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[Note that I'm trying for a stricter personal rating scale; your star rating may vary]Simple and cute popcorn reading. I also suggest reading the manga, which edits things down at the start and gets straight into the true focal point of the series: Fran. The only downside is some visualized le*dness, which doesn't come through the same way in the novel.Some stories are great, but not readable or easy. Reading and following them requires some effort, and if over long periods of time of following a translation project that effort required exceeds that of the immediate enjoyment you get from single chapters it becomes tougher to keep on going. These sorts of reads are better in bigger batches.Reincarnated As A Sword is the opposite. Pretty brainless, fluffy and devoid of nutritional value, it's like a bowl of popcorn flavored with cuteness and crunchy with the occasional gory dismemberment, but with some actual core story going on that you care about in some vague sense. You can pick up the newest chapter and not worry about what the plot was up until then, it's just five minutes of comforting routine.So obviously better than 98% of the other stuff on this site.