The below comment I agree mostly with but Reluis is denser then a blackhole within a blackhole. I'm still waiting for a new blacksmith character to appear cause we've seen multiple heroes so that should mean there are multiple blacksmiths. Alot of my intrigue has been lost cause this series has wheel spun like crazy too often.

I honestly think you could cut the 119 chapters into about 30 and you'd lose nothing just from the wheel spinning. Early on I'd have given this series a 7/10 but it's now a 5/10 and heading downwards.

*Ch129 edit* So I'm up to ch129 and I'm dropping my rating to 3/10, this series is devolving into true harem trash and has an MC dense trope that's now gone beyond insane and painful to read. The series short chapters really hurt it, as like I said earlier the flow and progression is aweful for the chapter count.

... Last updated on February 27th, 2023, 6:53am

*Made at chapter 107*
The art is appealing, the character design is great, the characters are slightly above average in terms of writing, and the world building is decent but a touch lacking.

The sum of the parts does make for a better impression than the individual parts themselves.

The premise is the cliché main character's (MC) job is seen as weak but is secretly overpowered' trope, but things are done to mitigate the normal shortcomings.

First: The blacksmith is an occupation that is just as rare as the hero occupation, and hated by the country, so it makes sense that not a lot is known about it, so unlocking unknown abilities has a place in the story.

Second:

Beyond that, while the main character does become strong, he isn't wiping the floor without trying whenever an enemy shows up that's stronger than the last one he defeated, and he puts in the time and effort over months (special training from a master) and years (general training from a master) to fight as well as he does.

Then it gets to the harem part and... like usual, it annoys me (I dislike harems, so stories have to work harder to sell me on them). With that said, it's not horrible and even the girls don't exactly know their feelings so, aside from the childhood friend who is the hero and is separated from the MC, it mostly makes sense for things to be as they currently are. Mostly.

With that said, this story can't keep the romantically dense/unaware protagonist for much longer, and even with the legitimate reasons for the MC and childhood friend/hero to be separated, this story has already seemingly forced the MC to act out of character to not do what he normally does in keeping letter contact with her.

I'm at chapter 107.

Definitely worth reading, and hopefully the author doesn't do something that destroys my suspension of disbelief. The MC does become, as the previous review mentioned, "just slightly too dumb" a little too often for me to trust this author completely.

... Last updated on August 18th, 2024, 3:26am

The kernel of at least a slightly different litrpg (= at least it's about crafting), betrayed by mediocre plot stuff. It's not offensively bad, just kind of... eh. Read up to ch 18.