The Darkness Was Comfortable for Me Chapter 194 Discussion

Relatively decent compared to the usual tr*sh ranked on the site.

One of the very few isekais that manages a sense of danger in the world.

Characters that actually have some semblance of personality, cool.

Good enough writing in general.

The bad is that, the protagonist Hikaru is not everyone's cup of tea in the beginning. He is very much traumatized, scared and such. He does a lot of s*upid sh*t that you might be frustrated to read, justified by his s*upidity.

But

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It just doesn't end. He never gets better. His fear of people comes from his misguided idea that he is hated, but even after getting friends and being told of the truth, he still acts like he has turbo-autism for no reason.

The author simply doesn't let the character evolve or develop. He is still the exact same moron he was at chapter 1, which is s*upid considering how much the plot has progressed.

At this point, it has gotten very, very frustrating. He literally cannot talk to strangers because he almost gets a heart attack... from talking to people.

Before anyone even tries to defend this, the kid did learn how to not be scared of monsters, but somehow he is still incapable of learning human speech after 190 chapters of flirting with women like a generic isekai protagonist left and right?

At chapter 1, it was justifiable. It's just gotten frustrating at this point. The author uses this to turn the story into an idiot plot, where the plot can only move forward and there can only be tension because everyone involved in the story is a complete and utter moron. The Protagonist just met his killer in the new world, and has no idea who he is because he is incapable of basic human speech as the author found it really convenient.

I think the author is running out of ideas, to be honest. So he needs the killer coming back to last for a while. To do that, he is making sure the arc gets milked as long as possible using the MC's idiocy.

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There's also too much traumatic stuff for the sake of being traumatic, just shock value.

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The MC's parents are hilariously evil for the sake of being evil. They're almost like cartoon villains. Badly written.

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Oh and casual racism. Nice going, Japanese writer-kun.

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There's chapters of Japanese boards talking about in universe characters. Now I know the boards are supposed to represent the randoms, but frankly, the randoms just represent the author's own thoughts. They represent what the author wants you to think about the in-universe events. There's so much casual racism against outsiders, westerners and religious people in general it's almost funny.

Apparently, all westerners are cucks. Or so the author says. Despite the MC literally trying to get his GF banged by someone else because he thinks she's too good for him. Lmao.

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Edit: I take it back. It's quite shit. Chapter 211 and the main character is still an incredibly whiny, insecure and idiotic character. The whole story is a goddamn idiot plot. A plot that can only happen because literally everyone involved in the story is a complete moron. There is 0 progression on the MC's part and he is still the extremely insecure PoS he was in chapter 1. It's extremely frustrating to read. Because all of the bad sh*t that happens to him happens because he is a complete moron. Don't read this.