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I just read somewhere that this has been dropped, but it was on a German Site, which makes sense, because a Publishing House had acquired the license for this Webtoon for it to (originally) be published earlier this year, but fumbled the ball somehow and had to renounce the publishing. I don't know why it happened, though. Now I'm wondering if it was dropped for real and that happened around the time Season 2 ended.
I originally dropped looking for stories like this one, but reading »Mercenary Enrollment« yesterday invigorated my feelings towards this certain trope. I'm talking about the »What if a trained soldier / assassin / hitman / mercenary / whatever was thrown into a peaceful environment, where nobody knows about his abilities and has to lead a normal life?«
It doesn't have to be exactly like that, but something similar would be nice. Action is a most in a way, I guess. My favorite Manga of all time (except for Jojo's, but Jojo's doesn't count, as it is above any kind of rankin; it is absolute) »Dendrobates« is also that kind of story. A japanese kid, growing up in one of the worst parts of colombia, becoming an ace sicario (colombian hitman) and returning to japan as an adult, to become a police officer to hide his second life as a hitman in the middle of Tokyo. Mercenary Enrollment was even set in Highschool. I dig that. But I initially gave up on this trope, because I did read it here and there, but every time it was simply disappointing. So, if anyone knows a story that takes this trope seriously, I would love to hear about it. Might be too much to ask for, though, as most authors seem to think this is a premise where you simply can't take the MC seriously, as they want to have their cake and eat it, too (which means, in this case, they want a fun teenage story, but they also want to show a hardened soldier type of character at the age of 17 and I guess you know how that is a problem. You may to it, but it always seem like a parody instead of an earnest story).
So ... that's about it. Any ideas ...?
um the only type of story that i can think is kinda similar to what ur talking abt is called “history’s strongest manager” or smthn like that. personally i feel like the story honestly kinda shit lol i ended up dropping it after a while it rlly isn’t the best manhwa out there but u could have a look at it ig ??
not entirely sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but i can think of,
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_descent_of_the_demonic_master/ > cripple first life, demonic master second life, ordinary person third life; trying to live a normal life whilst holding all the experience he has in his past life
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/black_haze/ > strongest mage thrown into high school whilst hiding his identity (10/10 recommend)
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/master_of_gu/ > god in his past life, reborn & has all his powers still, hiding his identity while gaining more power
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_world_is_money_and_power/ > delinquent (no clue what his identity is) that enrolls in a gambling school not to gain power but justice
Demonic Master is good, but that one I already read. Master of Gu was something I had on my list, but I didn't really check what it was about, so it's interesting if it actually fits the criteria. Black Haze seems to be pretty much what I'm looking for, I guess that's what I will be reading next. The last one, I would have to check out, don't know if it's going to be interesting to me.
Anyway, thank you very much! :D
I'm gonna check it out anyway. Thanks a lot ^^
if you end up reading master of gu, i have to warn you; while it IS a good story, most of the characters there are dumb, like real dumb. it felt as though the author put no effort into making the characters, but it is refreshing to see a villain mc that does work. on the other hand, you will not be disappointed with black haze, it's one of the best action webtoons out there imo
I'm really getting my hopes up for Black Haze, ngl xD
And okay, thanks for the warning. Welp. I mean, I read stories with really braindead characters before, it's sometimes a little stressful to read, depending on how it plays out. But I guess I'm gonna see what happens. Can't be more than infuriating and in the worst case, I'm just gonna drop it.
Thanks again :D
I'm just a few chapters in and there's not much to rag on, but even though I don't hate the fact that he trains some sort of self defense means (though Rice Cake seems to be able to guard him just fine in my opinion), learning Swordsmenship and Beastmen Martial Arts both seem to kind of harshly wear down his hands. From holding the wooden sword and swinging it, to somehow crawling around on all fours through all-terrain. The hands of a chef are as holy as that of a violinist or pianist. If his hands numb through this sort of coarse exercise, that would be no good at all. Not a good combination.
I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying it's kind of late in the game. If he had some fundament, it would be easier for his body to get used to it - like, had he started cooking and training his body at the same time, for instance. But now this is just going to make his hands, which where solely trained for work in the kitchen, do something so straneous, which is going to be detrimental when cooking later.
it is fantasy. He has special magical fruits that real.
I think it's pretty doable since he only go to the otherworld once a week (if I'm not mistaken). So he probably trained like crazy for one time per week only
*that heal
He said he's training every morning, though.
He doesn't have an endless supply and what I mean is the way his hands have to get used to knew movements and callouses from crawling and crash course training with the sword aren't endlessly healable, realistically. Even in a fantasy, there has to be internal logic. And those professions simply don't mesh well, if you don't start them together, to form a coherent base with both.
The red wolf lady already mentioned that MC seems to have some kind of healing ability now? Or if Rice Cake as a guardian wolf have gave him such blessing.
She mentioned that MC is still fine even after getting bitten by Mona several times.
Usually in such fantasy setting, a white wolf would be known as fenrir.
Fenrir usually was known to have several kind of power, they may also be able to bless other with such power or maybe he share that power (I think it was when Rice Cake licking can heal?).
So... probably that is the case here?
(Just my speculation)
I know. In fact, I gathered as much from the beginning, not just because the MC apparently understands everyone. It might be due to him being from another world alltogether, but a sort of boon to having Rice Cake around seemed more likely to me. Could be wrong though, maybe it's just him being from another world.
What I meant with "not endlessly healable" is the fact that these types of wounds would still scar at some point and even if the healing was omnipotent, you would need these callouses. Those changes in your body aren't meant to cause you pain or grief, the body changed according to wear and tear, in order to take less damage from the same mechanisms in the future. For example: MC will already have callouses on his hands, in specific areas, especially at the base of his index finger, where it touches the blade to secure grip and control. You will WANT these callouses, otherwise, it will hurt every time or you may be suffering from blisters.