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TL:DR The author stops writing detail after chapter 10, and each chapter after feels less appealing to read than the last.In the beginning the author put lots of explanation into the science behind molecular bonds, and the magic the main character uses with it. He goes into detail on rice farming and molecules, and yet he hardly describes things later on.My first gripe about the story, is the forced misunderstandings the author puts in. In one scene, the main character will show someone his sword, without the ice powers in use. This makes the sword look like a big handle with a small knife like blade attached. In another scene, he will show a different character the sword with the ice power in use. These two scenes have a completely different impact on the characters, because obviously one is a weird knife and the other is an ice light-saber. The author conveniently decides that the main character will absolutely only show their power to people who are inconsequential to the story, and never show their power in front of characters who are very consequential.My second gripe, is the lack of believable interaction between the main character and the world. Not a single interaction between him and other people came off as believable. Every interaction felt like two sock-puppets, and felt completely unlike how people interact. I would say, the main character generously describes himself as not a genius, I would generously describe him as dumber than rocks. The conclusions he comes to, for why someone is behaving a certain way, or the decisions he makes about people are all the dumbest furthest from the true reason possible. He behaves and uses magic completely differently when he's by himself in the forest, and when he's with people. He goes from using strong versions of his magic all the time, to using it once in a while or not at all. Even when fighting wyverns, he nerfs himself so that his traveling partner can get a hit in. He also stops almost all practice of his magic or sword fighting when he's in the company of others, even if they're practicing near him.My third gripe, is how time skips are used to say the character got stronger, but not how the character was affected mentally by living alone for decades training non-stop. It's never really touched on, but many aspects of it scream about how the author put no thought into how this would change a person. The time skips don't affect the main character mentally, he doesn't lose the ability to speak, or change his personality. It's just a means to say, "in this period of time, the main character continued to do the things he was doing and nothing changed except he got stronger the end". It's very disappointing and a clear sign the author didn't give a sh*t when writing this novel.My final gripe, is about how much knowledge the main character has before coming to this world. He knows how to perform a number of survival feats that would elude many people today. He knows how to tan hides, how to make footwear, how to farm and prepare raw rice. He knows how to skin, bleed, and prepare raw animals, as well as detailed information about molecular structures of water, ice, boiling water. It's not super clearly described what he did before he died, but this man has lots of very specific and detailed knowledge on lots of things needed to survive and it's definitely too convenient.P.S.I don't like when the author says a monster or person moved at sub-sonic or super sonic speed, and that the main character dodges them. It's completely unrealistic and breaks all immersion. That's like asking me to believe an average salary man dodging The Flash.