Well, lets magically introduce a whole bunch of strong hunters that the main character met who will help defend his land. They said, 'No, we'll work with you again... ' That's what happened there. Starting Today I Work as a City Lord provides examples of: - Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: The grain merchants at the beginning in a nutshell. Arbitrarily Large Bank Account: Liu Feng whenever he pops back over to the 'real world' for supplies, such as ordering 500 iron crossbows and 500 iron bows over the internet. Mistaken for Pedophile: A young child sees Baron Carter (in disguise) laughing to himself creepily and thinks that he's the vague person adults warned him about and starts calling for help. And not only that a merchant who was SEEN swindling these same peasants starts riling them up to attack the main character and they act as if he is the messiah for telling the truth (after this MERCHANT HAD CHEATED them out of food before and actually has a track record of being an asshole to these starving peasants). Ambition Is Evil: Inverted given that Liu Feng's ambition for the city is to turn it from a starving pit of squalor into a thriving trade center. Really Royalty Reveal: So many girls around Liu Feng later turn out to be princesses from other kingdoms it is pretty much a Running Gag. Become a lord or lady today. This is Ongoing Manhua was released on 2019.
His daughter, and possibly the only decent person among his children, also wants to become the next monarch, but can't even declare her intentions because too many of the nobles would not tolerate a woman in power and would try to kill her. Kim Kardashian Doja Cat Iggy Azalea Anya Taylor-Joy Jamie Lee Curtis Natalie Portman Henry Cavill Millie Bobby Brown Tom Hiddleston Keanu Reeves. For now, Sony seems more focused on the upcoming release of the animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and launching new live-action Amazon shows based on Spider-Man characters like Silk and Spider-Man Noir. Want more movie news? He's going to get attacked by a bunch of peasants? Starting Today I Work As A City Lord (Literature. He takes full advantage of this fact to get better equipment and knowledge to help the city in the other world, as well as sell resources for a hefty profit in our world.
He revolutionizes their industry, education, and ability to defend themselves in short order and declared this the beginning of his ambitions. Blood Brothers: Invoked by Liu Feng as a way to motivate his military when he realizes that their morale is not sufficient to hold up under a real battle against a superior force. Only for Liu Feng to turn Xi Yang into a thriving city. "I was supposed to be the Vulture, " Leguizamo said in a new interview with while promoting the home release of Violent Night. When the tournament begins, both are contestants along with someone that looks like Saitama with bets being taken by someone that looks and dresses like Monkey D. Become the Castellan in Another World Manga. Luffy. They are all genuinely baffled by Liu Feng's even-handed, non-violent, and respectful treatment of them in their initial encounters.
Shoot the Messenger: Count Omar's Establishing Character Moment is him personally killing two (out of three) messengers who bring him bad news with his own sword and casually threatening the life of Baron Carter if he doesn't fix the situation. Discovering that he needs a living area to continue his business, he decides to buy a small bar that is out of the way. Created Jan 31, 2012. Balanced Harem: At the beginning the girls would argue and get jealous on who will be with Liu Feng. Starting from today i'll work as a city lord chapter 23. Many people note how odd Liu Feng is for being so kind to his citizens. A bunch of bandits are coming? It never works and they have to pay the fines or other penalties for breaking the rules. They have an absolute monopoly on selling grain in Xi Yang and are legally allowed to set their prices to whatever they feel like with no limits or repercussions. When a gamer and homebody starts the buff for traveling through time and space, he certainly chooses to make waves! Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Blade City offers nobles to buy a lot of slaves to then hunt them down in the forest.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: How Liu Feng got the city in the first place. Framing the Guilty Party: How Liu Feng got rid of the corrupt merchants from Xi Yang. Starting From Today I'll Work As A City Lord Manhua Chapter 57 - Manhwa18CC. Well, they are going to appear and stop them from killing just magically happen to solve the main character's problems You don't get the feeling that anything he does is earned at all. When they try to attack it, suspecting they will win easily with sheer numbers, they get demolished. It happened so often Anri even comments on the fact another random girl that Liu Feng just employed also turned out to be a princess.
He later introduces tattoos as a way to cover up former slaves Slave Brand. Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Slavery is legal in the other world, but it is still depicted as a very terrible action. Leguizamo added that Sony did offer him a consolation part after picking Keaton, but he wasn't interested. "They offered me something tiny, " Leguizamo said. Spring Time For Hitler: The whole reason Baron Carter sold Xi Yang, a failing town, to Liu Feng was to use him as a Scape Goat. Become a lord today. You'd think he'd know that before he promised them food, but whatever. Fantastic Racism: Beastmen get the short end of this stick from most humans. At the time of their introduction, they had raised it from 2 coppers per kilo to 3 coppers per kilo and this is treated as highway robbery by the citizens. The above is not the last time that others try this tactic on Liu Feng. In a real strategic game and a huge conspiracy crisis, the Overlord of Another World is emerging, with the rest nothing but losers…. Representatives for Sony did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment. So he set it up to where they were caught red handed with the stolen food.
Considering how blatantly superior Liu Feng's military and economic might is, this ends about as well as you'd expect. It's more than just Liu Feng being highly competent. Rags to Riches: The town of Xi Yang itself. He also surrounds himself with highly competent assistants and ensures that his followers learn how to become highly competent individuals as well. Because of this, he and his forces can come at most problems from multiple angles and consistently gain the upper hand against adversaries.
By pure chance, a Baron spending time in said bar overhears him and gives him an offer he can't (and won't let him) refuse, buying his city of Xi Yang as well as grant him a noble title of Baron. But the future of Holland's Peter Parker remains uncertain. Trapped in Another World: Sort of. There are no custom lists yet for this series.
Before Liu Feng gets rid of them, they're trying to charge 20 coppers per kilo. Liu Feng even notes to himself that, while he didn't get as much as he asked for, he still got more than he expected to. Their Establishing Character Moment is them working together to hunt a large tiger to present it to Liu Feng as a congratulation gift in becoming a City Lord. However he somehow manages to do so with time to spare with in the 20 day time limit. And instead of being thankful that the food at lasted this long because these peasants had literally been starving for months, the peasants do a 180 and act as if the guy was a liar the entire time, even though he had been feeding and treating them all well for the ENTIRE time he had been there. Just that god magically descends everytime something bad is about to worth the read.
Liu Feng is really good at this, crediting it to his experiences at grocery stores in his home world. It's pretty mediocre all around. Cue angry mob who make this exact assumption. Liu Feng is from our world but has the ability to cross into the other world once a day. Baron Carter's attack could also be considered this, as he has sold his city to Liu Feng in an attempt to sit out the bandit attack by hiding out at the capital, planning to take ownership of the city once Liu Feng is killed by the bandits. Aristocrats Are Evil: Very few nobles in this series are seen in a positive light, special mention goes to Omar who has his citizens killed to train his soldiers under the guise they are Thieves. Though the girls still don't like it when another new girl tries to get his attention.
Several engagements are so one-sided that the author doesn't even bother showing them beyond "about to begin" and "after it's over". Valheim Genshin Impact Minecraft Pokimane Halo Infinite Call of Duty: Warzone Path of Exile Hollow Knight: Silksong Escape from Tarkov Watch Dogs: Legion. The characters are one dimensional cut-outs that have two or three emotions. After Liu Feng became the City Lord and a few months later, it became easily the best and most thriving city in the world with wealth and technology never before seen. Liu Feng goes about using his knowledge and access to tech from our world to greatly improve the city and its citizens, while dealing with the jealously of other nobles. And people including the protagonist act incredibly stupid at times, leading them to get into trouble for things that just feels like a waste of protagonist for example decided to give all his peasants a ton of food in exchange for labor, but didn't have enough food to keep feeding them for a few days. Between superior training, superior technology, and superior intelligence (whether that means tactics, information, or smarts) it's a rare enemy that can even inflict casualties on Liu Feng's military after he gets established.
A young man named Liu Feng gains the ability to travel between our world and another world once a day.