Typical isekai start; Protag is going home one night, finds himself in another world with out explanation. Dude is immediatley captured by s*avers, saved by a wolflady princess... and then mugged by said princess and left on his own. He makes his way to civilization, is mistaken for a s*aver, travels to the titular labyrinth to clear his name, and then has to go through the troubles of being a "barbarian". basically, barbarians all have black hair and do not believe in consent, and the protag being korean has to deal with being mistaken for one.

For example, when he wakes up after the s*avers are killed, he doesn't throw up and toughen up, or go along with the wolf lady princess, or get a whole bunch of op powers. What he does is assess his situation calmly, pick up what he can from the dead s*avers, and backtracks to civilization using hoofprints from horses.

So far his problems come from mistakes made due to lack of knowledge of the world he's in, rather than incompitence or cheap writing

The only decent point addressed beforehand is the fact that the continent's name still hasn't been brought up to the current chapter I have read. Since it's a one-setting focused environment like Danmachi for example, it doesn't leave much room for world building and admittedly the author should have given the continent's name at least once although it really isn't necessary. But the thing is, it's not like it has zero world building; we know the history surrounding the Labyrinth City and how it was formed. We know the major route (Pilgrim's Road) that every person takes to the main point of interest aka the Labyrinth City, and one of the major kingdoms that has a relevant role in the story, aka the Lionel Kingdom. As the MC gets various kinds of interactions in the diverse city like this, we also learn small snippets of the culture each race can have. The no knowledge point about the continent's name is such a minor criticism that devaluing the whole world building the story offers is nuts, not every isekai needs every single part of their world revealed to be considered a good fictional world.

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And the "flaw" about the MC not knowing how to read or having a general lack of literacy? It's dumb. It feels like a long amount of time has passed, but it really hasn't as for example, if one were to say he learned for five months, it would be a massive exaggeration. He ain't a full-time student, he's an explorer, he only spares a few hours for lectures under Mion, his teacher, and even then, not every single day he can attend as he has multiple circumstances outside of it, especially when he spends countless days in the labyrinth expenditures. Lower the 5 months example to 2.5-3.5 months and I believe that's a more accurate estimate if you reached up to chapter 158. Another thing to note is that he CAN read and write to a decent degree, it's just up to the MC and author to choose what info he learns or actually shows in chapters. A good scene depicting this is when he was tested by Mion (Or the Goddess depending on how you see it) where she asked 20 questions to test his knowledge and common sense but the author only wrote one of the 20 questions, so we surprisingly lack the full extent of what the MC learnt and was tested upon. Is this the author's fault necessarily for being slightly lazy? Perhaps, but he could be cooking to reveal this type of info when it's actually important or it was just that irrelevant.

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Going back to the continent's name part, there COULD potentially be a random paper saying the continent's name, which is plausible at first thought but doesn't make sense after looking at the city's workings and operations. There's no proper news system in this city, based on what I saw, and the average source of information is either from the countless guilds, the folks who have been in the city for a good while, and well, libraries/books. Let's explore a little further and say the MC could ask for the continent's name from his friends and acquaintances. A simple answer to this is that he definitely could, but does he need to? No, man is more desperate for information surrounding the Labyrinth floors as that's life-changing compared to a singular continent's name that he's gonna leave once he gets that world transfer imprint if he doesn't choose to stay in this world. In the beginning, he does explore a decent bit of the city since he's new but it tones down a lot once his daily routines are set. Going out of his way to explore for the sake of exploring ain't his thing; he prefers to check out something based on advice/comments from trusted individuals, as it's best to rely on trusted info rather than wandering aimlessly. Cause of this, the city's environment is a bit less developed than typically expected but it's a realistic approach and plus, he gets in a ton of situations that gets him to explore new areas in the cities anyways.

Let's first start off with the MC, cause the statement of him not thinking before acting is heavily incorrect and borderline misinformation when multiple times he has confronted Aldein (The MC's go-to information pal and behind-the-scenes kind of guy) before heading into Eastern Districts conflicts, confronts his party members when something sus pops up during their labyrinth exploration, and etc. In the early parts of the story you could argue some moments of charging mindlessly with no thinking to a degree, but later on in the story when the MC loses a lot of his novice look, there isn't any of that.

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Plot armor? I'm dumbfounded that this is a point that needs to be addressed, the author is obviously making the MC a berserker, a type of class that gets injured most of the time, but in return, dishing out heavy DMG as payback, he literally has an imprint (Abilties in this world) made for this. The plot armor concern is also ambiguous cause our body standards are different from this world's standards, so shrugging off a lethal hit is a lot more understandable here. The MC has leveled up five times up to the point I read, which means his body is extremely durable and filled with a giga ton of vitality compared to an average person, it's clear that taking a stab to the neck ain't gonna kill him cause when adding his imprint's secondary recovery trait together with that insane endurance, man ain't going down without a good fight at the very least. Now that ain't the only thing in his defense, the MC does have a valid excuse if he does seem too rash to some, he basically has had the half-madness debuff on him every since the first trip to the labyrinth and even his fellow comrades/friends are surprised he hasn't gone fully mad yet. Though, he does at one point clear up some of the madness or at least make it more bearable at a certain major point in the story. You may be asking how madness builds up and well, it varies depending on the floor a party is on, since each set of floors (Every 4-5 floors in most cases, this changes in the higher floors) has its own "law" to inflict madness on people as for example, the law of the first 5 floors is don't be in the darkness for a prolonged amount of time without a light source. While he does clear up some of the mental problems, it ain't permanently gone, so his problems with his clouded mind will pretty much always be a relevant plot point. Another thing to note is EVERY SINGLE labyrinth trip he partakes in has either gone horribly wrong or needed to face something abnormal. This pattern has only had one exception so far, which is when he temporarily joins the hero's party, but that's way further in the story and said exception didn't last very long. It's super obvious the author wants his growth to be accelerated and keep the action going and exciting instead of a time skip saying x amount of normal trips have passed since then for his growth and to have his berserker become somewhat mentally unstable at times for more entertaining combat/non-combat scenes from time to time. Dungeon diving novels usually take a long period of time, so the author is trying to lower that time cause stories like Danmachi that have currently have 20 volumes and it's ONLY entering it's final arc (Prob will be 3-4 more volumes but I won't be surprised if it goes longer) starting at the 21st volume is crazy length time when compared to Korean novels.

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It may feel like too many gifts are falling into his hands, but it's very reasonable when looking at the context behind it. For example, during the Blue Moon Festival, he stood out as a savior for saving multiple citizens' lives when the monsters broke out; therefore, his reputation became pretty good after that, and as a result, he received lots of gifts from grateful citizens. The convenience of the Ashur, the sword master being his master is also less a plot convenience and more on Ashur's eccentric personality. Their first meeting was a disrespectful one; the MC didn't treat him like a guild master and so Ashur decided to personally teach a half-barbarian brat a lesson or two for stress relief. Considering how the guild master tends to leave 99% of the paperwork to his vice-guild leader, Ashur is very fickle in his activities, but after that first lesson, he clearly saw some potential in the MC, a half-barbarian too boot (Barbarians have a VERY bad reputation in the city for the past years) so there comes the continued lessons to take a better look at those potential cause the MC can be seen as a hidden gem plus it's not like he ONLY teaches the MC, he's still a guild master in the end.

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Now the gift part reaches a pretty big turning point when a random barbarian who actually is a f*cking elder barbarian (Bro is built different on an another level basically and was a part of the previous generation of the city committee's guardians) that has been on a labyrinth expenditure for a very long time (This is why barbarian reputation fell down massively because the one keeping them in check was gone for a long time) gives some major things to the MC. The main reason for this one-sided exchange is because he was the ONLY barbarian (MC isn't really a barbarian unless there's a twist, it's only cause of his black hair since barbarian = black hair) to live a clean non-lustful destructive life compared to the other barbarians wrecking havoc ever since Ragna's disappearance (Elder Barbarian) plus Ragna is one of those kind grandpas you see across the street which gives some insight on his personality and it's not like the MC is completely unknown to him, he saw Ashur personally teaching him and Ragna is an expert of himself, he knows MC has great potential and decided to help him with it. There's also a theory of Ragna being his actual grandfather due to Ragna's son disappearing in the labyrinth, as the reason for Ragna being in the labyrinth for a long time was to find his missing son which could be the MC's father due to some potential world transportation nonsense, it's unlikely to be true but a possibility nevertheless. The Mage Tears, The Gale Sword, and the High Quality Magic Stone that was given to the MC from Ragna was obviously more useful in the hands of the MC rather than Ragna because Grandpa simply has no use for them besides extra money and even then, Grandpa is already well off even if he may seemed broke on the first encounter only cause he's been stuck in one place in a very long time, it was better to help the only good young barbarian left in his compassionate perspective. Ragna also gave a certain ring to the MC, but it's more plot important rather than equipment focused, so I won't delve into that since it strays away from the topic.

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The kindness the MC receives (Specifically from one person) in the very beginning is not absurd and well within the bounds of logic. The MC is a half-barbarian, so he has been rejected countless times from inns, so accepting him would be counter-productive to an outsider's perspective BUT first of all, the inn owner is named Dalmong, a big fluffy bear beastkin who used to be a high-ranking explorer. All the previous inns the MC was in had regular owners, but this one was obviously quite different. Dalmong has the smack to provide if a rude or troublesome customer appears and when he saw that despite originating from the barbarian race at first glance, the MC was strangely kind and approachful for his race and so might as well take a customer in. Was it a bit of a gamble? A little bit however it's clear the positives outweighed the negatives at that time. It also doesn't help Dalmong was in a certain season where he's shedding a lot of fur so a lot of his food he provides tends to have bear hair inside hence during this season, his inn is pretty much in the red constantly so any bearable customer (Heh get it?) is acceptable. Helping someone new to the city is, frankly, not that much of a unrealistic concept and should never be. Perhaps some real life circumstances can counter this but in this situation, Dalmong is a understanding high-ranking retired explorer who has had enough sh*t to deal in life, handing out a helping hand to someone (Who will also become his best friend) is not so far-fetched.

The MC is not a p*ssy even if he may not grasp romantic intentions at first glance, having roughly 90% of the romantic advances the heroines do being done with more secretive intentions/methods rather than openly makes the MC less of a p*ssy and more on the heroines fault in that case. My man has a half-madness debuff and paired with these less-than-obvious advances, it's not a complete mystery he can't realize it. I admit there are some times that he definitely should have noticed but it's so minor compared to the dense gods out there, such as Ichika from Infinite Stratos where pulling out your hair at every interaction is actually reasonable because Ichika was just that dense. With the 19+ chapters scattered about, it's highly doubtful the MC will ever become super dense and will stay consistently on the line between normal and somewhat dense. I also find the MC's interactions with the heroines to be pretty entertaining, so while I can't see why someone would find these to be frustrating, I can assure you these interactions don't simply lead to nowhere and have a spicy conclusion or progression you can say.

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Although one odd part is how every harem member he bangs, that harem member sees him as a boyfriend/lover/husband essentially afterwards with the secret/le*d traditions they did on the MC, however, the MC is a bit vague in his thoughts in declaring the other party girlfriend/lover/wife. Well, it's a true harem anyway, so when the harem building starts getting bigger, it'll probably be brought up cause I do want the MC to be more conclusive in his thoughts regarding his partners, even if his actions are a good enough answer aka seggs, I just want some verbal confirmation for maximum fulfillment. As of the 3rd heroine conquered seggs scene, he definitely does see his seggs partners as his women, yet I still very much demand for some more lovey dovey scenes outside of the seggs scenes (More of a nitpick rather than criticism), Mion's post-seggs scene sort of captured this but I ain't fully satisfied.

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Another noted concern was right after the first seggs scene, a five-month no-seggs restriction was placed on the first heroine aka Karin by the MC, considering it was a reverse-r*pe situation that turned into domination loss in the later half of the seggs scene. Now, let me tell you a thought provided by said heroine. She stated how if there was no ban placed, she and the MC would be going wild at each other constantly, leaving behind important matters, and the likely chance of being pregnant would be there, which means she would have to retire. She definitely wants babies in the future considering she even le*dly thought 10 babies would be fine (The child support would be crazy) but she doesn't want to retire and leave the MC to do everything on his own plus her original goal of being independent and growing by herself without any help/influence from her mother is there to consider also. This is a perfectly reasonable interpretation on her part, and I'm glad it didn't become a seggsfest, although five months is a bit too long admittedly. It's not like she's the only heroine in this story, so in that gap, another heroine will be conquered if that part ever nerved you.

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To clarify again, there ARE 19+ chapters and a somewhat decent amount of them later down the line when the story starts entering the three digit chapter mark. The heroine count here is not small either, and so far based on what I see, the heroine count is up 6-7 I would say? And when I mean heroine count, I'm talking about a mix of confirmed harem members and potential ones. I'm not sure if the endgame party is gonna be a harem party or not, because honestly, the author has been cooking real good with these mixed parties to add flavor to the character interactions.

Wtf is this sh*t of 5 months of nos*x with the fox, a normal person even wouldnt stand that.