The Hunter’s Gonna Lay Low Chapter 40 Discussion

I was lured by the art and synopsis, but the story isn't up to par of what I was expecting. (Mainly because of the MC, which is a big downer because there's no development of side characters and the story focuses on MC) Sure, it's funny at times, but the comedic moments seem out of place with the flow of the story, and the scenarios that should be serious end up diminished

MC:

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- what you expect: supposed to be the top hunter with a heck ton of experience in slaying monsters

- what you get: MC doesn't have the slightest sense of caution. I don't know if it's a translation error, but MC abhors ML for being crazy, but he signed a contract with the guy without even confirming the clauses. Getting himself poisoned in the process is all on him.

- what you get: MC's personality seems weirdly written. He wants to lay low after escaping from the rift, but he actively seeks ways to make his life harder. He gets s**ked into another rift while trying to apply for a low hunter rating, proceeds to kill every monster and boss in rift. What is he trying to achieve???

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ML:

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- nothing stands out to me, he seems like the stereotypical psycho obsessed with MC kind of man

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Side characters:

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- They get introduced and thrown aside like tissue paper.

- Vice of Pado guild: tank guy, supposed to be good at protecting, briefly mentioned to be kind of dumb. Powerless and mute before ML who's his Guild leader. Then how on earth is he suited to be the vice??? How does the Pado Guild even manage to operate if the top boss is a psycho sociopath and the second in command is dumb???

- Honeybee: literally just an influencer

- Minki: suggested to be a info collector with high stealth, actually a boss fearing subordinate who doesn't get to show his strength

- The weapon creator S-class: classic social media user stereotype

- Jung Vin: encountered MC multiple times in the past, mentioned to have a slight second place complex, but isn't allowed interactions with MC for more development of his personality. It feels like he's there to serve as fodder even though I was really looking forward to seeing how he would behave with MC. The scene where he met MC literally ended with "He couldn't recognise me because I was disguised as J" and "He mailed in his autograph to be hung in my hangover soup shop"

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This story is an amalgamation of JP webnovel cliches (hiding power schmuck) with the inclusion of the Hunter trope and BL tag. If I was at the beginning of my reading career, I would enjoy it, but this kind of MC isn't what I'm looking for at the moment.