Losing interest

RedSaphire January 14, 2021 12:31 am

So I’m just gonna say my own opinion so if you don’t agree with me just know I’m not trying to trigger anyone.


So this story started from good to average then boring. I don’t know its just that for me this is losing the “spark”.


Before when the story is still starting, I really liked this story. Every battle scenes are very precious to me, I mean this is an action manga. Then I also appreciated all the interactions the MC had with those other characters. Also loved those times when he was leveling up, explaining all those interesting infos.

But now, for some weird reason I feel like he’s leaving the “Stage” of a hunter/warrior/mage and entering the “Stage” of politics/ruler/Sovereign. I mean if he just avoided interacting with “Jessica( the American woman, i think I’m not sure anymore) then he wouldn’t have faced all those unimportant and useless situations. I really mean it, those scenes where he’s fighting the family of Jessica is really not important. I mean it can’t be avoided for him to fight other countries but the U.S. battle scenes of hunters fighting is really making the story boring. I mean the story is about fighting monsters also humans but the main plot should be with the monsters. Now it really feels like the MC is trying to be the ruler of the world. Also I would have appreciated it if they gave us a tour of the MC’s country/land/territory. They only showed us that tree who purifies the land full of death energy but they didn’t show the whole place


I have a lot to say but my hands hurts from writing so I’ll stop.

Responses
    UwU Dragon January 20, 2021 3:27 pm

    Yeah the plot was really interesting when it was focused on fighting because the author had interesting ways of presenting those fights. Once we got it into politics it became really boring really fast. It’s not interesting to see some overpowered god involve them self in politics because what makes politics interesting is that for the most part everyone is somewhat equal. Like you aren’t able to completely squash political opponents irl unless you are Putin. In this kind of story however we aren’t allowed to see the MC face any kind of compromise or learn new ideas because it makes him seem less powerful.

    Another reason I think the politics of this manwha is boring is because it is not relatable or grounded in reality. Which was fine when politics and diplomacy weren’t the focus but now has become a flaw. The trump charicature and faux US military doesn’t make sense if you want to actually talk about US exceptionalism. This manwha simultaneously takes itself too seriously but also handles subjects too Willy nilly. If the author wants to talk about how overbearing the US is why not use the real US president or make up your own? That way we can have actual story tension based into that.
    Why is it focused on politics but we see no mention of how he solves problems with other people? If you run a country with finite resources you have to allocate them. If we are supposed to think of him as some god king why don’t we actually talk about how he solves domestic issues.
    This also ties into how boring and empty the MC feels. This is a manga aimed at men who want to feel powerful and escape from stressful life. For that reason the MC is written like a blank slate with minimal back story or character development.
    Perfectly fine when the story doesn’t try to zoom in on his character... except it always fucking does. His relationship with his mom was played up by the author but obviously that felt empty because we don’t get glimpses into his emotions because he has to be an audience surrogate.
    The problem with this isn’t even to do with using those techniques... you can write a story with minimal character development or politics. It’s when the manwha focuses on fighting and then tries to cross over into politics and world building that it falls apart. There is not enough baseline

    UwU Dragon January 20, 2021 3:28 pm
    Yeah the plot was really interesting when it was focused on fighting because the author had interesting ways of presenting those fights. Once we got it into politics it became really boring really fast. It’s ... UwU Dragon

    If I spent this much time doing school work as I did writing analysis essays of manwha i would have a 4.0

    Dem Feler January 20, 2021 3:32 pm

    I understand why you're losing interest. Probably because its genre changed from shounen adventure, which you probs expected at first, to mecha/sci-fi shounen with a dash of current world politics. Maybe you'll enjpy Solo Leveling better.

    I like both genres though, especially this scifi + isekai setting so its really interesting for me, except for the politics part. But it is necessary, I think, to make the story more "realistic" in terms of human greed.

    Dem Feler January 20, 2021 3:33 pm

    I understand why you're losing interest. Probably because its genre changed from shounen adventure, which you probs expected at first, to mecha/sci-fi shounen with a dash of current world politics. Maybe you'll enjpy Solo Leveling better.

    I like both genres though, especially this scifi + isekai setting so its really interesting for me, except for the politics part. But it is necessary, I think, to make the story more "realistic" in terms of human greed.

    Yana January 21, 2021 8:36 pm

    I feel all of y'all but I mostly agree with dem feler, I especially liked the development parts, like when he went to Mars and started a production base there and used the monsters summoned as workers, though I was a little conflicted like did he build them a place to sleep, how's the working conditions etc. And when he made the phone with the dwarves, I also liked that, but we never go into much detail, everything is glanced over to make him more superior in every aspect, the political thing was boring, that could've been glanced over but I think it was nesaccary because of his fame and he wanted to built a nation probably for the demi humans but he had a side that makes him feel less human, the logical side of him I suppose, like when the story began I felt more depth but since he regained his past life memories, there was a clear separation with his emotions and everything just gradually feels like achievements of how great he is.

    Like I do hate those Japanese isekai with no backbone and has a harem full of useless people and the only time you see them actually using their head is in battle. I don't really like those but prefer stuff like dungeon reset, FFF-Class Trashero and legendary moonlight Sculptor but I was disappointed with the last chapter like I nevered cared about that mute bitch, she was a waste of screen time for more, red head was suspicious at first but I grew to love her. Swear it's always the long hair ones, tsk. In any case I just like judging how well things balances out like the characters, the relationships, the personality, plot development, details and explanations etc.

    There was this one romance which I really liked called Lady beast or something she was a hero transferred into another body of a noble, I don't really like romance because it feels the same, a modern women from the 21st century living comfortably during a time without industrial Revolution, I can't imagine when they don't have flushed toliet, human decency, lady products (no makeup), phones. But they make little changes that improves some peoples' lives but only ever make use of a novel they read and not introducing electricity or attempting a heater or A/C. But a grown ass crybaby walks through with a sob story and woo her and she's head over heels for this typical guy and he's like you're the only one who treats me like a normal person and they just use her while pretending to be a good person, some don't even hide it and she's like but I love him. I seriously question why they come from earth because it doesn't seem like it with their lake of greed, suppose to make them look more angelic but they feel like a different species for me, how are you supposedly this strong and whatnot but seems so useless.

    There are few where they do anything else besides worry about the novel they're stuck in, honestly so confused on why they're from the 21st century and can't escape wearing corsets or doing anything modern, none of them are the new icon, just boring and let me emphasize how they don't use 21st century knowledge or connect magic and science. Literally why I love this one because they actually use it together. And why I love the Villainess with the gun because she brings guns. I can honestly say that I'll probably be an antivillian if I enter the same world as those dimwits. Like I'm abolishing slavery, none of them ever do it even when they have the power to and they pretend to be nice saving some slave on street. Sorry to rant but that's one of the main reasons I love FFF-Class Trashero, he didn't get rid of slavery but he's a realist

    Dem Feler January 22, 2021 5:14 pm

    Agreed Yana, I wanted more depth about the cellphone+magic part and the Mars factory, but the story moved on too fast. Will read FFF-Class Trashero because of your recomm xD

    Yana January 22, 2021 5:32 pm

    ヾ(☆▽☆)I think the recent webtoon update is around 70 chapters, it's really good, the official English translation novel is around 107 chapters ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ but I'm reading the Russian novel and using the Google translation and it's all the way up to chapter 256 (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ if you want the links I got you

    Dem Feler January 23, 2021 3:37 pm

    Ohhhh thanks! I'm not yet into LNs, but I'll message ya when I have more time to explore, thanks (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

    Yana January 23, 2021 7:54 pm

    No problem (▰˘◡˘▰)