Magic Gems Gourmet (WN) Chapter 52 Discussion

First, the good part. It has a good "slice of life" feel with just a little action to move the plot along. The MC (Ainz) is a generally good guy. He's OP, but he ends up facing problems he couldn't handle otherwise.

The bad part. It's VERY slow paced, and although the main characters are portrayed as the "good guys" they're just as terrible as anyone else.

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The main premise of the story is that his father and family treated him poorly. The problem with the whole "dad is bad" is that Ainz isn't his son, it turns out the mother has been lying and looking for a way to back out of a political-marriage/trade-agreement from day 1.

The most recent chapter was just hard to read. A pain in the rear prince that's looking for two missing nobles (who ran off to join Ainz for next to no reason) is made a fool of. So 1, he's a jerk and it's nice to see bad things happen to bad people. But 2, chapter 52 is all about the "bad prince" struggling to get information on two missing people, and the "good guys" Ainz & Co. tormenting him for fun...

Oh, then Warren (From team Ainz) decides to insinuate the main love interest (one of the missing people) is a who*e to her home nation? That's kinda' a big deal in midevil-ish cultures. But sure, why not slander an innocent girl...

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Honestly, it's a nice concept, it's just poorly executed.