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It's not a bad commute read, but I do have a big gripe with it. The author doesn't seem to have drafted much around the middle because there are a lot of tangential subplots and plot elements being introduced. Like the concept of witches which were never mentioned in the first 200 chapters but which suddenly appear as a seemingly major antagonist.Essentially, rather than a single overarching plot or hostile organization, this novel tends to explore a variety of unrelated incidents (e.g., the Edna-mirror incident) which are cleanly and completely resolved at the end of each short arc, but don't necessarily contribute to a 'main' plot otherwise, aside from the MC potentially gaining brownie points with another character or powering up.This clearly differentiates it from similar academy-transmigration novels where the authors tell you in advance (or at least foreshadow) who and what the primary antagonists or major conflicts are, with each event being a precursor for the end of civilization or something similar. As a result, we're 251 chapters in so far and have no idea how the world supposedly ends or who's responsible for it, aside from what we already know from CHAPTER 1. Evil dragon. Even the MC just ambiguously refers to it as the 'end of the world' with no further details.That is, the subplots progress in the form, incident begins -> MC describes incident -> incident progresses -> MC resolves incident -> new incident begins. No foreshadowing. No connection to previous arcs (aside from brownie or reverse-brownie points). It's not even apparent that the MC has made any long-term plans, he just kind of solves things as he goes, which is a bit depressing for a transmigrator. I'm convinced that he's only going to infodump when the final arc begins.There are also obvious issues with not really fleshing out anyone other than the MC's harem. Even within his harem, all of them are either ice queens or airheaded. If they didn't have looks and magic then they wouldn't have anything, because they sure don't have personality. There isn't even comedy to redeem them. The only funny part might be the fact that a reverse dating sim turned into a standard harem game.So ultimately I think it probably lands somewhere on the lower tiers of academy-transmigration novels. It's not a bad commute read, but it can't be called a good one either.
