- #1
TLDR: ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS ONE WILL ANNOY YOUThis novel starts out great. You have a bad ass heroine who is making all the right moves to get out of her predicament. The ML is no slouch either and he has his own depths and problems as well. Both of them are established in their character and the first arc reads like pure joy.Then comes the second arc and the a$$pulls, deus ex machina, competent characters suddenly going completely s*upid, moronic plot devices start to roll out like cheap garbage off a chinese assembly line. It just got reduced to complete unreadability and by the middle of that arc I just didn't care.So 5 for the first arc1 for the 2nd arc overall a 2things that may well bother youSpoiler
19 year old marrying a 10 year old girl
8 year old girl trying to sell herself
Plot elements that come from nowhere with no introduction
Characters being powered down because the author can't figure out how to put them in peril
Characters that walk into obvious traps obliviously
Characters placing trust in people despite having every reason not to
Characters that switch from Sherlock Holmes to Mr. Magoo in a blink of an eye
Fights where the win is just pure plot armor as it has already been established the "loser" can beat the stuffings out of the winner without breaking a sweat
PLOT ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RULED OUT POPPING UP AGAIN FOR NO REASON
That damn japanese forgive people who just betrayed and tried to kill you for no effing reason.
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