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I want to put 3/5 but for some reason I cannot.Tldr; The romance goes nowhere. The growth is purly about gaining power and not about using it well or strategically, except in the very beginning. It becomes all about who can use more brute force. There is no character growth from anyone in any form. The big exciting moments get the chair pulled out from under them and become very unsatisfying. The good thing about this book are the few power trip scenes that actually sound cool, and that's about it. Still, I read to ch 280, obviously it's got an interesting setting, but I'm just upset with how the author used that setting. So much missed potential. [Before ch 75]It has good development in the drama of hero vs villain, but terrible development in romance. I find myself wanting to keep reading to see where the plot goes, so it's definitely engaging.As for the romance... honestly it got to the point where I had to convince myself MC was just pretending to be a clueless straight guy for the pride of the woman around him while he secretly hides that he is gay. Why did I have to convince myself of this? Because it is incredible irritating to read about the romantic moments otherwise. Typical isekai dense protagonist, except this one actually knows about their feelings and still acts dense on purpose, that's why I decided to believe he is secretly gay and is struggling to tell the girls around him about it. Of course the girls aren't much better, so I've also convinced myself a few of them are secretly lesbian but due to various reasons they have to try to be straight, unfortunately they just can't get into it so they keep struggling with it and create the awkward scenes we see. Honestly I could go into so much detail on the backgrounds I fabricated just to justify everyone's behavior in regards to romance, like prejudice or political motives, anything makes more sense than what the author gives you.I know I ripped on the romance, but the story itself is interesting. As long as you can find a way to get through the irritating romance development, I say give this one a read.[After ch 180]It's a bottle of chiches. It has great moments, but everyone slowly devolved into idiots. Spoiler
The sun country gave command of the army to the most biased character in the story, and yet there is no reasonable justification for it. What, because she can see the future? That's better as an advisor!
[collapse]Oh and MCs character development I was hoping for? Doesn't happen. He remains the same near the end as he acted in the beginning. This is the character development so far: SpoilerNever gained any confident, never grew into the potion of the hero, never took responsibility for his 3 girlfriends (as of ch 180). No matter how much crazy stuff MC goes through, he still acts like a coward and idiot, I'm not joking.
[collapse] Honestly, I predict it will follow that pattern for the rest of the story. I finally realized this story isn't about the characters growing while overcoming adversity, like how it advertised by having a weak MC. They took the saying too seriously. They gain power after adversity, but that's all they gain. If that doesn't sound like a problem to you, then you may enjoy the novel. There's a hint about what I mean in the spoiler for the character development.[After ch 280]The author has no concept of build up. I'm sorry to say but so many things just had the air take out of them because the author, I presume, is writing what they want, not writing what will be entertaining. That's fine! If that's what they want, that's fine. I will say what they are good at though, impactful scenes. I imagine they had the idea of the scenes and made the story around that, a fairly common story for authors actually. SpoilerLike the goddesses. What happened to them being enemies? Now they are pretty much all buddy buddy. Yeah, I get that is a more realistic solution, to befriend the rulers of the world, but it makes a terrible story.
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