Seeing a webnovel like this got a 4, 6 rating really sent tears to my eyes. Why? Because it sends a message that readers have become more and more primitive.
Ok, let make it simple,
this webnovel is the same kind of misunderstanding bullsh*t. I give a 'bullsh*t' there because the novel is full of inconsistencies and idiocies.
The MC is idiot, and the people around him also idiot, the villain is idiot, and the plot also is idiotic. Let me explain why, first the MC died full of resentment because a cheating wife, you may think he learns his lesson of becoming more careful with people. But instead, he just believes his parent's lies, just because he thinks it was all magic and they are s*upid. Second, he believe a scammer teacher for more than 50 years (until the end of ch 60), he believe his 'master' like an idiot, there are many more examples but let's stop, as they are many more things to say. Don't even mention the MC's personality, some compare this story to CN novel, well at least in those CN novels, the protagonist has a personality, here the MC is a joke, I repeat a
JOKE! The people around him all idiot, they just follow the 'plot' with simple logic like a merchant believed the MC like gold because he is humble, for information gold is cheap here. Instead, the MC is just an idiot because he thinks gold is expensive like on earth, and the merchant just believes bullsh*t of 'humble' MC for years! And this merchant is a space merchant with a lot of power, he should travel around galaxies not trade good but find more brain cells instead. Also, the author's writing skill isn't growing at all since the Sevens, all the character personality is one dimension! So don't expect you can relate to any of the characters, they all seem like just a 'characters', just created for the sake of one big joke. The main villain here is the 'guide', which should be like a devil, you should think he at least has good brain. But instead,
we got a brainless villain with one job in the story, become a punchline joke to the MC. He wants to make the MC's life miserable but his method is full of holes and so simple, in a word, s*upid. All his plot against MC will eventually fail or backfire, while the MC always thanking the 'guide' because he thinks the 'guide' is an angel. Even so, you may think, "hey how can all his plot fail and backfire", which will get us to the last point.
The plot armor is so transparent and s*upid in the whole story. The whole plot is so simple you can even see it coming in the first 10 chapters, its all about the villain or any mob antagonist try to hurt the MC then the MC actually become better because of them, he then 'thanks' them. Plus the MC tries to become 'evil' and do all sort of scheme but in the end, because he is s*upid and the 'earth' misconception, people love/respect/adore him. There its all this story all about! The character is so one dimension and shallow that I pity those who rate this above 3. It's just like the whole story is a joke, oh wait it is!
This whole 'novel' is a long joke with repeated joke lines like the sevens, with the joke become drier and drier each passing moment. As such personally I don't acknowledge this as a novel, but a story about a loooooooong joke.My last point is about the 'misunderstanding' genre which becomes more and more popular lately, especially since the Overlord. Overlord is not the first novel with that kind of genre, but it definitely one of the most successful, why? Because it was done right! The plot is solid, with no plot armor bs. The character is complex and grows. All of this creates one of a kind great read. Compared to that, most of the 'misunderstanding' novel is tr*sh, while this novel is like a child play!
So for those who want to just read because of reason such as hilarious/funny/slapstick comedy, or bs like those go ahead and read this. But for those with a brain let me remind you to prepare losing brain cells reading this half-assed 'novel'.Below is some detail because some review by hikufalafel:
Spoiler
He said the novel is some gag comedy because of the half-assed detail, and one should like this if he/she likes one punch man. Let me tell you what, I like one punch man, even before the anime announced, so his comment is bullshit. This "novel" is not good at anything, there is many gag novel out there, and believe me, when I said I read many of them, I even read all Mishima Yomu's novel, not because I hate them like hater duh, but I hope some quality joke story, not some half-ass shit. I understand if some gag has a great story plotline while some entirely just abandon it for the sake of the fun, all good if the message comes across as good as it is. But this "novel" and all of Mishima Yomu is not that! All of them are half-ass bordering consistent plotline with idiocies, it comes just as half-ass sh*t no matter how I read them! All character has stagnating IQ and personalities, while the plot seems to want to show how great they grow. HOW and I really mean HOW you do that? It just infuriates me, that sort of inconsistencies is so amateur and s*upid befitting a mere web novel author.
While hikufalafel the fanboy praise his "intention" and my comprehension, I beg to differ as I already read hundreds of books and novels, light novel, web novel with genres such as romance, humor, biography, comedy, either they are bad or good, and that should tell people I comprehend the author, mostly. As I had read all of his novel I can tell you for sure that "Great Idea, Bad Delivery" is what all his novel is about. His plotline is simple and repetitive, his jokes is more so, his character is bland and one dimensional, and his worldbuilding is generic. His writing skill is maybe above third class but never touch first class in all these years, making his story repetitive and uncreative with same kind of joke, I mean how about I tell you one great joke and keep telling you that joke 5 times a day? That is the feeling I got in all of his novels and why I never consider he as a great writer, he is just a mere web novel author, same as most writers in Japan who consider they are a writer but actually just a web novel author whose story is sub-tier compared to the real novel!
I grow up reading novels, real novels, then I found internet and found this genre of light novel and web novel. Their qualities are sub-par but they are fun and interesting in some way so I read them. But in the end, web novel is that a sub-par idea lacking delivery and character personality, the world is bland, and the plot is streamlined. If you think Mishima Yomu is a great writer I will really doubt your intellect. This novel make me angry not because it's bad (it is though), but because how the author always fails to improve himself making a really great story with his ideas. I will not even bother if he is a fail author, I only care because this author's work make me laugh, his joke is good until it's not, and the illusion broke, his incompetencies showed. And lastly, how most people let him do with this kind of qualities, they are the "real cancer". That is why at my review I rebuke how primitive the intellect of the reader. I bet the fans will hate me because they love his work, but in the real literature industries, his work is as garbage as third-grader scribble, that is how bad they will rate this web novel. And that what makes me sad and angry because his qualities not improved for years! I lost hope, I will not read his work again, this is my last review of his work. I hope for the future instead I gain despair, I pity the author, I blame the readers.
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