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[–] NineSwords@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isekai Walking: Volume 1 Elesia Kingdom Arc - Confusing start. I had to double check if this really was the first volume. One of the pre-chapter illustrations was a "Current Stats" character sheet with maxed out skills, etc. Something you would expect at the end of the volume but not before you even read the first sentence. The prologue also start off in the middle and the first chapter is a flashback to the start of the story when MC got summoned. The story itself is a pretty basic fantasy isekai with videogame elments (skills, levels, status windows), adventurer guild with E-S ranks, receptionists are all beautiful, etc.. MC gets summoned to defeat the demon lord, is deemed to have a useless skill and gets kicked out of the castle, learns that his skill is actually OP and starts adventuring as a lowly E-Rank but gets better step by step (get it? hahahaha, because he levels up by walking...). Anyway, he starts doing delivery quests and basically becomes an isekai postman. Or fantasy MC from Death Stranding. He's just missing the jar baby. At least for a while until it turns back into generic adventuring (herb gathering, wolve slaying, goblin slying, orc slaying, little slave loli saving, growing the party by one saved slave loli, etc. It's generic as they come but if you are in the mood for a generic isekai its entertaining enough. It's like a Marvel movie. If you've seen one you've seen them all but sometimes that just thing you want.

Jeanette the Genius: Defying My Evil Stepmother by Starting a Business with My Ride-or-Die Fiancé! Volume 1 - Super dense MC bordering on autistic. Especially funny since the title suggests she's a genius when she doesn't even get the most basic social cues. For example her step-mother and step-sister are bullying her but she believes that they are just giving her "rewards" to overcome so she gets more competent. Just imagine I would tell you to eat shit and then you'll happily munch away thinking how nice I am that I'm helping you to strenghten your imune system. It's an overexeggerated example but that's exactly MC's mindset. And that schtick is growing tiresome 2 chapters in.

[–] Mercuri@ani.social 3 points 12 hours ago

but gets better step by step (get it? hahahaha, because he levels up by walking…)

GROOOOOAAAANNN

But yeah, the way you described that is basically every isekai ever where the guy's useless skill becomes OP.