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REVIEW: Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Volume 1-3 Manga Review




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Cryten



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 4:39 pm Reply with quote
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Van's desire for an “easygoing” life is nowhere to be found. He's working hard at his studies, at building his new town. He and his people and the villagers are working hard to fight monsters, bandits, build the city, establish a perimeter, and build infrastructure for the villagers and magical creatures under his protection. At the end of volume 3, politics comes back into the picture as well. Are we actually going to see some easygoing life? I don't know.


Basically all Isekai that isnt lazy OP protagonist summarised there. They always somehow overwork themselves in their new lives while simultaneously being very appreciative of their new easier lives. And usually refusing to accept that they (or their OP stats / skills) are considered exceptional by everyone around them to add that unlikable Japanese office worker trait to them as well.

Two extremes that are rarely mixed and toned down. People no efforting the domination of everyone around them, or people working themselves to death because of social obligation but this time they are surrounded by a bunch of people who give them endless adoration and love for their efforts and this somehow cures them of the worked to death part (but not the over working). Self indulgent or self effacing.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 10:41 am Reply with quote
That's a really good point.

It's also a "hey, if we set people up for success, they could succeed" morality play. I guess I'd rather read this than lazy boneheads screwing their way through a banal sexual
fantasy. Anime smile[/quote]
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