No Gossip, a Real Extra

Sanitary Engineer says:

Read up to ch 150:

MC enters a novel world that he barely reads. He doesn’t know much about the details and only knows like wiki information about the book.
This novel is similar to “Is it tough being a friend”. While that novel has a self aware protagonist trying to be an extra, this one is an actual extra. The MC is genuinely scared all the time and tends to rely on stronger people to get him out of trouble.

This idea of a pathetic MC tends to mean a novel is pretty bad but this one does it well by making everything else the straight man. Think of the novel as a comedy play where the protagonist is the comedian while everyone else is normal. Kinda like the vibes of eminence in shadow.

The novel does this by making everyone around him a hero cadet. All of his classmates and teachers are strong people and brave enough to understand death and danger. However, this makes everyone take everything a bit too seriously sometimes. The MC becomes the clown of the class (but not in a bad way) since he screams and makes everyone laugh with his antics. This dynamic is what makes the novel work and why the MCs pathetic screaming doesn’t grow old over time. Plus there’s an additional misunderstanding that the MC is scared but is trying to be a hero to avenge his dead parents. In reality, the MC doesn’t know who his parents were and is only staying in the academy because of his system.

Harem wise, it’s actually pretty good but the author’s fetish for cross dressers are strong. There’s 3: the cross dresser, the noble, and the tomboy. There’s the bonus shape-shifting loli monster lady but I consider her not really part of the harem. Most of these people like him not because he is reliable but because he makes them smile and care about him. This is most obvious with the noble who is jokingly called mom by the MC since she takes care of him so much. If you prefer your relationship dynamics with more control on the MC side (reliable and strong), you won’t find that here. The cross dresser is obviously the author’s favorite. There’s I believe 5 separate occasions where the author describes her removing her chest bandages (to hide her boobs) and saying they flap out. 5 times with this description. I don’t need to read about a woman changing her clothes 5 times in vivid detail but whatever.

There is the last plot point mentioned by Rader about the original owner of the body of the MC. I’d talk about this but in the 150 chapters I’ve read it barely mattered. Most of this was just presented with the MC getting a headache like twice.

Overall, this is an okay novel. Think of it as a comedy novel with an MC so pathetic he becomes charming to everyone around him. If you like being taken care of my hot mommies then you can also self insert yourself in the MC. However, if you like an MC that has an actual backbone and have a stronger relationship dynamic toward men, then you will not enjoy this novel. Don’t take it too seriously, sometimes being genuine is all it takes for people to like you and that is what the MC is: genuine