Reincarnated as a Little Fairy Chapter v231 Discussion

In my opinion,

Good for lighthearted, mindless reading. Repetitive in format, this story seems to follow the formula of MC Does Something (Unknowingly/Out Of Curiosity) --> Thing Done is Miraculously Beneficial--> Everybody Gets Wowed--> MC doesn't understand and Goes Off to do something else--> Repeat, with slight variations along the way. This is the main punchline of the story so far.

The MC is made to be extremely obtuse and bland, unable to understand or observe the ramifications of their power, thus serving as the vessel for the misunderstandings to proceed. They do not seem to have any defining personality or character, showing intense curiosity when it is beneficial to the story, but not diverting any of that curiosity towards themself, their history, their power, the specific individuals around them until deemed necessary in the story.

For the fact that political intrigue and scheming is involved, with a kingdom on brink of collapse and a mysteriously powerful antagonist entity introduced, the story is impressively bland. As mentioned by another reviewer, the interspersed character POV is extremely common, usually repeating events the MC has already gone through but now with the flair of "Wow, what MC did is amazing and incomprehensible and impossible but it helps me and/or the people around me so it's okay and I don't have any other thoughts other than how valuable MC is!" While stories of this type can use this technique to develop characters and the world, it somehow seems the inverse in this case, which is pretty amusing.

The MC also does not seem to have any real strong opinions of their own-- they assist in the killing of bandits as they just arrive in that world, but do not have any thoughts other than: "Well, it's to be expected, they are bandits. Tee hee! Time to move on!"

Side characters have some attributes of their own but nothing that actually makes them stand out, not unexpectedly. Recurring POVs just touch on and revolve around the MC, so not much development there in terms of character. While interesting viewpoints and details are brought up, these are more than likely to be glossed over or never delved into deeply again, well. In terms of intelligence, so. There's definitely intelligence there and some thinking going around. Its definitely intelligence, yep. It exists.

Now, I understand this story was made to be consumed easily by everybody, fluffy and light hearted, where the MC is a blank slate for readers to easily insert themselves into, but just because something is SOL doesn't mean it has to be boring, dull and drab, you know. Popular, or even just good SOL at least have some significant level of character or world development, because that's who the story is so centered on-- the main characters and their close environment.

By neutering a story so much, you have effectively driven away purpose, in a sense. And I don't mind SOL, or stories with thousands of chapters. I like them. I have read chapters almost entirely spent around explaining the price demarcation of a fictional newspaper and the press environment around them. Why? Because I had a vested interest. Because there was creativity. Because there was a clear heart put into what was written. I'm not asking for perfect, or even decent, but sometimes you just read a story and factors just combine into this big stinking "no", even if there aren't exactly problematic elements in the story.

It is very subjective for this kind of thing though. What I can say for sure is that if you don't mind reading something vapid, not particularly memorable, and not even to feel anything, just to read it to use up time, go ahead. I may not enjoy this story, but I certainly hope someone out there will.

I don't hate it, because there isn't exactly something for me to hate anyway. It's just shallow. So shallow it's not even a plate, it's a straight metal sheet. And I guess that's my main gripe. Or I'm in a bad mood today.

Give it a try! Who knows, maybe you'll love it. About 5 ~ 10 chapters should be good enough, don't bother reading onwards if you don't like it, there isn't anything groundbreaking lying in wait there.

Anyways, good on the author for sticking through. Hundreds of chapters is some dedication, I can give them that. I hope it makes them happy, writing so much.

Translator (s) are just amazing, by the way. Imagine if this skill was used on a more... Well, on another story. Either way, thousand kudos to translator-sama, that release schedule and impeccable translation is actually miraculous. At the very least the English is good. Thanks for the hard work, you can do it.

Hope this review (?) has helped you, reader.