I'm writing this review on April 26, 2021. This book finished today. It's honestly been such a long time since I first started reading this book 3 years ago, and I wanted to write a review to help commemorate that period of time. Now, before I start my official review, I want to say this: This book is by no means a good book. It has a sleuth of issues, but it holds a special place in my heart as it introduced me to this genre, and although my life has changed so much over these 3 years, this book has been a constant I can always go back to.
Now that that's out of the way, let me tell you about this book. The translation quality is admirable, although over the entire *2918* chapters, there are several issues. However, on a smaller level, the quality of translation can be considered excellent. 4 stars.
The stability of updates is also excellent, with 3 chapters being released per day. HOWEVER, there was this period of time during which not a single chapter was uploaded for 6 months, which is why this Stability of Updates gets 4 stars.
Story Development: During the first few "arcs," this was excellent. However, as the story went on the author would just introduce a million different things, and no sane human being could keep up with everything that had happened. The main concept of this book and the development is quite amazing, but the author eventually introduces too many things, and it just becomes the MC finding new things and then beating up people with it every few chapters. 3 stars.
Character Design: Remember how I said that the author would introduce a million different things? Well he did the same thing with the characters. At the beginning, there was a smaller range of characters and they were all developed, but as the story progressed, the Author just kept on introducing characters to keep the story going, not the other way around. These characters would often just be punching bags for the MC or just people to "look in awe" at the MC, and would often lack any depth what so ever. The author also outright retconned several characters from the story on several different occasions when he eventually forgot about them. 2 stars.
World Background: The idea itself and the scale of the world is amazing, but as I said earlier, the author just introduces too many things which both he and the reader forget about. 3 stars.
Now I just wanted to add one more thing before I let you go on with your day. The ending is extremely rushed, and I feel like the author was just trying to get away from the book. Would anyone be kind enough to tell me if they feel the same way?
Overall Rating: 3 stars. Had so much more potential, but went in the wrong direction. Still holds a special place in my heart though :)
