This manga has absolutely NO right in being as enjoyable as it is due to all of the “nots” that the manga executes in the whole isekai trope, but it somehow works through the juxtaposition of the main character and his gruesome world.
Rule number one of a good isekai: have good world-building and make it interesting; well, this manga does the exact opposite of that due to how many cliches it falls victim to — racism, poor power scaling, and “totally unpredictable evil organizations.”
“Ok fine, what about rule number 2?”
Rule number two of a good isekai: introduce a main character and make said mc go through progressive developments and explore his backstory. You caught me. This also doesn’t do anything like that — in fact, in to chapters, there was not one backstory on the main character, but it honestly wasn’t a bother to the story.
“Now truly, how could this be a good isekai if it doesn’t even follow two of the most basic rules of an isekai?”
Well.. Though the manga doesn’t employ the most standard and traditional means of creating an investing and interesting world and characters, the manga is instead pure, unfiltered fun through the characters and their chemistry.
There are your typical and usual cliches in the character archetypes, but the main character’s whimsical attitude about the twisted world around him, just makes this manga so interesting. As for the side characters, they become quite essential and important to the story, as they share most of the screen time in the later chapters; the side characters have been more developed and introduced than the main character, but that is fine, since the mc was already “fun.”
Obviously, this isn’t the most intricate and well-built isekai in the world, and it follows the basic plot developments of a fantasy isekai, however, this makes it all the more enjoyable, since there isn’t much intricacy to remember to fully understand the characters and the world, creating a “too enjoyable for your own good experience. “
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?!”
