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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

khy posted:

In that case here's a similar series to check out.

https://mangadex.org/title/c26a8a56...mon-king-s-army
Long-rear end title, but a decent series. Heroes vs Demon Lords is a spectacle and not really a war - more like a TV show. The MC has long dreamed of being a hero but he only has skill with dark magic (Debuffs). The MC's debuff magic isn't very flashy or obvious so he gets the boot from the hero's party but the demons decide to pick him up and have him join their side since they recognize how ridiculously strong it is having always been on the receiving end. He decides if he can't be the hero to the humans, he can be the hero to the other races instead.

There's also another series called I'm Quitting Heroing: Next Gig Is at the Demon Queen's Castle which sounds extremely similar which is getting an anime release in Spring 2022

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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

SimplyCosmic posted:

And that's with the main character having a very specific blessing that's essentially "Training Wheels for the Hero Until They Outgrow Them". But even that's not his real strength, it's all the knowledge and experience he's gained around his and others' blessings and all the adventuring organizational skills he developed on his own.

His other real strength is recognising the problems in the blessing system and figuring out workarounds, or at least methods for living comfortably within the rules while still being constrained by them. And when the Hero's blessing pretty much forces her to become an unstoppable, soulless killing machine who will straight up murder anyone who upsets her if she gets distracted it turns out it's really really useful to have a guy like that around

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
I just realised that a huge factor in all this is that Ares' sage blessing would be constantly pushing him to assume that he needed to manipulate everyone around them for their own good, also that he should ignore everyone else's opinions as irrelevant uninformed rubbish therefore he didn't need to consult anyone before making decisions on their behalf. He might not have an ulterior motive after all, his blessing might just turn him into an immense rear end in a top hat.

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