I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated (WN)

I would recommend this for a read. However, I have to be honest—the first eleven chapters were quite a chore to get through. It only became truly engaging when the living sword finally met its wielder.

Spoiler:
A certain expressionless lolita (?) cat save-girl who wanted to evolve or something.

Sure, here's the rewritten content:

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I’m not great at writing reviews, so I’ll keep it brief. I absolutely love this novel. It’s true that it’s still early in the story, and the first eleven chapters can be a bit slow. However, I have some experience with novels, and I can see a lot of potential in this one. If you’re interested, give it a read, show some support by liking, following, or commenting—whatever you prefer. It might just motivate the translator to release updates more quickly. (The translation speed isn’t too slow, but I had to try, right?)

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This primarily revolves around a sword with a beast-loving, lo*icon personality that was passed down from Earth. I think the main character (MC) makes a lot of questionable decisions, but that's common for most MCs. Additionally, I feel the author is rushing to increase the number of chapters, possibly due to a lack of substantial plot development.

Guys, this is the best. I'm not sure how many of you who read novels like Overlord ended up here, but trust me, this novel gets better the more chapters you read. As you dive deeper into the battles and conflicts, the story becomes increasingly engaging. If you're curious about the final outcome, each fight introduces new theories and twists. The narration is superb. I hope you'll take the time to read it all the way through until the end.

First, ignore the cover image of the light novel; it gives a completely wrong impression of the story’s characters. Spoiler:  
Like what the hell is Fran wearing?! She only owns and wears armor in the story.

Second, read the first 20 chapters (they are short, so it’s no problem) before commenting or deciding how the story is. Not everything has to start with a meteor shower, Truck-san, or a pair of boobs. Spoiler:  
No ecchi for you here, only gap moe.

Maybe 11 chapters of a sword explaining the abilities and showing the mind, weaknesses of the main character (MC) could help with world-building.

I liked it enough that it became the first web novel where I read the raws until the latest release and now have started to translate it together with Ensign.

Bad points first:
- The MC sometimes rambles. Spoiler:  
(well, he only talks to like 3 people in 180 characters, so of course he talks to himself)
- Short chapters? At least this means it will be released more frequently.
- Has only the most necessary world-building.
- Very few point-of-view (POV) chapters (I really like this kind of chapter).

Good points:
- Good pace.
- MC is a sword, so NO HAREM.
- No MC solving everything alone. Spoiler:  
or even cares to.
- No moral preachiness.
- Fran.
- Fran's dialogues.
- Fran's grandiose speeches.

Well-written isekai with an interesting twist but held back by some flaws.

One of these flaws is the main character (MC): not the homicidal, excessively cute catgirl, but the reincarnated magical sword, a murder hobo, who acts as her master. Too often, he comes across like those overenthusiastic jerks at little league games.

This leads to the most significant flaw: the novel has elements of an *excellent* slice-of-life story. However, these great moments are weighed down by an overly technical, game-like skill/talent system that feels contrived and relies too much on deus ex machina. Seriously, this novel is *so* close to being excellent but is consistently held back by grinding combat and game elements.

If you can tolerate the grind (and have the patience to skip through unwanted parts of the novel), this isekai is still a solid recommendation.

This is a heartwarming father-daughter relationship novel.

The story begins with the main character (MC) reincarnated as a sword. After a bit of mischief, he meets Fran, who rescues him from being stuck, thus starting their master-student relationship that feels more like a father and daughter bond.

There isn't much else I can say about this novel except that it is incredibly wholesome. The characters introduced are not particularly engaging, there's almost no character development, and the slice-of-life segments are quite dull.

While slice-of-life elements in fantasy novels can be used for world-building and exploring different cultures, this novel doesn't delve into those aspects. Instead, it focuses heavily on food and cooking, which, personally, are the most mundane and overused slice-of-life topics.

However, the fight scenes are quite impressive. The MC utilizes every tool at his disposal, and the action sequences are vividly described.

The plot isn't overly complex, but it's not simplistic either. If you're looking for a heartwarming father-daughter novel, this one is definitely worth reading.

I was told that this story got better as it went along, but no, it didn't. In my first review, I didn't explain the reason very well (well, I'm usually mostly intoxicated, and I still am right now).

This series suffers from what I would call the "Bleach Effect" (does anyone even remember Bleach anymore T.T). I have read about 70-80 chapters since my first review (I'll keep my previous simple-minded thoughts in the spoiler section). By the Bleach effect, I mean a story that lacks direction. The story has nowhere to go. It doesn't have a clear narrative like becoming the Pirate King or Hokage. Instead, the story continues for the sake of continuing, with each new challenge or problem. A plot is an end goal, something the story aims to achieve, even if it ends mid-way or changes course. So, this story is purely an endurance test; you will read it until you get tired (with 343+ chapters and still going, huh? I guess I'm not wrong). I'm not saying that the story will never have a plot in the future, but I am saying that the plot will not be the center of it. One of the few series that manages this somewhat effectively is One Piece. It has a vague plot, characters with motivations and reasons (very important) to follow the said plot.

My second issue with the series is the deus ex machina, or what I call the "ass-pulls." The magic system in the series is out of control. It does whatever the author wants it to do, trying to be both a video game and real life. Even Dōmachi had a more believable magic system. If in this world someone can regrow an arm and leg with high enough healing magic, what stops people from being able to resurrect the dead? Another story that started similarly is Dragon Ball Z, infamous for characters sabotaging themselves for the sake of creating tension. If you can revive people from the dead, most dangers afterward become meaningless. So, in this world, if you don't know a good healer, you're screwed.

My final issues are with the characters and tone. The tone is all over the place. It doesn't know where it wants to be. It vacillates between being very childish and edgy, sometimes even within life-and-death situations (some fights have incredibly stupid banter, even when the enemy is super strong). The characters are stupid, bland, and archetypes. They have skewed personalities, especially the protagonist, and lack defined morals. Even after 80 chapters, all I know is that the cat girl loves food and fighting, and the sword-wielding character is a loli-con/father archetype.

**Spoiler**
How bad can a story really be? This is a question all writers must face during the creation of their work (it's obvious I had no idea where I was going with this nonsense). It's bad. Really bad.
I can only guess that this was written by a man-child (also likely a deviant with anger issues), with basic education (maybe middle school, possibly high school? If it's high school, God help him). It's really disappointing when you can feel that there is a lot of heart in the story, but just like how I play the guitar with a lot of heart and no one hires me, the execution falls flat.
It might get better, it might get worse. However, I got all I needed to know from a few chapters. It isn't for adults or children but for teens—escapist teens, specifically. If you like that sort of story, well, you might like it.
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