- #1
Okay, so expectations need to be set correctly. This is mostly a wish fulfillment kind of story. It isn't going to have more depth than is necessary. If you are looking for greatness, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a guilty pleasure kind of a thing, then it might be up your alley.The MC isn't a genius, but he is fine. Since this is an adult novel, he also isn't a wishy-washy Japanese protagonist. You won't like him or anything, the novel isn't written well enough for that. For example, his tragic backstory is pretty silly and is almost glossed over. Pointless detail:Spoiler
He complains that that the driver that was involved in the car accident that killed his mother wasn't put in jail, because he was very badly and permanently hurt in the accident himself. It isn't even clear whose fault the accident was.
Then he complains no one did anything after his brother committed su*cide due to, and I'm quoting, "pessimism about the future". I don't even understand the complaint. Did he want someone to start a scholarship in his brother's name or something?
Also his father was scammed and lost all their money with no recourse. This part is legit worthy of being called tragic as far as we know.
[collapse]The harem members are:A. Beautiful but evil red-head that is slowly being dominated by the MC.B. Moe sword wielding mercenary that has never been shown love before. She is there for fluff. Does it make sense? Nope.C. The third seems to be a cunning, roughly 30 year old widow leading a large merchant group. Exact role unclear.Translation for this is readable, but not good. Scrapes a 3/5.About 20% of the content thus far involved smut, and it wasn't very good.Only 10/170 chapters were translated thus far, so I will optimistically assume it gets better with time and give it a 3 for now. If it doesn't, this is more like a 2.Some inaccuracies in the review by Novel Casanova, ignore if you haven't read it:Spoiler- The first FL did already ruin the lives of many people, but torture as a punishment is hardly ethical anyway. Not that kind of story.
- The second FL isn't a prostitute, but a mercenary/adventurer. She sometimes sells her body due to lack of work. This is a dark world and the female leads needs to be villainous, but not completely irredeemable. Having a tragic life is not surprising in this context.
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- The second FL isn't a prostitute, but a mercenary/adventurer. She sometimes sells her body due to lack of work. This is a dark world and the female leads needs to be villainous, but not completely irredeemable. Having a tragic life is not surprising in this context.