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"It could have been great" 4/10Redflag:Spoiler
The main character is a dhampir.
[collapse]Too many genres and too many tropes, though I blame the author writing talent equally. For a feel-good slice of life, I find the complicated and dark intro unnecessary and a letdown. It was like being promised the heartstopping, insurance-not-guaranteed, fatally thrilling ride - only to be shown after that 200 meters high nosedive is a traffic jam. And you don't even get to crash!! Ofc, it could have been premature of a review, but 40~ chapters (3 volumes worth) in and I still have to wait for satisfaction? If you wish to read it, avoid my mistakes and start from the 2nd or 3rd volume. Wait till there's actual development before you turn back and read the 1st volume (or don't, I skimmed 60-80, it doesn't get better). Better yet, read slime tensei or dead march. They're better example of this type of novels.SpoilerP/s: And that's why I was pissing on the author's writing talent. That dark episode of parenticide could have been a f*cking flashback, gradually introduced to expand and explain his f*cked up attitude, with the added bonus of not f*cking up the story and not f*cking with readers expecting intense dark and gritty stuff, or at least tie both aspects of the story closer together and make actual sense of it.
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