Fun read all around so far. It’s sort of a running gag but my only confusion is why MC is so obsessed with being “manly” in the dungeon when he knows the main priority is to stay alive and let the summons do the work. It’s so illogical and ngl, becomes a tiring gag.
I feel like there's something more to it. You can see if from Kosack's reaction. There was at least one other who started timid and flipped like that in the tower.
There's also his abilities, which are higher than his summoned SR rank when he intuitively uses them. And his ability to summon out of tower.
There's something up with his ability beyond just summoning.
Without spoiling anything specific, I actually went to read the novel after typing this. The author actually just is hella racist/nationalistic on one hand and on the other hand writes MC to be such a beta loser. The latter being a running gag that really isn’t funny at all when it gets put into words.
At least here the art makes it more endearing despite the behavior being very obnoxious in itself. There’s nothing really deep in the story’s writing. The MC doesn’t really grow or become smarter.
VERY MINOR SPOILER
His “chatroom name” in chapter 103 of the novel is Manly Man. lol….
What a disappointment….MC is going to be like a normal person’s solo leveling ideal guy lol considering how men tend to be in korea, i wouldnt be surprised if MC was tailored to be like a “guy who doesnt do have to lift a finger but everyone wants him” type…a korean man’s gary stu of his dreams lol
Honestly disapponting to know, I like how it’s set up (being the breadwinner of a family with limited mobility ans opportunities due to introvertedness) but if he doesn’t actually grow/start trying to be better in his own terms (in reality) then what’s the point （￣へ￣）
So, I got to chapter 180 in the web novel and yeah. Staying for the summons. I repeat, the summons are very charismatic and hard carry the story.
Outside of that, MC and all other side characters are pretty worthless or ignorable.
Mini review:
The story doesn’t ever get much better. I’ll definitely keep up with the manhwa cause artists always make everything cuter and bad jokes more digestible with chibis.
There’s no common sense in the plot. Like what do you mean world powers will nickel and dime 10 million USD if it’ll save their country. Be so for real right now.
It’s like the author doesn’t even understand money.
Bottom line, the main character is a loser and it really feels like the whole story reflects on the type of person this author is.
MCs flippant and hypocritical morals and decision making are very infuriating. Because of this alongside the lack of stakes, there’s quite literally never any tension or impactful character development. Everything just comes easy.
Also this author has no idea how to do power scaling or how to develop a semblance of a game system.
Anyway, to summarize the author.
Racist. A little homophobic. Very concerned with masculinity. Nationalistic. Lack of social awareness and social skills.
damn, definitely dropping this then. i was initially interested because i empathized with the mc - thought it would go down the found family route because the story touched upon his loneliness but yikes i guess its not worth reading
Thanks for letting us know, now I know do t expect anything and just read it as a light/fun placeholder
I can’t find the authors’s twitter. I really hope there’s more. I’m so confused if that’s supposed to be the ending. It feels like we’ve just barely hit the climax.
I am really glad how quickly the manhwa goes through the story because holy cow, the story drags and drags for so long. Most of the story is so repetitive with the angst that the moments don’t feel impactful or emotional after the first maybe two times. The repeated beats of the so called conflict drags out, and it doesn’t help that the MC has no depth or critical thinking skills.
Everything just magically works out for him in his life after the ML sets up a golden spoon for him. MC is just perfect in every way based on how everyone sees him, and there’s just no real conflict overall. The way the novel describes films, dramas, and blockbusters and how they perform is just so surface level and unimaginative. The prose and imagery are basically nonexistent so you can’t even feel any luxury. Nothing gets resolved with the MCs past (mom or brother). There’s no depth with MLs past love life and there’s almost nothing that comes out of the Japanese actress Terajima.
Genuinely, how many times are there alcohol drinking party scenes. I should have counted because oh my god. I’m Asian, so trust me I know the drinking culture is real, but when the plot is so barebones, I feel like I’m reading 80% filler.
Do you have a link to the novel?
I dont know if there’s any other sites, i read in this one ( https://springofromance.com/story/pillow-talk/) but this site sometimes goes down for a few hours or days, and i think the last chapters are locked. If u can find a better site share with the class ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
Here is one i found but it's a epub file but it's free only pay what you want https://ko-fi.com/s/e2522dd44b