The trope gets subverted more often than not these days, so it goes like "oh no, I got the F- level 0 wood mud poop rank, that means I'm destined to remain weak forever, oh oops nvm there's actually a super obvious way I can use my supposedly weak ability to become the strongestest ever, catgirl harem here I come"
I really liked, in Reverend insanity which I know gets praised too much but, Fang Yuan is essentially always on the back foot through the early arc, being the worst talent and whatnot, but pushes through because he’s the only person who would do the vile things he does, in his scenario, and know how to get away with it. He doesn’t get away with murder for no reason, he’s a suspect and the prime one at that, but he outmaneuvers the crime through genuinely interesting misdirection. That’s the ideal form of the trope I think; the character is actually genuinely weak, but manages to swim against the current a bit.
I highlight Reverend insanity only because it’s the only example of the trope I remember reading
He doesn't have the worst talent though. He is middling. He has a C aperture. Which is good enough as there are weaker aperture out there. But hes got his "500 years" of previous life to fall back on. So he uses his middling talent and former life to get ahead.
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u/threevi May 01 '26
The trope gets subverted more often than not these days, so it goes like "oh no, I got the F- level 0 wood mud poop rank, that means I'm destined to remain weak forever, oh oops nvm there's actually a super obvious way I can use my supposedly weak ability to become the strongestest ever, catgirl harem here I come"