Omni-Reader: The OP Protagonist Done Right 

Hey samue- uh i mean samuek607 its Dave. The next time we see each other ill give you some tips that i think could help your channel

@@dma968 I'm always ready and willing to accept advice

if you like orv, the give one last god kubera until s3 100 soul

Hey @samuek607 , i want to ask you few questions. If you had the few bullet points that fully show what makes a OP protagonist good,great or perfect in your opinion what would it be? What are your thoughts on Ainz from Overlord as a OP protagonist? What would you think of the story in which not only a protagonist but also everyone around him was OP? And last question,what do you HATE and i mean ABSOLUTELY DESPISE about OP protagonists to the point you would want a person who made it first to be erased if not something worse?

I guess I still have a lot waiting for me in the future

Dokja and trying to live is like oil and water, does not mix

@@Nulnhility aCtuAllY.... If you didn't read the novel is spoiler Bruh, he wanted to die more times that the ones he wanted to live, but he did try to live, he even created the stigma "Will to live"... his other stigma "Sacrifice Will" is the one he uses the most, but hey, there it is

@@camilaayalarubiani7653 ...it's a bit

I started laughing I ended up crying

[Many Constellations show strong hostility towards you.] [Many Demon Kings show strong hostility towards you.]

[Many constellations are agreeing with you] [Many constellations are satisfied]

Ahhh good old self sacrifice Dokja lol.

"To survive all the time" -Kim dokja after his 5th death

​@@wynterfir "Oh boy cant wait to die"

Yup, but tbh, it’s so convoluted that the main point kinda gets lost… like, a lot.

Also, personally, like the web novel, but didn’t read the manwha, so idk what people saw from that.

@@heilamwether8911 the main point being dokja processing his trauma? That never gets lost

Don't forget... a crazy naked man bursting through a subway train chasing God Dokja.

@@radityapoerwanto7018ot Jaehwan 😭 kdj was genuinely so scared LMFAO

Came back to the video again to share? You a real one.

I feel the same way, I love how he's given the kind of ability that should by all means let him coast through, but the story balances it out enough that he needs to be careful and witty about what to do because there are still real challenges and high enough opposition that he can't just get away with anything.

@@samuek607, hell yea! I see ORV, I click :)

@@samuek607 yes..and everytime he do some trick you feel satisfaction, but ofc you might feel like " well he will have the solution for it" and might feel bored, but in orv all solution always have consequences either bad or good, not just bland yeah i have a trick and its 100% win rate, in orv it feels like it will be never 100% which is why i like it.

As a novel reader, I cannot even try to piece out the entire plot in words without sounding insane

Like they said, It’s not imaginable to be possible in real life at all but if it was written down as a couple of words then your mind would see it as comprehendible (i don’t know if i completely butchered that or not but yeah)

@@Heavenly-Disaster me when someone from turn 1863 returns to turn 1 and then makes turn 1864 and then writes the novel and and what the fuck?

@@yourfriendlyneigborhoodzom953 you couldn’t possibly sit down, grab a paper, and write the lore of ORV since that’s some hyperbolic bullshit with time and space all fucked up plus the characters go back in time so often close to the final few chapters

He goes back in time but not really because it isn't the past but rather a weird alternate universe but not really an alternate universe, the timeline is the same but kind of different 👍

Oldest dream as the name suggest doesn’t really have many control on the story itself (it’s a dream after all you can’t really control a dream)

@@whyamistillhere3258 i mean ... he's the story itself.

@@gioppi6908he isn’t the story itself, he’s a “reader” , he just keeps the world turning because he’s reading it, he didn’t create the world nor wrote the story that guided him throughout his life

​@@whyamistillhere3258If you are aware that you are dreaming in a dream then you can control the dream

@@jade7837 that’s like really hard, and by what we saw as KDJ was reverting to a child and couldn’t control his dream..he wasn’t doing a well job at controlling it lol

And that is the exact thing he is. With OD, that is precisely how he is

Yeah, I remember that! It was Lee Gilyoung who asked him, and he replied with "If I was really a god, then I was the most incompetent god in the world. The most helpless god in the world who knew everything but couldn't explain anything."

I guess the Webtoon's been deceiving me

All things consider the story is pretty clear until around chapter 279 or smth

​@@samuek607 LMAO Like the other guy said, around 279 (around the halfway point of the story) is when the LN starts going haywire

@@forsakenfish I'm at 283 what should I get ready for

@@dopevader3673time travel paradoxes being resolved by people cloning themselves and then fusing together, and then cloning again, the fused clones then travel time again ^ this happens like five times

*sobbing*

Dokja: “It was like a story only for me.”

Wait...it was just his imagination?

*sobs*

*sobbing from corner*

Light Novel reader?

@@forsakenfish id say its more like 1/5th or 1/4th, idr which chapter manhwa at but yeah the light novel is amazing, id even say itsmy all-time favorite and ive read my fair share of LNs :)

@@orsted7923 yea in chapters, but in content, its more like 1/10th because it really ramps up in the latter half

​@@anonomus1467l

Thanks for watching, and I love the long passionate comments!

I actually ended up making a video to follow up on that point, cultivation is insane.

​@@samuek607you haven't done justice to it yet

I haven't had the chance to read the novel either, but beyond just the female characters, the ENTIRE supporting cast is amazing, and that gives it a special charisma the teenage boys watching battle Shounen wouldn't appreciate.

All of the main cast get satisfying physical and psychological/mental character development, men, women and children alike so yeah (:

Uriel my beloved

the other day I was reading the novel and thinking "there's so many female characters " then I started counting and realized female cast is 50% of the main cast! comparing to other shows, anime, comics, etc its A LOT! Makes you think about how for every other story there's 1 girl every 4/5 guys

Actually, the author is a married couple! they co-write the story, one guy and one girl :D

Some of the protagonists with really extreme personalities are really hard to like because they end up kinda frustrating and unbelievable. That's something I really did appreciate about Dokja.

@@samuek607 exactly, he is kind but not stupid

Yes! I am fully suspended from my disbelief with him. He's using his knowledge to his advantage and his fourth wall abilities help him keep his head clear. Nothing feels off. Everything clicks into place well. And even though he can try his best to manipulate scenarios to his advantage, there's always a surprise, a change, an action he couldn't have expected. And it spices it up! That's when it gets interesting! Because it's not just his own life we have to worry about. It's all those other characters we've come to know too. And not even he knows if all of them will make it.

But he does have canonical plot armor due to being oldest dream self-insert character but if you didn't read the novel the just think of my rant as nothing

I mean…he quite literally IS plot armour, but that’s for another time

@@LunchboxRoverindeed

fr, sometimes I wondered if he had been thinking of what he would do in that situation when he initially read the novel at age 15-28. I know that he knew the loopholes because of the novel, but if he had been thinking of it teases before the apocalypse, it would be so relatable 😭

@@elise8377 with my memory of a jellyfish, i would have still messed up dude lmfao

I haven't read it yet!

Thank you for all the loving words across so many videos, it really helped motivate me and keep me going knowing that someone out there liked what I was doing. I appreciate you watching the whole thing, and I glad to know someone feels the same about Dokja! I'll try my best to keep up the good work, and I wish you all the best with your video!

Just finished up a script showing him a little more affection.

I'm definitely opening a bakery in the East Blue. Not playing with my life like that.

Great to hear it was to your satisfaction

I've been spoiled enough to know there's more than meets the eye! I've been keeping up with the Webtoon, and it really only gets better, so there'll definitely be a follow up video whenever I find the right topic

I actually watched (several seasons of) SAO, and engaged in many wars over it, so I'd definitely remember.

And thank you for watching!

Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could improve your day in some way.

I've been waiting half a year for someone to comment on that😭

Thanks for watching! If you'd like something focused a little more specifically on Webtoons than this video was, be sure to check out the last week's work!

Thanks for watching! I try to make sure what I say in my videos has meaning and gives people something they can take away, so I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I'll try my best to keep up the quality writing and provide even higher quality editing in the future!

I'm sorry, I really like the story, but I might be too smoothbrained to read it without the pictures at the moment ;-;

@@samuek607 oh its fine I understand.

I remember seeing 49 51, but I didn’t get it until I read the novel and now whenever I see those two numbers I get PTSD

@@lachi8242 I need to make another video soon so you can move on instead of coming back here

@@lachi8242 right, that number just hits different now

Thank you!

I had to wait almost 2 years for my bit to be acknowledged 😭

I worked really hard on this one to close the week out right, I hope it does well.

don't lie lmao. the broken tape theory is still confusing to me istg

@@moonphos363 which chapter?

@@whitetea2824 no I mean he concept in general

@@moonphos363 well... I can't really explain lmao so you should try discuss it with the fandom

I did not read the light novel, but I did read the shield hero manga. Admittedly, the picture wasn't meant to be representative of that one specific instance, but the fact that he collects slaves at all, going all the way back to when he first bought Raphtalia. There are arguments for and against his decisions, but what I called him was "morally questionable"; that's something which is objective because he the fact is that he owns people, but I don't personally want to dive deeply into discussing so sensitive a topic.

@@samuek607, Naofumi reason to buy Raphtalia was so that he was not betray again & so that he someone attack in his place as his attack power is only 1 -3 that stop him Level Up to get strong ,while later with Keel & Rishia its ,because the Slave User Shield abilities makes it easer & quicker for the people that Naofumi makes his "slave" to get stronger ,,

@@samuek607 that’s fair, the act of him even considering to buy a slave was born out of his lack of trust in others after the events of the first impression he got and even in the context of the series it wasn’t meant to be seen as the right thing to do and the only person who even attempts to justify it is raphtalia who is admittedly a tad biased In other words it was designed to set a large contrast between his character at the very beginning and the kind of person he is now starting to become, specifically in the light novel the initial reason he chose raphtalia was because her eyes looked the same as the princess and at the time he believed all the creatures there were mindless beasts, it wasn’t until after he heard raphtalia scream in pain to the slave crest activating that he realized she was the same as a person and dismissed his previous plan, so yeah “morally questionable” is even a bit generous in my opinion but i do like that about his character how he was so corrupted by his hatred and how his susceptibility to that is further made apparent through the role the rage shield has in the story but he’s (usually) able to snap out of it and keep doing what he needs to do Sorry this kind of turned into a rant about me gushing over naofumi’s character, which is weird because I didn’t even know i liked naofumi that much until just now, I usually binge shield hero the same way I’d snack on potato chips

@@birdup2141 All rants are welcome! Thank you for understanding that I didn't want to debate whether or not he was justified, because that's a sensitive subject; "morally questionable" is as far as I'm willing to go there.

It's a self insert story after all.

hmm i feel like they explained why he has such a good understanding of the scenarios and how he can predict how they'll go so accurately really well tho, since twsa's writer literally wrote it to include unnecessary details and word vomit for the sole purpose of clueing in young kdj on how to clear the scenarios most effectively + he literally spent a good portion of his life journaling exactly how he'd clear the scenarios so i mo it's p understandable how he breezes thru them esp since him being the oldest dream meant plot armour was automatically guaranteed regardless of whether or not kdj thought he deserved it (they literally address this when him and od meet but anyway) agree to disagree ig..? just explaining my thoughts from another pov _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_

@@bobatea7608 not to mention considering how obsessed he was with twsa, i wouldnt be surprised if he reread it over and over between updates.

Thanks a bunch! That means a lot to me while I'm trying to work towards getting this channel going.

Based selection, I might rank Mob higher as well

Say less.

Thanks for telling me where that was from 😭

Definitely! I'm just trying to gain a few more subscribers first, then it's business as usual. I hope what I currently have up will entertain you in the meanwhile!

Holy shit dude that reply was quick

I'm uploading a short right now, so I happened to be in the studio

Unfortunately, I've got a bunch of ambitious videos lined up that'll take a ton of my time, but I might try to sneak it into a tier list in the future!

@@samuek607 Ooh!! I look forward to it!

Specs aside, sometimes you just need to put the drip first and customize a bit. Maybe if he dressed a little better he wouldn't have to own girls for them to follow him around, just saying.

I'm going to try find the time, but I've unfortunately been really busy

Fullmetal Alchemist

1. I'm deeply sorry. The whole experience of my videos being seen by more than just my seven closest friends is new to me, and I'm sorry that my video has left so profound a negative impact on you. I apologise for failing to provide you with something you would enjoy despite you taking the time out of your day to watch my video in its entirety (which I do genuinely appreciate from the bottom of my heart). 2. I apologise again. In the interest of brevity, it is true that I was very sparing with details on several different accounts. This was done to try maintain a length of video that A: I could edit and upload without breaking schedule, and B: would not be so long as to deter potential viewers from giving it a chance (which is a major consideration for creators of my size). I should not have let these considerations come before telling a true story or painting a correct picture, and if I were to do so regardless, I should have given an appropriate disclaimer. 3. Thank you, not just for watching the video, but for your extensive remarks detailing precisely why you found issue with it. It would be impossible for me to learn from my mistakes and grow to get better without receiving the appropriate criticism; as the result of you spending what certainly was no small length of time to educate me, I will certainly be better in the future, and I truly am grateful for this. With all that being said, I did admit in the video that I did not always find fault with Goku. I said that I was perfectly fine with him through the original Dragon Ball, and this stands true for the Saiyan Saga as well because there is little difference in his ability at that point compared to the original dragon ball; in fact, outside of higher talent and better training making the Saiyan greater, once we took their tails out of the equation, they really weren't so different from normal humans, so Goku was just strong. But now, here's where you had an oversight which makes it seem like I was picking on Goku for just being better: you said everyone uses ki. Just as you said I was being disingenuous, the same applies for you there. Ki is the fighting style, that isn't what the insurmountable advantage is, Goku's race is. He's a Saiyan. Not everyone else can tap into the power of a new hair style or colour to match the succeeding villains like he can. That's why my problem begins with Frieza. Part of the argument I made for why this kind of character was a problem lies in that the growth they experience is so exponential that whichever opponent they end up facing at a given time will have to have some outrageous explanation for why they can actually threaten the MC, only for them to so quickly fall behind immediately after their defeat that it makes next to no narrative sense; the fact that this doesn't happen only once, but with every single villain is where the problem lies. Worse yet, this leaves the supporting cast to either become so worthless that they have nothing to contribute, or become the beneficiaries of illogical power boosts. Training regimens barely different to what they had been doing before end up yielding such tremendously different results that there is no good reason why that shouldn't be have been possible before. Example: Krillin's growth before the tournament of power. Naturally, growth is expected of a protagonist, but for it to persist so wantonly is awful for any respectable piece of writing. As for One Punch Man, I did indeed give a nod to how the method it uses to develop tension is via a shift in focus to the characters who aren't so overwhelming that they cannot be challenged. Saitama himself though? I shortened what his role as an MC was to comic relief because the story is at it's heart a parody. I neither claimed, nor believe that his individual character is shallow, that just wasn't what I was here to talk about, I was using him as an example to demonstrate what I meant by Over-Overpowered, and didn't wish to go into great detail discussing him because that wasn't the topic at hand. I didn't criticise him wrongly, I just didn't at all. As per my definition of Overpowered (one that is by no means absolute, but is my personal way of looking at it) the caveat to people being unable to compare with him is if they got their powers from the same source. In the broader world, outside of only 3 people, he is the holder of one of 4 weapons that (although yes, doesn't amount to anything without one's own efforts) puts him in a different realm from what the common man could ever achieve. Also, he fell into the category that I specified was a problem regardless of their exact degree of OP. They just have a number of character flaws that makes them very difficult to route for.

not to be rude or anything but I recommend you reading the novel. (Prepare: Tissues, An emotional support animal, snacks, more tissues, and a therapist.)

Yes. Made this video without reading it. Also, you broke my heart here. Thought this was a comment about the light novel I'm writing right now😭

When the new season gets rolling, I'll try to slide it in somewhere 👌

@@samuek607 thank you November 29 season 2 begin

Yikes, that was sooner than I thought

it should be coming out soon!

I will not be pressing read more, but I'm deeply thankful for you being mindful of spoilers. Some villains in here been ruining this story for me ;-;

Haven't had the chance to read that yet. I was waiting for chapters to pile up, then just never got the chance after that, but I'll try find the time soon!

Definitely top-tier

I didn't read the light novel, but the Webtoon hasn't been anything like that. Dokja has always remained humble and helpful, and I feel like the explanations haven't been overwhelming; they're usually well spread out, somewhat to the point, and his internal monologuing declines progressively. Anyone who thinks otherwise can chime in, but I feel like if this is a genre you usually enjoy, it's worth giving 15-20 chapters to feel out

Wait, are you talking about Kim Dokja or Yoo Joonghyuk? Neither are just jerks and both have deep and interesting personality but YJH does act very cold most of the time so is that what you are referring to? I really cannot imagine why you would say this otherwise

@@ines1084 That's exactly what I was thinking

@@ines1084 it's been a while since I read, I think it was mostly just a bad translation, but his inner monologue in the light novel was progressively getting more and more annoying and sinicle

the only annoying thing i found with kim dokja monologue is how he treats some characters as if they're not human and that he thinks he understands everything just because he read the novel. but personally i think those are intended for character development.

I had to abandon this comment section because of that😭

@@samuek607 like I'm scrolling through these comments and literally gasping at what some of these people are CASUALLY revealing like it's common knowledge 😭

@evanmiller4502 I really wanted to complain, but since the comments help the video do good, I couldn't say anything 😭