Hello guys, Kyosei here, I know my update stability is very very slow that I am honestly not sure what to do about it. It might take me a while before I reach the 100th chapter but bear with me. The chapters will be slow for a while in this novel because all my attention was focused on my contracted novel. I have to earn money or I can't pay for my expenses every day. I also have work I need to focus on so I am quite having a hard time writing a single chapter and if I have to push myself, I ended up sleeping due to fatigue. But once I finish the Chat group for Magicians, the updates will be frequent again. Thanks for everyone that still sticks around.
writing quality:4. not many problems and it is legible. Some editing would really help.
stability of updates:5. very frequent. not much else to say here.
story development:5. story is developing. fast. very fast. mainly due to the insane leveling speed of the main character that there needs to be a fast plot development.
character design:2. main character is bland. side characters are bland. every person seems bland. All that is known is a not very ugly guy grinding in insanely fast speed because he knows things due to reincarnation and that he isolates himself.
world background:2. not enough details that would explain the world. It is one thing to neglect the real world as the main focus is the game but to neglect the world building in the game as well? that's a big mistake. in the beginning village it can be excused because MC really just skipped past it and just grinded until he could enter the city. But even after he enters the city there are still no details. MC just goes somewhere and he is there. where is the direction? what does the place look like? what are the landmarks? MC is just grind grind grinding that the world building is severely lacking.
THE BIGGEST FLAW OF THIS BOOK: EXP GAIN
Before level 10, the exp for a level up seems to be in the hundreds. between 10-20 the exp seems to be in the hundred thousands seeing the levels he gained from killing first boss class monster. okay. explainable as he has 300% exp gain from his title. good explanation right? no. MC is a VERSATILE class, which author stated IS INSANELY HARD TO LEVEL UP. Following that reasoning, MC should at best be slightly ahead of the other players, given his knowledge from reincarnation that gives him an edge over others. However, by chapter 34 every other player is still below level 20. guess where our MC is at? OVER 50. Author also stated in the beginning that it took him about 25 years to reach level 500 so here I thought it would take awhile but our MC gets to level 50 is like less than a week (or is it a month?). In any case. at that pace, MC will probably get to level 500 in probably a year.
Don't expect too much. It's not the worst, but neither is it the best. If you can ignore the exp problem, this is great for reading if you got nothing else and are waiting for other novels to update.
even though this novel seems to have been republished it still has very bad english. Terrible world background and story development. It is as If it was written by a 2nd grade kid.
ok first off, I have read up to chp 116
the story it self is good the execution is not..
as I was reading I noticed a ton of inconsistent thing like when he kill the necromancer in his mansion he should be pretty high lv, definitely above lv 50 since in the past he bought tier 5 skills that can only be bought after lv 50.
Now I'm reading that at the end of Chp 115 MC is lv 49 yea nah
Like I have said in the beginning the story is good but the execution is not because of these inconsistencies.
if you can turn off your brain and just enjoy the story anyways have fun, if not wait for a rewrite is it ever comes.
I also have have some problems with the MC's personality and reasoning something in regards to his family and friends but whatever, as long as Author-san can fix the inconsistent content of this book with regards to lv and progression this book will be great
I use to love this novel but the new updated version completely destroyed it... Author fix this bull**** please. ....................
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I've read upto chapter 39 and this are my views so far.
1. Great world buildup, the whole ancient technology turned vr is really good and the back intime thing too.
2. The mc's buildup is a little underwhleming considering he was one of the most powerful players is hard to believe given his choice in equipment and skills.
3. A good rpg gamer knows that although active skills are important, passive skills are a great boon especially in early and late stages, but so far with his low mp he ends up choosing all the active skills with really no passive boosts, at least mp regen skill or mana potions or something.
4. Before he died the mc used quite a few skills. Then you said that they could use skills in the real world. but then his mother gets into an accident and instead of using the skills from the game he decides money matters first, with the possible case of amnesia or even memory loss don't you think the mystical power of the skills would do better than modern medical means, also if they need certain conditions or lvls to use skills in real life you should have specified them early on.
5. Now the last, mc has a cheat weapon, it can gain lvls by 'devouring' other equipment, but instead of feeding every equipment you sell most why? since devouring basically any equipment gives it exp then super grind of equipment should have been the way to go. And the mc's constant fear of using better equipment is unfounded in my opinion.
But anyway this are all purely my opinion and views and you are the writer and you can do anything you want, but im just laying it out there so that maybe it will help in your endeavours.
it starts out great, but every thing is over explained , I guess it would be a great book for someone who knows nothing about video games, ill continue to read more when I'm less annoyed with reading every little thought and action someone takes
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stability of updates:5. very frequent. not much else to say here.
story development:5. story is developing. fast. very fast. mainly due to the insane leveling speed of the main character that there needs to be a fast plot development.
character design:2. main character is bland. side characters are bland. every person seems bland. All that is known is a not very ugly guy grinding in insanely fast speed because he knows things due to reincarnation and that he isolates himself.
world background:2. not enough details that would explain the world. It is one thing to neglect the real world as the main focus is the game but to neglect the world building in the game as well? that's a big mistake. in the beginning village it can be excused because MC really just skipped past it and just grinded until he could enter the city. But even after he enters the city there are still no details. MC just goes somewhere and he is there. where is the direction? what does the place look like? what are the landmarks? MC is just grind grind grinding that the world building is severely lacking.
THE BIGGEST FLAW OF THIS BOOK: EXP GAIN
Before level 10, the exp for a level up seems to be in the hundreds. between 10-20 the exp seems to be in the hundred thousands seeing the levels he gained from killing first boss class monster. okay. explainable as he has 300% exp gain from his title. good explanation right? no. MC is a VERSATILE class, which author stated IS INSANELY HARD TO LEVEL UP. Following that reasoning, MC should at best be slightly ahead of the other players, given his knowledge from reincarnation that gives him an edge over others. However, by chapter 34 every other player is still below level 20. guess where our MC is at? OVER 50. Author also stated in the beginning that it took him about 25 years to reach level 500 so here I thought it would take awhile but our MC gets to level 50 is like less than a week (or is it a month?). In any case. at that pace, MC will probably get to level 500 in probably a year.
Don't expect too much. It's not the worst, but neither is it the best. If you can ignore the exp problem, this is great for reading if you got nothing else and are waiting for other novels to update.
the story it self is good the execution is not..
as I was reading I noticed a ton of inconsistent thing like when he kill the necromancer in his mansion he should be pretty high lv, definitely above lv 50 since in the past he bought tier 5 skills that can only be bought after lv 50.
Now I'm reading that at the end of Chp 115 MC is lv 49 yea nah
Like I have said in the beginning the story is good but the execution is not because of these inconsistencies.
if you can turn off your brain and just enjoy the story anyways have fun, if not wait for a rewrite is it ever comes.
I also have have some problems with the MC's personality and reasoning something in regards to his family and friends but whatever, as long as Author-san can fix the inconsistent content of this book with regards to lv and progression this book will be great
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Thanks for the great story thus far sir. Hoping for more and faster updates.
The progression is great by the way.
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1. Great world buildup, the whole ancient technology turned vr is really good and the back intime thing too.
2. The mc's buildup is a little underwhleming considering he was one of the most powerful players is hard to believe given his choice in equipment and skills.
3. A good rpg gamer knows that although active skills are important, passive skills are a great boon especially in early and late stages, but so far with his low mp he ends up choosing all the active skills with really no passive boosts, at least mp regen skill or mana potions or something.
4. Before he died the mc used quite a few skills. Then you said that they could use skills in the real world. but then his mother gets into an accident and instead of using the skills from the game he decides money matters first, with the possible case of amnesia or even memory loss don't you think the mystical power of the skills would do better than modern medical means, also if they need certain conditions or lvls to use skills in real life you should have specified them early on.
5. Now the last, mc has a cheat weapon, it can gain lvls by 'devouring' other equipment, but instead of feeding every equipment you sell most why? since devouring basically any equipment gives it exp then super grind of equipment should have been the way to go. And the mc's constant fear of using better equipment is unfounded in my opinion.
But anyway this are all purely my opinion and views and you are the writer and you can do anything you want, but im just laying it out there so that maybe it will help in your endeavours.