What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up Chapter 45 Discussion

3/5

This reads like one of those Japanese shoujo isekai-ish stories where the MC ends up in a book/otome game and decides to avoid red flags and change her fate. Except with a male MC.

I actually quite like this MC, I enjoy him being easy-going and kind. It's honestly a nice break from all of the scheming or monster-crushing heroes and heroines of many similar stories. It's just that the story makes him obviously intelligent while the plot makes him have some amazingly horrible moments of poor reasoning in order to have him end up getting tied up with the drama he is supposed to be cleverly avoiding. Like I said, this has Japanese isekai writing rather than the often more rigorous reasoning I expect to find in K-novels. (For example, initially he is very active in avoiding any meetings with key characters, but as the chapters progress and he starts to have more encounters he seems to hardly be able to even think of an excuse to refuse, let alone do anything stronger. He barely even seems that distressed by it.)

It's therefore a very light and lightweight read, which will suit some people in terms of taste or mood.

Unfortunately, I've decided to drop this because it's also getting bogged down with explaining details and showing tedious conversations rather than interesting and plot-progressing events and actions.