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The Eminence in Shadow Anonymous 12/04/2022 (Sun) 00:20:57 No. 1352

First of all HOW IN THE FUCK was the protagonist able master 48 style of combat while in fucking high school? I could understand if it was some grizzled assassin or something like that but why on gods earth did the author make him a high school student? I think the idea of someone going insane from media to the point that they try to learn magic just because they want to have equal power to a nuke is kinda cool, but fuck me sideways if they didn't make him too young. Another thing that bothers me is his fucking harem and how he somehow guessed that there was a cult in society rather than just learning it from a young age. He's the biggest mary sue and it bothers me on spiritual level. I swear if I get reincarnated into an Isakai, I hope it's as the same world as Cid so I can poor water on him. Seriously, I fucking hate this manga but I also kinda like it as well. Like there's some interesting twists and turns, but I fucking hate the protagonist.

Anonymous 12/05/2022 (Mon) 13:48:56 No. 1371

>expecting a cartoon to be realistic

Anonymous 12/06/2022 (Tue) 01:37:37 No. 1380

>>1371 Please be patient, I am autistic.

Anonymous 12/06/2022 (Tue) 05:50:21 No. 1381

>>1352 >I hate the protag >But the manga is nice so you mean the worldbuilding and premise is good, but the primary narrative sucks

Anonymous 12/07/2022 (Wed) 00:09:32 No. 1390

>>1381 pretty much?

Anonymous 12/07/2022 (Wed) 03:37:45 No. 1391

>>1352 The high school protagonists became a literal mental illness in many Japanese authors' minds. There are all sorts of dumb premises, like that one anime about high school geniuses that all become the best professionals in medicine, businesses and so on. It is like Japanese authors are afraid to portray old age as being a natural outcome of life, as if it was some sort of curse. I wonder if it has to do AGAIN with the whole push for higher birthrates, portraying everyone as being young and stil lable to perform well in life, when in real life, you can only perform tasks well when you are old, through experience. Either that, or it is another push to try to attract fujoshits and young retards who self insert into the fictional works. It is almost like "being young" became a deranged fashion style for some authors. They can't make interesting characters, so they just make them young and hope that it works.

Anonymous 12/07/2022 (Wed) 03:49:31 No. 1393

>>1391 that might play a part, but I think another anon put it best when the Japs had the best times of their lives in high school, before all the bullshit of their overwork-till-death culture and hyper-demanding wives and responsibilities and they want to go back to it.

Anonymous 12/07/2022 (Wed) 03:54:58 No. 1394

>>1393 Honest to God I think the Nips were better off during the Edo period or even the Sengoku period.

Anonymous 12/13/2022 (Tue) 00:55:38 No. 1519

>>1391 >>1393 >young retards who self insert into the fictional works That's the entire fucking reason, that's literally it. No need to overthink it, anytime when the mc is an adult he's usually fucking neet or closeted otaku with a job.

Anonymous 12/19/2022 (Mon) 03:59:42 No. 1643

>>1519 It's media aimed squarely at this age demographic, look at literally every single piece of YA novels the protagonists are always teenagers.

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