Most isekai manga these days either go with the generic tried and true setting and story elements, go for something gritty/dark, or have a boring blank slate of an mc that just goes with the flow of what everyone else does.
Not this one so far. Can't say much about the story yet, but the vibe tells me this will be more of a "feel good" story than something dark or cliché isekai. And I quite like the mc too. He's got an actual personality, and so far does what he wants to do, not just going with the flow. I especially liked the little touch the mangaka put in of him not being able to speak properly due barely talking for three years. Gave him a nice "kind mysterious hermit" vibe towards the group of knights/adventurers/whatever while probably being pretty realistic as well.
Poor translator getting shit for not updating every day any more. Not his fault the raws don't come out faster. =/ And it's not like it's easy and fast for the author to make full colour pages either. There's a reason why most manga stick with black and white, and this author releases short chapters.
Yeah they doing their best so shush
Not sure what caused it, but chapters 22.2 to 39.2 are so messy... Panels are all over the place and often in chapters they don't belong in. Hope it can be fixed at some point...
It's pretty standard for an isekai manga. That being said I like the author's more subdued sense of humor. And for the rest it's still too early to tell. So for now it has my interest. :)
Sounds like a slice of life manga with an isekai setting. And from the sound of the description, they'll basically skip over all of the isekai parts in the beginning and go right to "it's a female elf working in a guild." I wish authors wouldn't shoehorn in an isekai setting when it's clearly not needed or really wanted, just because it's what 'popular' these days.
I'll give it a try for one or two chapters, but if it's exactly or very close to what I just described I'll skip this one.
The chapter starts with a bunch of introductions, yet no MC in sight yet. Then we get to see a young MC, then we go to the 'real world', then it's suddenly back in the VR game again, then back to other characters. Feels really confusing to read, imo.
I really hope the next chapters will be a bit more focused and less all over the place. Plus I hope there won't be any harem bullshit in this one...
I think the first hapter is more like a teaser.
I kinda dislike how the two servants act like Makoto is just a tool for them. They don't really listen to him much, they do whatever they want, and they decide what they think is best for him all the time. I wish Makoto started acting a little more like a master as well. As he lets those two walk over him every single time. >_<
Not really walk over him...more like let loose.
They decide for him all the time. With the dragon also binding the spider to him, with all of their followers and the dwarves also joining in that separate space, with going through his memories whether he likes it or not, now with not telling him about what happened. And there were I few more of those cases I believe. So yea, I'd say they walk all over him.
Sure they have the best intentions with him in mind, but that doesn't change what it is.
Also, I should explain in a bit more detail and say that I don't dislike the concept as a whole. But pretty much every other world manga with slaves/servants has their relationship like this.
Why not ? it't more interesting than " oh yes make ur slave and fuck me ! "
They'r also not rude like most of the strong female characters who start hiting the mc and humilate him
They dont act like servants i agree but they still respact him
They SAY they respect him, but their actions speak louder than words. Yes, this is better than a slave just going "oh master f*ck me!" or something like that. But there's a middle ground you know? It doesn't have to be either black or white. The world exists in shades of grey, so there are plenty of 'middle ground' options. Though that would take actual thought and work to create the characters on the author's behalf.
I think Makoto has just never been good with aggressive/strong women. That and he's kind of naive and a pushover thanks to his family. Besides it's hard to say no to a person in earnest.
Firstly, it's really not that hard to say no to a person in earnest. I've done it plenty of times.
Secondly, having servants but then having them walk all over him kinda defeats the whole point of a 'servant'. In other words, storywise there's literally no reason for them to be servants (under magical contract no less) apart from it being a cliché manga trope.
The author skips over TONS of details in this story. As if he/she's going "Why is this in the manga? Because that's expected of an isekai story of course!" rather than actually having the story make sense. He/she seems to simply put things in the manga because 'that's what you do in an isekai story'. I really hate such unimaginative and formulaic stories...
Panty status Genesis 7:17... Gotta love those notes. Couldn't help but laugh a little when I read that. xD
Also, I am now highly anticipating what will come next. I'm further into the story reading the LN and can't wait to see some of the upcoming stuff in the manga. :D
I get that everyone is (or was) exactly like the game she played, but seriously how can she be so dense? x.x This manga reminds me of the newest girl from Chihou Kishi Hans No Junan. Whom is also such an otaku that she seems incapable of understanding that real life isn't the same as a romance game. Even if the characters and world are the same in both.
In the end, all she REALLY has to do to avoid either of the game's endings is be nice to Maria. Because both endings of the game were a direct result of the "villainess" bullying/attacking Maria. Yet instead she goes through all these hoops and makes her life 10x more difficult...for no reason at all really.
She's dense but not as bad as the new girl in Chihou Kishi Hans No Junan. She's so awful, I thought about dropping the manga.
You're right about that. Or at the very least this mangaka made it more subtle.