Read till chapter 42 and dropped
(for the record, i have indeed looked through the spoilers and i wont be stating it because my analysis and prediction was true even when i didnt know the spoilers but it does act as a confirmation that what i observed does continue to happen.)
So, heres a timeline of the start of this series, the MC clears the civil service exam in his teens. Top of the class btw. Then proceeds to be a scholar studying martial arts for the decade + a few years till he gets essentially kicked out of service while he's in his 30s and is now left to wander the world.
Things to note: he is extremely accomplished in the sword yet he has never actually fought or even sparred with anyone else thus he has no idea of his real strength, this does get resolved later as he starts to get an idea. and somewhat rids him of his spineless nature.
Now comes my main issue with this series. the MC's personality.
He's walking along this road and bandits jump up to rob him (at this point he doesnt know his own strength nor has a sword so that part is excusable) so he manages to barely dodge strikes from clubs and an actual sword (the bandits intend to 100% kill him and they even say it), he gets saved by a passing carriage and then he shouts at them to not kill the bandits, okay, fair enough and what next?
nothing, nothing is the answer, he literally lets these people go, because they definitely learnt their lesson and are never going to rob anyone again right?
He does not even think of handing them to the police/ authorities.
Nor does he even carry out justice himself which is probably like a chopped off arm for robbing.
nope he literally lets them roam free as he gets on that carriage himself and leaves.
And incase you think this is a one off, no its not.
Such events happen MULTIPLE times.
Yeah its one thing to not kill people, i can agree with that, but that doesnt mean you let them go freely.
And that too from a civil servant no less. What test did he pass?
He also doesnt hold grudges or have any sort of spine as you can already guess.
Its really like the usual japanese MC but instead this guy is supposedly in his 30s
This fake kindness of him continues and probably will continue throughout the series.
He acts every bit like your usual teenage MCs except his age is actually in his 30s cause he just trained under a rock for so long.
He has that korean babyface going on tho and apparently looks 'young' with people often assuming he's in his 20s (looking at context) but this fact isnt really acknowledged by him.
The previous commenter PZcolo did point it out and yes the pace is a little slow but that is hardly the biggest problem with this, infact the pacing is fine enough except at certain places like the start.
Also incase you wanted to know, there are multiple females characters but there is NO romance nor harem at all. None of the women are interested in him nor is he interested in them, He does make multiple comments that he finds them beautiful but thats it. He makes no attempts to pursue any of them nor does it look he's ever going to. Its another one of those he's going to marry his sword. (but the author loves introducing new female characters then saying theyre all engaged or already married etc etc as if to really hammer that point home that the MC is going to stay alone)
the art is, alright but the MC is literally the most generic looking character out of all of them.
Anyways final verdict 6 out of 10. The very epitome of generic but it has its good points sometimes.
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