Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi: Cheat Slayer

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"'The problem lies with your own frailty of resolve that forces simple, easy to understand answers and resolutions on others. This is the main reason the Imaginator is overrunning the world. No matter how long you wait, nothing ever begins.' When I read that, I thought I understood, but now that I found myself in this very situation, I desperately wanted a simple, easy to understand explanation and a happy ending."
[SUEMA, Kazuko. Monologue. Boogiepop Series]

Please, if you are one of the people in the community who spread free hate on Isekai just because they are Isekai, I urge you to read this review carefully.

Isekai Tenseisha ... Koroshi: Cheat Slayer is Homura Kawamoto's newest publication. Perhaps this name is not strange to you, reader, after all, he is famously known for his other work that won an anime adaptation in two seasons, Kakegurui. However, I must say that a possible large number of people who now step on the page of this manga probably do not know him, since the greatest source of popularity of this work is not its author, nor its history. The key behind which many are here is the reputation this one recently gained for being canceled after its one and only chapter. Even though I've watched Kakegurui, I personally fit into this group that heard about Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi for its cancellation and only later came to find out about its author. Like one of those people, I also barely knew about the work and I began to consume its only chapter out of curiosity. So I did and, now that I'm done, I can say I'm completely surprised. Surprised in the sense that an author of such a popular work managed to descend to that level.

The story of Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi is incomplete because of its interruption. All we know so far, briefly, is that in a given fantasy world where the work takes place, there is a group of nine reincarnated heroes. The guild of these nine heroes, "The Insurgents of God", is seen as protective and heroic in that world, fighting the apparent evildoers, the demon lord's troops. The nine reincarnated build a virtuous and immaculate image in front of our protagonist, Lute, who, as often happens with young people in front of their idols, is inspired and also projects themselves in them.

However, Lute's reality changes drastically as he sees his village under attack. On the outskirts of town, he and Lydia, his childhood friend, are taken by surprise and murdered – or at least they would be, but Lute survives. While he doesn't completely lose consciousness, the protagonist peeks out of his eyes and experiences a reality check. In front of him, Lydia, already dead, is raped by one of the reincarnated, while two others look on from afar. The reincarnated heroes that he had so much respect for, in fact, are worthless degenerates who have little respect for any form of life in that world. And so, Lute's thirst for revenge is fed, whereby he will later ally himself with an unknown witch and the story will follow (or would) from there.

Everything this chapter tries to convey, in terms of history, aims to shock the reader and build in him a certain layer of hatred on the nine reincarnated. And yet, I would say it fails in that very department. As this is an incomplete, one-chapter story, I can't demand too much depth on the characters or why they all do their deeds. It would be unfair. However, I find it difficult to cling to the protagonist or truly feel the impact of him having a childhood friend killed and raped in front of him when his reaction is so expressionless.

As he sees the villains' disgusting attitudes, he doesn't believe it and convinces himself that what before his eyes is a dream. This would be understandable, given the strong reference he sustains about reincarnated people and the human being's frequent habit of undertaking self-deception as an adaptive mechanism. He doesn't want to believe this is real. But when he confirms the veracity of what he witnessed, the “fury” and thirst for revenge that guide the character are reduced to empty facial expressions in just a few frames. The magnitude of his feelings is not well emphasized and soon we see Lute thinking about the difficulty it would be to defeat the reincarnated being he a normal person, amidst the expository dialogues of the witch who cured him. I mean, where is the expressiveness of this character? Where is the shriek of pain that would make the reader feel sorry for their miserable situation? All we have for that is his childhood friend's statement, before the sad moment happened, and a few uninspired shots. Do you see what I want to expose here, dear reader? Not only does this single chapter contain almost no substance, it fails in what little it does.

The pacing in this chapter is extremely fast, in my opinion. Reincarnates are barely introduced properly, so the first page and a few frames make up our introduction to them. Most of the characters just make their appearance and have very few lines so far, with the exception of the Shin Walford-inspired character. The protagonist's cathartic moments are quickly replaced by the witch's explanations and derogatory speeches by the nine reincarnated under over-caricature expressions, in an attempt to push hate and more hatred towards these characters down our throats. The protagonist's emotional moments and narrative, or the atmosphere surrounding his friend's rape, are in the background, while the focus shifts at all costs to the attempt to prove “how rotten reincarnates are”.

But, after all, we all know the reason for this lack of commitment to the narrative itself. From the first second we skim the cover, it's already possible to understand why. In Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi, the author is not concerned with telling a story, much less adding substance to it. It's no coincidence that the nine alleged heinous “heroes” have such familiar designs, after all they are nearly identical in appearance to nine protagonists from nine popular works in the anime industry. This is because Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi is an obvious, unhealthy attack on the Isekai phenomenon.

And, beyond an attack, I would consider the work dangerous and hypocritical.

You see, although I like some of the examples in this sub-genre, I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of Isekai. While I appreciate some of them, like Re:Zero, I also have problems with others, like Overlord. Both cited inspire characters that the author of Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi applied as villains in his work. The point is that my opinion about the work is not negative because of favoritism about work "x" or "y", but rather related to the hate speech character that the manga carries and, consequently, how much it feeds this reproduction in the community. Just look at the discussions that have arisen around this story. The vast majority of them do not concern the problems that certain Isekais might sustain such as romanticizing the lives of NEETs and ignoring their real problems. They are more populated by childish taunts that are made to Isekai's fans and comments blaming them for canceling the work.

A good portion of this audience is the same one that generalizes Isekai's works and puts them all in the same boat. I'm not saying that there is a majority of those who liked the chapter, but the presence of this thought is evident. And this vision is resonant with the work itself, as the author did exactly the same and generalized the sub-genre, choosing characters from popular franchises that have no relationship to each other and arbitrarily demonizing them without backing to the real story.

For example, what does the tone of KonoSuba, a parody, have to do with Re:Zero, which constitutes a serious plot of psychological drama? What to represent a character similar to Ainz Ooal Gown would have to add to a possible criticism of the romanticization of the Hikikomori or NEET phenomenon, given that, in Overlord, as far as the anime adapted, we hardly know about the protagonist's past, nor if he fits in this archetype? What would representing a character almost aesthetically identical to Kirito could add if, contrary to what Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi suggests and then tries to go against in reincarnated ones, his story does not carry any trace of romanticizing anti-social status? Seriously... Instead, in certain chapters like Days of Begginings and the parking lot scene in Alicization Lasting, there's even a focus on anti-social disturbance as something negative and the construction of apathy, indifference to reality. The work's proposal is not to romanticize the protagonist's isolation and escapism, but to work on the concept of “reality” and the limits between the two sides of this mirror. So much so that both worlds are conceived as having losses and benefits, never just one side of that coin. And, above all, what would the inspiration for Sword Art Online be doing there, if it isn't even Isekai?

The danger of this discourse is almost instantaneous: the author, more concerned with pointing fingers at the sub-genre, did not lend himself to choosing coherent examples, both with each other and with the main idea he wants to convey. As much as I don't like to assume things unsure and print accusations, this lack of correlation makes it seem like he's barely read the works. The attack is unfounded and seems to give us only a single message: "Isekai is the problem." But, after all, why is it the problem? Because some of its examples represent questionable moral elements as a good thing? True, but proliferating hate speech against works that has nothing to do with it is irresponsible.

Furthermore, even if you, the reader, for some reason want to argue that, in your opinion, certain animes referenced there are within that group, the message is still not justifiable. Propagating hate speech against NEETs and demonizing them in your work will not only not solve the problem or promote healthy debate. On the contrary: it will only make it worse. People in this situation are victims of a phenomenon, whether caused by socioeconomic or particular circumstances, and need support and lifestyle changes. It may be wrong to portray this phenomenon as normal. It is not. It's not okay with this type of behavior, and many of the people in this situation can actually be questionable in their conduct. However, branding these people as bad is definitely not the proper treatment. It will make the veiled prejudice about them grow and the hand that society should extend to rehabilitation will be the same one that points to ostracism.

Don't say I'm jumping to conclusions. After all, in certain passages, the work doesn't even try to hide this discourse. In the words of the witch who is responsible for saving Lute and for guiding his plan: “One of them was a shut-in who always escaped reality through video games. In a world whithout powers, he was nothing more than a hate filled dog who followed orders. Despite wanting to fall in love more than anyone else, he pathetically coped with his loneliness throught the world of 2D. A truly laughable piece of trash. A piece of trash like him should have died in the crevices of society like the other pieces of trash (...)”

And, as if this dangerous moral were not enough, it could also make Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi a very... hypocritical story. If the main message the author wants to convey is the danger of morals spread by certain Isekais, and if the main argument her fans have used to support this issue is the infamous term of “self-insert”, we come to another level of contradiction. After all, what else this single-chapter work once again presents is the pervasiveness of an extremely questionable ethic and service as a self-insert. This time, however, the projection is not with the fans of Isekai, so condemned by the community, but with the haters. The protagonist, Lute, is a perfect vehicle for this, as he is the perfect way for those with hatred for the sub-genre to vent all of their anger. Which target would be better than several famous Isekai near-protagonists? At this point, it doesn't even matter what the problem is, since the one who criticizes it also endorses or reproduces it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I know that the infamous “Isekai wave” is constantly treated as of poor quality by the community. And I share the same opinion that a large portion of Isekais are repetitive, recycling various concepts of setting and character, and that many are poor in substance. However, it is necessary to stick to the fact that hurling irrational hatred or stating that “everything sucks and that's it” are very simple decisions that do not resolve. It is in the nature of human beings to wish that everything simply resolves itself immediately. We want things to work out effortlessly, and so we are full-eyed when we listen to immediate and generalizing proposals like the one diffused in this work.

But that's not how things are going to fit together. Attacking Isekai fans, generalizing works simply because they belong to a sub-genre, or just reproducing that there is a problem with Isekai without questioning how they are drawing attention to it is not the right way to go. A healthy debate is what fits here, precisely what this manga did not propose. Of course, there is always the possibility that the author is not wanting to draw attention to that side of the work, and is just an interpretation. It's possible. However, while the most talked about face is the attempt to criticize the sub-genre, that remains my opinion.

Reading this work made me sad. Sad to see the speech that the author wanted to endorse, but even more sad to see it echoing in the community later. Even though, personally, I'm not a big fan of Kakegurui, it's a big disappointment for me. I don't like writing inflammatory reviews about certain works at all, but in this case, I couldn't help it. And, if by any chance you are looking for a work that deals with the subject of NEETs and Hikikomoris with due respect and seriousness, go to NHK ni Youkoso! or ReLIFE. This is not the place.

I hate the fact that it got canceled. But I understand why. It was not a parody, the author attacked other manga. It was a direct and explicit attack. But for such a thing to exist something must be very wrong. It’s sad but I think the attack was justified, you see he was going to explore the moral problems of isekai in a way that’s not lighthearted and not inviting a rational discussion (well we have one chapter and I’m guessing what it would be about). He took a dogmatic approach, with a clear message and this just doesn’t work in an official magazine. ... And I think this kind of approach is good(of the author), bear with me for some paragraphs. This is not completely my idea, I would love to think that it is a bit similar to Slavoj Zizek’s view on Greta Thunberg (even if I am a random guy writing a review) . A paraphrase: “would you like to live in a society, where you would have to all the time democratically debate whether women should be raped?” I hope you see it, you just have to be exact about some things.

A lot of us enjoy the satisfaction from this wish-fulfillment story of isekai (well including me). But a large PROBLEM I see is the absence of morality in them. For our pleasure, we are ready to ignore things they promote and encourage. The IMMORAL things. Glorification of people who failed at life if done poorly. If done better stories can aim to show regret or a new chance at life, seeking justice. But in the end, all of these things are just used to create a glorified overpowered character. To fulfill our wishes. (This does not have to be the actual intent of the authors). This block of text maybe does not make sense to you so here are some examples of what I mean.

I mean in Mushoku Tensei the 34-year-old guy would like to do it with Eris who is like 11. It is mentioned how he loved to suck his mothers tit. Just think about it a bit, it’s done to satisfy our lust. The redo of healer is just all wrong, no debate on if rape is ok, rape is never ok. Or a small but important case of the slime isekai. Well, there is a rule that you have to kill 200 000 people to become a demon lord. How does the author make him complete the goal? I mean he kills some 100 000 helplessly underpowered soldiers who wanted to kill him. But it does not end there he has to kill another 100 000 who have surrendered. I don’t really care but that just is not moral. I mean he saves his friends but do you have to kill 100 000 relatively innocent soliders following orders? (If even one of them was innocent the whole thing would be wrong right?) Can’t imagine that the army that consists only of evil knights. Some poor farmer got recruited and now what?

TO CONCLUDE:
This manga wants to show that isekai has a problem. It does so without any compromise. No room for clever words we just have to deal with this. This approach is good because it shows how big and alarming the problem is. You can go to the reviews or redo fo healer and find some guy trying to justify his fantasy. People will don’t want to hate their favorite series. And this genius author wanted to write a manga for those people to REALIZE this (maybe, my interpretation :) ).

The first chapter feels like it was written by a dude with a raging hatered for isekais when he never watched a single one of them.

What story we do have essentially involves our main character getting killed by a reincarnated individual. He then watches said reincarnate kill and rape his childhood friend. He is later resurrected by a witch and the two decide to kill all the reincarnates.

As far as I can tell all 9 of the main antagonists take very heavy inspiration, essentially stolen, from already established works (those likely being SAO, Re:zero, Mushoku Tensei, Konosuba, Hamefura, Tanya, Reincarnated as a Slime, Isekai ... Shokudo, and Overlord). This wouldn't really be a problem if the author was going to actually parody the original works in a comedic or light hearted way; but, instead he decided to make all the parodied characters rapists or casual accessories to rape in order to drive his lazily contrived revenge story.

After the backlash it received there will not be a continuation; however, It's still shocking how the writer of such a beloved series like Kakegurui could stoop into writing such an amateur revenge plot just to try and make some money off of the isekai wave.

When I first heard about this, I thought it was an interesting concept; the idea of exploring the impact isekai characters could have on a world and the regular people from that world is really interesting. However, this take on it just came across as spiteful, and I was disgusted by the content in the one chapter that exists. Aside from the blatant sexual assault at the beginning of the chapter, there is also later sexual exploitation of unnamed female characters with dubious consent at best. The fact that all the isekai characters are based off of main characters from other isekai series rubbed me ... the wrong way as well. I am by no means a fan of the isekai genre, but blatantly taking other authors' characters and depicting them as murderers and rapists is not satire, or at all acceptable in my opinion. The art is good, and it had the potential to be a really interesting series about a normal individual dealing with and defeating overpowered individuals from other worlds who cheat the system (using original isekai characters maybe based on some of the tropes present in isekai series without basing them entirely off the work of other authors). However, I can absolutely see why it got canceled; using other peoples' characters and portraying them in a negative light is cruel and spiteful, and the amount of sexual assault was entirely unnecessary and (I feel) was used more for shock value than out of any necessity.

Cheat Slayer is not a parody, it is a direct middle finger to self-insert isekai/fantasy.

There isn't a lot to write in this review, so this is going to be a little different.

The first thing is first, I'd like to go over what currently exists in this story. The story follows Lute understanding the truth behind "Reincarnates" and how they are basically low life degenerate scum. This idea alone is entirely unique and takes a self-aware issue to play within its story. The direction of the story seemed to be heading off of a ridiculous tangent, however, something along the lines of Redo Of Healer with ... pointless rape and rapid-fire moments of really angry characters. Considering who the characters were in terms of personality and what they have been through, it isn't entirely "bad", then again, one could counter with the pacing in the first chapter alone. Anyway, had this story continued, it may have followed on this trend of extreme angels which would have indeed made it pointless anger rather than a respectable meticulously crafted story. But that kind of information doesn't exist.

The thing that really gets me with Cheat Slayer is how it is a middle finger to the self-insert fantasy ideas. I don't mind the author's views on the genre, in fact, I would have loved to see more, so I am a little upset this never had chapter 2 and beyond see the light of day. Though, I am in no position to decide who deserves what. If you believe degenerate low lives should be wiped on the face of the earth, that is on you, I am no God. I think the author may have overstepped but this is looking at the viewpoint of the audience because I tend to not superimpose reality and fiction, so I wouldn't have minded if some "copies" were destroyed left and right via some story because someone was very angry.

Anyway, there isn't a lot to say about this one. It got cancelled, which is very unfortunate, but that happens I suppose. Just a missed opportunity.

7/10 for what it is right now, could easily be an 8 or 9 if this continued but I don't know what I have not seen.

Good morning, afternoon or evening to everyone who reads this review, I hope you can understand my point of view and respect it.

Story: 10/10

We begin with a beginning already known by almost all the stories of "heroes" of the isekai genre, unlike what our protagonist tells us through an article he had in the middle of a search for resources with his friend from a village , after some mutual talks between them, one of them notices that his home is in the middle of a fire, a few seconds later our protagonist asks what one of his "heroes" is doing abusing his friend while ... he watches lying with his neck broken, a sheet later, stunned listening to what one of the 2 "heroes" who appear shortly after the incident said, says his last words.

Following the story, we are introduced to the remaining "heroes", making us understand that there is a plot between them.

Waking up thinking that everything was a dream and excited, our protagonist notices around him that he was not, presenting himself in an unusual way, his savior before him proclaims herself saying that he hates the supposed "heroes", and clarifying his doubts, proposes to finish them off.

Art: 7/10

From the first page to the last presented in this first chapter they are acceptable and clean, there are no drawing errors, on the subject of fights it is good, both architecture and structure are visible, it is noted that there is better work on some pages where they show psychological or emotional problems.

Character: 8/10

Lute: our protagonist, coming from a village and killed by one of his so-called "heroes", healed and informed about his situation, is persuaded by his savior to put an end to said hogwash.

Lydia: Lute's friend, abused and murdered or vice versa, before the tragedy it is implied that she preferred our protagonist to a flashy "hero" as in typical stories.

Kylt: 4th “hero” introduced and captain of the 9 heroes mentioned.

Honda Yuuya: One of the 2 "heroes" who witnessed Louis Crawford's abuse of power and who warned him about his disaster.

Louis Crawford: Pretentious womanizer with anger issues, first "hero" introduced in history.

Flare: Unlike the other "heroes" featured, she has a positive attitude and seems like she tries to be emotionally supportive whenever she comments despite being aware of the group's situation.

Imerda Piñata: mocking and graceful, she disgusts Louis and makes fun of his situation in the face of what happened.

Anastasia Melokva, Rord Sendiger and Sijou Yukiki not much is known about these characters.

Don Will Dead: he is one of the 2 "heroes" who witnessed and said nothing in the face of Louis's aforementioned abuse of a villager.

Enjoyment: 9/10

Honestly, I loved the work, the points they present are something that I find interesting to play and something that is unusual in works, I simply loved it.

Overall: 8/10

In general, both the script/story and the drawing seem adequate for the direction of this present story, with respect to the problem that the work had (designs), it seems to me that I understand the problem although I expected the work to continue, I hope it can be fixed now which is something that had potential.

Cheat Slayer did not deserve to be axed. At least not yet.

At this point in time I wouldn't hesitate to call the isekai genre a plague. Hundreds of cheap copies with low effort are endlessly flooding the market, yet the consumers are still buying it up. It's a trend that directly hurts the whole medium. After all, why bother coming up with something original when you can just throw together some shitty self-insert fantasy and it sells. And it seems it's not just some of the fans that are fed up with it, but also some of the authors. And what better way to voice ... your criticism towards a literature than by making your criticism into a literature itself? This is what Cheat Slayer is. Or at least, was supposed be. The isekai to surpass isekai.

Unfortunately, it hit the "idols" of the industry a bit too close and bit too directly, so it had to be terminated. Partly due to how Japanese society norms work, partly due to how Japanese copyright works. It was definitely not due to bad quality, as the title quickly gained steam in being talked about, and as more chapters than one are needed to determine if readers are interested. Sure, some of the isekai titles referenced in this manga aren't actually bad, but that's not the point - the point is a big middle finger towards the genre itself, and the authors certainly have balls for doing so.

This could have been great, this could take a dive in quality and become as terrible as what it criticizes, unfortunately we'll never know. But the concept is definitely intriguing and I wish we had more of it.

Welcome to the third review in my search for the worst manga! Today I am tackling the canceled manga entitled "Cheat Slayer." Now, I expected this to be a terrible slog, but it turns out that was only half true!

Story - 3
Now, the story may have gotten better as time went on, we will never know, but the story in this chapter is pretty shit. The plot revolves around a poorly thought of world and a nonsensical set up that just leaves so many questions and makes for a really dumb read. Now, the section where the witch lady shows up and calls everyone maggots ... and shit is exactly what I wanted out of this, but the rest of the story is pretty bad.

Art - 7
I can tell the artist is very talented, as some panels are brilliant and beautiful. They really make the characters feel more alive than they would in an inferior manga. This is where the manga really felt like it was being kept together by something, and what I will miss most about the cancelation.

Characters - 3
Oh my god, the characters are some of the worst I have seen in years. They are all so bland, with one exception, and feel like stereotypes in the worst ways. Now, that is what the writer was attempting, but it wasn't delivered with any nuance to make it enjoyable to see an asshole that will get beaten up by the protagonist. The only good character is the witch, and she was a treat to watch, but she doesn't mean the characters overall are good.

Enjoyment - 5
I hated all the neat technobabble shit, the stuff with the witch and some of the stupid references made me laugh.

Overall - 4
Definitely the second best thing I've seen in the search so far, but still pretty bad by regular standards. The next series I review will be the second worst thing ever, but after that I'll start reading something a bit longer so that I have more to talk about. See ya then!

The concept is rather interesing, I like the "villains" of the story, we all know that if a lot of people would reincarnate in another world with OP powers they would be pretty shitty human beings, and it makes more sense when you think about the generic isekai protagonist, a loner with no popularity, that plays videogames all day and hates the world, in isekais anime normally being reincarnated in another world makes them change their mind about people and life, but in reality I think that they'r more likely to become shitty people like in this manga, but really not much to say, the ... concept is pretty interesting but only 1 chapter, so meh, it was fine and fun reading, but storywise is obviously incomplete

You know why you're here, but in case you haven’t, here's the idea: Lute's friend was raped by one of the world's hero, Lute want's revenge.

The reason it was canceled was due to the villains being blatant knock-offs of other creator's main heroes, but is it good in spite of that? let's talk about it.

Story: (5/10)
-- You have good ideas in here, like a goddess who grants great powers to unworthy people or a Witch who knows the origin of the Reincarnates. It's clear this writer had an idea on where the plot was supposed to go, due to the high about of detail brought ... into the exposition, but ideas alone don't make a story. this Chapter really relies on its characters for its story, but aside from Lute, all they do is give is exposition or reuse the same character trait. Lute is able to slightly crawl his way to some sort of plot, but it's just crowded by so much unneeded fluff. of the 5/10 score I give for story, 3 points are for a neat idea, 1 point for what little story we had, and 1 point for the chapter's ending that I liked a bit.

Art: (6/10)
-- it's like getting cake every 5 minutes, you eventually want it to stop. we keep just getting extreme emotion after extreme emotion that there's no real resting point. yes, it's well drawn, but it's all "too much", and it doesn't help that the only times it calms down is when the quality goes down. the quality dips aren't world ending, but they become extremely noticeable when compared to other parts. that said, my praise goes to the backgrounds. the environments look cool and show a slight bit of personality.

Characters: (2/10)
--- Lute: 4/10
--I feel like there was a slight attempt with Lute, but the attempt is really the only thing keeping him from scoring lower. he mostly just exists doing nothing until the story wants to actually continue.
--- Witch: 2/10
--cool idea that she knows things that she shouldn't, but all she does is just lay out the plot for Lute. she's also clearly there just to insult Isekai.
--- Louis: 2/10
-- he's the villain for the evening. after Lute talks about how great Reincarnates like Louis is, Louis kills and then rapes the best friend. this tell us everything we need to know about Louis and hint to what the other Reincarnates are like. so why does the chapter feel the need to keep reminding us that Louis is horrible? we get it, he's gross, get to the actual point.
--- "The 9 Best": 1/10
--why do they stick around with Louis? the one time we get to see them all, they basically explain what their deal is EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NO REASON TO TALK ABOUT IT SINCE THEY ALL KNOW WHO THEY ALL ARE! maybe they could have reflected on what Louis just did, where they're all disgusted and yet all try to justify why they don't just kick him out of their group. instead, we get "alright gang, I want to just go over why we're all here". even then, maybe they could have used this refresher to remind Louis that they're supposed to be the good guys, but no. we only get to see them just so we could get some more exposition.

Enjoyment: (2/10)
I like the idea of the beginning, I like the idea of the ending, I like the idea for the overarching story, but all this chapter does is waste my time. so no, even without the character stealing, I don't think this Manga would've worked out in the end.