Re:Monster

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If you're looking for something deep, then this is definitely not the manga for you. It has an interesting premise and fairly decent art, but is crippled by the characters, lack of story, and harem bait.

The main character Rou is too OP to take seriously. His personality was interesting to begin with, but slowly devolved into wish fulfillment character he has very sketchy views on morality. The rest of the characters aren't all that special either.

The harem he has is mostly forgettable personality wise. Literally, their characters are cliche cardboard cut outs who do nothing to enhance the plot, save Mi. I liked Kichi and ... E, but they are not the main focus of the series.

In short, if you don't like wish fulfillment fantasy that revolved around an OP main character, then this is probably not the manga for you.

With that being said, I do enjoy reading it for fun, but I have to turn my brain off first. There really isn't an ongoing story as far as I can tell (might be different for the Light Novel) and it mostly seems to equates to Rou spending his days either fighting, eating, or spending time with his harem.

The concept itself is pretty fascinating, but unfortunately is a concept that already been seen. The only twist that I found fascinating is that the main character reborns as pretty much the weakest creature you can find in standard rpgs. It also has an interesting evolving system that would equate itself to a normal ranking system.

He is an OP character, so there hardly isn't any challenge for him. He usually saves his moves as the last trump card.

However, his development overshadows other characters completely. Quite dissappointing. Mi and Kichi weren't that bad, since they were there in the beginning, but in the end ... it turns into a half-baked harem, with characters that were just.... there.

My greatest regret is that he wasn't born as a kobolt. Note that Kobolts are dog humanoids, so naturally they're cute. Would have been 10x better.

Otherwise, the MC has cool character designs that even I can't deny.

I Was An Almighty Mary Sue, But I Got Stabbed By A Little Kid Somehow, And Then I Was Reincarnated As An Almighty Mary Sue In Another World

Overall there's competence in the writing, but why this plot and development-deflating trope as the overarching theme? Ultimately it's kind of just ending up as a 'slice of life' plot in the most brutally dysfunctional pseudo-progressive commune you've ever seen, interspersed with curb-stomp battles and casual cannibalism/pica.

I think maybe this story would have been much better written if that kid had mysteriously shown up and stabbed Rou again while impalement still did something more than make him ... scowl, thus leaving the other characters with actual challenges and purpose. Again, the writing isn't bad, but the protagonist telegraphs every outcome just by existing. Also, he has a baaaad case of blue-and-orange morality which could have been a major point of the plot, but by Chapter 39 still just seems to be another form of invulnerability against consequence. Meh. Strongly considering dropping this; I'm pretty sure it's just going to end with Rou single-handedly conquering the world, then eating it.