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Main Heroines is a fantastic webnovel. Its strongest point imo is undoubtedly its plot twists and meticulously written overarching mystery.There is this big complex mystery surrounding the whole story starting from its premise, and its very intriguing. When you go back and reread after a while, you realize that everything is foreshadowed really well with so many hints sprinkled throughout the whole novel. But even though we get so many puzzle pieces, it is still difficult to piece them together to get a grasp of the bigger picture. Once you think you've understood it, another curve ball comes and you have to rethink your premises. Its so fun to speculate about this novel and see the theories others cook up. This is one of those novels I prefer to read as its being translated than binge once its completed.But even if speculations and mystery is not your cup of tea, this novel can still be very enjoyable for its interesting premise, characters and drama. Compared to many other novels, the heroines here are proactive and their actions constantly influence the direction of the plot. Most of them are also competent and clever, which makes it quite enjoyable to see their pov. The main character is another interesting one. He is a very kind and selfless person at heart, but his role forces him to be cunning, manipulative and evil. Its interesting to see the effect this has on his psyche. Although it hasn't been explored nearly as much as I'd like it to be, I think it will come into play later. Finally, antagonist (s). Having good antagonist (s) is essential to keep a story like this exciting for me. I won't elaborate due to spoilers, but from what I've read so far, the potential here seems high. The drama is decent and emotionally loaded, but the writing can definitely be seen as needlessly melodramatic at times, and also lacking some subtlety which weakens the delivery for me (for this reason I feel like this story would work much better in a visual medium). But I also think the writing is improving as the story goes on.The only thing holding this novel back for me was the amount of love interests there were, and how their development fell into the same pattern that revolves around the MC. And I really wish it didn't cause these are genuinely interesting characters with other things going on for them. Finally, the pacing is pretty damn good. Almost every chapter has something that fuels speculation about the mystery or some unpredictable turn of event that makes the story more fun, and like user araragiKun mentioned, the author doesn't drag on points for too long, which is so refreshing for a drama laden novel like this.Overall, this is a really fun webnovel I'd recommend if you enjoy a well-paced complex multilayered mystery, competent characters, unpredictable plot development, and some harem romance.
