I'm sorry, but this boy grew in the slums. He has haruto's memories, but he lived in hell for most of his life, he knows not to trust people. Yet when those girls were literally trying to kill him, he didn't fight back as much as he could. What if they actually killed him? How would that help his cause, and revenge? I find it hard to believe that a boy who only wants revenge, and has so much power would hold back if he's about to be killed. One thing is lowering his head to the nobles, another is literally trying to talk things out against strangers who are trying to full on murder you.
naturally it is due to him being an idealized character. some stories focus on characters that we the readers can identify with, which is why there are so many normal people that are very generic and "human" while other stories take a more idealized character that has almost no faults and is almost "perfect" these tend to be our stereotypical "hero" characters as they are required to be above human desire and immorality.
Which is understandable to characters who are legitimately overpowered, and know they won't be killed easily. In this case I'm referring to superman, I can understand HIM holding back all the time, since even someone as powerful as Darkseid who is clearly stronger than him in most encounters, can't outright kill him straight away. But this one is human, and can easily die like anyone else, him being an idealized hero doesn't work, because he's not above others when it comes to resilience or even power. He's powerful, but he's not godlike, therefore I find it kind of disengenous for him to be an idealized character when he's a mortal, and can easily die. The fact that he lived was also for plot, since the girl who attacked him was going for the kill, yet didn't. For all she knew, he was a kidnapee, and a scumbag of a human.
I'm just ranting at this point, nevermind xD
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lol, rant away, that's what the comment section is for after all.
Anyway, I understand where you're coming from, but idealized characters don't necessary HAVE to be OP, they just have to be pure-hearted, so to speak. Many idealized characters are not OP and are just genuinely self-sacrificing. I mean isn't that what defines an ideal hero, self-sacrificing?
I do feel as though he had plenty of rights to defend himself more that he did and I do believe that the other ppl he has let kick his ass are in the wrong, but I think he is just a nice dude. He doesn't want to hurt the beastkin when he was hoping to find them and have them look after the girl. As for the "interrogation" earlier by the kingdom he just couldn't defend himself under the circumstances.
I guess you're right, I just read so many manwha regarding isekai in the cultivation eras that I'm used to having an MC that doesn't shy away from killing anyone who tries to harm him xD
Nah, I wasn't contesting the interrogation part, although it's a bit hard to swallow that he has no grudges towards those who did that to him, when they clearly were just evil. They're going to do that to other people, and those people might actually die from the torture unlike him. Children, elderly, etc. So if he's the "hero", shouldn't he be concerned about that? Instead he just doesn't give a crap, that's why it's hard to see him as an idealized character. Overall he doesn't care about anyone but himself, he steers clear from trouble, and doesn't really think to help anyone unless they grovel at his feet like that girl. He might save a few people here, and there. But he doesn't have a need to save everyone or sees the world in bright colours.
oh yea I agree that the kingdom guys need some lesson-learning but I am sure that will come later after he gets more powerful. It also does seem as though he is a bit half-assed for an ideal character, but I do see some of those traits in him.
I agree he isn't your typical ideal character as he isnt rushing headlong to save every person he meets but he did abstain from harming the beast girls when he could have and even though he was a bit reluctant he did let the girl come along with him. I'm glad he isnt rushing to save everyone though because then it would ruin his whole "leave the kingdom and lay low" thing he has going.
True, I guess we'll have to wait, and see how he turns out in the long run. I hope they don't fumble around with his character though. In one instance he helps that girl, in another he'll leave other people to die. That would just be counter productive to his growth.
that is true
In this world magic can't cure illnesses? That seems a bit underpowered for how most magic systems work, but at least this way we know there's something at stake and that the MC isn't god, just because he's so powerful. It's good that they made limitations to what he can do.
Well I think magic is definitely considered a skill as much as anything else,e.g. sword fighting, cooking ext, so there may be magic for healing and medicinal use but he just doesn’t know/ hasn’t learnt it.
That would be a good rebutal, since he said he can't do it, but the thing is that he said: even magic can't heal the sick. He didn't say his magic in that instance, so unless it's a translation error, I think that means all magic.
Ah ok, yeah I’m probably going to take it that way but I won’t be surprised if they find that it can later on
Yeah, it's a bit disappointing if magic will turn out to be unable to heal the sick. It'll make things more tense, but it'll also mean that he can basically defeat dragons with ease, and smallpox can still kill him xD
that would be tragic, lucky that seems to comedic for this. It would be interesting to see if he tries to learn healing magic, if it doesn’t exist at all, he recovers his emotions and doesn’t want to loose people to illness or other loose people to illness so desires to research that type of magic
That would be awesome yes, at least I hope if he gets new powers it's due to learning or experimenting. Instead of like other manga where they get powers out of their ass like it's Bleach or something.
there are some isekais that have placed rules on their world on the limits of healing magic. they can heal physical injuries or even recover loss of limbs, but not 'natural' diseases/sicknesses that are irrecoverable, like terminal illnesses. this must be one of 'em.
granted, it makes almost little sense considering how immortality is basically conjured. but well, like the previous person said, he may not have known about it as it may not have existed 5000 years ago.
Like in Suicide Island, once a girl notices the MC is strong, they suddenly go: I need to sleep with him to survive. I like this author a lot, and I understand that in these situations it's not too unusual. At least I wanted the girl to take more time to become like this.
I thought she was just recalling the past, but they were actually her parents. She had a real connection with Fran, and the feels just hit harder than Randy Orton.
Here we go, I was hoping it would just be the village girl, but now there's a demon one who I'm sure is going to try and be with him as well...the horde of harem thots is on the horizon, and we need to flee!
don't jinx it! uwu
I hope I'm wrong, I'm tired of this trope (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I hope so, too. It won't really fit his character..
It can still happen, and not fit his character. All they have to do is swarm him with women, and he doesn't even have to care about them. It'll still be a harem.
true..
just keep praying that it won't happen.. ╥﹏╥
I don't want to seem pessimistic, but everytime a chubby man who's the town's "main influencer" runs starts messing with the protag, it leads to two things: he's either going to actually help him or he's a greedy bastard who's going to try and take the girl away...I'm betting on the last.
I really hope that in the next chapter he just loses his shit and unleashes the beast in him like his father. As Yujiro once said, unleash the Hanma blood that flows within him lol That'd be cool, but I have a feeling he'll get beat up *sigh*
he better not get his ass beat, I will actually fuckin die bro. I'm hoping for him to go nuts as well.
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He does
Oh no, they're hot!
But seriously that reaction of his was hilarious xD
Wow, I'm actually surprised the grandson of the chieftain knows how to be humble, and accept other's help. I thought he'd just be another egotistical character who thought he was the end all be all of the world. It's nice that a lot of these characters have more depth to them, and aren't two-dimensional.
Personally I think he just had more common sense to know when to be a boot licker.
Except he especifically said that if it was for the good of his people, he'd bow down to others. So it wasn't a selfish reason like to preserve himself, but it was for the well being of everyone. Which is different from his previous attitude.
He got his ass beat, but at least he learned that he needs to take this seriously, and now he's training fuelled by his need to become stronger. It helped him grow, and I guess that's more believable than him beating those guys with only a few weeks of training.