- #1
The first world really seemed like a "snu snu can fix everything" type of story and the romance at the start seemed shallow, because most of what they did was snu snu and the side characters just seemed to be problematic for the sake of being problematic with all sorts of unnecessary drama, even ending with a bad ending (personally, I have no issue with the ML doing the do as a snake but that is another thing that might put off people).
[collapse]The following two arcs also did not have so much substance, although there is fluff and enough dog blood to keep you entertained BUT THEN! The quality jumped up! All the following arcs (that I've read so far) are worthy of praise. The villains are threatening, there is character development, believable relationship progression and in some parts I even had to pause my reading to digest what happened because of the suspense and fear of what will happen to the MC and ML.SpoilerThe characters are clearly not OP, the amount of times the MC got hurt or almost died fighting (especially in the fifth world) really made me anxious that the story will end that way and the worst thing is, is that sometimes it did. I am so grateful for the relaxing primitive world that came after all those heavy hitters from worlds 3-5 because if you're reading the story, you'll need a break from all the doom and gloom. I consider the endings of each world to be a good ending if they end with the ML's evil value dropping to 0 because that is the ultimate goal of course, even if the MC and ML are not able to live out their lives happily together, so be prepared for tissues.
[collapse]SpoilerSome info on the fifth world. The MC turned into a guy and has to befriend the ML in prison to be a spy for the police (she never intended to follow that through though and just wanted to move to a different to escape the horrible fate of the original body). They become tight "brothers" but never crossed the line (so no snu snu) because a side character who was an undercover police (hate that dude, you do so many despicable things but still manage to get away scot free) was also tasked with sending info to the cops and as the MC usually has bad luck, the blame and suspicion fell onto her after the police almost captured them. So of course, she ends up dying in the hands of the gang the ML leads (although the ML tried to keep her hidden). In the end, the ML only found out she "loved" him at the funeral. Tbh, I decided to share this info because I thought this world was treated really unfairly, in all the other worlds, the MC and ML were able to "love" each other but in this world it's always kept a secret and given that it was kind of a BL storyline, it just left me feeling iffy.
[collapse]The last point I want to make is on the translation work. The translations done by MadPanda and Novice Translations are what made me decide to give this story 5 stars. I am not verbose enough to explain how good these translations are. I can just say that the text is adapted in such a way that it seemed to have been originally written in English instead of just being translated from Chinese. All the feelings and floweryness? Have been perfectly replicated, which increased my enjoyment in reading. I hope more readers will pick this story up because the translators deserve to have a larger audience.