- #1
Maybe it's the translation or the author, but it's hard to imagine or understand what's happening in the story.The way the author wrote the culture, setting, and terminologies often made me lose focus on the story because they're not explained well to a person who has never heard of these things before. Yes, I've heard and seen some of the words before in other media and novels, but most of the terms feel like they were just thrown at me as if it's expected that I should already know these things. Like if someone is a new reader of a novel like this and they barely know anything about the culture, they would scratch their heads and drop the novel just as fast. Because while I want to read something, I don't want to research about the topic while in the middle of reading a story. It just feels exhausting.The MC isn't any different from other Cold Protagonists in Unlimited Flow stories so I don't feel anything about him either. Yes, he's cool and pretty but his personality is often either angry or indifferent.The story feels like it's lacking something that makes it alive. While the first arc was bloody and brutal, I barely flinched when it was described. The mystery surrounding the deaths in the first arc was supposed to be intriguing but instead made me feel bored and impatient.I tried to read the next arc but I just can't force myself to read anymore. So yeah, it's 3 stars for me. Sorry.