Clearing an Isekai with the Zero-Believers Goddess – The Weakest Mage among the Classmates (WN) Chapter 277 Discussion

There is so much to say about this story, and so many ways to say it. Lets get the negatives out of the way first. It's a slow story, and a lot of information is slowly revealed over time. I personally read the manga first and started where it left off on the ln.

If you're someone who isn't paying attention during reading you might miss important things because a lot info is subtly thrown around. Action scenes arn't really there because MC is a mage hopefully the webnovel changes that. There is a harem in the future for the guy, people confess but he wants to do other stuff first. I fear for his health at the rate he is going though since his athletic ability only reaches a fit guy.

Now onto the good stuff that salvages the story. This is spoiler territory first is Makatos personality/ability Spoiler

Another boring MC you say, no real personality you say. Allow me to preach the truth. When Makato first got thrown into another world and was insulted he got angry this is one of the only times we really see him get mad other than when he loses control later on. Makatos normal personality is that he sees life as a game even outside his skills this guy is actually crazy and treats everything like a videogame. The gamer ability is not what causes it. Though it seems implied that the options alter fate where once he chooses an option he has to do it or something. You might be thinking we have a crazy man, big deal. One thing doesn't make a personality. You're right, and actually what we are seeing in the novel is also the destruction of a personality and someone's humanity. His clear mind ability enhances his gaming logic the higher it goes, and at 100% erodes his humanity over the course of the novel he has gotten a lot colder if you're actually looking for it this isn't something you can rationalize out of like with other gamer systems there is direct negative impacts. I think it makes for an interesting read to see how messed up he will become sacrificing his emotions. Do we call this a dynamic character? Either way it's interesting one great thing about this novel is how good the author is at cliffhangers later on.

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I also saw a review talk about how it doesn't make sense people arn't as strong or stronger than Makato with proficiency. This is kind of a spoiler but Spoiler

My dude Makato had been training everyday for two years from dawn till 4am in the morning, and literally water tortured himself till he could train in his sleep during that time. He has bad mana but he can use the basically infinite mana of the spirits small scale because of his bad class. Thanks to clear mind and his gamer thing to an extent I'm sure he did something other sane normal humans can't do to the same extent if you could essentially constantly do something for like 20 hours everyday and not feel the the full effects of exhaustion because you block it out you would get good at whatever you were doing probably 4 times faster than someone who had to take breaks too. Proficiency is harder the stronger your magic is anyway so doing something like training in your sleep wouldn't be feesable unless you want to die. The reason no one is as strong as him in proficiency, is because training proficiency is not easy to do when you have strong skills it's easier to just level up, and after leveling up proficiency benefits are not that useful past 50 which is silent casting. People with weak skills don't have the spirit skill, or a motive to train proficiency that high to begin with. They couldn't do anything with that high of proficiency anyway because they don't have spirit magic to call upon enough magic to really raise the skill

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As for Noah picking Makato, and not brainwashing someone stronger. Spoiler

We have learned that she thinks really far ahead in advance. Has probably been picking someone every 10 years from that world when she can. She may have said all that stuff to Makato, but it really might have been a calculated choice it's actually pretty wild.

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The story is a fun read, made me laugh a couple times, and want to see what happens next. It's not fatestay/night or nasu level writing but it is better than the vast majority of everything that has been posted on this site. People making predictions in the comment section, and the community that comes together to read it. The story isn't some amazing new idea but plot points are woven together really well, and it seems like the author has a plan with an endgame unlike every other story here that comes up with a premise and then drops the ball on why we should continue reading.