John1500

Thanks for your reply! Please don’t get me wrong—I never intended to trample on your work. If it were truly “bad,” I wouldn’t have bothered writing a review in the first place. Overall, it just doesn’t align with my expectations: I was hoping for something more apocalyptic, dark, and focused on a struggling protagonist. That’s probably on me, as I might not be the target audience. You did include a "Slice of Life" tag, and while I was hoping it wouldn’t lean too much into that, it turns out it’s a larger focus. I wouldn't mind "Slice of Life", when it's more in a comedic way like cynic and impolite protagonist, that can't read the room (not focused on romance here, i mean basic manners). Just like i said it's my preference. I also get your reasoning about the killer. If you have them kill random, unimportant characters, it doesn’t feel impactful. On the other hand, having them kill a major character can be risky, as it could alienate some readers (and I know some people were upset about the girl dying in the first dungeon). Personally, I prefer bold moves, even if they’re hard to accept at first. I’m not a fan of "sacrificial lamb" characters, where their sole purpose is to evoke temporary emotion without deeper narrative weight. That said, I really appreciate that you don’t make the protagonist seem outright foolish (e.g., taking back the “gold diggers”). Most of the other characters are fine, too. As I mentioned, some actions feel a bit irrational—like, as a gold digger, you’d probably stick around to see if there’s value before ghosting someone. Or, as a wealthy kid, you’d likely ask the family patriarch (who loves you) to hire a contract killer rather than risking doing it yourself. On the positive side, including male dragons and not just having a tsundere rivalry harem is a big plus. Still, I understand it’s tough to handle a large cast and give each character a proper backstory that makes readers care about them and understand their motivations, all without reducing them to one-dimensional archetypes. I also recognize how challenging writing is—it’s far easier to critique than to create something yourself. A lot of this comes down to expectations, and those vary widely between readers. If I may ask, how do you plan to turn humanity against the protagonist? Or is that not part of the story in the chapters you’ve written so far? I’m curious whether you’re going for him becoming inhuman (e.g., a proud dragon who stops caring about humanity), staying human but too powerful and being feared and attacked first, losing his mind and attacking humans, or something more regional like a misunderstanding or a feud with a few powerful humans and their factions?

Review: Great Potential but Disappointing Execution I really like the premise of the story, especially the teased late-game scenario where the protagonist might face off against humanity (at least that’s hinted at in the preview chapter). However, after 100 chapters, I don’t see much of that, and I strongly dislike some of the author’s decisions. The Main Character and His Abilities The story begins with a classic “weak-to-strong” setup: the protagonist receives an SSS-tier skill, a god-tier rarity that most people believe to be a myth. Despite this, he’s pitied by everyone around him simply because he’s a summoner—a class that’s generally considered weak. His friends even abandon him. This makes no sense. There aren’t any other SSS-tier summoners to compare him to, and such a rare skill should logically spark interest or greed rather than dismissal. Instead, the author seems to force a betrayal and revenge subplot that ultimately doesn’t add much to the main storyline. In reality, this isn’t a “weak-to-strong” story at all; it’s more of an “overpowered from the start” narrative surrounded by characters who act irrationally. It’s also not a “hides-his-strength” trope since the protagonist doesn’t conceal his abilities—just one of his systems. Pacing and Worldbuilding The pacing is often described as “slow,” but it’s not because of deep worldbuilding or a complex, mysterious plot. Instead, it’s padded with filler. Even after 100 chapters, the world remains underdeveloped. There’s a vague mention of an apocalypse involving dragons, yet people don’t seem to care that the protagonist can summon them. Humanity now lives behind walls because of monsters and some kind of illness outside, but this isn’t explored in any meaningful way. The protagonist’s backstory is equally lacking. He used to live outside the walls with his sister before becoming an orphan, but there’s no information about his parents, his past, or any significant trauma. Instead, we get POV chapters from irrelevant characters, like a typical “clown” character or a random girl who’s introduced just to be killed off by the antagonist. Ironically, this girl has more backstory than the protagonist. Overall, the story gives little information about the world or its mysteries. It feels more like lighthearted banter among characters in an apocalyptic setting than a genuine attempt at creating a dark or suspenseful narrative. Characters and Atmosphere The side characters are generic tropes: clowns, tsunderes, and other archetypes that feel out of place in an apocalyptic story. Their constant jokes and cheerful attitudes ruin any potential for a dark or mysterious atmosphere. The antagonist is a one-dimensional murderer who kills for power without a clear motive but is somehow also portrayed as a “caring lover.” This inconsistency makes the character unconvincing and uninspired. Conclusion It feels like the author is working through a checklist: Want a “dark” story? Add a murderer antagonist. Want a “weak-to-strong” tag? Give the protagonist an overpowered skill and make everyone else act stupidly. The story refuses to take risks. There are no meaningful stakes, no emotional depth, and no sense of struggle. The protagonist doesn’t seem willing to make hard sacrifices, and it feels like he’ll achieve everything through plot armor. There’s no reason to expect tragic or challenging moments, such as the death of his sister or the loss of key characters. Instead, it’s shaping up to be a predictable, happy story with shallow antagonists, chapters filled with jokes, and harem-style rivalry. Ultimately, it’s disappointing, especially for readers looking for an atmospheric and well-thought-out narrative in a apocalyptic setup with a morally ambiguous protagonist.

Just curious if you changed your mindset about "finishing a novel before having a complete valid opinion" or are you still reading? Sure noone know the future and while writing it was probably a few hundred chapter less and you maybe expect it will be max e.g. 800ch or so. Because they milk the cow and many novels can have thousands of chapters and if you are not enjoying a book after 350 chapters it's a huge deed to read the next 90%, because the book finished with 3500+ chapters, where it maybe become better if you "only" struggle through the next 600ch

Just the site encouraging authors to release a lot of chapters, you even can rate quantity of updates. And with higher chapter count there will be a lot more behind paywall compared to finishing a story and maybe release a new one in the same universe, where you have to build up followers again. Unfortunately it's a system where bigger names take all the spotlight, so don't follow the hype especially where authors can cleanup bad reviews. :)

Reading the free chapter so far and what can i say it maybe has a good writing quality but i don't see any catching promises for a story of thousands of chapters. I hoped for a Antihero character and many reviews announce he's cynic and cold but for me he's a family man (that kill his enemies) but he's trustful even after what happens before, what i can't believe. I verified in the wiki if there will be any interesting development like deaths and proceeding to other worlds but it seems all packed into the current setup what make the story very stretched. All in all missed potential and i don't think that any important characters will die and everything keeps standing still.

Post 2/2 For novels (published outside the Asian scope with professional proofreading): · Lightbringer Saga by Brent Weeks – A series centered around a magic system where light materializes in different materials, with interesting twists, prophecies, and legacies. · Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Saga by Tad Williams – A classic high fantasy with multiple races and complex plots. Where a nobody is thrown in the plot and tries to survive. · Nevernight Chronicles by Jay Kristoff – A really enjoyable read with a female lead (a fallen noble becoming assassin) seeking revenge, with darkly humorous and sadistic remarks. The author has a very different writing style, offering funny notes and optional background information. Be careful to don‘t becoming a foul mouth like the „lady“. · Night Angel Series by Brent Weeks – Assassin story centered about a slum kid seeking power, entangled in mysteries · Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson – Probably the most ambitious planned story out there. It’s not finished yet, and it will be a decalogue (=10 books). Currently, there are only 5 books, but it’s already longer than most other sagas! If you're a German reader, I can recommend "Askir" by Richard Schwartz, a German author, but there’s currently no English translation available.

Post 1/2 (suggestion will come below, but i‘ll start with an explanation first so it hopefully became more understandable) It's very hard to find a good story on this site because it encourages the wrong incentive—creating many chapters in a short amount of time. This leaves no room for planning ahead, proofreading, or releasing high-quality content. Instead, the focus is on releasing chapters quickly, even at the expense of quality. And then there's the issue that you can read the first 35+ chapters for free, which is meant to attract readers. Once the author has hooked them, the story is stretched out, with more chapters behind a paywall—more chapters, more readers, more income. In my opinion, a good story needs some unique elements, good writing quality, and an ending. A good story is a journey, and the author should already have an ending in mind before they start writing. A good story is like a road with a predefined length. The problem with light novels and web novels, especially on this site, is that many of them are "endless" stories. The plot isn't a road—it's a tower filled with arcs, and the story is stretched out. If you want, you can even skip some arcs, since they're just side stories with little character development. The characters can’t change much, because if they did, the story would reach its end too soon. Another issue with lore-heavy Asian novels is the prevalence of generic characters: Japanese "betas" (gentle, weak-willed, and often surrounded by a harem of side characters), Korean "edgelords" (focused on personal growth, with fewer interpersonal relationships), and Chinese mythic "edgelords" (less familiar to me, but similar to Korean ones, with a mythological twist and more psychopaths). These stories can be overpowered (often focusing on comedy that gets boring quickly) or weaktostrong (which is often misleading, cause there are early powerspikes or a protagonist who is broken, but there are always even more broken characters, like in "Shadow Slave," which is more of the latter). In general, light novels tend to be formulaic, centered around repeating templates. Personally, I enjoy high fantasy, where world-building is important. For example, if you read the first volume of shadow slave, I think the author plan ahead until chapter 100, where the prophecies stopped (nice guessing game what will happen) and after he planned some cornerstones and stretched it. And with volume 2 all what happened in volume 1 isn‘t that important anymore. Now, to answer your question, hopefully giving you some insight into my mindset before: I’ve enjoyed reading the following: · Dungeon Defense – only the web novel version!!! The protagonist is weak and stays weak, growing stronger only through politics and connections, not because a powerful love interest protecting him. The story is set in a dark world, and he’s manipulative. There are deaths of important characters, not just side characters created for that purpose. It's a journey into his madness, but it's believable—he's not a maniac, but the gruesome deeds take a toll on his mind in the long run. Overall, it's well-crafted and not a template-driven story like many edgelord tales. No slice-of-life Japanese MC or psycho striving for personal gain. Don’t read any wiki or reviews, they can spoil you about the deaths especially because some are mad about these. · The Damned Demon – This one’s worth reading, at least for the start, but it does get stretched out and may eventually become a true harem. It begins with a true love story and later includes political marriages and second wives. The plot revolves around a human who was betrayed by his kind, killed, and reborn as a demon seeking revenge. He's not a maniac, and he's weak, trying to survive despite many attempts on his life as demon heir (with some plot armor, but it’s funny). For novels (published outside the Asian scope with professional proofreading): Second post cause limited characters..

While writing this review i'm at C225: I really enjoy this novel so far. I'm just a bit fearful about the Harem Tag and the future development but for now it's great and even if the Harem is going to make me drop it in the future it has a lot of enjoyable chapter so far. I really appreciate the ambiguous mc: can't say even now if he's a good guy or a egoistic scumbag, but his thinking is authentic and it's good to don't have endless monologues about whats morale and what's not. And especially that he's not a whiny simp or on the other side not some badass maniac. Kudos for the other characters as well, even the side characters have a unique character and the author doesn't throw disposable characters in that only exist so the mc can beat them and than the next a bit more powerful antagonist appears like in many other stories. Yes you can complain, that the mc got his way and some antagonists act stupidly but it's believable from an underestimating pov and creates many laughs how the mc handles them. All in all the story feels very refreshing, that don't follow the typical edgelord mc where every woman easily falls for him with no reason. It's good especially with the slow romance and for now it feels more like true love and not harem, that just don't progress cause their past. And the author focus more on the story and the R18 scenes are very few (probably 6 explicit chapter till now).

Take my review with a grain of salt cause I'm just at C15 but all in all the story doesn't catch me. The story feels like fan-service with the promise there is no fan-service cause there are repeating cases where the mc compares his experiences with mangas he read and feels his story better than everything else (just a 4th wall break where author tries to show that his story is unique and better). For me it's just a annoying interruption ruining my immersion and cheap self-praise. Don't get me wrong i appreciate that the author goes for a story without annoying and repeating plots where everyone know how it'll end but not the 4th wall breaking. I can't say anything about character development for now but the character of the mc doesn't feels authentic. We know that the MC has a miserable life, got tricked and commit suicide cause he don't want to live anymore, got reincarnated from a god. Than he starts foul-mouthing a mighty god, got tortured a bit, but all in all he tricked them to gain more benefits. And he follow their quest and got reincarnated cause he can't reach afterlife otherwise for eternity and after the reincarnation he's happy about his new life with his new powers while a second ago he still doesn't want to get reincarnated. And in the 2nd world we have fights he just survives cause plot armor while his powers already feels overpowered (i expect just that there are guys that are even more overpowered so it seems weak in comparison while it's broken already). The world building follow many disposition story telling from the god and a long introduction from his System that communicates with him using long explanations like an encyclopedia. I would appreciate if we would know the world from mc's experiences and not as info dumping. I can't say if it's only the beginning and it's going to get better and maybe i'll try gain sometime later and update my review than. But the unauthentic character from the mc, plot armor and 4th wall breaking self-praise ruined it for me.

There is always an escape even if he can't kill her. It seems like he can't be ordered while being separated. So he could go for a run/hide and looking for a solution in the meantime. He just needs to prevent any new order and with 2 worlds and a low profile it's easy to hide. Not that it'll happen ..