#but it's always funny to see these concepts expanded way beyond the original scope

[transsongtaewon]

I think it's fun that the explanation for why the system is the way it is, is that "it's something the people in this world would understand because it's reminiscent of video games etc." It's really funny because the way it plays out in canon is very much localised to korean media (and a few other places) specifically.

Like, in the context of a south korean webnovel, the ranking system makes a lot of sense, but it's not really a trope in, say, usamerican media. Imagine a 72 year old who almost had an aneurysm helping their nephew set up a wii console in 2008 trying to parse a system interface that assumes you've played an rpg before.

Try explaining why S is above A in the rankings.