- #1
I will not be finishing this novel, I am far enough into see where the story is going and determine that it is not worth my time. The novel has some high points and is interesting enough to have kept me on for more than 50 chapters. It is funny and the face slapping are pretty satisfying. The gags hit most of the times and the characters play off each other well enough. The world is flushed out pretty well and is an interesting worldbuilding.The reason I can't continue is that I personally don't like the characters and the CP's interactions. The MC is supposed to be transverser and is clueless genius type, which is fine, he does give some good laughs. My problem with the MC is his hypocrisy, if he is a fool just let him be but don't turn around and make him say stuff that makes it clear he is aware and is just being a jerk. The MC would be so much likable if the author will just go all in and make him the blunt honest fool with high IQ but low EQ, instead the MC just comes off as hypocrite and a liar. The ML isn't any better. The ML is a high-cold flower tsundere, but comes off as a blank slate. The ML's tsundere moments fall flat cause there is no contrast. If the ML is suppose to be a high-cold flower on the outside than let him fumble and blush or act like an angry baby to the MC to playoff his lovestruck foolishness, but what we do get is him being lukewarm at best and blank through most of their CP interactions with side-characters doing the bulk of the CP lifting.Overall, not terrible enough that I will hate but not good enough to recommend. It is kind of tepid like the ML and full of cheap laughs like the MC.
