I Was Connected to Earth’s Black Market From Another World With The Skill [Market]! Chapter 44 Discussion

Just don't.

To sum it up, the story is forced, the characters are shallow and the protagonist is a disappointment.

The only reason I am writing this review is to release all the frustration I have accumulated.

The plot concept is good, but the author throws out the window all the incredible development that could be used in the early stages of the story. Maybe later, the author wakes up and improves the plot, but I am not going to risk to lose any more brain cells for the 'possibility' of improvement.

The plot execution in certain moments is too forced. Too forced!

Spoiler

1. Protagonist gets summoned and sentenced to death because of how useless his skills and stats are (ok, that works)
   • But here the author forces the execution where the protagonist, the weakest of all the people in the audience room, manages to run around unimpeded, stealing, disarming and undressing the people present with his inventory skill. (WTF? where did the power of the royal knights go?)
   • Not only that, everyone that has suddenly been left naked, is suddenly shy and can't do anything because they are embarrassed that their g**itals will be seen... seriously? Are those royal guards, who's role is to protect the king, some sort of decoration? Aren't they veteran fighters that are supposed to put their life on the line to protect the royalty? (I know why this s*upid thing has been done, because the author wanted to add that 'phimosis' joke or something. Utterly distasteful)
   • I get that the protagonist was 'allowed' to steal the stuff to get some starting money so he can buy his weapons from the [Market], but it could've been done better.
2. The protagonist reaches the sub-human settlement and he is quickly accepted after giving the people weapons
   • What pisses me the most is how quickly the sub-human people threw away all their hatred towards the human race, and gave the protagonist an exception, because he is special. Seriously! WTF?! They lost so much, so many people, so many loved ones and have been persecuted for so long and they suddenly trust the protagonist in exchange for some weapons? After a few days?!!!!
   • Heck, the author adds an elf to make a comparison. Although the elf comes from a region that had supremacy views, the people in the settlement were still keeping a distant attitude towards the elf that was trying to fit in. Even after 45 days! WTF?
   • Should I take it that being supremacist is way worse than committing genocide?
3. The war starts and the author tries to show the horrors and effectiveness of modern weapons. Then the hero comes.
   • The protagonist has the 'brilliant!' idea to fight the hero, with a modern weapon, in close quarters... let that sink in.
   • The protagonist has access to deadly weapons that can even kill a dragon that has never been defeated before and he decides to go and fight someone who specialises in close quarters combat? Really? WTF?
   • I get the idea of personally killing the hero, but why in close combat?!!! WHY???!!!
   • It is so frustrating that I honestly have no words.
4. Romantic relationships?
   • Protagonist is a doormat. He has no will. In fact, I can't see a shred of his own will throughout the whole story. He goes around being led by others or his emotions.

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There is no need for the author to add attributes to the status window, as no matter how high they get for the protagonist, he will still be the weakest. I think that the author is trying to show that the protagonist has grown from killing so many people, but there is no concept of how the stats go up and why. They are just random numbers given by the author.

The characters are shallow, so don't expect anything from them.

Even to this day, I don't understand why the Japanese novels like this trend of having protagonists that have been treated like tr*sh, have low esteem, act based on feelings, and radiate with 'humility'. Is this trend used to appeal to people that are actually in this situation in Japan? Is it because readers like this kind of protagonist? Or is it because it makes a good template from where the protagonist can grow?

I don't know, but I don't think there would be answer that will make me less disappointed.

Looking at the reviews that praised this story, I question other readers' sanity. Really.

Summary:

• Plot concept 5 stars.
• Plot delivery -1 star.
• Forced execution -1 star.
• Game system useless -1 star
• Shallow side characters -1 star
• 100% frustration -1 star
• 100% waste of time -1 star

Outcome: -1 star