this novel suffers from an author whos just venting his frustrations lol it REALLY feels like its just thoughts an edgy kid has as a way to get back at someone. the most insane shampoo bottle arguing going on while writing it like it is just so odd that he has this much of a fascination with slashing people with hatchets. i think the concept is really good and it shows when the first 5 chapters (bar the first cause it has so many exposition lmao) are the best chapters for a long while cause the only thing they have is the concept before any of the random sh*t like the trauma harem etc lol. if this novel had a better author i think the concept couldve excelled but here we are. one last note is that PARTHIB made a list of bad traits the mc has and one of them was not op, which is so blatantly not true he quite literally gets his power *ss pulled out of nowhere and its always just enough to win while near death etc etc u get the formula
Totally get that. But if you want to read a novel that I think takes brilliant advantage of being written in first person, you should check out the tutorial is too hard.
While the translation is subpar, the writing is brilliant in my opinion as the often joking, light-hearted tone of the mc's stream of consciousness forms a stark contrast to the darker objective narration. It's a very interesting experience being inside the mc's head watching as mental illnesses start to take root and grow. It's almost never explicitly stated, though, leaving you to discover it on your own by observing the gaps and contradictions.
The reason I'm recommending this is because I've read a lot of novels that being in first person either detracted from the experience or added absolutely nothing. While I've also read ones that were better in first than they would have been in third, TTITH is the only one where the point of view is actually integral to the storytelling and would ruin the story if changed.
I have read stories with dense and slow protagonists. But this is the first novel where the MC is idiotic, the story started strong but fell flat extremely fast .
