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A strange novel. Initially, while reading the first 30 chapters, I had the strongest urge to give this a 1 star and just leave. However, once the basic settings are established, the novel starts redeeming itself a little.First, we can discuss the beginning of the novel. The intuition I got while reading was that the author simply didn't hold even the slightest love or affection for the world they built. Basically every aspect of the novel is either cliché or stolen. There was basically no innovation or original aspects at this point. On top of that, the author actively showed disdain towards character building. The best example I have of this is an excerpt from chapter 15. It reads: "I wasn't interested in whatever realizations Mateo had. When he heard Ian's main character philosophy or beliefs, and reflected on himself, it was obvious that he was talking about something like that.... (one protagonist monologue later)... This bastard hasn't finished talking yet?" When I read this, I was incredibly close to dropping the novel. Moreover, the story arcs in this part of the novel were shockingly bad. There was basically always zero setup, zero climax, and zero resolution. Arcs were wrapped up in just a couple of sentences, like the author was getting bored of their novel. It was really just terrible all around.However, the novel thankfully starts picking up from here. The main reason is simple: in this world built by the author, they only hold affection for the female leads. You can honestly forget everything unrelated to the female leads, and it would not affect your enjoyment of reading the novel in the slightest. This is especially true for the few male side characters introduced.Thankfully, at least the way the author handles story arcs and emotional resolution was drastically improved once the female leads were properly introduced. Don't get me wrong here - the novel is still just at a very basic level. Everything about the novel is still cliché. Despite that, I was impressed enough by how much the novel managed to improve that I'll forcibly give it a 4-star rating, even though it probably only deserves a 3.5 or so in my eyes.Overall, you can read "Demon Limited Hunter" if you're interested in reading about a transmigrated MC building his harem. If you clicked on this novel looking for anything else, my advice would be to look somewhere else. The harem aspect is somewhat well done, but everything else is mediocre at best.