I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary Chapter 136 Discussion

It's an easy read. It has many cliches and predictable twists, but if you enjoy this type of story, it's definitely one of the better ones out there. If the reader feels comfortable turning off their brain for a bit and just going along for the ride, it's a pretty good experience.

It's good, but there are definitely some nitpicky things that don't sit well with me. Don't read on if you don't want to be spoiled.

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The story's framework is terrible. It's pretty much "I worked so hard, it's vacation time" "vacation time" "I worked so hard, it's vacation time." Sometimes, they even complain about their vacation, so they decide to go on a different vacation. Like what. Why.

It's a sci fi story set in space, but there's nothing that actually makes that setting interesting. It's literally space. They don't go to cool planets except maybe the one time, but that planet isn't very creative IMO. It's just a water planet with some islands. Neat. You have all of space to work with, but the author sticks to satellites, asteroid belts, or generic, empty space. Again, why. Space has never felt so limited.

The harem also terribly explained and reasoned. It's a harem so of course it's not well explained, but like, wow. I should also mention that there are several chapters where it's just mob characters going "oh I'm so jealous that this man has so many women wow." It's so base and generic that it's an insult to call it base and generic. It's boring.

Oh the characters are also kind of boring. That's fine since everyone already knows that many isekai will usually have a grab bag of characters that aren't too deep, but it's still a bit disappointing. The entertainment value from the story will be derived from the events, which again, get kind of tired after a while because they're constantly repeating the same events over and over again, just with a new coat of paint.

Don't let those nitpicks dissuade you though. Or maybe do. It's still a pretty alright read. The mediocrity combines into something that's pretty alright, but keep in mind, it's still kind of mediocre. It's a good isekai, but not a very good story.

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