Reviewed at ch 92:
Ok, so taking Floor 1-10 as one arc (even though it kind of has 3 different plot threads one after the other), what would be arc 3 is simply amazing. On it's own a clear and unequivocal 10/10
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The series starts with a not unheard of gimmick/power that's established within one or two chapters, so we're getting most of the basics out of the way fast, which is good when the premise isn't so unique.
Main criticism I had while reading the opening chapters was how the MC picks a task and guns directly for that instead of biding his time and slowly taking power, but, in-retrospect, this actually was probably the safest decision long-term.
As he eliminates the only main threat to his existence before any suspicion can come to him
Really my thinking he was making mistakes was possibly because I understood the main gimmick but not the wider world. (and a couple mistakes early on is acceptable, this guy is basically untrained and inexperienced at high level encounters)
Arc 1 ends with the first hints of how this story can tug on your heart, but up to here is basically still prologue
From arc 2 things kick off and we get more of those heart tugs. There's one sequence of s that was particularly memorable and instantly made one of characters Best Girl (though our MC is not interested in romance at present). It also has our main character start to use his abilities to clear floors and handle the social/political component in a way I didn't expect and makes me question his long-term sanity, so that was refreshing in its own way.
Arc 3 starts as incredibly goofy funny. I was laughing thinking how ridiculous it was all of a sudden....by the end of it I had cried multiple times. It developed a character so well, with empathy being a major theme and I really hope the ideas developed here carry on throughout the story. It was the first time I was simply blown away by what this series and reminded of what this setting can do.
(review to be edited/refined later, I'm hungry atm)
