- #1
The premise of the novel its self is a rather unique one. I'm not entirely sure however it carried out that premise with good execution. Rather what makes the premise unique is the duel body part of it other wise we have already seen gods, demi-gods, an the mystical qi/battle force/chi and magic powers play out in other novels.Story structure wise however I would say this is a decent/average story. there are parts however that are in the story an you could take them out completely an get rid of a few paragraphs worth of reading an it would have no effect on the story line.For example the whole emotional and sensation sharing between the bodies. one body is bathing with a naked girl an the other is trying to learn from a god which causes both bodies to feel the sensation of arousal played out in the ordinary nose bleeds and flushed faces. you could take out almost everything from that section of the story an it would have zero effect on the remainder of the story. an that wont be the last time that happens either; for example during the tournament tyre the male body does some... gymnastics lets just say while the female body is taking a bath with more naked girls. so there are parts which are kinda pointless to the actual story as a whole that frankly should not be there because while it does serve as comedic relief there is nothing to be relieved of. its not a grim dark tale that needs the occasional injection of comedy.There is apart of the story that wants you to believe it is grim but the grimness of it has yet to actually play out. for example there is a scene which kinda implies the duke is willing to do anything to keep lunaria (the female body) as essentially the family s*x pet as in a meeting he refers to her as a piece of meat to rear children. including brain washing with a love potion. an you would think the ominous warning the crab god gives tyre would play out like the duke is gonna do something. an NOTHING actually does happen aside from "hey claude you should go out with her you know; you can ignore your actually finance (the princess of the empire mind you). come on I know and seen how you look at her!"The grimness the story wants you to believe it has might come out in later chapters but so far nothing of the sort but even with this flaw and lack of exploration if you will it is still a decent story in of its self and worth reading.Now back to the premise of the novel.Credit where credit is due at the very least it touches upon the subject of psyche and changes to the psyche in regards to having a different body but than again perhaps the gender bender stories ive seen just s**ked because the ones ive read almost never touch that subject at all.That said inspite of touching the subject (with a finger nail) it just solves the issue with a s*xual arousal test within the first 1-5 chapters. an its passed off as sense he did not get wet or feel a sensation when focusing his attention on his male body using only his female body but got hard doing the reverse that his male side is dominant and that somehow makes his male body the original body.Do you see why I am saying I'm not sure it had good execution on its premise yet?Another were credit is due thing however is at least it acknowledges the thought over load two minds have on a single conscious an the MC or rather MCs have to do a bit of practice to get use to everything.That said however men and women are different biologically. an these biological differences do play out in psychological differences and behavioral differences. gender is a "spectrum" when it comes to behavioral/personality and psychological differences. there are traits that are more expressed in women than men and vice versa. for example men are more likely to act out violently when they get pissed off women however tend to be a bit more manipulative and back stabby especially if they hate the person for whatever reason.There is no exploration of having none genetically identical minds which is something I would have liked to see because they are not identical minds/brains there should be two different internal thought processes going on with the MC thoughts.Yet again however is played off as male mind is dominant an "maybe there is some residual influence from the female mind.. maybe".All due to the s*xual arousal test he did within the 1-5 chapters. which is another thing since the minds are not identical he should've been aroused by the sight of his male body when he purely focused it through his female side if you will. no matter how small or big DNA does influence these things an the majority of the population is straight. that's just a fact; its like saying Japanese and Chinese people are the majority in japan and china, or that Koreans are racist (there is a reason why the racist Korean sterotype exist... most sterotypes exist because there is truth to them on some level) and islamist are Islamic supremacist.Anyways there is no real exploration to having basically two different unidentical minds. just because they share a conscious does not mean the minds/brains themselves are identical. even with a dominate mind there should be some sort of influence from the other mind. for example humans we all have multiple personalities we just keep our personalities from clashing with each other unlike those with personality disorders. for example you don't treat your friends as if they are family do you? nor would you treat your co workers the same as your family. you do however have a dominant personality. it is the personality which expresses its self the most but at the same time you don't entirely act upon that dominant personality 100% of the time. for example you could be a fairly out going person an be shy around new people like most humans are. these behaviors to an extent contradict each other an that is because you don't nessicarly act upon the out going persona 100% of the time.You could be a kind altruistic person but I highly doubt you go out of your way to look for the homeless and starving to give them money and food because you don't act out on that persona 100% of the time. an that is not entirely a bad thing.Because one persona or side is more dominant than the other does not mean that other personas/sides don't influence you.