Clearing an Isekai with the Zero-Believers Goddess – The Weakest Mage among the Classmates (WN) Chapter 97 Discussion

OK this is my first review:

I've read up to the latest raws and will put any spoils under spoiler tag.

The characters are much more complex than initially made out to be and the story flows pretty well. Many of the critiques with strong negatives toward the MC and the side characters is actually very important parts of the story they just haven't gotten to. I really love the dynamic between Makoto and Sakurai (hero of light) Sakurai is no Kouki as some people seem to think after first few chapters. It reminds me of the short story "My Hero" here on NU.

Sakurai: big spoilers

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Sakurai seems like an overly good person who just wants to bring MC along cause he pities him at first. As the story progresses we learn that Makoto is the only person who Sakurai truly trusts ever since he was a small child and the only person in the world he can openly speak to about the burdens he's carrying. TBH Sakurai is one gender away from being main heroine.

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Makoto: big spoilers

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Other than this, the MC is truly the most fanatical believer in his god in the story. Even if he makes fun of her all the time. He rejects the strongest power in the world and claims to the other gods that he'd do anything Noah asked of him, implying he'd kill the other heroes if she wanted it. He stopped talking to Sakurai in middle school cause the other got popular and he didn't really want to blend into the crowd. This caused the two to grow apart (Though Sakurai still considered Makoto his best friend.) Lastly Makoto isn't that dense, he seems that way at first but he isn't. His RPG player skill is much more than it's made out to be and one of his other skill allows him to basically completely freeze his emotions. It hasn't been explained yet but I think the skill allows him to bend the fate of the world with the choice he makes. That's just my guess from various events that occur in the story.

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Finally this isn't an abandoned and revenge type story or an I level alone type story. He only claims to want to be alone early on but that's just a lonely guy being tsundere cause he's scared of rejection. He gets over it in the first few chapters.