The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide Chapter 38 Discussion

Not that amazing as I expected. I liked 'Demon prince attends the academy' and I heard that this WN is similar to that so I decided to try it.

The only thing that is similar to Demon prince is the start where they both reincarnate as weak side characters that are non-existant in the original story.

This story is more similar to Novel's extra in my opinion. You'll see girls who have misunderstandings about MC and fall for him or think he's secretly OP. MC is also super dense about the girls feelings which is such an overused trope at this point.

Rather than seeing the MC and side characters grow like in Demon Prince, it becomes more of a story centered around MC's actions and the side characters reactions to them. I don't feel much character growth from the side characters yet. This might be because I've only read 38 chapters so far though, so we might see actual character growth later. So far though, character growth is disappointing.

MC also has it easy similar to Novel's extra because he knows the events and their tricks and how to proceed. Very different from Demon prince where MC struggles from the get-go. It's annoying seeing another story where MC is always a step ahead and is always in control of every situation.

Lastly, I feel like there's a lot of useless dialogue. It sometimes takes a full page for the author to discuss the character's feelings which they have mentioned countless times before already. This would all happen in the middle of a talk between characters or an important event. Rather than making the event more interesting, it feels like the author is purposely c*ck blocking you from reaching the climax (of the story). The amount of useless dialogue that could've been cut out is staggering.

Overall though, I still like the plot. I like how the story focuses on the MC's survival in a wild forest. I like how he builds things in order to survive and they constantly fail or need to be improved, adds more realism in my opinion. I just dislike the uselessly long dialogue that can be cut out and the lack of character growth of side characters.