In Love with the Strongest Man

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“Please buy my materials!”
“You’re banned! I told you to stop coming!”

Shuka, who ran a stall in a corner of the town to avoid being seen, was troubled.
Ideal, who was rumored to be the strongest man in the town, kept bringing rare materials to his stall.

In the past, Shuka was cursed as punishment for offending a nobleman.
For more than 20 years, Shuka had been living under the curse of being hated and persecuted by others.

Therefore, it was impossible for Ideal to have any kind of affection for him.
He suspected that there was something amiss–
But the strongest man was very friendly to him, as if there was no such thing as a curse.

The strongest hero x the hated merchant.

Associated Names
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Saikyou no Otoko ni Natsukareteiru
最強の男に懐かれている
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
04/24/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c35
04/17/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c34
04/10/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c33
04/03/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c32
03/27/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c31
03/20/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c30
03/13/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c29
03/06/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c28
02/28/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c27
02/22/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c26
02/14/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c25
02/07/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c24
01/31/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c23 part5
01/31/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c22 part5
01/31/24 Watashi wa Sugoi Desu c23
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Review
3 Reviews


starcake
starcake
Jan 08, 2024
Status: c18
3.5 stars so far up to ch 18: 3 stars currently with a half star for potential. Kind of different setup with a first-person uke protagonist reviled by all due to a curse he's carried since childhood that makes others see him as disgusting, and is also physically scarred and has permanent injuries that are close to crippling and is in constant pain. The seme is an attractive hero who, of course, for some mysterious reason is immune to the curse and is very attentive and helpful toward the uke... more>> though obviously he has hidden motives and backstory and is proooobably a (mild?) yandere.

The story itself is very predictable in terms of character relationships and romance with Shuka being the oblivious low self-esteem type (in part due to trauma and in part due to genre cliché) who thinks Ideal is only helping him out of kindness and pity while due to the setup (and genre cliché) I was pretty sure from the first chapter that Ideal and Shuka knew each other as children and Shuka probably saved Ideal somehow which made Ideal fall in love with him and all these many long years Ideal has been searching for his lost savior-love.

The smut is serviceable if not remarkable if that's what you're here for and if not you can probably skip it without much issue. The smut is, of course, the method by which the hero "treats" Shuka's curse.

The story is very, very much like reading a typical yaoi manga, so if that's your jam, this story will be your bread and butter.

For the kind of generic story I've outlined so far, I would've given this a low three stars or maybe 2.5 stars for being okay but not particularly new or different. However, this story does actually have a plot and some mystery going for it, all of which are being slowly revealed such as more details about how Shuka acquired his curse and his own apparently unusual childhood, and of course the yet-to-be-fully-revealed link between him and Ideal, Ideal's background, and what he's been up to besides being a hero. A lot of details are mentioned off-hand or vaguely to begin with like Shuka's curse being a punishment from a cruel master, and in so many other stories that would be the full extent of detail we get because it's all throwaway plot devices and setup with the big shocking, shocking reveal later being something dumb like "it was a punishment received because he actually saved child-Ideal from dying of starvation by stealing bread from the kitchen to give him!" (I mean, that could still be the case, but the story seems to be gearing up for a more unusual and complicated angle.)

Overall there is a bit more going on beneath the surface tropes and I'm interested enough to keep reading and tentatively hope it doesn't disappoint as it goes on. The translation is good too. <<less
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Iamdefinitel
Dec 06, 2023
Status: c15
I actually like the pov of shuka, of course it is the usual soft MC with a soft heart but his emotions have been potrayed vividly. Although I am worried about him at the moment
Spoiler

I think he is gonna go to a brothrel.

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And yk how usually you would curse the MC for not communicating with the ml. I think as of now, it's completely understandable.
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Konzenkoryuu
Konzenkoryuu
Dec 03, 2023
Status: c14
No reviews yet? Guess I'll give it a try.

In the first chapter, the MC is set up as both a straight? man and someone who has a curse, which is why he's so down on himself.

Hmm. It's a little bit unreliable narration because it's from Shuka's point of view. But I'm getting a feeling from Ideal...
Spoiler

this isn't tagged yandere or possessive lover but...

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On the other hand, I might drop here because I see big misunderstanding coming up and I hate those
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