Living in a Class-Based World Chapter v22 Discussion

TL;DR

If you're looking for only smut, don't bother. There is some, but it's largely not.

The story is good, though there are world-building elements that could affect immersion.

The MC is not a wimp, a few side characters are well developed, but many are 1D.

Story 4/5

The setting is post-apocalyptic with a new high-tech civilization having replaced the old one. Women outnumber men 10, 000:1. The MC is from the old world, reincarnated into the body of a guy from the current world.

It's not a bad story. Basically an isekai summoning to slay... not the demon lord. And it's time-travel rather than isekai.

World-building 4/5

In some ways, it's difficult to suspend disbelief because the setting is supposed to be sci-fi rather than fantasy.

Spoiler

1. There is no explanation for the skewed gender ratio.
2. The old world ended in a nuclear apocalypse. Food and (somehow) water ran out and countries nuked each other. I mean, desalination exists. Distillation exists. The planet is practically covered with water. The author somehow also thinks that nuclear power is barely controllable.
3. Somehow, the memories and personality is transferred using genetic "fusion". That's not how that works.
4. The odds of a male baby is better with natural conception rather than artificial insemination. Literally today you can go to a fertility clinic and pick the gender of your baby with IVF.

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The social aspects are more believable and for the most part makes sense.

Men are not free to pursue their own lives, but are treated as a national asset. They are ranked A-F depending on how society perceives them. Women, on the other hand, have social class depending on how successful she is in attracting a high ranking male. High class women are those who have managed to marry and have children with a man. Their daughters have preferential access to men. Most women has never seen one. A few matriarchies exists that have been successful since the beginning.

Characters 4/5

Many of the side characters are 1D. That's probably because there are quite a few. That's OK, but they are usually the same big booty/titty woman that has an or**sm when a man comes within binocular range of her. A lot of the more developed characters also share this trait.

The MC and a few others are relatively well developed. Aoi and to a lesser extent Ayeka and Yukishiro. You get a sense of their personalities. A few others has potential. The MC is not a wimp, which is always unexpected and usually a plus.

The main male villain (classmate) is a bit comically evil, but not unbelievably so. You could understand his motivations given the context. It might be that he's already eliminated and just doesn't know about it yet.

The main female villain (matriarch) is also understandable given her context. She hasn't played a big role yet. So far, we've seen her being physically abusive because of her back story. I'm smelling a redemption arc. I'm not sure that would be good because in my mind there is never an excuse.

Other thoughts

1. This is to a large extent shotacon. You see the 15 year old (previously 28) MC having s*x with women ranging in age (so far) from their mid 20s to early 30s. There are some love interests that are 15, which is also a bit of a problem for the opposite reason.
2. If you're reading only for the smut, then don't bother.
3. The translation is excellent. A few errors here and there, but largely very good and better than 99% of what you'll find on this site.