Life in Another World With Narration

Marl Malone says:

It’s one of the better novels on this sight. The basic premise of the story is that the MC was isekai’d by accident into a fantasy world, and all he’s given to help him is a narrator that only he can hear detailing his actions along with what’s happening around him. In the beginning, it was hilarious because whenever the MC thought he was potentially destined to do something great, the narrator immediately shuts him down and insults him with the reality. And the way the narrator speaks about the MC sometimes, if that were a real person talking to me like that, I’d have to fight them on principle to keep my pride as a man.

The good thing about this MC is that even though in the beginning he was offended by what the narrator was saying about him, he eventually accepted that the narrator was right about most of the things they said about him, even though the things they say about him are never nice. In a sense, the MC is grateful to the narrator in a twisted sense because within those toxic insults is the truth that allows for the MC to improve. As the story goes on, the MC is no longer even offended by what the narrator says about him most of the time, he only uses the insults as a lesson to improve himself, which I like.

Since this is an isekai story, the appearance of the hero is inevitable. And yes, you guessed it, he’s a piece of trash. The hero is not a summoned person, but a person born into the fantasy world and lived in the slums while working his way up doing heinous crimes until he became a notorious criminal. But make no mistake about it, just because he is the hero doesn’t mean people like him. No one likes him, but they have to deal with him because he’s the only one who can defeat the Demon Lord, and that is also the only thing he can do as well. When he even had an inkling of abandoning his mission to live a life of degeneracy, he was hit with a painful reminder of his mission. Things don’t get better for him when the Demon King sends someone to assassinate him. The assassination fails, but the Hero is so devastated by his situation that he admits he wants to go back to living in the slums, only for the painful reminder to come back with full force.

In terms of romance, there is none as of yet, but if I’ve learned anything about these Korean novels, it’s that a harem is an inevitability. The foundation is there for the harem: a former Saintess who never wears underwear who was saved by the MC from death, a beast girl who is grateful to the MC because he saved her from almost becoming a slave, a legendary Gold-Rank adventurer (possibly be the strongest person in the world) who is grateful to the MC for keeping her grounded, a fellow adventurer who was saved by the MC during the Silver-Rank Test, hell, even the 10-year-old ghost girl might end up being aged up if I’ve learned anything about these novels. And the fact that the Demon King is a girl, she’s a future harem member if I’ve ever seen one.

Overall, after reading 44 chapters, I’d give this a 9/10, based on the standards of the novels on this site.