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TL;DR - I'm seriously not joking here about the writing quality. Ignore everything subjective matter I bring up: the writing is objectively BAD. It's like the author is trying to write a simple story for 6 year olds. Details? Proper exposition? Proper dialogue? Who needs any of that when you have I S E K A I R E V E N G E.Warning to anyone who wants to read this story. The quality of writing is that of a primary school kid who still hasn't learned anything about language (Japanese in this author's case). This is seriously bad. I'm not even talking about the content. That is fine, if nothing but cliche, with a few nice twists I didn't see. The author just f*cking SUCKS at writing, period.This... is a story that would be much better if the author wasn't such a failure as a writer. This is seriously garbage-tier writing quality. The translation is honestly not bad at all, though the editors need to be shot because they are terrible and know nothing about English. The content itself is not bad, at least until the end of ch10: it's the quality (or complete lack thereof) of writing that utterly kills this story.Well, that and the male MC giving in to such a ridiculous demand at the end of ch10.It is garbage like this that makes me look at Japanese LNs in massive disdain. Weak-willed male MCs is the bane that just needs to f*cking die already. I wouldn't even mind the (frankly annoying) female heroine if it was for any other reason than Spoiler
her throwing a temper tantrum and stealing something from Iori and not giving it back until he capitulates. And the weak-spined idiot does exactly that. Ffs, I would've preferred her to quite literally follow him and be even more annoying than for this kind of cliche sh*t to be acceptable.
[collapse]I'm seriously debating dropping this purely based on just how BAD the writing is. And with how much I do not like the heroine introduced and the weak-willed male MC combines in a bad way.Nidome no Yuusha is leagues better than this, based purely on writing quality, let alone the content. Not to mention, by ch10 in NnY, a LOT more sh*t has happened because the author of NnY is actually competent and knows how to write a story. 2 stars for now. If I see any improvement before I drop this, I may change the rating. I'm honestly being a bit lenient with even 2 stars considering how BAD the writing is.
