Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 618 Discussion

THIS NOVEL IS SO MUCH FUN PLS READ IT

This story is about a graduate student in korea who got reincarnated as the youngest son of Wardanaz family, a famous achmage lineage. Because his life as a graduate student is so hellish, he swear to never make that choice again. But as the title suggest, his wish never came true.

This novel is a full on comedy and the jokes are really funny, albeit a bit repitative. It usually poke fun at how Lee Han (MC) deal with absurd situation pushed to him be the professors with his absurdly high amount of mana and how crazy he is about studying. (Yes, despite him repeating that he hate school many time, he is acually the ideal student for every professor. You teach him how to multiply and he will do calculus. Typical high acheiver student. Anyone who said he is lazy is just reading it wrong

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He will attend lecture on every magic lecture there is to attend (normal student choose 1-2 major, some freaks choose 3) currently he is studying alchemy, black magic, fantasy, summoning, transformation, foresight, elemental (he mainly use water, lightning, ice, dark and fire), enhance (?? Idk its call 부여마법), healing, blood magic, music and divine magic. The last 3 is not in the curriculum he just learn it idk why. And he got top score for all of that above, including arithmatic and language. (Also combat magic but he is the only student there anyway) By top score I mean perfect score. Just what you expect from the person who study in free time. He just hate resting at this point.

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Yeah as I said this novel focus on comedy from how competant the MC is and how absurd the situation is Einroguard is.

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like suddenly its winter because the senior accidentally summon the ice spirit king or sth, chimera from senior's experiment roam the school, the principle (lich) form an undead army and attack the dorm at night as a midterm exam, the student has to boil tree bark as an emergency food because food provided there become a currency in the black market that is founded be the student, river spirit suddenly goes rampant and now theres flood. And all of this has to be solve by freshmen (MC) because professor couldn't care less and the senior can survive just fine without solving them, so they don't. So most of the time MC will be the one who solve it

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I feel like these bizarre school situation make this novel really stand out and uniqe. Most school life novel I see (I didn't read them much but well...) rely on some event to happend for the story to be exiting, like a sudden tournament arc, terrorist attack, etc. This novel doesn't need those at all because just surviving in this school is that much entertaining. It may seem like the pacing is to slow when 618 chaps in and they haven't started their 2nd year yet but if you acually read it you will notice that it is totally reasonable considering how many thing is going on in MC's school life. (Just summer break alone is around 100 chaps. There is that many)

Another point I like about this novel is it's character. I have to admit that they are not complex or 3 dimentional or whatever that is. But all of them has their own unique point and charm. Most of the student may seem s*upid at first, and they acually are. I mean, , , they are 15? It's natural to be childish and a little s*upid. There are many memorable cast, like Gainando (gosh hes so silly I love him) the lich principle (his relationship with MC in latter chaps is really adorable, they are really on the same wavelength) and my favorite character, professor Volladi.

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every scene he appear, I just laugh uncontrollably. He is so effortlessly funny. How he just appear out of nowhere is so funny and how he acually care for MC and express those affection in a way that MC hate the most like beating him up so that he could be the greatest combat mage to ever exist when he just want to got good grade and be an official/civil sevant. And he likes tea! he dislike meat but loves vegetable and fruit. Isn't he cute???

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The best part for me is that THERE IS NO ROMANCE!!! NO HAREM!!!! FINALLY!!!!! although the manwha has a lot of japanese op MC harem there is no romance in this novel at all. At this rate I think he's gonna get marry to his work. There are many female friends he is close with but his relationship with them (and most of the students) is more like a parent. He just take care of them like they're his child. (But I ship him with Gizelle/Yoner tho. They 're both cute...)

This review is not very organize but that shows how much I like this novel. Fr please read this it is really fun please I beg you OTL