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I'm quite sad to write this, as I had initially read up until chp 21 and loved this series as something not to serious with a good sense of humor. Coming back after a while to re-read and catch up, I remembered the quirky/cartoonish way this series handled the generic isekai tropes and managed to make me laugh doing so. The author does a good job of giving the MC a lot of skills without bogging down the pace of the story by having you read too much about every single skill. Only the important skills are emphasized and explained through examples rather than a ... simple text box and description. The art is also a standout as the incredibly emotive features of the characters enhance the story telling quite a bit.

However, after roughly chp 24 the pacing jumps into high gear and the story becomes hard to read. What was an easy enough to follow story about survival is flipped on it's head as new skills are added without explaining how or telling us what they do, and the tone of the story takes a full 180. Plot twists come in, but that only makes it harder to tell what's actually happening as the author keeps throwing new information our way. Then right at chp 37 it cuts and jumps right back into the tone and style of story telling they had excelled at before.

(at the time of writing, there are only 15 chapters translated)
If you're reading this series, I'll assume this isn't you're first jump into the "overpowered main character isekai" rabbit hole, as there are many others out there worth your time before diving into this one. So hopefully you know what you're getting into because there isn't much here that makes it special, or tries to change the formula. It's much more suited for when you've gotten through all the "good" ones out there and just need more of that ridiculous power fix. Why might that be?

Pros:
-The series is just fun. It's a kid who built ... up such good karma in his previous life that the world he's reborn in is basically made for him. The people around him don't question why an 8 y/o has this much power, and the world just accepts him as something special.
-The main character is STRONG. He has so much magic that he can cast basically any spell, and has access to any magically knowledge instantly.
-It's easy to read. Depends on what mood you're in, but you can just sit back and take in a chapter without worrying about the drama...

...which leads me to.

Cons:
-There is basically no plot. It's just meant to entertain by escalating the kind of crazy scenarios and good fortunes the main character gets into. There is no through thread connecting the chapters, no villains plotting in secret... (yet?) It's just whatever crazy thing the main character does that chapter.
-Everything moves SO FAST! There are time jumps aplenty, but you'll miss them if you're not careful. One chapter you meet someone new, then suddenly 3 chapters later the main character say's they met 2 years ago...
-The characters are all secondary. They exist to look at the main character and point in amazement at what he can do.
-The amount of them. It's getting out of hand, and very quickly. It's not too many side characters yet, but I just hope they stop adding in more as keeping track of them is the only thing I have to work my brain for going chapter to chapter.
-There is no action. Not necessarily a con, but it's an odd choice for this genre.

To begin I would just like to say that reading this manga was, despite all my negative criticism, an enjoyable experience in which I would suggest to someone who reads manga purely for enjoyment. I have written a lot of negative criticism bellow but would like to say that those are only the negative parts to the story. This manga has a lot of good qualities otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to read it all (my personal opinion).

Firstly, the story was compelling and had well thought out plot which was thrilling to read, especially if you like mystery. However that is only ... for the first 20 chapters at most. I fell in love with the characters and their personalities in the beginning, but was sad to see the mystery solving Devil Lawyer disappear only to be replaced by an action manga hero. His perks and quirks where mixed around and he became a different character who was no longer suited to solve crimes but instead suited to fight the criminals.

There was one arc however I loved, "Kucabara's Wisdom" (basically his back story). It started off with a bang which was intense and really emotional, yet it was also the beginning in the shift from Mystery/Plot Based manga to Action/Entertaining manga. I didn't notice at the time, simply assuming the arc was just the tragic back story, because we all no we can't have a manga without one of those. But it set up the course for the rest of the manga, defining what the "final confrontation" would be, defining a reason to go adventuring along with a villain to defeat. It was amazing and I loved reading every minute of it.

It wasn't until around chapter 50 that I really started to notice the decline in the stories integrity. Not only was the mangaka trying to increase their readers base using stereotypical action plot twists, but the art took a turn from beautiful to ecchi. There was one character who had a different skimpy outfit every time you saw her to the point where I didn't know who was there until someone said her name. Each change involved not only a clothes, but her hair and even her mannerisms where changed as well.

*paragraph long emotional rant*
There was one chapter which was absolutely pointless to the entire manga. It started out that a new character was introduced, then a dangerous problem was introduced. So the new character solves this problem with some rainbow magic and disappears never to be seen again. THEN we learn that she was an ILLUSION!!! They also introduce this clock that isn't used until the very end of the manga. It's not special, it doesn't have any power. It's just used to countdown 2 minutes in the last 5 chapters... IT WAS ALL SO ANNOYINGLY POINTLESS!

The ending to this manga was hard to swallow. It was inconclusive as to what was actually happening. We had 3 new bad guys introduced in the span of 5 chapters and the main characters entire motivation for action was flipped upside down and replaced by something new. I am just going to say that the last 17 were rushed and should have lasted 50 or more chapters if the series wasn't ending. Sub plots were abruptly ended and ruined by the easiest means possible. I felt terrible seeing that all the depth and life to the story was sucked dry as it ended. (there was even someone who dies, then is spontaneously brought back to life without any reason to take a hit for the main character and die again...) This manga which started out really nice turned into a real travesty at the end, story wise. The plot was screwed over but it was still an enjoyable read. So; don't read this is you want a well written plot based manga, read this if you want and enjoyable time wasting manga. That pretty much sums it up.