Dropped after reading chap 20. My reaction was like wtf? He’s still a low level chunin with all of his shits? Also when he gave out his cooking techniques he oly asked for 5% of the income but now it says that he cant craft **** because doesn’t have materials because he’s too fucking broke?!? Like wtf? He invented the technique and his parents doesn't give him any. They know that he is a fucking genius but they doesn't support him and ****?!? I know that your slowing down the progress, but at least give us a reason why he doesn't have enough money and isn't a sage by now and etc. really a bad chapter and bad progress so far. Doubting if I will continue reading further.
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LIKEI don't think that the 5% is all that big either, but he still gets somewhat of a large amount by collecting 5% revenue from all businesses that incorporate the chakra beast cooking method. In regards to why he is "broke" is simply because he said the materials were too expensive to buy on the market. Lastly, I believe the MC mentioned how he wanted to not use the money from his family and make his own profit without the cooking method (or something similar to that if I recall correctly). However, it's beyond me why he actually does that part and doesn't request money for his family for at least some things. As for the first point on the chunin-level, I believe that was only in regards to chakra? His fighting capabilities are much higher than a chunin-level person if he plays his cards right.
5% of gross is actually not that bad a fee for a novel production method considering you dont have to buy any of the materials or pay for labor. a traditional licensure of production patents in our world would probably be about 5-10%, combined with a one time payout in the beginning of the contract term.