This Isn't My World, And It Pisses Me Off
Self-Published
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Description
Everyone knows the Isekai genre. Everyone knows the tropes, the plots, the hooks. But, not everyone likes it. This is the story of Ikari Yasashi, someone who hates that genre. He ended up in a new world, and he's not particularily happy about it.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2020
- Author
- Friday Knight
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.2/ 5.0
- Followers
- 486
- Views
- 89,283
Chapters(23 total)
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Community Reviews(10)
- MommaschunkymixRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Love this, doesn't slow down for a second, and the mc is great, and the side characters are fun.
- CasualreadergreenRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Now I know what you are thinking. The mc's name is Japanese, so it's going to be one of those shitty ass isekais, but it's not. It seriously is good.
- TheoneandonlyRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0One of the best stories I’ve read on this website in recent memory, I have really enjoyed reading it so far.
- TranquilmothRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Pretty different from the norm. Good grammar, neat and original plot. It kinda stole the skyrim potion break, but it was funny and well written so who cares. All in all a good read, please keep up the good work.
- toddRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0This is a fun parody of the standard isekai plot lead, that resolves the initial plot arc in a handful of chapters. The premise being that a genre-wise MC cleverly avoids the usual truck, three times, before finally being struck down by lightning after yelling at the sky. Unfortunately, the trope-wise moves end shortly after arriving in the new world as the story shifts into a darker more serious tone. The MC then uses the Skyrim Alchemy-Enchanting exploit to instantly overpower his gear and resolves his god-sent mission.
It's at this point that things shift dramatically. The MC has enough power to one-hit basically anything and has taken over the demon kingdom, revealing that the only bad people in the world are nobles and kings. Which I'm not entirely opposed to, but given that everyone has a status containing their sins and virtues, it's counter to the more serious tone that all of the demon king's subordinates were secretly just good people serving a tyrant. No wanton murder or evil outside of the one in charge.
So, I have to say that it's been a fun twist on the isekai setup, but now that it's reached the current point with an exploit that is easily reproducible and not that difficult to figure out (hero went to alchemy lab, then the enchanting room, back to alchemy after requesting rings before visiting a jeweler), he's essentially created the recipe for handheld nuclear weapons and god-mode cheats into the world. The question is, where do things go from here? Another bracelet enchanted with every resistance type closes every risk to the MC. There's an enchantment that makes items unremovable, so he can do the same for all the people he wants to protect.
It's a fun read. Even with the somewhat jarring tonal contrast between humorous whimsy and pedophilia, rape, and mental illness, it's entertaining and stands aside from most similar stories. If I had one recommendation, it would be to draw out the breaking of the system. A cooldown on potion use or effectivene - LittleCreepyRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0Well, not just yet.
The story is a fun take down of all the major tropes of storytelling, while unashamedly following exactly these.
It is a nice popcorn story. Not to heavy, not to stupid.
It does exactly what it promises.
The idea to use and abuse the poorly constructed magic system of most story´s (Skyrim) is genius in its simplicity with a metric fuck-load of fun to go with it.
The story has its flaws. But it is fun enough. - PigLord42Royal Road★★★★ 4.0This has been enjoyable so far but the MC just does not have what it takes, he stands in front of an army and refuses to kill a single man. I hope we see some character growth in here. if that attidude is shown to have concequences and he learn then it could be good but right now hmm.
- freeStyleRoyal Road★★★★ 3.5Kinda cool.
-Op protagonist
-Inmature protagonist
-Gary stu protagonist
-Side charcters are plain
But still is a enjoyable read. Sure not the best but is nice to pass time. :D - AcerbicRoyal Road★★★ 3.0Started as a funny subversion of Isekai genre, after the initial 3-4 chapters it then quickly turned into a pumkin, embracing all the trappings of it.
Its clear that the author knows isekai well enough to make genre-savvy jokes about it, but unfortunately doesn't know much besides isekai to offer an interesting story after the jokes get stale. - Macdaddy1802Royal Road★★★ 2.5Isekai's as a whole are normally fun to read, but this one didn't meet that trend. It was more akin to fantasy wish fullfilmeng.
The first glaring issue that I found made the story hard to read, was it's inability to assist visuals with imagery. There aren't many spots with description or allusion, making things come out as if the reader is being told and not led through the scenes. It would be better if the author were to assume that reader doesn't know what objects are and lead with the description of the object.
The second is sure I found in the story came from the lack of emotion in the characters. Though it is told through out the story what the chapters feel, it doesn't draw the right attention to what the feelings feel like. When describing fear, things like "chills crept their fingers across my heart, freezing the blood in my veins to a hault." The description of of fear helps people visualize what it is like and give a better perspective of what the character felt.
Last and most glaring issue, was the lack of conflict. In the story, the character is faced within an awe inspiring new world and yet all he feels is anger at being taken from his home. He doesn't feel fear of the unknown or curiosity of new things to explore, all he shows is his want to punch the demon lord, a god, and the king (in that order) to to get home faster. He also goes into town parading his amazing items and doesn't get attacked once at all so the thing worth more than the kingdom can be sold by the poor. Both situations are to complex to not have any conflict from his actions.
In the end, the story didn't come close to what it could have been. The concept of having the main character hate the world and wanting to make it his own is good, but it just wasn't executed well without the constant humor that was shown in the beginning. It lost its luster when the character couldn't didn't face conflict or face any situation with emotion like how a normal person could face it. I recommend gi