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CloudRoeven
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2018-09-07 20:31

tl:dr A fresh, creative, interesting approach to the Isekai genre. An easy pick to be in the top of the original novels present and a great example when it comes to an author that takes character developments seriously. From all the Chinese Novels that I read that are very very racist against Japanese, I was surprised to find a novel in the rank 50s that has a Japanese protagonist. That Aside, the story might be quite slow paced to the others considering the very fantasy esque beginning but I would rather have this than those novels that make their MCs super OP without much explanation as to how they ended up that way. I personally love how the author made his MC very human like and I could very much relate on how he thinks. You can feel how the MC grows and there has rarely been a novel that cares how their main characters grow on an emotional level. The dialogues are fun and entertaining but is cleverly made to define the characters that are speaking. I usually get confused on dialogues of other novels but each one is made with care so that the readers can identify who is speaking at a given time which I give a huge kudos to. I can rave all about what I like about this novel because I just didn’t expect to find a gem like this hidden in the originals section that almost made me give up on even trying so let me put some negative things I found. First should be the typographical errors. They can be ignored because I only notice them when I used the text to speech function but I must point it out. Second would be the additional details about the characters’ physical appearance which I later learned was on purpose because the author was making artwork for them. Third would be cliffhangers that would find themselves being released at days where the next wouldn’t have new chapters. I hate when that happens. And last would be the lack of chapters but considering the quality I get in exchange for it, I rather really would prefer a slower alternative than a trashy made up one with continuous updates. All in all, I am currently loving this novel. I hope that it doesn’t change all that much because of the comments I’ve been reading that ask the author to change things up. This is a very good pace in my opinion and like them, I am very curious as to how you’re going to do the transition between his current life in the modern world that we have come to love, to the revenge starting once he gets back to the other world. You have my support and I’ll keep pumping my powerstones to support this novel.

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It sounds interesting based on the synopsis and your review, but I am hesitant to read because of the gender bender tag, do you mind telling me how it applies to this novel?

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