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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Its also is exactly as trashy as it sounds :D

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  • IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe a hot take, but having read the manga and novels, I would describe this as one of the lesser trashy series of this type. Its geopolitics, world history, and artifact/weapon systems are expanded way, way, waaaay beyond what is normal for trashy fantasy slop.

    It also doesn’t even have romance, which is rather uncommon when you have an OP protagonist in a fantasy setting. The protagonist has zero interest in dating anyone despite the endless number of cute women around him who are desperate to pounce on him (it’s got plenty of great male side characters too btw, shout-out to my man Gold).His objectives and his focus remain consistent throughout: plan out his revenge to the most minute detail, expand his political influence to liberate humanity, and discover the truth of the world.

    Obviously I’m not saying this is a 10/10 underrated masterpiece, I know this is still a revenge power fantasy at the end of the day, but damn does the lore and the development go above and beyond what you’d expect for something like it.

    (spoilers if you want more details)

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    I think the first moment where I felt really enthralled with its lore was when it was shown that weapons and other magical artifacts are integrated in a universal hierarchical power system that ranks from basic weapons with little to no special properties, to weapons that can literally rewrite the laws of the universe (a class that is at first thought to not be real but is later revealed that the protagonist has one, and it’s so powerful he sealed it because he can’t control it). There is also an overarching mystery revolving around the world, as we later discover there was a whole advanced civilization with the modern technology of our world in the past that somehow went extinct, and this all ties back so some mysterious personality (or personalities, we don’t know the number yet) only referred to as “C”, who the protagonist could theoretically be. And amidst all this there is the geopolitical game to gain influence across the difference race factions/nations, which the protagonist enters as a way to finally liberate humans from literal slavery. There are treaties, coercion, backdoor deals, and all sorts of stuff that’s discussed in much more detail than you’d expect.

    All this to say that I hope people give it a try. I have not watched the anime because the source material is so far ahead, but if it follows the source even remotely closely, it should be on pair in terms of entertainment.

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    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      All this to say that I hope people give it a try.

      So I started reading it, and its also surprisingly inclusive. At least where I am in the 2nd book (they aren’t particularly long).

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ive only watched the first few episodes of the anime and they really bungled some stuff. My biggest complaint is probably the intro. It makes me cringe so hard because the vocals are just completely out of tune. Whoever approved that should find a different job.

      But story wise im just annoyed by the harem filler stuff. The base plot would be entertaining enough, so it just feels like cheap filler to add all this gushing over the MC.

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=THmeko1lb5Q

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      • IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ah, that’s a shame. Seems like they cut corners, which isn’t uncommon with these things.

        Regarding the harem elements, in the source material the girls do gush over him a lot as well, but he does not reciprocate at all, so I just ended up automatically filtering it out because it’s inconsequential, but I do get how some might find their eternal subservience off-putting, especially since with anime it’s harder to brush that aside VS words in a novel.

        I just found the series interesting when looking at the broader main plot, which thankfully is the majority of the focus after a certain point. I do also remember the girls being a tad more annoying early on, but once the focus shifts more to politics and all the factions involved, the harem antics get dialed down a lot to make room for it.

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