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Ha... The moment the first translated chapters of this story were uploaded here, I was one of the first to notice it. I loved it so much I was always checking for more chapters everyday. This page didn't even have comments yet back then. Now, it's been 11 months since I dropped this. It took me that long to finally be calm enough to leave a comment.Shoushaman, as I call it, was and still is not tagged with 'romance' and 1 year back, was not tagged with 'marriage'. Considering that the MC was blabbering about how he liked being alone and shit, I was happy that maybe, I can actually finally read an isekai story with a true loner MC, not some chuuni who didn't understand what being a loner means.It was fun at first and the MC was really relatable. The author seemed to truly understand what loneliness means, the complexity of a person who wants to distance himself from others but at the same time, becomes easily lonely. It was really a good read even though the production and crafting parts were kinda cringe but hey, I didn't mind that at all. There were also some really good friends who had their own little stories with them, plus a cute wolfie.And then, as usual, it fell apart - at least for me - at the introduction of a love interest. For someone who talked so much about wanting to be alone to the point of even quitting his job and moving to the middle of nowhere in Hokkaido, he sure got into a relationship fast in the other world. Considering that the chapters were short and mostly talking about his trips to town, his friends, his daily activities, etc., he sure suddenly became extroverted upon seeing some tits.Am I against romance? No. Am I against character development? Definitely, no. A hundred plus chapters, all talking about the most mundane of things, but a handful of chapters from being single to having a girlfriend? It was not even all about them building their relationship... Not at all, only mere mentions of seeing each other once in a while. Fudge. Superfudgery.Author-san, would it kill you to write a proper get to know each other phase? A proper transition from being a true loner to wanting someone by one's side? That little by little opening of the self to accommodate another person into one's life? You started so well, author-san... This is betrayal.Most "loner" characters in lightnovels are not really loners by nature. They are mostly loners as a result of unfortunate social interactions. It was rare that we have a character who, by nature, was not the type to like being around others at an extended period. It's something I can relate to and that's why it's so meaningful to me. I wish the author did not write it this way. It made the MC look like a pretender and the girl, his wife now I read from the comments, cheap. The romance that could have become very appealing, became no different from other harem stories that were not really romance but just more about stroking the fantasies of pe*verts.I dropped this at chapter 126 so if ever the author improved things, I won't know and I also don't want to continue anymore. Some people may not understand my disappointment... It was my mistake for connecting to the story a bit too personally. I should have known better.