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I did read a few novels with the tag on NU, like: The Novel's Extra, Ominiscient Reader's Viewpoint, Is it Touh Being a Friend and most recent, Magical Explorer.
In all of these novels, eventually the main characters will stop being a bystander and just become the main character themselves and hog all the spotlight, with their redeeming trait being a mob all gone.
I think one of the most notable offense happen when I read Is it Tough Being a Friend, it progressed on how I think a Mob Protagonist novel goes. The MC only takes out the spotlight and observe, but I kinda stopped reading and eventually dropped it at volume 2. I think the main character takes too much of the spotlight and how the Author made him so powerful doesn't help either--but my last straw broke when he became just like another harem mc when the main heroines kept trying to court him.
It became more like bait-and-switch, I guess--I got tired and disappointed of it.
While I haven't really tried to look up the novels on these sites, I'm planning to check them out and will follow if they fit my preference.
In any case, what do you think makes for a good Mob Protagonist story?
Would it be something where the protagonist actually tries to stay away from the main plot and watching it from the distance, with no Author's intervention to make it hell for him?
Or that he will involve himself in the plot as a minor character, giving help when it counts, with his limited capabilities? (I think Mumen Rider from One Punch Man makes a great example.)
That he's the sole driver of the plot, where his actions and effect are dictated by common sense, rather than the 'story powers' enforcing it on him?
I think it's an intriguing idea, if someone was able to write an actual mob character and make it interesting. so yeah, what stuff do you want to read in these kind of novels?
In all of these novels, eventually the main characters will stop being a bystander and just become the main character themselves and hog all the spotlight, with their redeeming trait being a mob all gone.
I think one of the most notable offense happen when I read Is it Tough Being a Friend, it progressed on how I think a Mob Protagonist novel goes. The MC only takes out the spotlight and observe, but I kinda stopped reading and eventually dropped it at volume 2. I think the main character takes too much of the spotlight and how the Author made him so powerful doesn't help either--but my last straw broke when he became just like another harem mc when the main heroines kept trying to court him.
It became more like bait-and-switch, I guess--I got tired and disappointed of it.
While I haven't really tried to look up the novels on these sites, I'm planning to check them out and will follow if they fit my preference.
In any case, what do you think makes for a good Mob Protagonist story?
Would it be something where the protagonist actually tries to stay away from the main plot and watching it from the distance, with no Author's intervention to make it hell for him?
Or that he will involve himself in the plot as a minor character, giving help when it counts, with his limited capabilities? (I think Mumen Rider from One Punch Man makes a great example.)
That he's the sole driver of the plot, where his actions and effect are dictated by common sense, rather than the 'story powers' enforcing it on him?
I think it's an intriguing idea, if someone was able to write an actual mob character and make it interesting. so yeah, what stuff do you want to read in these kind of novels?