Disguising Myself as a Man to Become a Knight! Chapter 95 Discussion

If you've read any cross-dressing reverse harem japanese novels or any dense protagonist reverse harem japanese novels, this novel follows the general cliches and trend. However, it's still an enjoyable light hearted read within the confines of its genre.

We follow Sheila's adventures through the knight academy as she strives to become the first female knight while hiding her gender. Along the way, her indomitable spirit and cheerfulness attracts the attention of notable people within the academy.

Sheila as a protagonist is delight. She's been sheltered as a commoner all her life and stumbles with interacting with aristocrats but she's determined and kind. Her romantic emotional intelligence is negative but she makes up for it with surprising bursts of emotional intuition (as long as it's not matters of the heart). A less extreme Bakarina archetype but a similar charm. Not everyone will like this kind of dense sunshine type but I think Sheila's done well and she's not immune to doubt and stress.

The plot is mostly lighthearted and it's the daily life of Sheila and her friends. It's slow in terms of story progression but fun to just watch Sheila's life and relationships. Don't come into this story expecting intense plot though.

Side characters are pretty much archetypes but not too flat although they don't get super developed.

Romance, like many other Japanese novels of this genre, seems to be less actual romance and more many people just in love with an oblivious Sheila. I thought it was funny but some people might not like this lack of actual romance.

Who I think the actual male lead might be

Spoiler

GOODNESS IT'S CLAUSHEZADE COMING IN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

Sorry, jokes aside, Claushezade seems to me the final man standing just based on the fact he seems to be different to Sheila. It's all just speculation and many times these sort of novels have an open ended romance ending but I think if it's concrete it might be him.

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The cons I would say is that sometimes Sheila and the novel gives of 'not like other girls' vibes. It's not the worst but because Sheila is meant to be an overwhelmingly unique experience the novel will be like 'unlike other girls her age, Sheila wasn't blah blah'. The novel thankfully doesn't do it much but something to note.

As an aside, the translation is well done and easy to read. The quality has been consistently good from the beginning considering how annoying all the aristocratic names look to be translated.