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Genuinely this is good junkfood. It has a fairly basic magic high school plot with somewhat overpowered mc, but the survival element is actually sick. Too little chapters out rn (23) though, id wait till at least 50. There are romance elements, but mc kinda ignores it, a least rn. It is a decent trash mahwua. prlly around a 7 but its an 8 for me.

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The story is enjoyable but may be too cliche at times.

The parts I enjoyed the most were his interaction with side characters and building his base in the woods.

Summary:

Art- 7/10
The art is sometimes choppy and undefined. Face shapes are sometimes too plain. Pretty good overall but could be better, although it doesn't really influence reading comprehension much.

Story - 6.5-7.5/10
... The story is pretty cliche and similar to other stories I've read. His unique identity as Ed Rothstaylor and how he survived in the woods was a nice addition to the story.

Character - 6.5-7/10
Character interaction was enjoyable but not realistic at times. The female characters' attraction towards him in the beginning seemed unnatural and forced by the author. This story is clearly a harem, so a word of caution.

Pacing - 6.5/10
Pacing in my opinion was slightly too fast and awkward. His interaction with side characters sometimes felt unnatural and too unrealistic.

Additional thoughts:
I would have liked to see more interactions between his family, although I'm assuming that it will be addressed in the future. His woodworking and the wholesome moments between the female main characters are nice, but it lacks depth at times. Almost all the females that come into contact with him for more than a few chapters start liking him, which I feel is a bit too forced, although understandable since this is going to be a harem (or maybe our MC is too charming?)

Rating - 7

A binge-worthy manhwa with plenty of wholesome moments.

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its rare for me check for episodes so often

art 10/10, the art is totally awesome, a lot of details and well designed and drawn characters, sepcial effects are also well made

plot is also interesting, idk if its half harem, its only action for now and its only girls obsessed with MC but he doesnt care. up for this episode there is only one girl to get into mc

overall characters are well designed wtih their own unique personalities, flaws, magic styles like merchant girl, sloth overpowered lucy or spirit summoner
im looking forward, i found rare gem, i love overall vibe in this anime

Hmm, as until now only 27 chapters has been translated and my god the art, i mean THE ART is FUCKING AMAZING.

Art (10/10)
Art is gorgeous

story (7/10)
The story is pretty fast paced, has all the elements through which mc raises a flag. Honestly a decent story until now, can't say for future

characters (8/10)
All the waifus are good, but the art- THE ART is fucking gorgeous, Also all of em has different personalities like a generic Harem does. pretty sure u may like them.
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Settings (7/10)
Nothing much there say

Overall (6/10)
if u like to see a manhwa with some pretty astonishing art, u may check it out.

This will probably be discussed in the future chapter, but no matter what I don’t really like it when ‘transmigration’ comics don’t explain at all about life before the mc moved to another world. however in this comic, this isn’t really a problem, because even without the old world backstory, the main story is still good. But it still doesn’t sit right with me.

there are too many characters in this story, sometimes there are characters that are not discussed in depth. This may not be a problem, because after all, this comic is still in chapter 43. So in the future there should be a ... deeper discussion of some characters that have been around since the early chapters, but have not been discussed.

Since I rarely did review, I don’t really know where to start…

First of all, this manhwa have too much monologue.. it pulls me away from the story too much and it affects my enjoyment greatly.

I don’t really find the setting to be bad (Magic School), but jesus the plot is BAD bad.
There is 0 world building, no character development, and most of the stuff we were introduced to, got forsaken pretty quickly.

I feel like the author just want to move the plot asap, without letting their characters having any real conversation.

And what pisses me off the most is the fact that Ed don’t ... even have any ambition besides “I want to survive by letting the plot do what they were supposed to do”, and then the Author trying so hard to explain to us “WHY” the plot isn’t the same as the original AS IF we would even know or care.

If only they introduce these characters one at a time, and let them develop before moving to other arc entirely, I would enjoy this a lot more.

[The Greatest Estate Developer] and [Pick Me Up] have a similar settings but BY FAR were way more enjoyable than whatever this is.

That’s the end of my rant, so..

Story 4/10
Character 4/10
Art 10/10

Overall 5/10

It's trash, but like "found $50 worth of thrown out shit in a Gamestop dumpster" kinda trash.

I'll start this review out by saying this: if you think this is a bad story for xyz reasons, or just want to enjoy it in a different way, I heavily encourage you to read the LN. It doesn't have the flaws the Manhua falls for. We are at chapter 39 in the Manhua, LN + side stories are finished.

Let's start with the good:

Art: Easy 10/10. Some of the best art I've ever seen in a Manhua. When I initially picked up this Manhua at like chapter 25, ... I wasn't expecting such AWESOME scenes.

Characters: 7/10. The more I dwell on this, I do realize there are some serious flaws with the characters. They're pretty bland, but at least they can effectively move along the plot without making it boring. I do hate on how a lot of characters are reduced to being Ed's 9th girlfriend. Yes, I know that as of right now there's only two characters actively pursuing him, but c'mon, we know there's more.

Story: 8/10. The pacing of the actual story is fast, which I like, and I love how much filler where the characters get closer with each other. It is also stated on page 406 of the LN that the story had been severely fast-tracked, so there is mention of the story progression in the actual story. The story itself, while fun, can be pretty bland when you consider how overpowered our little forest noble can be when he tries for no reason. Yeah, I get that he's been training wind blade, but there was NO reason he should've been able to beat that thing, defense broken or not. There are some serious issues with the story, but it's fine if you're okay with issues. There's not really plot holes, I've tried to find them, but the story suffers from different issues.

9/10 from me. I'm slightly vegetablized so I can see past the flaws pretty easily.


Alright, I wanna address some things I saw in another review. I would advise skipping this part unless you've finished the story, because here there be spoilers.

*SPOILERS AHEAD*





1. Worldbuilding doesn't exist.

Yeah that's true, but we get a rough idea of what life is like outside of the island through Lortelle's Arc.

2. They won't explain why Ed doesn't choose to live a commoners life because it will ruin their main plot.

They HAVE explained this. Graduating the school practically guarantees him an easy life, hence why he fights so hard to stay there.

3. Corruption of nobility concept being thrown away.

In later chapters this is a HUGE point in the story, I'm not gonna bash you for not knowing that, it's mostly in the LN, but it's slowly getting adapted.

4. Lortelle's adoptive evil dad barely having any plot relevance.

That's because he was a "third-rate villain", like Ed. Just a guy there to move the plot forward then die. He was intentionally made to not have plot relevance, and from the sounds of it, he gets more of it in this story than the actual game.

5. Jikks' tribe being introduced in his backstory, only to never be brought up again.

They're probably all dead. I don't see them lasting that long without my goat Jikks. Besides, what are they going to do? There'd be literally no point to have them in the story.

6. Ed's family being super evil.

Read some more of the story, this is extremely relevant and Ed's dad is one of the biggest villains in the series. Plus, they just introduced his little sister in the Manhua, who is there to make their father proud and get rid of Ed.

All of these are some valid points that you may experience when reading it for the first time, but unfortunately a lot of them are addressed in the story.

I'm having mixed feelings about this. I love the story, it's a good pass for an hour or two, but the scenarios move on a tad bit too fast. Something that seems like it'll happen after 15 or 20 more chapters happens in 5 chapters. Plus, at the start, I had absolutely no idea what was happening. Though, I still like it because the characters have many filler chapters where they get to know each other more. (Not really filler because it contributes to the story.)

Overall, the story kept me excited, and I'm waiting for more!!)

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Mad respect for the main character, Ed, in his desire to just survive and let the MC in the video game do all the hero saving things. He will step up when things have changed because of him, but he always tries to not get involved based on the fact he does not want to add more to his plate.

Lucy is the best character in the fact that she is OP and all she wants is food (jerky) and sleeping. Like talk about bestie right there. If you ever need to find a good napping spot, she has got you covered.

A draw back is how ... much harem vibes it gives. This is mostly from the rich girl, spiritualist, and a little bit from the princess. It does get annoying because Ed could not care less about romance. It can and has interrupted him from accomplishing his tasks which makes it frustrating to watch/read.