Kokoro Connect

Uhm... any sauce?

from the beginning tbh

This isn't really a review, more of an observation on the nature of the "misunderstandings" sub-genre common in these novels. I usually get annoyed by them, because they often end up being a narrative tool to encourage one-sided affection to form without having to write an actual compelling romance, and sometimes the misunderstandings are actually never resolved even after a relationship forms. Any romance built on the back of a misunderstanding is inherently flawed and indicates a severely lacking author. Cale often gets misunderstood by others, but although the motives behind his actions are often not as altruistic as everyone seems to believe, it's a fact that his actions are undoubtedly good and would send the same message even if he weren't being misunderstood. In TotCF, the misunderstandings are more auxiliary than anything, a means for readers to see the difference between Cale's self-perception and the perceptions of others, with a tad of comedic relief. Amazingly well-written.

Underrated and it’s like a little father daughter story for a little bit

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Although it got bad towards the end. It is a great novel especially if your new to the genre. I would recommend the legendary mechanic next for anyone interested. Now that takes it to a whole nother level in terms of quality.

The story is good, this is my first time reading a combination of a game and modern martial arts genre(I'm surprised when I learned that) and i'm sure many people will find this interesting, i'm currently at 200+ chapter now and there's some revelation that made this novel really unpredictable(it became somewhat complicated because of MC's other bro's background, i don't want to explain just read). The MC is mysterious and op, the problem is that the progress of the story is really slow, it took them 200+ chapters to finish that Really Beginners Village. Well, just let it be, because the story nn itself is really mysterious too.

So I finally finished the novel. Gotta say, the story was pretty funny. While the end was slightly anticlimactic, for the most part, the story is funny and not really a serious story. Though IMO, the story was at its funniest at about 2/5th of the way (enough to put me constantly in tears), the story still consistently gave me a chuckle throughout. But this is on the premise that you can laugh at the MC’s actions. If you don’t like him, you’ll most likely hate him throughout the entire novel. His personality becomes somewhat milder near the end, but it’s still pretty static throughout. Super outrageous, very shameless, talking mad shjt throughout the entire novel to not only his enemies, but sometimes even his friends and underlings. Yeah, MC’s kinda a djck in general, but it’s pretty funny seeing him be extra djckish to others (racking up those rage points) and getting away with it.The story, while it isn’t really serious, does have some story structure to it that you don’t always see in Chinese novels. There are multiple storylines being juggled throughout it and all of them connect to the overall story arc in some way, which would affect MC’s situation, even if the MC himself isn’t a big part of them, so I do like that the world is fleshed out to us readers so we know what’s happening behind the scenes.I do like that all the powers in the novel seem fragmented, even those in different worlds. Many times I’ve seen novels where the MC’s world is fragmented but they’re facing a united monolith enemy so the MC has to unite his fragmented world to fight them. That’s not the case here. Not only are all the powers still fragmented throughout, even the different worlds’ factions are infighting, so there’s a lot of chaos on all sides that get taken advantage of. And many times, these factions will try to wipe each other out, too, just like how the MC’s world’s factions will, so everything feels a bit more organic than in other novels.Speaking of the worlds, there are mainly three worlds involved, the typical cultivation world MC starts in, a more modern-day technology world (not the same world MC comes from), and a Lovecraftian world. Three big worlds with their own factions fighting each other, and infighting in those factions, too. There are also secret factions, lone rangers who do whatever they want and cause trouble on their own just like MC, etc. The series is surprisingly packed for a relatively shorter novel (only 660 chapters compared to many other novel’s 1000-4000 chapters).While not a perfect novel by any means, there was a lot going on, enough to keep the pace going without dragging the story out. There are only a few points in the story where MC is truly disadvantaged, but it’s a result of his own hard work, I’d say. When his power is “making people mad = increases cultivation”, he shjt-talked his azz off and worked hard to become shameless— I mean OP, so no complaints here.The ending I feel was open enough for there to be a sequel if the author ever wanted to make one. MC finally gets what he wants. MC’s dad finally gets what he wants. Everything’s all fine and dandy. All and all, a good funny novel to waste a week on.…well, my only gripe is that MC’s a bit of a djck to his son, too, but other than that, good novel. Maybe that could be the foundations to an afterstory or a sequel? Who knows…