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It is an Adventure story in a Fantasy World. The story is told from the perspective of a Main Character *Asley* - a logical, analytical person, who after Millenia of Hikikomori lifestyle devoted to scrutinizing study of Magical Arts decides to leave his comfort zone and go out to see the World. Of course, not on the own accord but rather under nagging and trolling suggestion of his familiar doggo Pochi. As a person Asley is a very relatable character, as many issues he faces are very commonplace in our daily lives. However, in order to save the readers from the depressing prospect of self-reflection and endless reports on his analysis, the Author has paired him with hell of a Troll Familiar, who always deescalates and neutralizes boring situations with her out-of-place comments. And now, together they are going to face the REAL WORLD and all variety of its ridiculous, obnoxious and life threatening events in order for us to see whether a Nerd and his dog companion could come out of it alive.-----------The distinctive traits of this story IMHO are:- Although MC is somewhat OP in certain perspectives, the Author presents this in very balanced manner and had made an extra effort to pack a set of drawbacks, which Asley is attempting to overcome. - The storytelling is quite well tuned, pace of events are not overwhelming, the progress of the characters is rationally conceivable and there are very little dull moments. - Characters are very well compiled but are all described from the perspective of MC, so... the evaluation of them is based on same standards. Nonetheless, there are very little plain characters who fulfil the roles of place fillers. Most of them are interactive and have certain role in the Grand Scheme... - Grand Scheme.There is one, but it is kept quite vague and the progress is not so linear. Throughout the story you will keep gathering fragments, which you would then have to put together to solve the puzzle.... and most of the time fail to do so correctly. (Isn't that fun?!) - Romance.No, the story is not reduced to another harem comic. Many Thanks to MC being completely Noob in this aspect and continuous pestering of one certain doggo. Overall, the romantic elements are present and kept... rather on the scarce side of the balance. - Adventure.Since we are talking about a Hikikomori Scientist, he is by no means a nomad that travels all over the world. No, he actually tries to stick to one place and do as much as he can until the next turn of event forces him out to meet new scary things. And believe me, there a lot of them. Although this element is not extremely vivid, the adventures that do happen are rather refreshing and medium to high quality of content. There will be more than enough challenges for Asley to overcome... leaving the audience to guess how the heck is he not dead yet?!- Comedy.Yes, this is one of the most prominent highlights of the story. The sense of humor, although being Japanese, is very well timed and integrated to the core of the story. Ridiculous moments not rare but always conforming to rationale. And as I mentioned, there is a lot of trolling... tones of trolling... Hell, reading the interactions between Asley and doggo can be called a standalone reason to checking this novel. The sense of humor and the reaction of its victims cannot be called anything but veeery relaxing. - Guidebook.All in all, if you seek some useful value in this novel - it will be its presentation of Communication Skills or lack thereof. The story of MC is a guidebook of how you should and should not do things. With a colorful depiction of the consequences, it teaches you enough about what you should not do and how exactly whatever you intend to do should not be done. Still, there is an exception: none has figured how to deal with Women, so we cannot blame Author in not presenting anything on this topic.Anyhow, this is my review for now...
