I Reincarnated as the Villain in an E*oge, But Before I Realized, I Became a Capture Target Chapter 24 Discussion

I have to disagree pretty heavily with the previous review... I mean, it's a novel that has "eroge" right in the title so if you are thoroughly disappointed that the ML is acting like, y'know, an eroge ML then.. I don't know how to help you. The author sets up pretty quickly what kind of story this is (the prologue literally opens the novel with dub-con smut!) so I'm surprised anyone could get past the first 4 sentences and think it was supposed to be plot-focused. Nothing about the plot/characterizations is really outlandish or "s*upid" either if you actually consider the genre of games that the author is referencing -- both the novel title and synopsis explicitly tell you that this is going to be another isekai setting where the hero is dropped in a fantasy world except this one is literally inside a het hentai game, so I would think most readers would be expecting the writing to mimic hentai logic and language to some degree. Complaining that the characters are too pe*verted when the setting is a hentai game world feels pretty silly, like ordering a rib-eye steak and complaining that you were served meat when you're a vegetarian.

I think the smut is actually really enjoyable to read through because even if their first s*xual encounter starts with dub-con, there's a lot of internal dialogue from the MC about how much he enjoys the feeling so it doesn't feel gross and forcible. It quickly becomes apparent, too, how much the ML loves Zagan and only Zagan so I didn't really think of him as a scum stallion... a little bland and underdeveloped, maybe, since his only defining feature is really "loves Zagan" (but again, eroge setting so I wasn't expecting some groundbreakingly complex and nuanced ML).

Surprisingly, I genuinely enjoy the world building in this novel, with the different attributes and the mystery of what happened between the three gods. As the novel progresses, the smut slows down a little bit and I find myself more invested in the actual plot of the story (which starts out pretty thin, understandably).

Because of the somewhat carefree pacing where it's not super tightly structured, this has become a comfort read for me where I'll read 2-3 ch. every day or two. It's not a gripping read where you binge and desperately need to know what happens, but it's fun as a lighter fluffier story with some pretty well done smut.