I like Arifureta, and I enjoy this genre as well. Is he cucked? No. His expectations were betrayed because he was never in a relationship with any of the heroines in the first place (as referred to in the title). He spent so much time with them, only for them to fall in love with another guy! Did I forget to mention he's not dense? All the time he spent with the girls, he knew they liked him, but he didn't confess because he was waiting for the right time.

Thank... more>> you sub29 for picking this up with amazing translation. I know this series is in a bad light, but please don't drop it. (⁠ᗒ⁠⁠ᗩ⁠⁠ᗕ⁠) <<less

I've read almost the entire web novel through google MT so I could see through to the end, which is around 355 chapters. All in all, the story concept is interesting but the author is not talented enough to explore the possibilities the concept provides. Instead, the story is stretched out painfully where one event can occur, can be recited again in the future three times later by the MC, and included in a side story or two from other character's perspectives. Many story elements are also not explained... more>> well enough, including

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the method by which the hero manipulates the memories people have

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And of course the main protagonist has to fulfill every single trope of a "revenge against the hero who booted me out" stereotype. There are much more interesting stories with less filler, more logical structures, more believable characters and less frustrations for faithful readers out there that are more worthy of your time. <<less

I read this story I think to almost of the end via google translate.

The MC is a "kind soul" and "cry baby" but extremly Focused person (no, he is not your typical dence MC).
While he trains and Study like crazy (maybe 3h sleep a day), he is set on getting back to his world.

The Hero is a Lazy Mama´s kid that only thinks about himself even while having better beginning skills then MC.

While MC trains like crazy and Hero lazying around, MC and Princess get flirty while both complain about Hero and reson for summon. This is going on until the day they leave for the reason of summon, then suddenly the princes makes an unreasonable move.

Over all I can only say the reasons why and how it happens is like many other Isekai story´s where Skills are partly more op then actual training and expirience, Except you are

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In the end the idea was not bad but the way the story is written is boring and mostly lazy made to fit the standard narrative.

If the MC would be more like the archievments he gained and grow a real backbone as he should have and the Hero would have more intelligence and drive, the Skills more fitting in that world then I could easily give 4 stars. But the way I read it its 2 stars at most.

This got a manga adaptation surprisingly. The plot with the hero and the 4 women seems to have ended and been resolved but it's ongoing. It's kinda short ngl you can read the WN in like half a day. There are some things that left me questioning.

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Why didn't the MC permanently kill the hero when he noticed something was up instead of letting the saint revive him? Also shouldn't his powers have been nulled when he dies? It's also strange no one pays attention to the hero's actions outside the dungeon and attribute it too the MC doing those acts. Like couldn't they just look at him or ask any girl who the hero slept with did he sleep with the hero or the MC. It's kinda confusing. They also say he looks like a pig but then why would these girls sleep with him if he's ugly and awful as they say? He's just a holy knight not the hero so he should have less power over them. Also he obtains a very OP wish granting item early on that could fix everything but he never uses it lol. This is from the WN so hopefully the manga patches those holes up a bit.

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