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blindbanditLv117yr
2017-12-10 03:50

This is absolutely a gem. A kickass female MC who isn't tied down by romance. I love the other novels with female MCs but no matter how talented the female lead is, she is always inferior to her counter part - be it in wealth, nobility, popularity or skills. In this novel, our MC is the man. She doesn't take any bs and is on equal footing (or even higher) than her peers. Granted other MCs are like this too but atleast she doesn't have a shadow guardian ("the male lead") that makes her problems go away if shw cant handle it. Other than the great plot, amazing translation quality!

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somniousLv3

Im laughing we literally posted similar reviews at the same time (hats off to you, fellow fan :'3c)

jarvisai19Lv14

Yes thankyou Dao Bandit. A review that makes sense yay :)

crazyforyaoiXDLv5

I read others novels when the MC femele is better for me than the boy , but the translater no continue -.-

blindbanditLv11

Thanks, haha now that I read it, not much of thr plot was mentioned.

jarvisai19:Yes thankyou Dao Bandit. A review that makes sense yay :)
blindbanditLv11

Really? I haven't read much novels with female MCs. Only those found in NU. How I wish I can read Chinese

crazyforyaoiXD:I read others novels when the MC femele is better for me than the boy , but the translater no continue -.-
jarvisai19Lv14

Maybe so, but it informs us of all the relavent info, the plots all tend to follow the same basic path, so I reckon you did a pretty good job

blindbandit:Thanks, haha now that I read it, not much of thr plot was mentioned.
crazyforyaoiXDLv5

novels but I read novels of many contrys XD I didnt read novels in chineses only translate to english or spanish

blindbandit:Really? I haven't read much novels with female MCs. Only those found in NU. How I wish I can read Chinese
firestorm5Lv15

There is a romance tag in this I'm curious to see if she stays single,anyway this girl is my favorite female mc atm

rayean88Lv4

Thanks for the info. Will pick up this novel

DeclanDSILv10

According to Qidian this IS a romance novel. Well maybe in 20 chapters or so.

Dogchow9898Lv13

There will be some romance later on in very later chapters. I'll read the fun part for now and stop when it comes to love making. XD

blindbanditLv11

Hi guys! So I've read somw of the replies here. Some of you question the romance tag. I never denied that it has one. I mean come on, almost all novels has romance. As this is a review, I'm just saying that at ch43 (even at ch90), our mc isnt tied down by romance (like you know kilked in her previous life by her love, gets revenge for the unfortunate owner of the body because of divorce/betrayal oraved by a potential ML in her bew life).

EntoriLv11

I agree very much that usally female MCs tend to be enslaved to the romance genre and its cliches, even with strong female leads. Thankfully this is certainly not the case here and it even manages to avoid falling off from the other side of the horse by not following the generic xianxia templates too much.

endegeLv10

Thanks for the review! These synopsis don't really offer much.

silverstagLv6

Indeed... This novel is a gem... With the mc being on the same rank or higher within her peers... And no male guardian that act as protector in shadow... At the same time the plot and story flow is really interesting that I can't wait for more chapter release per week... So I do hope the to will increase the weekly chapter releases... Heheheh.

HawkganLv5

Same, I would like more releases every week as well

Preddi_Kool_0takuLv14

Does it have a patreon?

Hawkgan:Same, I would like more releases every week as well
SenethariLv12

There are a couple where MC has powerful ML fiancé, but she either takes care of her own problems or he plays her support when they work together. Does that count? (Though I'll have to look up the specific names if you're interested... They're all something like Genius Divine Vicious Medical Il/legitimate Phoenix Daughter of the Xth Wife and/or General. )

blindbandit:Really? I haven't read much novels with female MCs. Only those found in NU. How I wish I can read Chinese
Simon_blankLv5

OK time to read this

diettweakLv3

it doesn't matter what gender the MC is most Chinese stories have some sort of "shadow guardian" who sits there and makes sure the MC has the plot armor he or she needs to survive

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somniousLv3

Ok, first things first. This is in the wrong genre. It is through and through Science Fiction. It's literally a Bros/Sisters Before Everyone Else kind of story, except the leader isn't a guy, but a girl. With Giant Space Robots that will rip your body into shreds with g-force. And Various Background Proxy Wars and underlying plot. As someone who has completely read the raws 5 times over in the past year while following all of the author's updates (I'm literally on my 6th run guys and I'm STILL finding new things that I missed the first few times around), this is one of the best stories I've read in a long time. It has amazing character growth, characterization, character relationships, plot, action, emotional turmoil, setting, depth - I could go on. Madame Ru can make you laugh out loud one moment and cry in grief the next - truly, it's a story that sets itself apart and has become a unique existence. There's so much going on, but it doesn't detract from your understanding due to how well Madame Ru hides it in the background through foreshadowing and Chekov's Gun. Not only that, it has a female protagonist that doesn't suffer from the painful cliches that one would expect in a genderbender story - which, honestly, makes a lot more sense setting-wise (how can you not be able to hide your body's gender if you have something like Little Four and high science fiction medicine). Also the setting itself is really fun. It's a hyper futuristic intergalactic empire with Xianxia elements - mainly spiritual power, qi, and martial arts. Except instead of being something fancy like martial arts sects, it's been integrated into lineages. After countless years of development, they've become something akin to 'military arts' rather than just wushu, with a heavy focus on usability rather than just display. Madame Ru meshes the two normally opposite traits beautifully and without a seam - keeping the core of the idea and evolving it into a completely new existence. And Ling Lan. She's not your typical female protagonist either - she, so far, has been my most favorite that I've come across. She is neither morally righteous nor evil - her morals don't follow the path of 'for humanity', but just for the small, small group of people she cares about, the people who believe in her. Her path is of the heart, and she refuses to bow down to anyone - her Dao is Hegemony. There is nothing more satisfying than watching her grow from her original self to the current self and following the hardships she goes through. She will become the strongest, but at the same time, she isn't alone - she has her little partners that she cares for and grows along with. Yes, her goal isn't to be the single peerless god at the top of the world, but to bring those who put their trust and lives into her hands along with her. This, in itself, is already a highly unique trait within stories. Together we rise, divided we fall. Anyway, sorry, I'm a bit of a chatterbox when it comes to this series. It's by far my favorite and I hope it will get the attention and representation it deserves. Let's all keep on fighting, little partners! Until we reach the top :3c

TribeOfOneLv6

This novel is far from perfect. Its main selling point is a fairly well done overpowered female protagonist. On the other hand, its main weaknesses are a terrible sense of blind Chinese nationalism, the weirdly stupid mind games that all the characters face, as well as the complete lack of research the author has done on any of the subjects presented in the novel. I first began reading this novel both because of the amazing review score it had, as well as for a cross-dressing protagonist. The story starts off quite well, with a female lead who dies in her own world but is pulled into reincarnating into a future world because of a "grandpa teacher"-like spiritual entity inside her mind. It continues on to quite hilarious descriptions of her mother and the other characters around her as she slowly progresses through life pretending to be a boy in order to be able to inherit her father's inheritance and legacy. The characters in the novel, up to the point I've read, are quite interesting. They're all varied in personality and working through their own motivations as they interact with our heroine Ling Lan. We have an overbearing mother character, a kind grandpa figure who's also a hidden ninja, a stupid yet competent AI assistant, as well as a wide range of friends that collect around her. Yet the most interesting character is still the MC Ling Lan, who despite being an incredibly talented girl pretending to be a boy, only has the single objective of having a normal life and ultimately giving birth to the most talented child possible. Another aspect of this author that I really like is her skill in describing battles. The author has a natural talent for describing and directing melee fights between individuals. While there isn't much focus on any actual martial arts or actual techniques, the author still does a good job with understanding the capabilities and physical limits of the human body and expressing the fights as a natural and fluid manner. However, at the same time, the author is quite terrible at understanding the limitations of non-human entities. This brings me to one of the main areas where the author has been negligent - her research into science fiction. This is undoubtedly a science-fiction work, but this novel does nothing more than throw around the jargon without understanding what any of it actually is. Ling Lan's "AI Assistant", named Little Four, is more of a little kid than an AI. At times he's smart and competent, but most of the time he's nothing more than a little kid throwing a tantrum (though this adds to the comedy). As things go, this is a terrible trait for any AI assistant to have. Next, there are the mechas. While I congratulate the author for adding the detail that the main obstacle for a mecha pilot is being able to withstand the G-forces of the constant accelerations the vehicle has to face, at the same time I also have to blame the author for not understanding the slightest bit about the mechas themselves. When faced with a complicated system like a humanoid robot, she believes that it's only possible to completely control such a robot using hand motions to individually manipulate each joint of the robot, causing a huge amount of stress on the hand-speed of the operators. She has completely refused the idea that such systems might use computer assistance to automate the processes, and views AI in controlling robots as a bad thing. This is only annoying when you consider that any AI system as advanced as the ones in this story should be able to pilot these mechas far better than any human operator ever could. In addition, there are several instances where weapons are magically enhanced by the addition of an AI into them, breaking out of physical limitations that they should not have ever been able to break out of. Ultimately, while this is a science-fiction story, it's also a terrible example of the science-fiction genre as it completely fails to understand the implications, uses, and limitations of the very technology it introduces. On a related note is the idea that kids mature much faster than in the past. In the story, it's completely understandable that kids are much more physically developed because of the various gene-stimulating agents and chemical therapies that they undergo from a young age. However, at the same time, there is no explanation for why 6-year-old kids have the same level of mental maturity and genius as a grown man. Right from the beginning, we see 6-year-olds engaged in mind-games and politics against each other. This would be okay if the story presented some form of explanation for why these kids have such mental stimulation, but if we just look at the experiences of the MC Ling Lan, there is no instance where the kids undergo any kind of mental augmentation at all. Even for Ling Lan, there is no explanation for why the "learning space" provided by her AI assistant expects 6-month-old children to be able to understand the human language and also start playing mind-games against trained military instructors in order to obtain training. One of the more annoying aspects of the story is the author's obsession with Chinese nationalism. Right from the beginning, we are made to understand that the new Federation is just the author's idea of a Chinese space empire. Later on, we learn that their main enemies are the Empire, which is overtly declared to be a Japanese colonial space empire, signaled by their use of the rising sun as their symbol and how their commanders all use childish Japanese words in the middle of the military talks to further clue the readers to that fact. The author also makes it clear of her vehement hate for the Japanese in several passages where she references the Nanking Massacre. The Japanese troops are always dressed in black, have black mechas, and are blamed for a lot of the faults in the government because of their agents who have infiltrated the Chinese government. In addition, the Japanese commanders are portrayed as incompetent egotistical maniacs who know nothing about their own troops and have to rely on their subordinates to make decisions for them. The Empire is very clearly a stand-in to express the author's own rage against the Japanese. The author also has a terrible habit of releasing spoilers in the middle of the story. It's as if the author is constantly afraid that her readers can't understand the implications of things, as she often reveals what will happen in the later chapters as an implication of the decisions that are taken in the current chapter. For example, very early into the story, in the middle to talking about Ling Lan's father's legacy, the author directly tells us that her father is not actually dead and will return in a later chapter, directly spoiling a major part of the story for us. Overall, this story is cute and humorous. It fits into the standard trope of female-oriented CN novels where we see an overpowered female lead who plays mind-games to defeat all her opponents. However, don't come into this story expecting to find any actual science-fiction elements, competent villains, or extremely consistent internal logic.

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