Awesome story!!
I don't normally give 5 stars because even in some fairly well written stories, my bloody persnickety brain notices the flaws, and throws me out of my immersion in the story. While this story isn't perfect, it's well enough written and so enjoyable that the odd small flaw doesn't break the immersion. It's a delight.
The dialog is witty and that's because even the other characters, both in and out of the game, are believably vivid and interesting, let alone the MC.
It uses a classic web novel trope, the respawn, without treating it like a trope. The MC is affected by his death, and past, unlike the typical, "Oh well, that happened. Let's have a good life this time!" reaction you see so often, as if years of life, conflict and death have no impact on the psyche. It also doesn't follow the standard "I will save the world" or "I must become powerful and/or rich" (in either world) plot this time around, despite the MC being weak in his first life. He was weak, but there isn't the bullying, abuse, betrayal by half-brother, fiancee, best friend, step-mother, classmates, etc.. you see in respawn stories.
Too often in a VRMMORPG game novel, after a while, either the game or real life (typically real life) starts to feel either boring, just for word count, or skimping on anything interesting or meaningful. That is not happening in this story, and there are enough plot lines going on that it does not seem likely. As others have said, this is a well thought out story.
Well done! I am totally looking forward to more chapters.
I'm even going to read the Jim Daoran's other book, The Slime Farmer, even though I don't like slimes and typically ignore such books, because this author has given me reason to think that he can write an enjoyable story, even with slimes involved. (Don't hate on me about slimes, we all have our likes and dislikes. ;-)
