Invincible After a Hundred Years of Seclusion

orpheusx9 Mar 1, 2023

2.3

TL;DR - Wow, this is absolute dogshit. I think it's trying to be funny and light-hearted but everything about it is bad. The art is bad. The characters are bad. The pacing of the story is atrocious. The humor isn't even funny. The premise is unique (MC gets rewarded the more he stays home), but if your entire gimmick is your main character never exiting his house, then the character himself, the things that happen to him, and the people who visit him have to be interesting. The problem here is that they aren't. MC overreacts to everything in badly forced humor, and none of the characters, even MC himself, have any substance whatsoever. I'm not even bought into the premise of why his grandfather banished him from the ancestral house (apparently he yawned at the banquet?). There's no good explanation for anything. Characters show up, do and say things, and then they leave. Everything is uninteresting and unconvincing. MC tries to experiment with all these skills he's getting for free because he's a recluse, but every chapter feels rushed and like the author just regurgitated a list of things that happened and thoughts the MC has instead of any kind of skillful storytelling. MC comes across as having little to no personality whatsoever. Couldn't even make it past 5 chapters.

NimeNim Jun 26, 2023

3

I was reading it on the verge of dropping, but when the mc gets mad after the patriarch say shit about a person the mc don't even know, his "father"(first of all the mc stole the body of a dude that have never seen his parents, why would he get mad about it, so dumb) therefore revealing his strength, that made me quit the manga.

AllesEvermore Apr 16, 2023

8

I feel like whether or not you like this story depends on your expectations going in and what you're looking for in a story. There isn't really much in the way of adrenaline pumping or action packed, but I found the whole thing to evolve into a constant stream of hilarity just on the basis of how ridiculous the mc makes things for the rest of the world. It's a little like if you watched a friend doing a ridiculously cheesy British accent and claiming to be the queen of England and the person they were talking to started bowing exaggeratedly and telling them how amazing they are. It's absolutely ridiculous that you can't help laughing. If you go into this expecting hardcore drama or action or honestly much seriousness at all, you'll likely be disappointed, but it is a hilarious and lighthearted manhwa. I personally like the story, but the plot definitely seems like an afterthought.