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EDIT: Raising to 5/5. Partly because the issues listed below are not as prevalent anymore. And partly because the novel surprised me with something I did not quite expect: the humor really grew on me. It does a great job (at least from around chapter 200 onwards, before that it's kinda hit or miss) at mixing seriousness and humor.ORIGINAL:This novel has great points, but also really bad points.Best point: I really like the MC growth. Not speaking of his power, speaking of his personality and mental growth. Actually feels like a broken soul learning how to be a proper human being.Side characters are likable enough. There are some good jokes here and there. Chapters are long, and the writing style itself is good (dunno if it is thanks to translator or author, but anyway).The core plot is interesting. World building is... ok, I guess.Now, as for worst point, I would say it try too hard to be overdramatic. It reflects itself in many ways, but at this point the way author force plot point just to be more "epic" and "dramatic" is actively harming the story. To explain some of it, I have to put it in spoiler a bit. Avoiding actual spoiler as much as possible.Spoiler
- There are characters which are just extremely 1D even though there should be complicated. But they are 1D because they need to be almost a caricature of their stereotype. Example: MC's mother, the maids, Glenn. The issue is that the more time pass, the less interested I am in those characters, because the author is content to show us the same side again and again and never try to show us more of the character. They have one personality trait, and it must be pushed to the max in any and all scene they appear in.
- "Oh no, a stronger enemy appeared!" It seems like any mission or outing the MC goes in can never go as expected. At least one or two plot twist with stronger enemy must appear, the last one being too strong for the MC to content with so either the enemy let him go for sh1t and giggle or someone comes to save him. Literally all arc so far has been like that, there have been no exception. The first mission was like that (Raptor). The second war like that (Blood demon). Habun is like that on repetition for the most part. The third one was like that (though this one is more reasonable than others). The fourth one is like that (Goat demon). The fifth one is like that (Axe King). And probably the next ones I have not read are like that too. Can't we have at least one mission where someone a whole realm above the expected enemy level doesn't come from literally nowhere and that the MC need to pray to plot armor to stay alive?