Which, also has a problem. He lacks faith in others, he is quick to jump to conclusions, he is brash, and so many problems. yet none of them result in negative consequences nor learning oppurtunities. Instead his very traits that make him flawed and a poor person in his job result in the story progressing, validating them instead of marking them as errors to be remedied. This makes him a tragedy as his lie is validated, but the story treats him like a hero for it instead. So the philosophy of the story is that its a good thing to think everything is a conspiracy and trust no one?
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Side Characters - Meh - There are a fair number of side characters. At times they can be confusing. Because some of them are only mentioned for a brief time, some of them are mentioned more but have similar ways of acting, roles, and speech, and then you apparently got one that was another prophet I didn't know was another prophet for like four chapters! haha I kept confusing blue-dude with the MC because I was like "wait I thought he was the prophet? Which one is it?" Turns out it was kinda both. After I came to realize that, he was easier to deal with. Then you have the magistrate/leader ladie, and I like her. She is a good character most of all. Personality, as a role, as how she is portrayed emotionally, how her slightly unique traits are both alien but offer more to 'humanizing' her.
But then you you have the god which... I can't tell if she is a side character, a main character, a force of nature (thereby being world building), or plot, because she doesnt say or do much of anything at any point that I've seen. The god doesnt really do much in the way of communication. Its comical how there is a big deal about a character whose entire role is to be the mouth piece of a god... that is mute. Honestly, I didn't like Gaia.
To be fair, with a mystery box as big as a god, it is a tricky thing on how to write one properly, and her way of communicating is extremely surreal, but it also just lacks solid enough portrayel to make it clear what kind of role the god has. Even the prophet has a difficult time understanding, and that single fact keeps the god from being a good character. A good character that isn't portrayed well, whether it be due to writing failure or the prophet being a noob at his job, then you can't see them as the good character they need to be. Its mysterious, but also supposed to act as a solid foundation to the story, and as a fundamental foundation to the story, it needs less mystery and more visible attributes to build up from. (Like God visibly portrayed himself a cloud and fire-tornado before Israel, because there needed to be 'something' for them to latch onto.)
Gaia is presented as a big deal and as a huge character, but is so invisible and confusing to understand, like she speaks a language even the translator doesn't get, that it takes away everything that can make her one, so a fundamental foundation of the story is removed from the start. I do realize the story is ongoing and the prophet has a way to go, but at this stage it is not much to work from and the first couple acts suffer as a result, especially after the prophet meets her, and it is only worse as she falls off the face of the story.
