I like this series. I don't like this series. ... My feelings on this series are complex. I've never been so invested in something that I can barely tolerate. I read the short manga and was DEFINITELY intrigued by the plot. The MC is isolated in a school that wants him gone. He has no friends, no allies, and even his childhood friends hate him for "reasons". Oh, and he sucks at everything because his ability is power suppression that kills his ability to use magic along with everything elsel. So he pretty much has no chance to be good at anything (yet he hasn't gotten kicked out of this elite school yet...). The rest of the story is MC fighting, dealing with just about EVERYONE who hates his very existence, and his attempts to change his fortunes. To that end, it's a decent story. In fact, all of the plot points are fun and drew me in. The big problem is HOW it's written.
There are multiple times where the author will explain something, whether it's a character's thoughts, a sword/magic attack, a character's emotions, etc. and literally repeat them multiple times. Like, almost verbatim. Then they'll come back later in the chapter and repeat it again. Then maybe in the next chapter, maybe the thing, but from a different angle. Or we'll go back in time 5 minutes and see it from another character's perspective. For example, there are a few times where some characters are going to meet, fight, or whatever, and it's a BIG deal. Like, we've waded through multiple LNs to get to this point. So the chapter ends with the characters going to talk/fight/whatever. Then in the next chapter, instead of the action taking place, we've gone back in time 5 minutes and we get to listen to a character monologue about everything leading up to that point (also repeating stuff from previous chapters again). Then the chapter ends with those characters meeting. Next chapter? It might go back in time 5 minutes to a different character and repeat it again. Will this repeat a third time? Maybe. It could also jump to another unrelated event or two before FINALLY getting back to whatever we've been waiting 5 CHAPTERS to get to. Imagine multiple novels like that. It was pretty funny/sad to read chapter comments of people reading the web novel translations (because, no official English anything anywhere) and dealing with the same cliffhanger week after week. They had to wait weeks or months to get a resolution that never seemed to come.
I'm giving this a 6 because it has fun ideas, but this author could really use an editor. There are whole chapters that could be removed or shrunk into a few lines. I might come back here and add in my spoiler-y critiques later. Things like how we're told certain characters are "good" or "kind" while the reasons are LITERALLY laughable ("he blocked an attack heading toward me one time". ONE TIME. Never mind the fact that he's a violent drunkard, a bully known to ONLY target weak people, and physically threw you against a wall when you were already injured. Ugh, no spoilers). Or how we're told a certain character's actions are strange, when in reality if you REALLY look at it, it isn't abnormal at all. E.g. not immediately trusting your deepest, darkest secrets to your previous multi-year bully & other people who openly hated you. Luckily they're friends with you now! Oh, but only after you saved their lives and proved you were strong. When you were weak? Worthless. But now that they know you're STRONG? They want to be friends! You must be a good person if you're strong! The themes are really strange in this story. To be fair, a lot of my critiques come from the web novel since there are only 2 untranslated LNs so far. It's probable that these issues will get fixed during the conversion to LN form, but supposedly a 3rd novel hasn't been released in the past year+. Anyway, if you start this series, be prepared for resolutions to important "things" to take MULTIPLE volumes. They DO get resolved though. That's why I'm sticking with it... for better or for worse...
