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Interesting take on the whole 'Transported/Reincarnated Into Another World' novel trope.The story follows Issac, which is an extra in a video game that the Protagonist used to play. One day suddenly the Protagonist replaces Issac and now will live his lives, being an extra in this "Game World".TLDRRefreshing take on an isekai harem novel. Actual personality and character background that makes the female leads feels more "alive". Chad Protagonist who gets the job done and doesn't whine all the time. Not to mention they have YANDERE (I mean who doesn't love yandere).Full ReviewAt first when I heard the title of this novel, I have doubts whether or not this would be a good read. I've often met novels with similar plots such as these which talks about an MC who reincarnated/transported/etc into another world or into a game world, and they would start out as a weak character who is underestimated by others but he continually trains hard, and proves them wrong.This novel has those essence in the story, and at first I was pessimistic thinking this is just going to be another beta MC who whines all the time, and that the story would be filled with unbearable tropes with their harems which has no characteristics. Well, I was proven wrong.Amazing World building and Plot TwistI have reached about 100 chapters of the story and I can say one thing, which is this story has amazing world building and an intricate plot that keeps me guessing about the characters and how the story will move forward. At first I thought that they wouldn't think too much about the actual world and background of each character since that's what they commonly do with many isekai novel (which focuses on OP MC, Harem and Fanservices). Well, this novel isn't one of those.This novel actually delves deep into the background of each character, and makes you wonder what makes them do what they do, especially the current antagonist of the story, Spoiler
which is Alice, who is supposed to be a student council president but she secretly working behind the scene to help the Demon God ressurect
[collapse]. There are many other time where you wonder about how the story would develop, and what is the actual backstory of a certain character, including the MC himself.Harem Members with Actual PersonalityFirst off, unlike the common isekai harem where the MC are surrounded by many girls who just so head-over-heels for the MC and just straight having no characteristic other than being "damsel in distress", and serves as nothing but fanservices, this novel actually gives personality to those characters and each of them has their own backstory. Here those female lead are more than a 'trophy' for the MC that only purpose was to chase around the MC without any character development or purpose to the story, but instead acts as their own person, making the world and the characters feels more alive.Hardworking AND Smart MCYou might find these traits in other isekai harem too (although not all have these traits), but I personally find Issac to be different from those other MC, probably because of how he approaches problem, by not overthinking and overcomplicating the solution (to look smart to us readers), yet he still makes those solution to the problem unique and interesting to see.Are there other similar Novel such as these one?I would recommend the novel "Fated To Be Loved By Villains" and "Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!" since both has similar settings to the story, and has intricate plot and world building, along with actual personality to the female lead.