Reviews of Transition and Restart

The way you have started the story is quite catching. Anyone will be occupied after reading the first chapter. This is my first time reading a novel of this genre and I must say I am liking it. The Global setup is extremely good and the way you are transitioning between different period/years is quite commendable. I really like Sakura. Reminds of the good times I spent in Taiwan. To me, the usage of Sakura in your story is very symbolic hence 10 points for that. I instantly added it to my library after the first chapter itself. Keep writing. Keep rocking.

Part of a review swap: My first impressions are: Clean and advanced writing. Characters each have distinct personalities. Well planned out plot line. Beginning is a bit lackluster, I found it but difficult to continue reading. Over all a cute story about Japanese students. Slice of life: this is not a genre for for everyone, better for older audiences.

This review is part of a review swap. Hopefully this can help you in your writing! I was interested in the story, but never fully invested. I think I had a hard time comprehending the switching between worlds. I had to go back and forth between chapters to reference things. Overall, the novel is not bad. It just wasn't my cup of tea because its not in the genre I'm fond of. If you're into a slice of life, modern setting high school novel, you'll definitely like this (for reference, i like fantasy books set in the olden days)! Stars ° Writing: 4 There were times I felt like the writing was a little too 'frugal,' then there were times I felt like it was too much. Don't get me wrong, this is a standout in terms of quality compared to other books. However, there were times that I wanted a little bit more detail to paint a better picture. Not necessarily to tell me everything, because the author is clearly trying to add a level of mystery to everything, but to understand enough to feel. This ties into CD which I'll go into next. CD: 4 They were there and they made me laugh, but I didn't feel very connected to them. Maybe if I had read a few more chapters, but as of right now I feel like there was a more tell than show when it came to the characters. Their personalities were fairly distinct, so I had no real issue on remembering who was who. There was definitely a feeling of the developing bond between all of them. SOU: 5 No issues here. I just added it into my library a few days ago and I've seen it update a few times already. Good job! SD: 4 The way the story was introduced was interesting. The confusion when reading the beginning definitely adds a certain level of interest. Switching back and forth between time periods was good at keeping a sort of 'suspense' (thats not the word i want to use but ive been thinking for about 5 minutes now and i cant find the right word). WB: 5 Confusing as it may be, I was interested. I wanted to know what was going on and that to me made the world much more valuable. I'll be binge reading from time to time because I want to understand the elements of the worlds and how things got from point A to point B. I hope this helped you in some way. Thank you for helping me!!

Ok, so I was a little confused at first but having reread it again the plot and the story finally came into perspective. The writing proficiency is good and the plot is amazing. The character is introduced slowly but well described. Truly one kind of a story! Keep writing 👍

This is part of a review swap: Description of the characters are very well done, the overall quality is very good, except some sentence I found hard to understand for English commoners. The action and feelings of the different characters are well detailed. I found the world background description was a little lacking from the rest. The first chapter is hard to understand maybe you should add more things to be sure people understand well what is happening, because I saw another guy saying the same thing. Anyway It is nice, good work!!

Love the story and the settings. Would love to read more. Some minor adjustments and corrections but overall it has the potential. Keep it up!

Overall, this is written well with no glaring mistakes or typos. It’s descriptive enough to make dialogues interesting, and the humor of the characters is a nice touch. The physical settings don’t need a lot of description because it’s basically just a school. The characters aren’t delved into completely, but that’s probably part of the mystery as well as probably due to only having 30 (where I stopped) chapters to introduce many characters. Ryu, Noriko, Christina, Kyoko, Yukio, Ulf. These seem to be the main group plus maybe principal Nakagawa. This isn’t that many characters, but all the name variations made it rather confusing, and it took a while to get used to and sort out who was who. The little clues can be easily missed as this isn’t ****** leisurely reading. I had to focus to catch the hints and piece together the plot and connection of the two worlds. I can imagine without careful reading and digesting, the story could be rather confusing (seeing the comments) due to the mysteriousness of it. My only real suggestion, or just idea rather, is to put the 2040 chaps into one or even cut some of them. A few of them in the middle of the 2016 chapters didn’t shed much light or add to much (or maybe I missed out on the importance completely) to the plot. At least, I didn’t see how they flowed/connected to the 2016 events. It just felt like they cut in the middle of the story events in 2016 where most of my understanding was pieced together from the early happenings in the 2040 or transit station events. I love a good mystery, and this certainly has me guessing and theorizing. I’m personally not all that wild on the school theme since I’ve seen plenty of those variations. Good work, keep at it! (:

Feel like I am repeating what other reviewers have written, the start of the story was really confusing, and to reread the first couple of chapters a couple of time, but once you get over that this story really starts to grip you. You have me curious, which is always a good thing, will definitely carry on reading to see where you do with this

Sweden? Japan? South Korea? Thank you that's what I like about it. Currently still in chapter 12. I need to read it more to judge it. But, for now, I will tell you that I really like your writing so far. I was quite unique and funny, love the interaction between their buddies. I also like time skip so that's a plus. Yes, I have a little difficult to remember the name and the other character, but overall I understand pretty much who is who was mention. Good job! :)

The premise of the story is unique and interesting. The beginning was a little tough for me as I got a little lost. The characters are well fleshed out though, it feels as if they just need just a little bit more spice (memorable features) and they would ace it. Just my opinion though, hahaha.

I think your individual chapters work very well, but put together into a narrative, they're a bit disjunct. As several of your other reviewers have said, even with the intro, keeping track of what is going on where with whom in what world is challenging. When so many reviews say the same thing, it's probably time to take a second look at how you're structuring the story. However, the concept of getting to go back and do it over--that's universal and cuts to the core of human nature. I haven't read it to the end, but if you haven't already, working in a chapter or two about their lives when they're fifty and regretful would underscore why they want to go back so very badly. I also like the recurring sakura blossoms. They're a very well thought out touch.

Hey there. Megane-kun here for a review. First, I think the concept is real cool. It's also quite unique. It's both a coming of age story and yet not. It may read like your typical adolescent drama, but there's a twist. And unraveling the mystery behind that twist could be one of the main draws of the novel. Some less patient readers may have a tendency to opt out after the first few chapters though. It's a story set in different timelines between parallel worlds, but people who don't actually bother to read the intro first would find themselves a bit confused in the beginning. I'm actually not one to talk myself, since I overdid the flashbacks in my own work to :) Once it gets going though, things get more interesting, and the events flow more smoothly. Overall, once you get past the mildly beffudling beginning, you'd find a story which may be right up your alley if you're in to Japanese LNs with this type of genre. I'm not really a 'romance and **** drama' kind of guy, but I'm curious about the underlying mystery behind the transitions. P.S. I still think Christina should be Kurisutina, even if it would remind you of another character from Steins Gate lol

Transition and Restart, a very intriguing concept described in various ways. Although this novel is under romance, I think it would fare better and show it's true potential under a different genre. Maybe magical realism or Sci-fi? As you've noticed, the audience for romance fiction on webnovel leans more towards female lead cultivators, reincarnation for revenge and love between a CEO and entertainer. For example, for manga, this story would probably be published under shounen romance, rather than shoujo romance. The plot is, as most readers stated, a little confusing to follow at first. But this isn't a big deal as long as you catch the reader's attention. Which you did very well in chapter 1. This makes a reader curious in wanting to know what happens next and compels them to read further. And the further they go, the more the reader comprehends. There are many published novels who have a rough start but slowly gains a large reader base when things pick up. The characters are well fleshed out. You have a good way of connecting a reader to the character, which is something I always look for in a novel. Their dialogue, actions and the details that accompany them have a reason to it. But, I recommend adding a brief definition of Japanese terms for readers who do not know them. Your writing style is unique, but sometimes the dialogue can be a bit 'stiff' when a character tries to explain things. I noticed this mostly at the beginning. Maybe this is why the story is confusing at first. I do enjoy the rhythm and pace of the story. It has a proper mix of short and long sentences, as well as a good balance of text and dialogue. Overall, I enjoyed reading up to Chapter 31, but as I pointed out earlier, this will do really well under a different genre.

This novel is extremely interesting when your confusion dissolve in the early chapter. At first I was really confused, but after reading two or three times, I found it interesting. Although I don't understand some part of it because my English is limited haha😅

Very interesting story so far, will definitely continue to read on! The writing style was a bit confusing for me, especially the first chapter's dialogues -- I had to reread it a couple of times to understand what they were saying. But after a few more chapters, I slowly became adapted to the reading! I love the inner monologue and the fact that the readers get a glimpse on what the characters are thinking, I think it makes us connect to them a lot more! :D The character designs was also phenomenal and really great, each of them has their own unique sense of personality! The updates are very stable (a lot of chapters and its only the first month!) so kudos to you, author-san! ^~^ Definitely adding this to my library~

A very intriguing story! I absolutely love how the sort of feel and explanation we get at the start, like mc is bracing herself for the unkown. The amount of effort put into making the story as a whole is also one of the stronger points, removing the generic feel you get when reading other novels of similar work. I feel like this sort of less 'super powered' 'cultivation' type of novels are underrated. Would recommend this to anyone as a whole For new readers, this is a definitive MUST to read. Hope to see more from you, author! Keep it coming!

The story is nice! I'm still on chapter 11, but I'm already trying to anticipate what's about to happen. I like the essence of the story where you're always thinking. The characters are well written. I also like the fact that you are always aware about their thoughts. It gives them more life. I do suggest that you try to elaborate the facial features of the MAIN characters early on so that your reads could easily visualize them. It's kind of hazy to me. Don't rely too much on the reader's familiarity with a character's race or something. At first it was quite confusing, but you'll get the hang of it after some time. I'll keep on reading! Thanks author! I hope this helps you, author. I'm not an expert, though.

Wow! This story is pretty good! Although the beginning was pretty confusing in terms of the transit and subjective and objective ages, as the story progresses, it smoothed out. The writing quality is superb, so too the character design. Urufu has caught my interest :) Story development is good, I've never seen a story like this before, the plot is so interesting and unique! The world background is where the confusion is in the earlier chapters but as I said, as the story progresses it gets clearer. Although, just a suggestion, whenever you're switching from the different Earths, give us a heads up like [Earth 2] or [Earth 3]. Something like that would've been helpful especially in the earlier chapters. But this is a story worth the read and a few stones.

The author has done a somewhat good job on the writing style, however, the start was a bit iffy and pretty confusing. The story development seems fine with some lacking parts of proper exposition. Character development seem to follow Japanese trope with the authors unique take on it. World background as of now is pretty shallow but acceptable for now.

This review is part of a review swap. Writing Quality: It's a little bit iffy. The author seems to have much vocabulary to draw from, but some of the ******st ones escape him. This makes some sentences overcomplicated for no reason. The style is a little bit weird in the sense that the author jumps from one character's thoughts to the other with close to no proper transition. Stability of Updates: They are stable as of now so full stars. Story Development: While some parts are a little bit confusing, and others just lack proper exposition, it's still better than most of the novels here in Webnovel. Character Design: While it does follow some Japanese tropes, the characters still get a proper build up, so that's cool. World Background: It's still early in the story so we don't know so much about the world that the author is trying to create. I'll put 4 stars for now. Overall, very nice story.