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This is one of the best gender-swap reincarnation stories I've read. If you can imagine songs in your head while reading the climactic music + combat scenes, you will enjoy it.Pros: The two-soul and shared-body concept is great, because it highlights how the two protagonists personalities compliment each other and softens some of the usual isekai excess. Each is a genius in some ways and has clear deficits, and the growth of Ciel is great. Fluffy lead character relationship without them acting bubbly to others. Aincel's disembodied confusion over her gender identity is handled very well. Steady progress. Tension and personal stakes, though there's power fantasy. The magic tropes aren't intrusive or gamified, beyond the Job system. Reasonable amount of foreshadowing. Less like a child-rearing novel than an older-sister and younger-sister story slow-burning towards a strange romance as they both emotionally mature. Re:Library / PunishedLyly is a good translator.Cons: Power fantasy, though there is tension and personal stakes. Low-effort isekai worldbuilding, though it's not the focus. Loli stuff that isn't explicit but still bugs me, YMMV. Not enough chapters translated to gauge long-term plot.My big concern: Because no side characters have any visible romance, nor has romance properly come up even once, the author hasn't proven they will make the inevitable girls-love elements have any practical connection with the world. There's some possible foreshadowing the author knows what they are doing but there's just no evidence yet.