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This story is totally unexpected, especially compared to other JP BL novels (shounen-ai or yaoi) that most readers would already know what to expect--this story is plot driven and in the first arc, the novel can be classified as a proper seinen novel.Of course if you read seinen genre, there will be familiar cliches--but as a BL this story is out of the norm (there are other serious fantasy JP BL but I got real invested in this one).Spoiler
I dived in this wanting to read simple BL novel with typical plot, even typical isekai plot of OP chara or MC making a harem. But boy oh boy, I got way too invested in the characters and I was not expecting deaths, but alas that is typical with seinen-like JP stories, there will always be tragedy in the middle.
[collapse]Focusing on the story itself, MC and ML are likeable characters. MC is not quite typical, it felt to me that the author wants to make a different kind of MC with the set-up of typical isekai character and it works. I can't say much for ML since he's just starting to have airtime, but I like him (and not a typical ML too).I'm just blabbering at this point. Anyway, this is a comedic serious story that feels like a seinen if not for the romance between MC and ML (and the many mentions of men-men relationship info).The translation is top-notch, thank you very much translator-san and editor-san and proofreader-san.