Tou no Kanri wo Shitemiyou

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I really don't feel like the previous reviews are giving this a fair shot. I've read a lot of manga, I've read a lot of trash, I've read a lot of isekai. With the last part of that, this is one of the better ones I've read. The world building in this is pretty thorough compared to many others, where the author does a good job at making the world feel alive and moving outside of our main party. The story is fairly simple overall, but again, the world building and plot within the story does a good job at fleshing out that simplicity. At ... the end of the day though, it is a tower building manga. Again, pretty simple.

Now, as a direct response to people saying the MC is just wish fulfillment power fantasy, eh, I can see where they are coming from. A lot of what happens in this manga are because of the people he surrounds himself with and their power levels while he just stands there. However, it's not like he's completely useless. He's more of the "brains" of the group, which is where I sorta disagree with the "power fantasy" part of it. He's not powerful in the sense of many other isekai MCs, he's just extremely methodological. Again, tower building, so when it comes to his power, well, do you get mad whenever you play a Civ game and level up when you conquer a territory? I can't really discredit the "wish fulfillment" part of the criticism however.

Overall though, without going into spoilers, I ranked this one so high and say it's one of the better ones because the world building is top notch. I do wish the author put more into the characters, but with what we're given, I think they are serviceable. They're not too much of a blank slate to be boring, and there are enough elements in there that show the characters having their own personalities. Again, serviceable.

That's it though. I can see why people don't like it, but there's enough there to make it a good story.

5.8/10


I had previously read this manga when it just released, but I dropped it early on; now, as an even more experienced reader, I gave this another shot after seeing how high the rating was for this manga on MAL. Yet, despite me trying to look at the bright sides, this disappointed in every single way by just being a cliche, generic mess in plot and characters.

Wish-fulfillment is a term that often describes many isekai mangas, and I’ve gotten used to it, but this manga’s plot was just too extreme to find remotely enjoyable — everything in the story is practically handed to the ... main character. Whether it be female leads, sex, or just straight-out power, none of the mc’s accomplishments were deserved; they were only given to him, since he’s the mc.

The plot in itself is also entirely boring, since there’s nothing notable happening due to the lack of conflict and all of the cliches; besides for that, there’s tons of ecchi or sex scenes just for the sake of viewer retention and engagement, but it just doesn’t fit the overall vibe of the manga, feeling forced.

As for the mc, he’s incredibly self-inserted — so much that I can’t even recall his personality as I’m writing this review. For the Fmls, they also don’t have any depth besides for a few jokes here and there along with their great desire to suck up to the mc.

This is a pretty boring, cliche, and generic isekai manga that isn’t enjoyable for the aforementioned reasons.


You guys know this is just my opinion, right?

Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired + A Huang-Teizan Original)
10 - God’s penmanship
9 - Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 - Instant bookmark
7 - Entertaining
6 - Good to pass time
5 - Why are you reading this?
4 - Bad.
3 - Typical garbage.
2 - My head hurts.
1 - Retirement is a thought.
0 - “Did they even give you a story?!”

Story is mediocre and pretty cliché at the same type. If your taste in media is that low, sure go ahead and read it but I don't recommend because you might end up regretting your decision for wasting your time in terrible media when there's plenty of different media to enjoy. At the first chapter you can pretty much tell that it's like this if you have plenty of experience watching anime or reading manga. The protag dies, gets summoned to another world and then there's immediately 2 girls who's in love with some random person they need to help and there's plenty of "emphasis" ... that the protag is not an ordinary person, tHiS pErSon Is sOmEwHaT sPeCiAl or something along the lines. First chapter alone and it gets repeated twice or thrice.