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@aomitois idk if you genuinely wanted a response but i will never pass up an excuse to elaborate on my thoughts, ESPECIALLY about orv

i do see where youre coming from, because yeah, hes not physically strong at all, and he does nearly die all the time. but did you forget all the stuff he did in the beginning? he survived the subway car and KILLED kim namwoon, survived in the belly of a sea monster for 3 days, survived that one scenario with the waves and waves of monsters WITHOUT A GREEN ZONE, destroyed the ultimate throne, defeated TWO disasters (3 if you count the dragon) almost singlehandedly..... yeah he barely survived each time, because he was doing absolutely INSANE shit. theres a reason he becomes a constellation so quickly, and catches the attention of powerful people left and right (yjh, anna croft, the underworld, the dokkaebis...... and thats only the beginning). you dont have to be physically strong to be an overpowered protagonist (in fact, one of the other 3- mob- is distinctly not physically strong). he relied heavily on his skills and his knowledge of ways of survival, but THATS what made him overpowered!

and i say its self aware because this is a CLASSIC overpowered mc isekai setup. like solo leveling for example: weak loser gets transported/transformed and has the chance to get strong. yjh is also a cliche: overpowered regressor works alone and strives singlemindedly toward his goal. and kyrgios: born to a weak race, leaves his home world and transcends his limitations through hard work. anna croft the prophet, and later nirvana the reincarnator. orv is EVERY overpowered mc story. until you find out that its actually completely different from all of those stories, and that kdj ISNT the typical normal-guy-who-gets-strong overpowered protagonist (and thats where the suffering really starts). so in hindsight, yeah, hes not overpowered. but when you first read it youre like "holy fuck this guy is a badass"

BUT!! he does all that without the power ups that OP transmigrators and other typical protagonists have!! he cheats his way around, finding impossible bugs in the system no one has exploited yet, finding insane solutions that are harder than just fighting.

he KNOWS his way around, and that's why he makes it everytime. can it be considered a power? knowledge is power, they say. and that's where our opinions mismatch, i think, cause i see it as separate things

it's true he has similar journey of weak->strong, but that's what it is, a journey. he starts off weak. and that's another reason why he does things the way he does, to become strong enough for his goals.

and i don't see the journey itself as a mark of being op, neither knowledge as strength measurement,, there are stories where the MC not only already knows the direction of the world (through transmigration or reincarnation), but also starts off with the skills that already put them ahead of everyone else, no matter if it's physical battle, finding artefacts, or changing the course of the story. and they do it with little struggle. and that's what i consider op

Most of the webnovel is written in first person from KDJ's POV, especially early on. KDJ frets about scenario details both in the webnovel and webtoon, but it's more impactful in the webnovel because you're sharing a headspace with him; you get to fret and be anxious about all the upcoming scenarios together with him.

The webtoon has been a pretty straightforward and faithful adaptation, but just the fact that you can't really get into "first person POV" in a drawing the same way you do in the written word means you lose some of that quality time inside KDJ's mind, so you see his actions differently.

(the beginning of scara domestication arc))