Training Poll
Added 2023-08-31 08:21:48 +0000 UTCHello!
Since we have some free days now, I plan to utilize them, among other things, to release a few polls about the ongoing story. I've taken the time to read all the comments, and my main aim is to offer the best reading experience possible. We've done this before with the bake-off arc, which resulted in the addition of three entire chapters. So, let's ensure that the current narrative meets everyone's expectations.
First Question:
Joey's Development and Training Arc
Were you satisfied with the depth and duration of the training arc, specifically regarding Joey's growth and maturity during those chapters?
NOTE: if you select 'somewhat dissatisfied' or 'very dissatisfied,' please point out in the comment if you wanted to see more about him acquiring skills in training, more about his growth, both, or something else entirely.
Comments
Yeah, pacing was messed up
Fowl
2023-09-20 18:39:57 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if I missed a chapter or something. A major adversary was introduced. A golem that was GOING TO KILL HIM (mentioned like 4 separate times in multiple chapters) wasn't fought. We got a scene of it falling over and a "that was hard line". The scene with Master Mulligan was great character building for them both and a great start to their bond. The fight against the guard was good. I can't pin my feelings about it more than that. addendum: Looking at some other peoples discussions, I think I just feel let down that a scene, that was hyped up so much, is farther down the line than I would have preferred. Thoughts about the chapters after the training arc to this point: The dungeon intro wasn't bad. Outside it feeling very abrupt. I think its mostly due to the fact he basically didn't interact with his companions after the fight and the fights in the dungeon flipped from absolute stomp in both the arena fight and the dungeon fight to being borderline ineffective against the "statue"(don't know what they are just yet). addendum 2: The companion interaction came. After reading up to chapter 185 my only real complaint about those couple of chapters is the pacing of it. The shift from training to guard fight to in the dungeon was very fast.
Jacob A Smith
2023-09-20 06:23:31 +0000 UTCI may be the minority but because of the changes in perspective it felt too much like a training montage. Maybe in Visual media this back and forth may work but in the book it felt repetitive. When I recommend this to my friends I say “Imagine if Joey Tribbiani was a chef and got isekaid”, so I think you shine the most with this more comedic style of suave and it lends well to the feeling of the story. But overall your work is very good, so much so that even unemployed I thought it was worth a subscription. Edit: added additional thoughts.
Acorderodelfin
2023-08-31 15:54:31 +0000 UTCI wrote out my current issues on yesterday's post but to recap: the pacing and general plot structure has felt a bit off recently. The order of events makes each event fall flat. Joey's training should be where he develops and grows as a person with the catharsis being his final bout with the training dummy and him discovering his class, skills, and levels. Then, the duel could have been an anti-climax but it would have still been satisfying because we had an emotional/personal peak for Joey in the training world. The dungeon, so far, has just felt like a random thing. It was literally just a hole in the ground.
Nyroe
2023-08-31 15:04:37 +0000 UTC
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