The Villain Only Wants To Live a Buddhist Life Chapter 516 Discussion

Discard the description. This is a HP retelling fanfiction with Pokemon summoned through alchemy to Yugioh battle.

I think it's worth the investment but dont expect a galge or villain novel.

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The author started out small. Most HP/Pokemon/Yugioh references were surface level. Around chapter 50 he starts branching out and having fun. His emotions/ideas translates well to paper.

At first I didn't like how he wrote Harry or Ron. BUT the characters do get better and more enjoyable as they diverge.

Alchemy and Yugioh duels are a great idea. Really balances out pacing (though some battles take to long / can be skipped). The Pokemon are very cute

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Story pacing:

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In most CN novels the author avoids the main plot to elongate the story. This works in this novel, it reads like a HP book. The Demon God (like Voldemort) is omnipresent but not involved.

At ch.450 ends the first year/book. Assuming 6 years/books there will be 2-4 thousand chapters. I dont expect the Demon God to appear for another 1000 chapters (but who knows)

The MTL is also pretty decent so I suggest binging. Pokemon names arent translated but I found it pretty easy to figure out

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Miscellaneous:

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I liked the cute moments with the cards

I think the harem is well done. They are 12 so it's mostly crushes that could develop over the course of the story.

I think the "otherworld information" is done SUPER well here. To summarize, post-war teaching is improved by the MC. He doesn't know more just has learnt more efficiently with modern tricks. This makes the MC come off as very smart without ruining other characters/setting.

Some teachers / situations felt so s*upid to me. I wanted to bit*h to them through the protagonist multiple times.

Dark is a fun protagonist after they stopped punishing him for being interested in things (that got dropped quickly, Thank God)

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