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The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary

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384 WN Chapters (Deleted by Author)
15 LN Volumes (Axed)
15 LN Volumes (Axed)
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Monthly Rank: #876
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.After the soldiers’ mercenary group where he used to work had been utterly destroyed, Loren, who survived the disaster, decided to walk the adventurer’s path as a way to make a living. However, for Loren who had no acquaintances and nothing but an empty pocket on him, receiving a single quest seemed like a faraway aim. So, as he was contemplating about what he should do next, another adventurer called out to him.
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One entry per lineKuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan
走投無路傭兵的幻想奇譚
食い詰め傭兵の幻想奇譚
走投無路傭兵的幻想奇譚
食い詰め傭兵の幻想奇譚
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- Level-headed, capable MC.
- Characters have personalities.
Cons:- MC doesn't speak his mind nearly enough. Some problems could be avoided if he just spoke instead of berating people in his head.
- Dwells a bit too much on the bits where nothing much is happening. For example, it might describe how they get from A to B instead of just starting at B, even though nothing meaningful happens during the walk. It can get a bit off-putting because the chapters are already so short.
I should admit that it's partly my fault for getting my hopes up after seeing the amazing art. The art is a league better than the story, which is OK.- good translation quality
- its pace is quite good, not to fast, yet not to slow
- reasonable update rate
- NOT REINCARNATED, MC CAME FROM THE VERY SAME WORLD (so far)
- reasonable MC, not some shounen beta MC who unreasonably tries to save everyone, nor edgy dude who tries to kill everyone in the story. Just an unlucky adult who got kicked from his previous job bcs his company got wiped out
- the MC isnt like to strong that he can challenge everything with ease, there are actual problem being faced by MC and his company, like unreasonable new kid who just got introduced to this kind of work, unreasonable work load due to some kind of unlucky circumstance (well, sh*t happens), new kid got rekt by reality, MC who hated him just left him alone so he can reflect on his action (on the afterlife)
- the story flows in a good way, not just some dude go to place A, dude wipe some enemy, dude got power up, dude got new equip, dude go to town B to buy/repair his equipment, rinse and repeat. No, it has a good reasoning, why is he ended up in that city, why the MC do that, why the MC has to face such problem, etc.
- once again, the MC is reasonable and relatable. He is an adult who tries his best to survive in a harsh adult world after being kicked from his old company. Like an adult (at least in an asian background) there are complains with who you're working with, but you have to endure it since not everything can be solved by tackling it head on. MC aint trying to lay low either, he just do what he have to do in order to survive in a harsh world
- so far, the characters are well defined, not just a sack of walking troupe (well, some are quite linear with fantasy-related characters, like how there are elf and dwarf, and how they act, but not to the point that the troupe dictates how they act in every situation)
- the story felt kinda similar to goblin slayer (wellp, seeing how the first trouble he experienced is a horde of goblins (sweet jesus, some people just think that goblin is a mob enemy, but seeing how they're always at odds with human, kidnap humans and breeds like rats with intelligence similar to an infant or neanderthal, and is capable in working in a group, making a small basic village and using magic and weapons, they're more than just a mob like how similar novels describe them)) it describe demon's threat realistically
Cons:What can we make up of this? - MC is a broke ex-mercenary who became an adventurer. - The story is about his strange adventures as an adventurer.
These Include:
Vol. 1
Getting used by the said demon kin as an agreement to pay his financial debt to herVol. 2
Getting used again by said demon kinb*tchfairy*All of these are more or less
exaggerated
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- Too passive
Honestly, I'm also one of these people but it's important to know that our MC is mercenary. He was not even the leader of his group. That said, I think it would be more out of place if he wasn't that gullible and passive because he only follows orders back in his prime and never ask anymore question because they were paid solely to follow orders. He only goes to the flow of what the leader decides and from there, he tries to work thing out in his own mercenary-like way. It bothers me but it can't be helped because he is after all a mercenary who used to only follow directions. The only difference is that he is one experienced and seasoned mercenary. Realizing that, I can't help but see him as a realistic character that doesn't betray his history. As for the personality of the main heroine, she's likable but I can't help but question her intentions. She must have an arc dedicated for her in the future so that's something to look forward. The trope that force them to become companion is quite refreshing if you look in to it. As for their adventures, it may not be innovative nor does it have the best execution but it's satisfactory enough since it's not that bad.- The translation is good and has a decent speed.
- The characters are funny and interact in a realistic way.
- No kindhearted or OP MC, but he also isn't a Jerk.
- No Harem
- very smart way of world building, the author manages to express strength and background without wall of text exposition
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