Clearing an Isekai with the Zero-Believers Goddess – The Weakest Mage among the Classmates (WN)

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Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player.

However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills.

Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’…he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live!

Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah’s blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped.

By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!

Associated Names
One entry per line
Full Clearing in Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (LN)
Phá Đảo Dị Giới Cùng Nữ Thần Không Tín Đồ
Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kouryaku
信者ゼロの女神サマと始める異世界攻略
和沒有信徒的女神大人一起攻略異世界
Related Series
Clearing an Isekai With the Zero-Believers Goddess – the Weakest Mage Among the Classmates (LN) (Light Novel)
The Squishy Swordsman with Zero Attack Power ~Abandoned by His Childhood Friend Oracle, He Entered the Magic Academy, and Ended Up Looking After the Demon Lord~ (Shared Universe)
Recommendations
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! (3)
Garbage Brave: Isekai Ni Shoukan Sare Suterareta Yuusha No Fukushuu Monogatari (WN) (3)
I Became the Strongest With The Failure Frame【Abnormal State Skill】As I Devastated Everything (3)
The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time (2)
Taming the Dark Lord (2)
Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (2)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Fantasy/magic novels in my list
  2. enjoyed my time
  3. Uh list
  4. Isekai Fantasy | #1
  5. Not masterpieces, but enjoyable enough.

Latest Release

Date Group Release
12/07/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c315
12/02/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c314
11/23/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c313.5
11/18/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c313
11/09/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c312
10/31/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c311
10/22/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c310
10/12/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c309
10/04/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c308
09/29/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c307
09/19/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c306
09/10/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c305
09/05/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c304
08/26/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c303
08/17/21 Reigokai: Isekai... c302
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BaldTortoise596
BaldTortoise596 rated it
January 1, 2021
Status: c288
This is a great read.

The MCs very weak; his stats are next to nothing. However, he always manages to somehow overpower the overpowered.

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Btw I'm on Anna's ship.

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Havisu
Havisu rated it
August 1, 2020
Status: c121
I am making a review here because it seems like most of low rating reviews are actually a bad reviews.

Why? Because they don't even read that much.

Most of them stopped at around chapter 40, and their reasons are always "oh-so-bad world-building, AI characters, story plots etc"... some of them even said his skills are totally useless and didn't do sh*t at all lol.

... more>> I wondered if they even read this novel properly or they just skimmed through it.

Unlike most people in that world, MC's skill are not combat-related, it is more to utility-related. And the RPG choice that he always get,

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is actually really important because the decision he make among those choices will determine his future, as expected right? But even with that our lives revolve on making choices, so whats the use of that skill then, right? Well yeah, rather than just for choice, that skill only shows up when an event that might change his life forever will shows up. So rather than the choices, that skill is an indicator that something will happens if he make different choice.

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"I've read all the reviews for this and funnily enough, only the 5 starts reviews mention anything about revenge story, none of the low star ones do. The low star reviews focus on bad world building, especially when it comes to the power system, on the characters being badly written, on incoherences, on how generic the novel is and on how strong and convenient the plot armor is."

You read all the reviews, yes, but you didn't even read even a quarter of the novels and yet you judge a novel's world-building is bad, and it's power system is especially bad???

It seems you didn't really read the novel, so of course you didn't know that
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the truth of the power system is hidden by the holy god because they're afraid of the old titan gods.

In fact, from my understanding, the level itself isn't the real answer of how strong someone is, because the soul book can be manipulated by the gods.

Even if you have low stat, with good proficiency you can be good at fine control and so even if have even worse stat than a baby, you can still win with spirits.

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World building is bad?

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World building isn't that bad, it just the story mostly revolves around MC, most of the time event that MC didn't know of happening already happened. That indicates that even though the story revolve around MC, the world didn't do the same. Regardless of what MC does, the world still revolve around the place he didn't see. That is one of the indicator of a good world building.

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MC have sh*t stats but suddenly plot armor kick in and he suddenly become op? MC is dense?
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nope nope. I guess those who said something along this lines should really reread again because MC still weak, he just really great at abusing a flaw in the system, that is the kind of gamer he used to be after all.. a normal gamer will play normally, a pro gamer will train fcking seriously, but a veteran gamer will just abuse the bugs in the system to easily win the game. This is probably the reason why he didn't get any cheat power, because if he got tr*sh skills, but average amount of mana, he will still top the game using his godly Proficiency. Oh and lets not forget how MC is actually not as dense as other typical generic MC. In fact, his denseness is actually close to real. That's how normal people, that's how me, actually thought what people around me will be thinking about me. Even in real life, you probably won't know if some girls actually got crush on you if they don't confess to you. You might have a feeling that they like you, but you might try not to think too much of it because you don't want to be a stuck up.

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Convenient plot armor?

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not really. In this novels it seems like every character became who they are because of their own circumstances. For example, snake church believer, they became so fanatic because of how oppressed and desperate they are. The seemingly villain heroe (of fire country) actually have their own stories of why he became so arrogant and why he hates other heroes so much (because duh, his fiancee got NTR'd from him, legally at that)

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The dragon coming up when MC and his girl party is being ganged up by thugs?

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He tried to play it easy and he didn't actually believe that those people will answer him nicely even if he apologized, which he did. He is being calm because he is in the dungeon, and dungeon is always overflowing with spirits. So he probably could fight them off with magic even if he has a low stat. So why panic and go on being a mu*derer? The dragon being coincidentally there is a good grace because he didn't need to dirty his hand.

And even if this novel contains plot armor, it isn't as cliche as some other stories. Because in this novel, the author seems to know quite good deals about relationship.

How? Well every single person in this novels seems like have their own way of thinking. For example, how Yakuza in fire country is actually not as bad as people make them out to be, and how their leader have his own stories of how he became like that now. MC just stumbled upon the relationship, in which will help him later on. Thats how life is.

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All in all, this novel is pretty light, but still contains mysteries of that world.

Don't be a jerk who read only around 40 short chapters and already judging it bad. It is one thing if each chapter is long, but each chapter of this novel contains a measly amount of words. I can probably finish that 40 chapters in not more than an hour, seriously.

Shout out to Reigokai who translate pretty decently and damn in stable release date. <<less
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argigagon
argigagon rated it
March 26, 2021
Status: c259
I've read all translated chapters so it's not terrible but the MC almost made me drop it quite a few times.

This novel suffers from "typical average japanese weak dense beta-male MC" at extreme level.

He deserves to be NTR:ed. The girls are way to good for him.

It should have a tigger warning label. [Warning, extremly dese beta-MC]
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Minjato
Minjato rated it
April 7, 2020
Status: c52
i like the story and the character building. Especially the way the MC thinks is really great, and the fully use of each of his skill which not just suddenly go OP all of sudden but increase each time he keep doing it. I also like how he can let OP skill or unique skill but only in certain condition this limitation that keep the battle scene alive because it show that he can only win with the help of other and not just himself.

so this novel is solid 9/10... more>> for me.

PS : maybe he become dense because he using his clear mind skill to much <<less
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Anzuchii
Anzuchii rated it
May 11, 2022
Status: c339
I'm finally done, what to say?

Its perfectly average in the sense but the execution of the story and the flow of the events just felt very easy to digest, highly recommended I had a great time reading till the end.
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KhayDesu
KhayDesu rated it
February 11, 2021
Status: c300
  • Ahhhhh since when did I last felt this excitement? A long time ago. This series has been a crazy rollercoaster ride for me it took me 3 days to read all of it and catch up and all I can say is that this read is amazing down to everything! I haven't felt this since i've read Death March everything feels so real from the MC to the side characters to the interactions, the development and the world. All those people hating this series, 'Pitiful you are missing out something great'
    Spoiler

    Now we know why Great Sage-san is so enamored by him

    the statement of Abel stated in the earlier chapters which was 'Im waiting for someone' is kinda getting clear, although we still don't know the full picture

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    Though I gotta admit the author is playing around too much and has been c*ckblocking every single time! I feel sorry for those readers who are really sensitive to these kinds of stuff (it was kinda annoying at first but I already accepted it so it doesn't bother me that much)

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    it'd be great if the real development starts after time travelling arc

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    the other matter was his classmates, lol we barely hear anything from them only less than a dozen has made introductions and has interactions, would've been interesting if it were but the plot is fine with or without them (they would've been deadweights anyways, and we don't need no more girls falling for the Makoto-san

    Spoiler

    Lucy, Aya, Sofia, Furiae, and Janet is more than enough (Momo-chan is a likely new candidate thoo, not that I mind), dunno about that HM-san but we'll see in the future

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    EDIT: okaaayyy I couldn't sit still and read the raws in Syosetu (lol) and my hunches about HM-san was spot on lol

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    holy maiden Anna

    and bl with Abel?!

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    ) /~

    hmmm~~ Hahahaha

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    A lot of stuff was revealed and lots of stuff came to light as well (although consequently, it raised more questions *sigh) A whole lot of characters was introduced! It was kinda overwhelming because there was a lot of them!

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    Jonathan 'Johnny' Walker was introduced and he was a actually a nice good guy and a good father who cares about his fam (a true s*x fiend I tell you!) Abel was really a beautiful person that can pass as a man or a woman, Anna-san is very sweet girl fu fu fu and she looks like a certain someone 1000 years ago, a lot heroes were introduced and he also met with Noah-sama's apostle Cain, (which turned into a fight naturally lol, The Calamity Witch, and many others more

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so it finally caught up with the raws huh? Though I am gonna let the ch stock before updating my review.

EDITTTTTTTTTTTT: 10/14/21

oh boi am I annoyed the story is starting to get real on my nerves, seriously the author is a real nuisance, whenever Makoto's having a great time or the reader and when he's trying to advance his relationship with the other girls, it ALWAYS gets interrupted its also real annoying how ppl/characters are shoving him the

you're a virg*n card

its annoying as hell and multiple times I thought I would drop it but I want to see how it ends
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mxcl
mxcl rated it
November 21, 2020
Status: --
It's good despite how mediocre it appears.

Conflict is resolved as it comes and things arent left hanging. The overall world is well built enough that there arent enormous plot holes and when new information is added it makes sense.

The characters are pretty good if you ignore the tr*sh art which I highly recommend. The main character remains "weak" in the sense that his power can be summed up as, weaker than a child and nuclear bomb with hardly any inbetween.
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Herozito
Herozito rated it
September 10, 2020
Status: c145
although it has a simple story and is not as original considering how hot the isekai genre is nowadays, the novel knows how to work very well on the protagonist’s aspects and is also very well written, with its threats climbing exponentially from simple goblins to things much bigger, also working well the development of your characters (even if the protagonist is dense like a rock you feel development in the aspect of his love life), honestly the novel is not the most original thing in the world and works... more>> with a lot of clichés but the same knows how to play well with it and provides extremely fun reading, 10/10 highly recommended <<less
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Light novel junkie
Light novel junkie rated it
April 5, 2020
Status: --
Usual start of extreme underdog isekai MC who's abilities are miles below his other summoned classmates. But no arifuretaor blessing from the goddess esque bullying/abandoned by his friends type stuff. Dude is weaker then average and maximizes what he can do while having sever limitations. This, breakthrough with the forbidden master and black eagle's saint are quickly becoming some of my favorite novels ranking just behind things like Arifureta and a Demon Lord's tale.
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Sirveill
Sirveill rated it
August 12, 2021
Status: c317
Right now I am a bit disappointed by the author... I didnt hate yuri at all, but the way the author write 2 of the main harem member become a yuri couple just... leave me with a bad taste now. Maybe I will update this review when this novel get better... But now I just want to drop it for a while..

Edit : yeah, it's getting worse, I just can't get the feeling that the heroines has a feeling for makoto now, it's just feel... Hollow. I feel they... more>> aren't so interested in makoto now than how they did before the 1000 years arc. And the ecchi-got-cockblocked moment is just there so the author can convinced the reader that aya and lucy still likes makoto, but for me, it just feel forced. <<less
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Resutatto
Resutatto rated it
April 2, 2021
Status: c264
Rating: 4.5/5⭐

Light-hearted isekai type of story. No heavy feelings (betrayals/deep hatred/etc.). So Don't bother reading this if you're looking stories similar to Arifureta/Shield hero/Dungeon seeker/... or Redo of Healer. You'll just get annoyed and hate this story.

I enjoyed this one in general, though I get annoyed by the MC's trait of being dense, I'm more annoyed by the usual JP tsukkomi that's packaged with it. Not to the point of hate though, and the plot in the 10th arc really is interesting, I just love those type of arcs.
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MysteryFanatist
MysteryFanatist rated it
February 17, 2021
Status: c232
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MC is just a person whose body doesn't keep up with the amount of strength he has and makes up for it with mental fortitude which is given to him by a skill.

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This novel is great. The translations are also done well considering their difficulty levels which I somewhat know as I tried translating a chapter once. Took me nearly a week for one chapter.
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lokq
lokq rated it
November 18, 2020
Status: c263
it's quite good actually

the protagonist makoto, is super weak, he need compatible environment, relying on luck, and help from other people to fight, his first party member lucy, have a lot of mana, and high rank skill but can't control it properly because of her demon blood

so at the beginning, the story focus on improving their combat ability, it's easier for lucy to improve her strength because she just need to improve her magic control, but it's different for the protagonist, because of his low stat, he take a lot... more>> of times just to become averagely strong, I think around 150 chapter he still need to relying on the environment to fight, and I think he can't win against the other heroes in a serious 1 vs 1 battle, because his magic is more like an area attack magic by using spirits, if there is no water or spirits in that place, the other heroes can just dash, stab, and he'll die.

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at least in the later story makoto can use spiritfication to transform his right hand as a spirits and can keep up with the other heroes

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but for me, I think that handicap in the beginning make the story interesting, it's fun watching makoto getting stronger, he need to train everyday just to keep up with others, it's like reading naruto but the protagonist is rock lee, rock lee can't use ninjutsu and genjutsu, but just focus on taijutsu and can use the 8 gates opening in the later story, it's the same with makoto in this story.

for the main story, I think it's quite simple, "defeat the great demon king" & "rescue goddess noah in deep sea temple", so it's easy to follow. I already read till the latest chapter in syosetsu, there is some mysteries, but it's not that much, the mysteries is quite bland and not giving you that much wow effect. Maybe the author already fix this in the light novel version, from what I see, they're kinda different. I want to read the light novel version next to compare it.

for the level system, the author is not explaining it that much, "the protagonist not getting much stat when levelling up", it's only saying that, the author not even tell you how much an average person can get a stat when they level up, and how much the protagonist get when he level up, is it 0? Or 1?, or can your mana increase after levelling up?, the author not even tell you that, for a mage, magic control is important, you can use big spell if your control is good and have high rank magic skill, to increase your control you just have to "train" using magic, and not "levelling up", so what's the point including it in the story then? The only time the author explain about the level system a little bit is when sasaki aya, another member from the protagonist party train, to increase her strength she have to level up, does that mean level up only increase your strength? And does that mean for a mage level up is not that important? The author not even tell you that.

i think even without level system the story can progress normally, I don't know why the author even bother include it in the story, it's just confusing at this point, in tensura they don't have level system, but skill, and I think that's better.

but so far it's a good novel, there are lots of worst isekai novel out there, but for me this one is good, it's not the best but it's quite good, i'll include it on my favorite list and keep following it on syosetsu. <<less
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goga
goga rated it
October 28, 2020
Status: c118
update

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well tbh, for me the MC getting it together with the moon oracle isn't done right

when her pov came what I felt was that the MC was just an option, cause of her failed first love that's never gonna pan out, she came stumbling upon the side route which is the MC, the product produced using the process of elimination

her not really liking Sakurai? (that's BS, cause I remember the times when Sakurai visits her.. their atmosphere there is something)

also the way the MC got together with her really wasn't done well, the transition wasn't done well, cause in the earlier chaps, the MC still thinks of her as sakurai's gf, so he's not really thinking about her, then he for some reason after a couple of chaps, forgets about that issue

well for some, her transformation might come as good, cause it's a thing that isn't touch upon that much, but being refreshing doesn't mean it's automatically gonna be good, especially if it's not done right

what the author had done is just adding some unnecessary drama, he should have stuck with his original plan, with her being the first heroine

heh wasn't really surprised when the author reinforces her appeal as a good heroine material... psh not really gonna buy those things, look at Lucy and Aya saying that they would never fall in love with someone else, then look at this one, who's to say that he she wouldn't change sides again if Sakurai for some reason pursues her

if there's a chance that a girl will look at someone else, then they ain't really worth it, might come as innocent but it has a chance to be a precursor to being ntr'd, what if the one they checks out pursues and seduces her, heh

sigh if your ok with their "romance" then good for you, cause I envy you for having that view (heh my view is a bit biased with my experiences and stuff)

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sigh be prepared in reading this novel

it's a novel teeming with b*tches

if a character is a b*tch, chances are that character is relevant

it's might just be a sad way to project some character development

though tbh looking back, and it might sound contradicting, but I like how some of them came around

so even though I rant about this, I really enjoyed reading this

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well I liked how the destiny goddess came around

for others though, can't really say I liked it but hell, each to their own, you might like how the others came around and I can understand that

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old

well been rereading after piling some chaps and I have to say

to make some character development for the heroines it's full of let's make the heroine a bit*h first then mellow her out to be part of the harem later

sigh knowing what's about to happen and seeing them being bit*h gives me mixed feelings about them... just sigh damn I'm irritated

old

That moon oracle should just die and be gone for good already.. It's really getting irritating if you ask me.. skimming parts related to her.. why is the author still including that b*tch there

it's like you're taking care of someone's girlfriend cause for some reason the boyfriend can't be with her and you always hear her talk about that guy.. why the hell would you take care of someone's girlfriend.. and when the girls that are in love with you are finally making a move and then some (taking your v card) that son of a b*tch is gonna c*ckblock you... but when the boyfriend visits her, your girls will make sure to not get in the way <<less
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Rimazu
Rimazu rated it
September 24, 2020
Status: c149
I was looking at highly rated WN because I was bored and found this one, so I tried to read it without any expectations and it turned out to be really good !

This is an isekai but the MC isn't s*upid nor a genius, he is not super OP either.

He is a typical gamer that looks at the world of the Isekai from outside the box and thinks in events without having exaggerated reactions or anything so it gets pretty funny.

The other characters are also cool, this is a slowly... more>> built harem with 2 or 3 females leads but each of them are really unique and have a well made background story so even if a whole chapter is about the past of a character it is not frustrating.

As I said the harem is built pretty slowly so you will wish the MC takes the lead more often...

So yeah, it is a pretty good read that makes you wanna read more so If you don't have anything to do you may want to try this one ! <<less
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tornberry
tornberry rated it
July 15, 2020
Status: c111
Love this series. I found this by chance because I was checking reigokai's for tsuki updates, but I ended up liking this a lot.

I am kind of surprised that there are a lot of others who read this in raw but I do agree with them, the story flows well and the characters are likeable. Its making us foreigner having easier time to read since the story is also addictive. I also occasionally checked the raw when English translation ended up in cliffhanger, and I honestly want to just binge... more>> it, but the enjoyment from doing so is slightly less than reading in English because I trust reigokai's translation.

Honestly 5/5 for me. The story might be sh*t for some, but there aren't that much nonsense and more importantly, this has both good writing from author and translator (and editor if there is one) which is a very important factor for me. I can savor literally every words each chapter instead of just skimming them like many other webnovels. <<less
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Zatsuyo
Zatsuyo rated it
June 1, 2020
Status: c45
I really liked the world building part of this novel, the events that take place are also quite interesting.

But I can’t take it serious because the characters are just so badly written, it doesn’t feel like they are any human but just some badly made artificial intelligence that tries to make decisions based on what they learned from a bunch of trolls, I could not find any logic based on what the actions the protagonist make and he doesn’t even seem to know the difference between enemies and allies.

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At a certain point in the story, the protagonist humiliates a group of adventurers by destroying their weapons before they even get to attack him. Later the same group follows him into a dungeon and attacks him while trying to kill him and capture capture his female party member to r*ape her. His response to the situation is to BEG FOR HIS LIFE AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE TO THEM. Of course his plot armor makes a dragon appear to scare his enemies away and he takes his friend down into hiding AND THE FIRST THING HE SAYS IS “Are those guys okay?”.

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ZuriReyes
ZuriReyes rated it
August 29, 2021
Status: c303
I loved reading this. Honeslty, years into the future I will probably look back and remember this.

This doesn't have genius writing in terms of story, characters, or anything like that but what I can say is that it is fun. Reading this was fun.

MC, Takatsuki Makoto, is reasonable. He acts more or less like a normal human being. He is a bit more clever than most, but that is about it. He has a few quirks but that makes him even better. He starts out weak. Pathetically weak, actually. Some... more>> people make fun of him for being weak, but no one goes out of their way to bully him, like in other novels. MC is a bit sour about it, but he isn't out for revenge. His classmates are reasonable, for the exception of one character, none of his other classmates tried to take him into their party, because he would be dead weight. And MC knows this. He learns what he can, taking and using anything he can to win fights with whatever he has because his stats were pathetic.

He eventually gains strength, but it is kind of gradual. Not explosive, no sudden world breaking cheats. He works hard for his power. He eventually becomes really strong but almost all of his power is conditional. If you fight him in a place with no nearby water, any random person could kill him. Fight him near the ocean though.... you probably should start running. He is weak most of the time but he can turn into a real badass when he needs to. I think that the fights are awesome. Whether it be early game, where he had to use tricks to kill stuff stronger than him, or later on, when he can actually fight stuff head on. Makoto is probably the very definition of the "conditional power" tag. Almost every major fight where he uses really big and flashy attacks have a parenthesis attached to them, stating that he either had to borrow the power from somewhere else, or he had to sacrifice something to do it.

Spoiler

His fight against Geralt, the Sun Hero, and eventually the Immortal demon king gave me chills. We get to see POV of Lightning Hero Geralt, and Sun Hero Alexander as they get absolutely tr*shed by the MC, and I find their descriptions and reactions to the MC to be very satisfying

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Despite gaining much more power in the latest chapters, he still isn't the strongest in the world yet. He is strong, but even at his strongest there are still characters that could body him.

One thing I love is the misunderstandings caused by the skill "Calm Mind". It is exactly what it looks like. It just makes him calm during stressful moments. But it is here we learn that Makoto is an unreliable narrator. The usage of calm mind really does make him calm (no surprise there), and he uses it in battle or in stressful situations all the time, but it is not until we see the POV of other characters, that we get to know how unnatural, sometimes downright scary MC can be when he looks THAT calm

It came to the point where people would be creeped out by it. His face not only looks calm, it makes him look like he is talking a leisurely stroll or something. And he does it while doing or fighting the craziest stuff. To the point where the people on the same side as him were more scared of him than the thing they were fighting. But in reality, even with calm mind, he still freaks out, but he just doesn't show it.

The waifu's are fun to read about, MC's guy friends aren't just comic relief, but actually have their own lives outside of being friends with the MC.

Overall, a very fun read. I came here not expecting much but then ended up reading a web novel that I absolutely loved <<less
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bkwrm
bkwrm rated it
February 13, 2021
Status: c230
Surprisingly solid isekai, not terrible, not great. It is quite nice that the MC stays weak and always has to borrow his power from elsewhere. His viewpoint as an rpg player makes things fun as well and he doesn't have the annoying righteous or spurned personality types. Supporting cast is decent too and doesn't feel like a boring collection of tropes.

Downsides are that he's the typical forever virg*n I guess.

Worth reading unless you are utterly sick of isekai and harems.
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NotCreative
NotCreative rated it
December 5, 2020
Status: c266
This is a good novel, not perfect, but I can say that giving less the 3 out of 5 to this novel it's being unfair.
I think the things I liked most about the novel are the fast pace of the story and the simple yet great story.

The MC is OP and extremely weak at the same time. The main "power" of the MC is the abnormally high Proficency stat caused by the fact that he ALWAYS trains (even while sleeping). All his skills and power revolve around the Proficency stat.
He can use it with his spirit skill in order to borrow power from spirits (with many conditions and restrictions) or he can synchronize himself with other people to use their power. The MC basically use mainly the power of others individuals. (but don't worry because later on starts to develop his own shit)
There is also is unique skill RPG Player. This skill at the beginning seems to be useless and even after 266 chapters is not known how much influence have. It does help the MC sometime later in the story when he start to understand the logic of the choices that the skill gives to him. At the beginning is useless but it probably a ultra cheat skill from what we can speculate:
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Nobody can see the fate of the MC even the goddess of destiny. Nobody can see the fate threads of the MC that link him with people. Like a game he probably can chose his destiny or something like that, probably

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The characters and their development is not the best but it's not really bad either. The MC doesn't change much during the story, he is dense and a coward from relationship point of view (he says it as well) but fearless when he fights, he lives his life in this new world litterally like playing a game and he has a lot of girls around but needs a lot of time to get bold enough to do something a little meaningful with them. Some characters around Makoto change thanks to him, for example (light spoilers) :
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-Lucy start to gain confidence in herself little by little, her psychological complex about being half-elf and half-demon sart to fade away and she start to be more friendly to others thanks to Aya and Makoto.
-Sofia changes from an icy personality to a more soft one. She rely upon Makoto in order to share her burden of making Water Country a better and safe place and her strict character change to a much easygoing one.
-Furiae develop as well. In her past is hated an feared cause of the Moon Oracle history and all this sh*t brings her to be an outcast. After she starts to travel with Makoto, Lucy and Aya, she understands that the world is not that bad and even if she doesn't really change in the way she acts, in the POV chapters, all the negative thoughts start to fade away.
There are also others that go through minor changes like Geralt or Sakuraki

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You are following the story of the MC from his prospective but sometime the author switch the point of view to other characters in order to understand their thoughts and their view of the MC. This make you understand them better and give you the possibility to understand that the MC is wierder than you think. (not light spoiler)
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like Furiae Pov in which she describes the crepy smiling Makoto using sacrificial technic on the Demon Lord

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The world building it's a little bit of "meh". Even after 266 chapters we know only general informations about the structure of the world. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad that the author gives only basic informations but maybe a little bit more attention to ecology would add points (for example the different types of monsters in the countries or races or something along those lines). The author gives scenary or characters appearance only the needed space in terms of description which gives the story a really good pace. (the author doesn't spend 30 lines for food description thank god).

The harem is good NOW. I don't want to say too much about it, but I think that the author is going overboard with numbers. Isn't the harem starting to become too crowded? We are only in the west continent you know? There seems to be also other continents, other worlds and probably something like a God land. I don't know how much the author want to tell in the story but there are many interesting things mentioned in the story which can give birthh to some narratve arcs... There are already at least 4 girls in the ""official"" harem, plus I don't know how many others trying to get in the bus. If things go in the same way in the others continets, in the end we have like 20+ girls...

Now, the most interesting thing of this novel are the Gods/Goddesses and the plot. At the beginning of the story the impression of them is mostly good, but the more you read the more you start to think there is something fishy about them. There is always the impression of them scheming something through Makoto. The plot after chapter 220 starts to take an unexpected route, but this is the moment of the story in which many things start to make more sense. The more you read after chapter 220 the more you start to think "that's why it was like that... that's why he/she said or ask that...". There are questions, relationships and sentences that start to have a different meaning. You will start to see even chapter 1 in a different way. It's that type of thing that can bring you back to read the past chapters in a different light.

i have tried my best to give only light spoilers... So in the end, I think you should give it a try if you are searching something light and funny
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