Magic Academy's Genius Blinker

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I caught up to the latest translated chapter in 2 hours, damn this manhwa is my new favorite.
Sure it follows the usual, "bro dies in RL and gets thrown in a game world," though this one is unique.

The MC has been playing a lesser-known game character for decades, in the same game, which is rare nowadays.
He mastered this specific character, so when he became him, it's epic to see him utilize the skills and knowledge to wide degrees.

This MC is not relying on singular abilities that dominate everything or stuff like that. The character he's using has a fatal flaw, and somehow he turned that ... con into a pro.
Pair that with him navigating through the game world amidst the numerous bad endings and you got an awesome manhwa.

The Magic Academy's Genius Blinker Is a manhwa that can force you to binge read it in a day. It follows the generic transported to game synopsis but has many other unique factors that make it stand out.

The first and foremost thing to note down is that main character was a fully grown adult in his previous life and not some random highschool/University student. This makes it more interesting to see the MC being embarassed of going to school at his age and trying his best to fit in with students much younger than him.

Another thing is that, He is mainly only able to use ... one skill which is like a quick teleportation skill making it intriguing to see how the fights will play out as this makes his options limited and forces him to rely on past experiences with the character to get out of situations.

The Characters are sometimes one-dimensional but some of them stick out alot. Apart from the generic bullies and heroines there's one particular character that is also transported from the real world and is approx the same age as MC. This makes the story much more fun to read for we get to see perspectives of two characters that try to fix the ending at the same time.

The Art of the manhwa is amazing so far. It depicts the flow of battle so that it's easy to understand and the reactions of characters are a cherry on top. The character designs are pretty and easily differentiable especially the female ones.

Anyways It is a good read for people who like Academy Setting with MC acting mature and somehow getting fame despite trying to avoid it. In the end I would like to atleast give it a shot till 10 Chapters and then decide if you wanna drop this or continue reading.

A child has an extremely rare disease and can therefore only use one of the weakest and most uncontrollable spells in a world full of magic: Blink. His life should be ruined, but as he is a video game character, some players latch onto him - including our protagonist, who ends up being the only one to get the avatar's abilities under control and quickly becomes one of the stronger players! Of course, he ends up in the video game world shortly afterwards...

“Magic Academy's Genius Blinker” offers some interesting approaches in its concept, which could perhaps go beyond the generic 'I was reborn into a ... game world I know'. For example, in the lore of the world there is someone who had read a book and came into the world, which was then turned into a game, or the game is actually a dating sim, which soon became a competitive RP.

Not only does the manhwa not really do much with it, but all these ideas raise many problems that are not solved. For instance, the premise often doesn't make sense - I mean, a dating sim that became an RPG? A competitive RPG that only has a handful of playable characters? How? Huh?

So you end up with a generic work that I've seen like this, better or worse, many times before. However, it only has 38 chapters so far, so maybe something else is coming?