Garbage Brave: Isekai ni Shoukan sare Suterareta Yuusha no Fukushuu Monogatari

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Tldr at the bottom

This is a standard isekai revenge story that we've all read before. In a way, I appreciate how quickly it moves at first. It doesn't spend a ton of time explaining skills or inventory and how it works etc. I like how fast it moves through the plot bc we've all seen it before, but its hard to tell who the mc even wants revenge on once he gets sent away. We have one scene where the mc is with his classmates and they are kind of indifferent about the food he's made for them. Then everyone gets transported and the mc ... gets sent away almost immediately. I get him being upset at the kingdom bc they are rude and forceful(especially to him), but he says he wants revenge on everybody besides one girl who's nice to him. I wish we'd have learned a bit about his classmates and the nations that summoned them. This might be fleshed out in the future but for now it feels like its lacking something.(we didn't even get the typical part where his classmates ignore him or say how much they hate him as he's tossed out, the kingdom just started forcefully separating all the heroes between different nations and they were all along for the ride)

After being thrown away the mc goes through his powerup/training arc, which I loved for how quick it was. I was really excited for him to head back to civilization and figure out where the story was going. So what happens next? We get a 12 chapter plot-line about a murder mystery lol. I would have loved this if it was only 5 or 6 chapters long bc its something I rarely see in isekai, but it lags too much on this one plot-line. We are introduced to some new characters but nothing that warrants the 12 chapter length. Its bizarre how quick the author moved at the start and how he slows things down to a crawl with this next section. After this the mc is just getting ready for the next arc and whatever it will entail in the latest chapters.

Lets talk about the characters for a bit. We have the mc who's the typical edgelord chuuni with a heart of gold for the people close to him. We find out more about his past life and how sad its been as we go along, its fine. Then theres the first member of his harem who I have way more trouble figuring out what the author is trying to do with her. I think he was shooting for the hard worker who's also had a rough go at life, like the mc. She meets the mc who saves her from being a slave and now she never wants to leave his side. I think the author fumbles a bit with how he writes the characters and their interactions at times. Although, its about what I expect from isekai and doesn't bother me too much. The side characters are fine, although not very memorable. We also have two new party members that just joined and it remains to be seen how they will be.

So, should you read this? If you're an isekai fan with already low expectations, this is for you. I get whiplash from how the author handles the pacing, sometimes its good sometimes its bad. The characters are all just okay, nothing special. Its got fun action when its happening and some comedy thats hit or miss. I do like the art, I'd give it an 8 out of 10.(this might be skewed from the last manga I read having awful art and this one in comparison looks great, I'm no expert on art lol) This manga doesn't bring much new to the isekai genre, but if you found this I'm assuming most of you aren't looking for something that reinvents the wheel. Give it a go if you really like isekai. (sorry if this review turned out shit, I was done with it and then I accidentally deleted it all. I liked my first draft better when I wasn't annoyed to be typing it all over again -___-)

Tldr: Stock standard isekai revenge story with inconsistent pacing/characters that doesn't bring much new to the table, only read if you really like isekai.

TL;DR - This manga is not worth your time in any sense, look elsewhere.

Typically, trashy isekai manga are my guilty pleasure. I like seeing tropes unfold that I saw coming from a mile away. OP main character wish fulfillment is my bread and butter. This manga however, I didn't even begin the second chapter because of how aggravating the writing was.

Hypothetically, let's say you're isekai'd. REGARDLESS of what your title or rank or whatever is, you discover an ability that effectively turns your enemies into paste. While you're in these life or death encounters while surviving by yourself in the woods, do you, A: fiddle ... around with other abilities while a bear easily 10 times your size is attempting to maul you? Or B: use your one-shot kill ability BEFORE it manages to drive its claws straight through your chest? I, as well as any other sensible person would choose B. Our MC on the other hand waits until he's bleeding out on the ground to use it since he can heal. But that begs the question, how the fuck is he going to heal if he instantly dies due to not using his one-shot ability? The author apparently never thought about that.

On to the other plot point that really pissed me off. Our MC is assigned the role "Cook" which everybody instantly deemed as useless. Someone with a brain would think "Oh, we should probably keep him around so he can feed us after tough battles." But as I mentioned, nobody in this manga seems to have a brain. They do the typical thing where the tell him to fuck off and send him somewhere that should be instant death but he instead thrives and levels up very quickly. But it has none of the lead-up that makes any of it satisfying. I have never come across a manga that managed to piss me off enough to make me drop it this fast before, it's honestly impressive what the author accomplished here.

The title is absolutely apt, this is garbage. Shameless Arifureta ripoff (and I'm not joking here, there where actual dialogs and panels what I'm pretty sure I've seen there)... It wouldn't have bothered me though, if it had learned from the mistakes of it's predecessor, but no. Everything what was annoying in Arifureta is present here as well, but most of the good part in it what I've actually enjoyed is missing from here. The characters are cardboard cutouts, the MC is even less charismatic, the stupid annoying harem is obviously cannot be missing. The revenge story is completly unfounded and pathetic... Oh, and the ... MC talks about revenge all the time, but so far the story has nothing to do with it, and it is absolutely boring. Do not waste your time...