Let's start with the best part, the main character. Thanks to his cool demeanor and very pragmatic worldview he is a notch better than his peers, even though he is nothing really special. At least the story spends some time fleshing out his character. Initially his arrogant attitude and constant childish bickering with Arnold (one of his companions) were rather aggravating, but this issue seems to be coming up less as the story goes on, which might just be the signs of character development. The same however can't be said for his companions, who are really a run of the mill bunch, not necessarily bad, but not good either.
Even though the manga has a half decent cast, there is just no chemistry between them. There is Arnold and Muir's father-daughter relationship, which is fine, there is the Mc and Arnold's constant bickering, which is just annoying, Wi's blunt affection for the Mc, which is just obvious fanservice, Muir's strive for self-betterment and her envy and embarrassment over Wi's bluntness is mostly kept to herself, and there is Arnold's pervertedness, which is just being played to make the same joke over and over again, and I basically listed all the character dynamics. Although which of these are dynamics and which are simple gimmicks, is up for debate. There is just no meaningful character interaction or banter between them. And I personally wouldn't mind some more small talk, if it's entertaining or gives to the characters, even a little.
The biggest problem with the manga is the story. Namely that it is just rather boring, well not exactly boring, it is that nothing of real significance happens, just basic fantasy stuff. To put it simply it's just not a particularly exciting read. Not to mention that when things actually happen, it is mostly delivered in a very convenient, contrived manner. And just when the story starts to get better the plot pulls out the secret (synonymous with asspull) powerup card. I wasn't bothered much with its presentation, rather with the fact that the manga managed to trip on another genre trapping. Whenever the story shows any signs of promise a convenient plot point happens, or someone says something out of character, just to revert back to normal within a couple of sentences, and this really holds the whole thing back. It's also worth a mention that the manga has some fanservice, not too much to turn down those who don't like it, but enough to entertain those who do. That seems to be the thing, the manga just really hits the middle of the road with whatever it does.
While I would be lying if I said the manga didn't get any better during its runtime, whether that's actually worth the wait however, is up for debate. Since I can't say that it was completely unenjoyable, and since this is the beginning of the story I am willing to give it some slack. However, I advise caution with it, or at the very least adjusted expectations.
