pluckaduck's manga / #RPG(2)

ch. 5: when he was like "yura is ruining my life here (reality) too!", i seriously wanted to roll my eyes. typical immature loser with no sense of responsibility. your room is a fucking mess, your whole life is in a mess, and it's all on YOU! his only good point, his perseverance, is actually his addiction to gaming. after looking into the novel, this is 100% a wish fulfillment story. i don't mind an imperfect mc, but his mindset is especially important. he's lucky to get a legendary item, and for what?

it's underrated. it's entertaining, the banter and dynamics are hilarious, and the friendships are wholesome. all the charas have personalities and quirks, and the mc takes a back seat after his arc to focus on other charas. it's not a power fantasy in the slightest, and the author makes it clear that it's a just game with how lighthearted everything is, and how we don't actually know anything about the charas outside of it (save a couple charas) bc the story takes place only in the game. the author also plays with our expectations by framing the backstories in a certain dark way, then completely subverts them by shedding more information. well done author. also i love how antagonists are written, they arent necessarily demonized for trauma and mc to beat, but just players playing the game, as the author empathizes. but treating everything so lighthearted is selfish as it backfires on relationships built within. which is the main theme btw. finally, the plot: it is not much. it's very much character-driven. the quests/lore take the backseat. but i didn't read it for plot so whatever. also, id love to see more of isley and raiquia interacting.