Secretly More Powerful than the Hero

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This manhwa is funny and a parody. The author alludes to One Punch Man straight off the bat. Unlike OPM, this story takes place in a typical magic school setting. The pacing and gags are unique, they are about how the protagonist Yurian tries impression management but fails at it.

Art-wise, this work is servicable. Not much else to say.

There are some inconsistencies, like when Yurian tries to maintain an alter ego, the manner at which he goes about it, is eye-rolling illogical. He suddenly has a costume, but his thought process and ideology behind it is never really shown, and since it's not a superhero ... story, throwing in the alter ego stuff feels worsely executed than the typical superhero story. But since the entire premise of the story is to be a chuunibyo power-fantasy, I can't really complain.

Overall, I would recommend it if you want a silly YA story.

In my opinion, this manhwa is reasonably good, which is why I couldn't help but recommend it, but it's far from great.

The worldbuilding is interesting, but I think it's still incomplete because the author only presents two types of species in his work: humans and beasts (although he mentions throughout the work that there are several species in the world).
And he clearly distinguishes between villains and heroes. Even though he points out a mystery regarding the beasts, it's still not well developed. Regarding the characters, the author was, in my opinion, an amateur. He introduces you to several characters throughout the story, and many of ... them are genuinely interesting. However, their development is sloppy, and sometimes they're even abandoned. For example, a character who appears early in the story is placed in the protagonist's group and presented as a bit of a failure. However, during the audition, the author gives her a prominent scene, develops her as a future romantic interest for the protagonist, and then she never appears again.
And even when he tries to use other characters for this, he fails, and when he tries to fix it later, it feels unnatural.
The same goes for the male characters, with the exception of one, although he's still mediocre.
In short, the work has a lot of potential, but the author isn't yet able to fully realize it. However, you can still have a good time.

There's nothing special about this manwha.

Plot - The plot behind the manwha is that the MC gets an insane amount of power but he's not supposed to show it going as a character whose strength is recognized by only a few and to everyone else he should just be a lucky guy. However, instead of going unnoticed for his strength the MC is recognized by the king, his classmates and teachers, as well as a bunch of nobles in under 30 chapters. If he's suppose to go unnoticed he failed. Beyond that the story is pretty basic and the pacing is terrible, things move way ... to quickly.

Characters - The characters aren't bad or good, they're pretty average in most respects. None of them are especially trope-y either, I haven't had enough content with them due to the pacing and newness of the story so this might change later on.

Art - Nothing special, I think the art quality worsens in fights and there isn't a lot of detail or uniqueness to distinguish itself from any other overpowered MC manwha.

Overall it's not unique enough for me to care about it, and it completely ignores the main draw behind it.