He's insanely strong. And since he's a merc he has loose morals, he will take on any job as long as it pays and doesn't brand him an enemy of the state.Aaaaand that's it. My impression with the story is that the author wanted to come up with something mature but it was so half-assedly done that it turned out shallow. There was not a single interesting thing about the story so far. The male MC is bland. All his enemies were simply inferior to him. The reasons for the important fights are all every dumb, like:Male MC: "I didn't do what you suspect I did. But because I'm a merc, I refuse to answer your questions and will fight you to the death if necessary."His enemies: "We also don't have enough proof to prove that you did, in fact, commit those crimes. But instead of digging deeper, we are sure that we can win and we don't like your attitude, so we will fight you."Then the male MC wins, his enemies eventually find out that he also didn't do it. So they regretted their rashness and tried to repay him for their transgressions.I do not criticize those events for being unrealistic. But 3 consecutive major conflicts (in the span of 90 chapters) went off exactly like this and I just had to roll my eyes, it's like this is the only way the author knew to progress the story. The MC has no morals so he has no real enemies, all the ones I listed were just people doing their jobs (albeit poorly). No one has any real beef with him, and thus no fights are satisfying at all. To make matters worse, fights are most of what the story is about so far. There's not much world building, other characters, or events to speak of.Finally, is there harem in this story? In the traditional sense, no. No female characters including the female MC shows real romantic interest for the male MC so far. But still I must say, holy crap the author shoved in a whole lot of girls (who are also bland) that felt indebted to the male MC and that just sucks.
