The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide Chapter 44 Discussion

This basic plot is nothing unique. A boy is transmigrated to a character, a minor villain, inside a game. Now, his target is to be able to live decently in the future.

The point where it deviates from the norm is what makes it interesting. Although, I have not yet found anything drastically special about this story, the way all the pieces are written makes the story a good read.

• Unlike other "transmigrated as a villain" stories, the MC doesn't intend to remain as a villain. The same is reflected as the opinions about him began to change.
• Until now, the story follows logically. Unlike other stories, whatever deviation happens in the supposed arcs of the game happen because of the MC's unintended actions.
• The cast is fairly unique and detailed with their own ambitions.
• The romance/harem feels real to me.
• The real treat are the misunderstandings that people have about his actions. On a similar note, other character's PoV are also very enjoyable.

• One negative about this story is that the MC wants to remain outside story. Although, it is a more logical choice given the explanation MC gives for this choice, it still makes a less interesting read for us. However, as mentioned, MC's presence itself creates deviations in the storyline. To resolve this, MC has started to involve himself more, although, how much would it satisfy us readers is yet to be seen as I have only read till 44 chapter.
• The other negative also comes from MC's unwillingness to involve himself in the story is that we are following the MC and not the game's main character. Although, MC does deviate the storyline, he isn't that disrupting. In other words, many of the games "small" events happen while we read MC building stuff here and there. This will be boring since action scenes are substituted by single lines that MC hears from other people.
• The MC might appear to be a little cold sometimes. He lets events happen for the sake of it even if somebody he knows is going to die. Thus, the MC appears rather cold and distant. I hope he gets some character development and stops playing god in the future.

Frankly, I would have rated it 4 but I have only rated it 3 because it hasn't been translated fully yet. There are only less than 70 chapters translated. I will probably wait till a lot of chapters are translated before I resume reading this.