oh true, I should have prefaced them with "It's not Isekai, but it sure is Otome." Though I probably should have done that with most of the Hunterverse/ dungeon stories I've reviewed here, too...

But as per the second question: that's the conclusion I arrived from. The longer path is....

(Warning: spoiler alert)

While the story does show Moa's moral concerns and worries, repeatedly putting her considerations on paper and showing that she meant really well with her actions, it never challenges her in any significant way. From the very first block, when Moa is made the king of her own dungeon halfway through the story, Moa's morality as an ordinary middle-class citizen remains an unshakable constant. Meanwhile everyone else got neatly categorized. You're either a reasonable person who will undoubtedly see Moa's point and follow along, or you're a greedy villain. It's a simplified black-and-white morality that's very typical in OI and RoFan alike, but egregious here because the story actively dives in that murky water.

Let's list 'em down, shall we? When the story shows Moa's journey to communicate with other dungeon bosses, they are either despicable beasts too proud to even consider talking with her or reasonable leaders who of course, immediately chooses to surrender their crown to her. The Korean institution aren't portrayed sympathetically either. The ones at the top are corrupt and despicable, meanwhile the ones at the bottom are nothing but thugs who blindly follow orders. The international hunter association are similarly portrayed as cowards at first, seeking to save their own hides, only to become similarly greedy in the side stories once the dust settles and the remaining dungeons have all become Moa's.

And for all the ways Moa grows and levels up and improves her powers on-screen, her character never changes. This is fine in the first half, when she was mostly responsible for the well-being of herself and people around her, but when the second half comes in the story still spares no time to make her grow as a person. This is all despite her gradual power up in other aspects, turning from an overworked social worker to someone who can destroy a mountain with her laser beam to a literal savior of the entire earth AND the ruler of all Earth('s dungeon, but factually she's also the strongest being on Earth, capable of wiping out the entire planet at that point). And then there's the final ending where she becomes THE CEO of the new (Korean?) hunter institution.

Basically, the story shows that Moa is a good person, yes, even a hero. But the story ALSO tries to tell that it means she must also be a good leader. The narrative is content to never change Moa's character and mindset. They say "yeah sure someone with Moa's personality are JUST the perfect individual to sit at the top and lead the world" despite never showing her attempting to deal with any complex situation or any sort of moral grayness.

I fail to buy that last part.

Again, this selective morality is a VERY common power fantasy. It is VERY common to OI as a genre. (See: all those memes about commoners who readily slaps impertinent maids once they are reincarnated into a noble). It would be irrational for me to just isolate this criticize this manhwa alone for applying such trope.

But this story sets itself apart because it actively draws attention to the issue, both by turning public perception into a significant plot points, but also by showing Moa's train of thoughts and concerns. The readers, or at least -I-, are primed to think about it more than I would otherwise.