Sure the MC has the plot armor of "luck" and slightly impossible "foresight". And since he knows the "game" inside-out he can make the perfect builds and find the perfect places to go to next and strategies to use. But he's not overpowered like so many other isekai MCs that go way beyond the realm of common sense in that world.
He strategizes based on team composition, makes good gear and build decisions, and still quite often has one hell of a though fight. So much better than "oh yea I'm just so overpowered it's obvious I'll win anyway."
Good god the art took a nose dive in recent chapters. Contorted bodies, misaligned eyes/mouths, etc. What the hell happened.
I just noticed as well after reading the last 10 or so chapters. Like, I'm usually one of the last to notice a change in art style, but this one is such a drop in quality even I can easily spot it.
I don't like how most fights have now turned into just 2 groups standing opposite each other, summoning some energy creature, and those creatures duking it out... =/
you make it sound like pokemon...
I mean yea... lots of similarities there.
I really tried giving this manga a go for a long time. And usually I'm not even that bothered by ecchi or even sexual stuff, but this is just...stupid. Why the hell does skill structure basically have to be sex without sex? It's so clearly just for the lewdness...
And I could even look past that...if the rest of the manga wasn't so boring to read. =/
So many of these isekai manga start off with at least a semi-interesting premise that could hold potential, but then devolve into almost slice of life, the harem constantly going "I want the master's/hero's babies"/"the master/hero is so cool", and a bit of action in between just so you don't forget that they're technically in a fantasy world with monsters...
Low effort slop where the mangaka either sucks at story telling or just can't be bothered to...
Why do so many of these fantasy stories do this? Whenever there's some "high tech" needed in a world with magic, what do the authors go for? That's right...stuff from our modern era...
Just like the ship in chapter 39 now. Supposedly an anti-calamity magic warship. But it just looks like a modern day (or fairly modern at least) warship, only with modern cannons replaced with "magic laser cannons".
No creativity or anything. Just pure laziness. It's a world full of magic where physics have little meaning, why would such a world ever develop exactly the same as our non-magical, physics bound world?
think about it this way the MC is now in a basically Medieval world and their Advanced civilization could have been Basically our world just with Magic instead of Science or a Mixture there of simple really .
I just hate that when a story is supposed to be medieval/fantasy, authors like this go and put modern day things in the world.
Cellphones, TVs, cars/vans, guns, modern day fabrics with modern day designs, buildings with perfectly transparent smooth glass, heated baths and showers, soft mattresses, etc.
If you're going to make this "medieval fantasy" world like modern day with magic replacing modern day science 1 to 1, with the only difference being mage staves, swords and armor, why even make it medieval fantasy?
oh i know the feeling it does suck but once the author started putting the in LOST civ's thing it was like ok so this might in fact basically be a Magic based Version of our own world which removes much of wanting to finished reading .
agreed it always takes me out of the immersion too
It feels like a similar plot to other manhwa like this. Especially solo leveling. I.E. happening upon a super powerful powerup/class change in a game-like world, and becoming the strongest.
However this one feels too...generic. And being too blatant with the dick stroking of the MC. Like he literally gets everything handed to him on a silver platter, and so far at chapter 12, he's the "so much the bestest and beats all the other men" and "all the girls immediately respect/like him" kind of MC.
It technically IS his original body. Just the younger version. Allowing the MC to train so much faster with his god knows how many years of experience, and avoid the mistakes he made in the past. How does this newest bad guy think he would even stand a chance? :P
Dammit...now that I've seen him disguise himself as a woman I wish the character was female in the first place. There are so many "overpowered cool guy owning everyone" manwhas incredibly similar to this one. Yet I haven't found a single one with a female protagonist yet. And he looks so cool and elegant as a woman! =/
There is “ https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_stole_the_number_one_ranker_s_soul/ “ you can read on Webtoon app which is free, “I stole the first ranker’s soul” is the title on the webtoon
Thanks for the suggestion, but not at all what I was looking for. The MC is...kinda ditzy and it feels like a more light-hearted comic overall. Was more looking for the cool/serious type of female MC.