This is probably my highest rating I have given, 24/25 or a 4.8/5. As of writing this review I have probably only read up to half of what was translated and I had to stop reading to collect myself and prevent myself from ugly crying.
A tl;dr review: It’s just like the HI3 story, there’s hope and joy but there’s also tragedy. But in the end, the finale will be a joyful one.
Ok now to the long review.
Writing Quality, 5/5:
This is a piece of translated work so gender pronouns are a bit all over from time to time especially at the beginning. However the translator does an amazing job at keeping the quality of this work at a pretty high level even going out of the way to change the MC’s name to a more suitable one for this fanfic. So props to you man, even if you are doing this out of fun, praise should be given where praise is earned.
Updating Stability 4/5:
As of writing this review it has been 17 to 18 days since there has been an update, I would usually give this a 3/5 but the chapters are pretty long so I’ll add a point, and there’s nothing wrong with it since you probably have to take a walk after a few chapters to not get depressed. The story is dark, full of tragedy, and honestly if the storyline wasn’t this good I would have stopped for the almost needless suffering. So the translator has been translating some other lighter works and i highly recommend them if you can’t take this seriously heavy story.
Story Development 5/5:
*this is probably the longest part*
I would give this beyond 5 if it was allowed, this story is amazing; it has twists and turns, it has hope, it has tragedy, it has fun, sadness, hate and so much more. But I have to warn you that this fanfic is quite dark, like seriously dark at times and I almost dropped it.
The whole premise of this series is a type of ‘life sim’ you would see, but the sims are pretty long, like the first simulation was 50 chapters long (trust me, with how long each chapter is, it’s long), and that was the first one. The first few chapters with the ‘good kid’ and ‘bad kid’ thing at the first few chapters really rubbed me the wrong way and I almost dropped it.
You can treat each simulation like a different save file or a new game+ but the MC only gets fragments of his memories each time he goes into another simulation.
But after each simulation he gains a significant boost, and he carries a significantly different persona each time he goes into a different simulation, there seems to be an angel theme going on in the background, but I won’t theorise too much on where it’s going.
Furthermore, this story is based on the pre-civilisation instead of the modern one with Homu dolls everywhere. So instead of St. Freya it’s Fire Moth instead and let’s just say that if you played the story of Sakura in the flamechasers bubble world you probably know the theme of this fanfic.
Another thing that I want to point out is there is an ‘Epilogue’ for each simulation, which is in the Elysian Realm and it threats our MC like a game character with his own stats, abilities, skills, etc. I really like to read those chapters and these epilogues also mostly come from the perspective of Raiden Mei when she joins Gray Serpent.
Character Design 5/5:
The MCs name is essentially ‘Hope’ they play with this name a lot in the 1st and 3rd simulations which I do enjoy. The MC through a series of hard work and also the guidance of fate ‘Fate’ gets abilities that are ‘heaven’ themed with ‘Water’ ‘Fire’ and ‘Wind’ as of the three simulations and each simulation is completely different from the other, but every simulation, has a sort of connection to them all, and that is ‘rain’, it will play a large role in the story and also Skadi! We all love Skadi in this story and if you read it too you will love her too, and no she’s not the love interest of the MC. The main love interest seems to be Sakura for now? Its hard to say cause Elysia and Eden are also part of this messy love triangle, square, thing.
World Background 5/5:
It’s HI3 in the pre-civ era, its an amazing read.
That’s all for my review and I have to say that I ugly cried after reading the 3rd simulation to its end. This story is a masterpiece to make me feel so much in so little time.
