Cheat Magician Life That Started From Being Judged Useless Chapter 200 Discussion

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1. The MC grows and matures. He never gets drunk on his power but understands, that he has to use it sometimes to permanently get rid of some irredeemable idiots (though he really tries to avoid it and straighten them out first). Which is why I don't really agree with the "Dense protagonist" tag. I'd say he has the level of knowledge and life wisdom expected of a person his age. He gets manipulated by adults, and outplayed by politicians, but he learns from that. And he catches on pretty quickly all things considered.

Overall despite being probably the only chantless mage in the world (and definitely the only one with more than one attribute) he remains pretty down to earth. He enjoys slow life when he can, which is not often, local cuisine, doesn't moan about not having access to rice (and when he does get it he doesn't spend a chapter describing how superior it is to any other food) and remains willing to learn from his betters.

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One example is when he's negotiating with the Emperor of Barshania to allow Japanese survey teams to check for resources. The Emperor reminds him that he, as Emperor, can negotiate for his nation, but can Kento say the same? As he realises he can't he gets a ton of life advice, which he gladly accepts.

Another one is when Donovan and Klaus admonish him for babying his classmates. They're considered to be adults so why does he want to apologise for their s*upidity? He managed to survive in the city on his own, asking for advice when needed, so why does he take responsibility for them? Especially after they were told that Volzad is accomodating them mostly because of his accomplishments. He accepts that they're right, though he still wants to help them.

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2. His colleagues act like actual 14-15 year olds. Some are s*upid and entitled, some laid back and accepting. Some adapt to their situation, some fall into despair, some unreasonably blame Kento for everything. There's one very irritating person, but everyone knows he's a idiot and treats him as such.

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Yes, I'm talking about Yagi. He does get better after a flat chested beastwoman makes him her husband, due to circumstances caused entirely by him, but remains mostly the same.

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3. I don't feel that the tragedies or pairings appear out of the blue. Su*cides, kidnappings, attempted mu*ders or r*pes don't "just happen", a stage is set for them beforehand. None of the romances feel forced:

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Manon is a tomboyish girl next door, who shared shared some good and bad times with Kento, and is experiencing her first love. Beatrice and Seraphina are daughters of politicians and understand his immense strategic value. Yuika (the Chairman) started with a suspension bridge effect because he was her only source of comfort when she was ens*aved. Camilla? Really looks like Stockholm Syndrome, he almost terrified her out of her mind when she though she summoned a Demon Lord. And then proceeeded to treat her like crap, which she deserved, while actually accomplishing the goals she set for herself. Incidentally her character development (she's not evil, just terribly misguided), redemption and their romance are one of the longest running arcs in the novel. It culminates with them doing the deed and her being accepted as his soon-to-be wife, but it takes over 500 chapters.

Of course all of them genuinely end up loving Kento pretty fast, but their initial interest in him happens for believable reasons.

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4. Worldbuilding is fine. As others pointed out Kento slowly increases his area of influence as matters closer to his home in Volzad start to settle. There doesn't seem to be an overaching plot as of yet (I've skimmed mtl raws up to 660, but due to the nature of mtl's and skimming I might be wrong), but there seems to be increasingly more monster outbreaks in isekai, and groups trying to sabotage peaceful cooperation between worlds in Japan, so maybe something major will happen. If not then it's fine, it is a slice of life novel after all.