Russian_Ace

yeah i would be too, 100 years ago ffs. he had a century to grow out of it so any of that bullshit lingering around drops this from like 3 stars to 0 in an instant

he should obviously act along the side, he has the ability to observe them remotely so he can learn all about them satisfying his curiosity, he can help them out when they get into places where he thinks he should. the longer he remains as an unknown to them the more the story thrives and the more fun it is.

uh. no? obviously not? the entire purpose of this novel was to be a pre-apocalypse rich guy with an army, bunker and enhancements not some generic throwaway self inserted into the existing plot? I'm sure the author won't take this option but even mentioning in passing such a dumb idea can turn people off a novel, I've dropped them for less.

its fine, honestly cat snuggles and the non-interactions with the main plot will be the best parts here. I was pretty disappointed when the bunker people in the show ended up being super weak, lacklustre and overall underwhelming. their entire story of being like an unknown technological force of nature was basically the only thing I enjoyed from the 100. I'm reading this novel exclusively for the catgirl affection moments and to relive that experience, having the main cast react to this weird enhanced dude in a high tech suit with an army of droids and an overpowered catgirl (if they can tell) at his side. once the cute stuff stops or he gets "revealed" to them, as in steps out of his suit and starts acting all human with them, that's when the novel falls apart to me. maybe if by that point we've developed stuff enough that there's something else to keep reading for then it'll work but that shouldn't be for like 40 or so chapters from now at least.

this feels like it's played for comedy rather than anything else, our anti-hero voldemort reincarnation put into hufflepuff? I hope other major decisions aren't played as jokes like this one, house isn't the most important thing ever but using it as a one off throwaway gag feels kinda cheap.

I'm having trouble figuring out the direction for this novel, being reincarnated as a young voldemort without a prior to reincarnation personality means atleast this is an anti-hero story, it could possibly be more villainous than that but i doubt it considering how stuff has played out so far and obviously it can't be a hero story or something. the issue is why have the old voldemort still in his head? that would only work for a different, more hero like story, where the old voldemort plays the primary antagonist. for this story the best i can come up with is that he's supposed to be the "system" for this world so the author can give us information in a way that feels natural, the issue being that systems feel intrusive sometimes and voldemort definitely seems that way.

this whole mute thing is pretty fast and loose isn't it

terribly contrived and obviously stretched the rules of what's allowed by his mental shield but it beats having to sit through another blueball fakeout of a romance scene I guess.

that's... it..? I mean technically the author didn't just cut to the "next morning" trope and had like two lines alluding to the romance plotline but that's IT?? One Hundred And Forty Chapters of blueballing and build up for our first glimpse at romance to be less than a page of vague hints. at this point I'm starting to think the novel is going from "misleading clickbait" to a flat out scam that just threw a bunch of tags into the mix to pull an audience.

it's fine, it'd confuse things since we'd have two Harley quinns as love interests otherwise. as long as you don't spit in our faces by making the scene end by them just smash cutting to "waking up the next morning" or something next chapter it's fine.