>gets trapped in a death game at 14, thousands die while he blames himself for every single one>joins a guild to feel human again, they all get slaughtered because of him>a girl he trusted dies in his arms and her last words never leave him>goes home and finds out his own cousin loved him, he never noticed and blames himself for breaking her heart>every new world he enters drags more people into hell, he carries their guilt too>the brother he swore to protect dies in front of him>spends months as a braindead vegetable suffering in silence, while everyone moves on>wakes up only to find another war waiting for himafter all that, they still call him a mary sue
>>282482022Despite being nicknamed The Black Swordsman, his true role is Shield Anvil, the mortal repository for the fallen, the mortal soul, to assume the sorrow of the world.
>>282482104now that i think about it, this actually makes a lot of sense. all he ever did was carry the weight of everyone who fell around him. he never put it down, not once. and that's why i respect him a lot
>>282482167I don't remember if the series novels have ended or not, but the last I remember reading, he's only still 18-19, and that's a lot of shit to go through during the span of your teenage years.
>>282482255true that
