MC splits with the childhood friend and is then invited to join a group of dungeon divers who want to conquer the dungeon w/e. Along that way the MC learns to use his skill, sets goals to reach for, and even finds new girl in party. Reading the raws I felt the story was rather boring, theres not much interesting events and it kind of blows by pretty quickly overall.

i don't understand the hate for the childhood friend by raltzero, even without reading the raws the "breakup" wasn't all that bad. It wasn't like they were lovers and she went and f*cked another guy. The childhood friend using a cold voice was more like resolving herself to not take pity anymore and carry on with their relationship. Reading the raws and in later translated chapters you'll see the split wasn't unjustified simply because of MC underestimated skill. The MC was basically a loser throughout their friendship together. The childhood fiend is attractive and had combat skill, sought to make a better life for herself outside the village. MC however had zero ambition, no life goals, or any things like that. He spent all his time daydreaming about his friend and following her around. The childhood friend in turn would take care of the MC, carrying him through their travels, basically the MC was dead weight and the childhood friend should have been applauded for even putting up with him for so long, probably because of long time friendship such and such. The MC would leave everything to his friend to deal with, be it fighting, or cooking, it was more that he saw her as more his mother than a companion/partner. This realization comes to him as he works with his new party and seeing what a lazy f*ck he was before his "breakup" with his crush. So this isn't an opinion of mine, he actual looks back at himself in shame. And yes the the "tr*sh" skill also played a role, but mostly because the MC had zero ambition to do anything for himself, and left his skill unpracticed. The childhood friend effectively became a mother at adolescence with another mouth to feed. The breakup was the best thing for both of them, as the MC staying together with her would have held her back and his lack of manhood would have left him a babbling child for as long as they remained together. Honestly could you start a love relationship with someone who you have to take care of on a day to day basis, not because that person is handicapped but because they are a child and shows no sign of maturing, would you marry a emotionally and mentally eternal five year old.

but instead we get arcs dedicated to increasing the harem or character growth of a harem member where they then fall in love with the MC after being saved

In one arc theres a promiscuous girl who seduces guys to get what she wants, shes very cliche and arguably the most ret*rded and annoying of all the girls in the novel. At the end of the arc she ends up in the group and has fallen for our MC (very original *cough cough*)

In another arc one of the girls from the group reveals to the MC that she initially hated him because hes weak but tries his hardest while she was born with strong abilities but barely puts in any effort (WTF)

They get trapped in the 20th floor, that’s when this novel turns into sh*t for me. She turns into a useless character in despair for no reason and wants to give up and die instead of living. That was mildly annoying but what takes the cake is how she tells the MC she has a worse backstory and failed harder than him which is laughable since hers is just her being bullied (her personality was the problem since she is an annoying woman) and while she had one friend she bullied her when she found out about her amazing skills, Said friend quit school and gave up magic even though she stated she loved it. The killer is how the MC feels sympathetic for her and starts feeling attracted and wanting to date her and the same goes for her. I’ll put something 10 pages later, , , ,

“Okay, then... I want a boyfriend.”
“That’s not what I thought you were going to say...”
“But I’ve never had a boyfriend before, so I want to know what it’s like. I want to experience love for myself.”
“Then I’ll help you find it.”
“That’s not what I thought you were going to say...”
What? What did she want to hear then? Did she want me to refuse her after all, or...?
“What about you, Note? Is there something you want to do once we get out of here?”
“Yeah, lots of things. I might even want a girlfriend myself...” “What, really?” Erin asked with a laugh...
And I was drawn into laughing right along with her.
“Is it that weird?” I asked, still laughing.
“No, it isn’t. It just made me happy, that’s all. I’ll help you find love too, Note.”
“Thanks. It’s always reassuring to know you’ve got my back, Erin.” “Mm... I’ve basically already gotten what I wanted.”
Our hands brushed against one another, gently coming to rest on top of each other... and I couldn’t help thinking it would be nice if our feelings connected the same way.

the forced romance like that made me check to see if I was reading a Chinese novel with how bad that sh*t was.

If I had a promise with someone and that person ignored it and increased the affinity with other girls, I'd be mad. How can you even accept such a character and want to gain their favor?

Speaking of which, if we trace the root of their problem, then it would be me. It's quite embarrassing to mention it by myself, but these two girls are competing for me.......

But what if I misunderstand all of this?....... That would be super embarrassing.......

There will be no end if I keep thinking negatively, so let's consider that they are fighting because of me.

She seemed pretty tolerant and hopeful, but yea...

Basically the difference between his skill and the other mapping ones is that his skill can be used in dungeons and "other worlds". The world and area map only work in their world. Honestly, the mapping skill is still quite useful, so I'm not sure why he was so depressed, hell even the rank was like Rare something, I think? But yea he countered that by saying something like that rarity doesn't matter because that's a tr*sh skill that wasn't handed out for a long time.

Moving on, I like how he started putting effort into learning techniques (? to me, they seem like skills but they are different from skills you are gifted with. The difference is, that you can learn them.) The main reason for his change was his party; more specifically, his party member who acted like a tsundere; her harsh words kept pushing him on to work harder. Though there's a twist later on and her behaviour is explained which makes me correct myself by stating that she wasn't acting like a tsundere at that time...

I mean there's a bathtub scene with one of the oldest girls in the group, but I like the fact that the main character didn't overly exaggerate and just kept calm.

I also find the main character to be tolerable as he is someone who is very hardworking and dedicated into changing himself for the better. I mean, it is only natural to be so impatient on progress when the people who've helped you and gave you a lifeline are people who are born with gifted talents and went through so much experience.

He may have been portrayed as a loser at first (, anyway, don't we all?), yet even so, compared to all the characters I've seen in the story, he's the one who've improved thus far and if anyone's curious, read through around Roslia arc (maybe ch10 to ch18)