- Jun 25, 2022
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Feel like the story could have benefited from a Conan style intro where you see the actual MC in all their glory while the narrator or even the MC themselves is like "let me tell you my story". At least that way you have some inkling of the MC not always being a static haired edgy depressed kid with ED.I think you are misunderstanding the dad's part of the story. His mission was to go to earth and spend twenty years there raising his son and preparing him for the war. Time is different on his home world and so only two years would go by there while they were on earth. The dad was captured by enemies, and that messed up the plan, but them staying on Earth for 20 years was the plan.
So, the MC is supposed to know about his powers and with the crystal and things his dad left him that he is just now getting, I think he will learn on his own for a while and the dad will either escape or be rescued soon and be able to teach the son like he was supposed to. But we will have to see.
I agree starting weak is hardly ever fun, but it could work if it doesn't last too long. And of course, it is compounded here because of how the dad is shown, even having sex while he should be trying to escape and focusing on his mission. It puts him in a very negative light, but it should be seen in context. As you point out, it does give the vibe that the father is more interested in fucking hot aliens instead of escaping to protect and train his son, but I think it was not intentional.
Then of course that would allow the removal of scenes with the dad doing all the fucking at the start. Don't really think the MC would be telling a story with vivid details of their dad screwing aliens.