Seirei Gensouki Chapter v13 Discussion

I have a love-hate relationship with this novel. On one hand there's a super interesting world and the mysteries surrounding how the timeline of the two worlds actually interact along with some of the best characters while on the other hand there's the MC.

Gosh my blood pressure rises every time Rio is excessively polite and makes me want to rip his head off. The only reason I'm still reading this is because the mysteries surrounding the timeframe of the deaths and transfer of the heros. Like I can't fathom how the author wrote such an interesting world but made the MC such a boring character. In the beginning chapters I actually liked Rio as he was struggling to keep his morals as he hungered for revenge yet didn't want to reveal his ugly side to others. Now, he a Gary Stu who makes me want to punch him in the face.

The biggest thing that bugs me is Haruto's obsessive love towards Miharu. Yes I called it obsession because he doesn't place as much weight to his relationships outside of this 'love'. For example, he doesn't even care about his sister Aki as compared to Miharu. I know he does have some good bonds with his friends but I think the effort he put into his relationship with Aki pales in comparison to what he did to make Miharu comfortable.

The whole thing with Satsuki and Takahisa was at Miharu's request.

Also we have never seen Haruto have a meaningful relationship in his past life outside of Miharu. These all make me really annoyed.

In this world Rio does have meaningful relationships but he is super dense towards the goodwill shown by the women towards him. These all factors make his politeness more irritating to me.

In terms of quality the light novel is definitely better than the web novel (I've read the web novel and it's atrocious)

I hope that it improves as there is a lot of room to develop Rio and make him a more worthy MC

Overall 2.6 stars