Minor spoilers
This is so painful to read due to the fact that it had such a large amount of potential to be great. The first two chapters were amazing by setting up the world and plot line for the rest of the story, but it only goes down from there.
First thing I want to note on is the massive amount of plot holes: repetition of the same challenges despite formerly created pieces leaving an impact and the oblivious/idiotic mob-mentality characters. The massive turn-off for me in this manwha is the purposely designed plot point of the main character remaining solo for the rest of his adventure. In other words, there will be no rival (Leveling with the Gods), no love interest (Second Life Ranker), or character development for the mc since development is mainly driven by influence.
An issue with game-world type stories, applicable to this, are the ungodly amount of stats that are added which won’t even be impactful to the story or memorable until it’s whipped out of the author’s arsenal of plot. The world-building is great initially, but I wished the manwha elaborated more on the mc’s abilities as his involvement in fights is practically none for whatever reason. That’s about it.
The manwha will or has already degraded into an above average challenger manwha, which will rot in people’s bookmarks due to its lack of appeal — well, it would for me.
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?!”
