Before the Tutorial Starts: A Few Things I Can Do to Keep the Bosses Alive, Vol. 1 - Just another isekai to kill time. Decent world building. Decent plot. Decent characters. This isn't bad but also nothing really to stand out from the rest. Everything is just slightly better than the average isekai. I immersed myself into that world and I enjoyed my time.

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am looking for something simple right now (currently reading I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World because I was so thoroughly unimpressed by the anime) and "just slightly better than the average isekai" doesn't sound so bad right now.

[–] Mercuri@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are the books that bad? I was also unimpressed with the anime. Like, I thought it started strong but by the end I was yelling about how incredibly stupid everything was.

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are the books that bad?

Yes. I write my notes for this weekly thread between chapters and after the first 3 chapters I had to force myself to stop taking notes for the volume so that it doesn't turn into a wall of vitriol. It's seriously bad. Like the day dreams of a permanently bullied 13 old kid that thinks that everything would magically fall in place for him if only X would happen. There is no self reflection and everything is happening to outside factors. I really think that author is a severely damaged person and kinda feel pity while reading the book and his world view shines through.

That being said, I started volume 2 a hour ago.

[–] Mercuri@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

That being said, I started volume 2 a hour ago.

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