Breakthrough with the Forbidden Master Chapter 218 Discussion

This is another novel that taught me to not judge a novel by its title. I have seen this novel around for quite some time in novelupdates' index but I ignored it because the title reads like a ghey CN novel from jjwxc. One day, my finger sleepily slipped and I touched the hyperlink for this novel. Only then I found out that this novel is a JP novel. Seeing that there is no yaoi tag there, I started to read this to see if this novel will get into my 'recommendation' list or not.

Voila, I am so impressed with what I have seen from what has been translated, I decided to continue reading the raws, for 4 consecutive arcs.

Spoiler

This whole novel is pretty much a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann fanfic. The fact that it gets a novelization without being sued to the hell and back is a mystery by itself.

The first arc (tournament arc) is great, second arc (the first best friend arc) is meh (the only good thing in it is the MC met his DFC Princess Nia waifu) and the third arc (where MC met with a guy similar to the dragon guy from Demon King, Retry novel) is just a little bit better. The fourth arc (another tournament arc) is just as good as the first one, which greatly redeem the series back. And from what I have read for the fifth arc as of now, it should be better than 2nd and 3rd arcs, but not as good as the 4th or 1st ones.

Conclusion: Novel needs more tournament arcs?

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⭐⭐⭐ from me as of now.

edit: As of latest chapter 218...

Spoiler

The fifth arc turns out better than expected. It is not good as the preceding 4th arc but is vastly better than the 2nd and 3rd arcs. This novel could have been much better if the author doesn't make the 3rd arc as bad as it is now. Maybe a rewriting is in order for the 3th volume of the light novel?

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