- #1
Overall fairly solid, but with one point that is really annoying. Depending on how long it continues, the rating I'd give would drop more and more.First, the good points. The main character's growth and personality are interesting. The main character is s*upidly strong, and we don't have a bunch of contrived reasons on why the main character should be quiet about it or why everyone and their mother is going to say literally nothing about it to anyone, which is annoyingly common in other novels. I really like the dynamic between the main character and his minions, it's funny but there's also some interesting dynamics going on that could go places. The author has shown the ability to write other characters with a decent amount of depth, and I enjoy most of the main cast, but that does lead into the problem.The major problem this novel has is most of the villains. To be blunt, they're idiots. They know the MC has the ability "The Most Incompetent In This World", and using that as justification, ignore absolutely any and all signs that they might have faulty information. To some extent this is expected - serves you right for underestimating me! And all that - but they are aggressively s*upid and we don't get any good explanation as to why. Even when they are being actively beaten up, they don't seem to be able put two and two together that actually, he isn't weaker than everyone, he is actuallystrong.In a good novel, characters should be able to go "I thought that person was weak, but other people are acting as if they have value. I am missing some piece of information, and should be cautious.". In worse novels, they might come up with incorrect answers and be confident when they really shouldn't be. In this novel, we have bottom of the barrel, people suggesting things that are literally impossible or nonsensical as answers, or in some extreme cases, the equivalent of someone going "Hah! He can't beat my right hook!", losing their right arm, and going "What kind of trick is this? No matter, I'll just use my right hook!". They're like lemmings walking off a cliff.All that being said, the number of those kinds of characters are decreasing as the story goes on, and are taking less and less active roles. If that trend reverses, I would revise my rating down, but it seems like it's getting better, and I really like the novel otherwise.