Hundreds Years After I Was Called [Just Corpse], I’ve Become Strongest Undead When I Woke Up Chapter 51 Discussion

General consensus seems to be that how often the POV changes is annoying, and I can see why. I think it could work though. The primary issue for me is that the main character is very one-note:

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He can't talk to women, he wants to die.

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He doesn't really have anything else going on, by far the most interesting chapters of this novel are where you see the story from other characters perspectives, reacting to his actions. The repetition can get frustrating, to combat this I feel like it'd be better if the sections from the main characters perspective were briefer and the sections from other characters POV were more in-depth. That way rather than getting one telling of events, and then another equally detailed telling of events (with the addition of a secondary characters dull thoughts) - the second go around reveals more information you didn't get in the first making it feel a little more worthwhile.

Just my take on it.

As for the actual story:

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The main character revives as an incredibly powerful undead but simply wants to die. In 51 chapters he has excessively limited interaction with any of the other 'developed' characters beyond simply trying to avoid them. He's faced two serious foes so far, an undead organisation and a dragon - both of which he dispatched with little effort. His confrontation with the King in 'battle' had the potential to be interesting, but it was brief and didn't lead to much. The much anticipated confrontation with the holy woman who has been chasing the main character has finally happened in chapter 52 - it mostly skipped over it, only showing the beginning and end of the conversation, feels like a missed opportunity to have some interesting dialogue.

The main character's quest to die is difficult to sympathise with. He has no reason to want to pass on other than 'man, it should've happened already, I really want to go'. There's no inner conflict, he's resolute without reason. If he gets someone to care about and then has some kind of crisis about whether he wants to go - that'd make his character a little interesting, but there's no sign of that happening so far.

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So, ultimately, pretty mediocre. It does live up to the 'overpowered protagonist' tag, at least.

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I hope he meets an enemy he can't just defeat in one punch soon - I'd like him to make full use of his regeneration ability and outlast his opponent. I also hope he learns to actually care about something other than dying so he has something real to fight for.

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