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"The Hero Took Everything from Me" part, wrong : MC doesn't care about being expelled from the party. On the contrary, he has more free time and can do things that were forbidden as a member of the Hero party, like going to brothels or to the s*ave market. "So I Partied with the Hero’s Mother!" part, wrong again : MC never goes on quests with the four mothers. All of it is a big lie.
[collapse]Next the MC :SpoilerMC reincarnates in this weird world with the mentality and abilities of an adult from our world. That's why he's more responsible than the other party members (they are 15 and it looks like their parents taught them nothing) and why he's attracted to adult women and not teenagers. At some point of the story, MC is turned into a Dragon God and his special power is Absolute Luck. That means that everything he wishes for happen without any struggle. All the chapters centered on MC are absolutely uniteresting from this point on.
[collapse]The mothers : SpoilerI really hate the mothers of this story. The author tries to make them look like victims, but as the story goes, they slowly lose any redeeming qualities.
Before having a family, the four mothers were S-ranked adventurers. On top of that, they mentored the previous generation of the Hero's party and even rescued the two survivors after the party failed to kill the demon lord. But when their own children are chosen to be the next generation of Hero, they didn't teach them anything and show nothing but contempt when they hear about their children failures. Why? Because MC was the only one in the party able to cook or to do laundry, so they pushed all the chores on him. But at no point of the story do the mothers think that they failed their kids education.
Once the three girls start to live with them again, the mothers don't start to teach them what they lacked or even take care of them. They spend their time showing how superior they are to their daughters without mentoring them, when it's not just straight up bullying. The worst victim here is Lida, the Sword Saint. After their final defeat, she suffers from heavy PTSD (we are talking about injuries like missing limbs, not just a few broken ribs). Even if her injuries have been treated, she can't hold a sword without her hands shaking. The mothers consider that fighting is the only thing she's able to do as a Sword Saint, so they spend a lot of time "training" with her three against one while she can't fight at all. One day, Lida finds a magical sword that can fight in her place. With this sword, she is able to fight back against the mothers and the previous sword saint... for about five minutes. After that, MC shows them that the magic sword reacts to killing intent and that if they approach stealthily like an assassin, Lida can't fight back. After that, the mothers really seem to enjoy tormenting Lida again (I really hate them all). She is finally helped by Zecht, the Hero, who forces her to do other jobs. She finally ends up working at a daycare center and enjoys working with children.
[collapse]The Harem : SpoilerWhat's the point of a harem? To have your MC having a relationship with different type of women. This story fails at something as basic as that. The four mothers all have the exact same personality. I'm not even exagerating, when one talks, the three others parrot what the first just said. I remember that Shizuko is the Hero's mother because she's the first to appear in the story, but the three others are all the same to me because there is no need to try to remember who is who.
Later, three other women joins the Harem, but once again, they are all the same, just slightly younger than the mothers. At the end of the story, the goddess joins the harem too, but she has absolutely nothing that makes her stand out either.
The number of wives here is just there for the fantasy of MC banging four women at the same time. But if you're expecting a few hot scenes, I suggest you to read the manga. Even if only a few chapters are out, there are nice illustrations if you're looking for hot moments. The novel has no description of those scenes if that's what you're looking for.
[collapse]Zecht, The Hero who expelled MC : SpoilerSurprisingly, he's by far the most interesting character of the story. Zecht starts as the typical arrogant brat who can't do anything whithout MC, but fires him to have his harem with the three other girls. Once MC leaves, everything goes sideways, they plan to beg MC to come back, but they finally take their responsibilities as the Hero's party. They still face two major defeats. First is a dragon stampede that they fail to repell. Said stampede was caused by MC, but nobody blames him for it. Second is a fight against a demon general far stronger than the actual demon lord. MC comes and saves the day, but can only beat the general because he's been truned into a dragon god. After that, Zecht decides to disband his party and to give up on the title of Hero, as they are not worthy of it. Plus, the girls don't have the will to fight any more and ask to go live with MC. Zecht leaves to the capital of the next country and works as a solo adventurer.
There, he works his ass off to become a better man, reads books to gain the knowledge he lacked, he does quests that nobody else is strong enough to do like dragon hunting, but also quests that nobody wants to do, like plowing fields and sewers cleaning. In the end, he regains his title of Hero, not because the Gods or royalty said so, but because all the people he has helped are giving him this title again.
Later, he goes back to their village to apologize again to the girls and to MC. But there, his own mother doesnt let him meet them and treat him like the worst of scumbag. She's not interested in what happened to him and what he has accomplished. Why? Because he "abandonned" the three daughters who wanted to stay with MC in the first place... (No, seriously, I hate the mothers... and Shizuko is the worst of them.)
[collapse]The "I f*cked your moms" moment : SpoilerI'll be honest, this moment was a big part of why I read this novel, hoping it would be a satisfying scene to read. But no. Once again, this ends up being a huge disappointement. This revelation happens when MC rescues the Hero's party after they' been defeated by the demon general. Zecht and the others have been mutilated, tortured, they are barely conscious, when MC arrives to save them shouting "LOL I f*cked your moms." Seriously, nobody cares about that at this moment.
[collapse]The Afterstory chapters : SpoilerI stopped reading shortly after the end of the story because everything that pissed me off in the main story was still present but even worse.
The afterstory happen 500 years after the end of main story.
MC has decided to turn all his wives into goddesses so that they can live eternally in Heaven together. Someday, he decides to have a child of his own with all his wives. Not 8 children, but 1 child made from a drop of blood of the eight mothers, one drop of his s*erm, two minutes in the microwave and TADAAAA!!! The child happens to be an exact replica of MC.
Zecht has become the greatest king humanity has ever known. The girls are recognized as the greatest Sage, Saint and Sword Saint of history. Have they finally gained some respect from their mothers ? Nope. They are still treating them as failures. (Did I say that I hated the mothers? Because I really do.)
Zecht dies of old age and his wives (the three girls + two other women) want to follow him in the afterlife. But the goddess forbids one of them (Mel, the Sage) to commit su*cide because the child wants to go to the mortal realm and needs a babysitter. MC's wives keep insulting Mel every time they talk to her for no reason.
The child becomes the new MC. He's even more OP than MC in the main story but completely lacks common sense on top of that. I completely lost interest after that.
[collapse]This is my first time writing a review and I didn't plan to write such a wall of text. If you've reached this point, thank you.TLDR : Don't read this novel. If you want some hot moments with older women, read the manga or another story focused on that. If you want a "revenge after being expelled" story, any other of this genre is better than this one. If you want a Harem story, any other harem novel is better than this one.