I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated (WN) Chapter -- Discussion

I tried really hard to like this story after reading the first ~3 chapters of the manga. Story takes off when he meets Fran a child catgirl s*ave whom he decides to help to make her dream of evolving, which her parents died trying to accomplish.

However, the story falls a bit flat because before the MC even met Fran he killed and stole the skills of one of the most dangerous and high level monster infested area. I really wish it focused more on Fran since she's a catgirl from a fantasy world and not another Japanese guy who died from a car. I want to learn more about this new fantasy world and how it works not about the weird hang ups from otaku Japanese sword dude.

I wish the sword wasn't so OP in stealing all the skills and giving it to the girl. I wish it was more creative with the skills used and wasn't so on the nose and brute forced. The skills and abilities feel a bit earth shattering and made up as the story goes along. I find the sword and the girl's relationship to be quite cute and hope it doesn't go down the lo*icon route.

My biggest problem with this story is just that the tone is all over the place. Like some other reviews mentioned, the catgirl is sometimes kind and a child while other times a merciless killer who tries her hardest and at times is really self motivated. The MC is a loner otaku that doesn't trust anyone except when he meets cute girls or the story needs him to. Lots of wasted potential in this story for me.