I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace (WN) Chapter 485 Discussion

Reading through the reviews there seems to be a trend of somewhat negative reviews that mostly give around 3 stars. I think it is because no one can deny that this is a decent novel, but at the same time there is so much wasted potential. The harem is definitely big like others say, but thankfully most of the girls are memorable. I can see a girl reintroduced after quite a while and mostly know who she is. Also, some of them are really likable.

My biggest issue with the novel is the mc: The girls attraction is all based on him being the nicest and most caring guy, but it honestly seems like he falls short of that.

For example with one of his girls, Isis,

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she was forced into about 20, 000 years of isolation because she naturally repels anyone weaker than a god. MC has several people around him who would be happy to help her at his request and are capable of doing so, but he only looks into fixing it years down the line in a side story where they are getting married. Additionally, his solution was one that only works when they are together, and due to the large harem he sees her maybe 2 times a month max. The fact that he didn’t even think about ways to solve it using his unique perspective as an isekai protag until then kind of kills the idea that he is super considerate.

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Another girl, alice,

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is kind of goofy and jokes around a lot. The MC is constantly hitting her and putting her down. The author says that it is just their way of interacting but I think it is just him taking the straight/silly man routine too far at the detriment of the story’s mood. I really don’t want to read about some guy insulting and hitting the woman he is in a relationship with on a regular basis.

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Also another one, vier, (fairly large spoiler)

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Was the former demon king who lead a war against humanity, but regrets how far things went. She spent hundreds of years living in poverty as a healer to make up for it somehow, and she regularly denies herself any relaxation or fun out of guilt. There was even a whole arch about her feeling guilty about it all. Even then, the MC constantly refers to her as the demon king almost like he is afraid that someone will forget. It is her biggest regret and wound, but the MC just keeps casually twisting the knife.

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Finally another one of his women, Shiro,

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is the supreme god of the world and regularly contacts MC to tell him that she wants to spend time with him and that she wants to help him. The MC regularly puts his own ego ahead of helping whoever needs it and making her happy by saying he wants to do things himself, and to top it off he never bothers visiting her. She has expressed her discontent about being ignored a few times, but nothing ever changes.

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Even though he acts that way he is portrayed as the most sensitive and caring guy which just feels so forced. If his compassion is the basis to make the harem, then I should at least not have to see my favorite girls getting blatantly ignored or mistreated. There are several other problems with the MC (childish, indecisive, beta, etc) but I wanted to focus on this aspect since others have explained those already. He is my least favorite character in the novel, but he is also the only one that makes consistent appearances each chapter.