I’m the Slit-Eyed Character at the Academy, but I’m not the Mastermind Chapter 152 Discussion

This is an annoying novel to review in a lot of ways because I have rarely felt so frustrated at something like this, which toes the line between greatness and incessant mediocrity.

First, I will preface that the novel is a very traditional take on a academy setting based on a game that the main character is privy to. It's a character whose goal is to fight against the big bad, using his knowledge of the future, and how he slowly integrates with the true 'main characters'.

An anomalous presence and someone the world cannot help but take notice to. It's a formula that is hard to dislike, mainly because it ticks the boxes of someone who is powerful, but not living in power. In essence, it's a setting a reader can easily relate to.

The author has good skills weaving this narrative forward, and the scenarios have sufficient depth where they can stand on their own. No scenario ever seemed forced and nothing emotional came off as melodramatic. It is very competent in that sense.

However, as other reviewers have mentioned, the author also seems to be trying to stand out of the crowd by adding something else... Comedy. I don't particularly mind the pe*vert jokes and their subsets, because it's easy enough to ignore and it's not like he's saying anything or doing anything outrageous.

I'm not going to pick specific characters or whatever, I'll just state the simple fact that this novel isn't that funny. This means, really, that when the comedy becomes a large focus, it just pisses me off. It's like a piss stain is on my screen whenever I have to read it.

Later chapters do seem to balance this comedic writing better, but be warned that earlier chapters have certain moments which can raise ones blood pressure. Also, if you actually want to read something funny, look at "Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy".

Anyway, I will say that if you can get over this flaw, and it's a flaw that gets better over time as the author realizes that nobody wants to see the main character get imprisoned for a gag, then there is a lot of good here. Enough good that the existence of the poorly executed comedy pisses me off.