Ragweed Princess of the Livitium Imperial Kingdom Chapter 4 part1 Discussion

The MC reincarnates into a noble's daughter who falls into the basic villainess otome plotline. The twist is the Female Lead is actually a guy who genderbent into a woman. The use of genderbending here is the author's deliberation, and not a personal desire if the MC. Before reincarnating, the MC was literally a protagonist for a wuxia cultivation novel. They had a mentor who taught the MC breathing techniques. Unfortunately, the exposition left things ambiguous about the MC's character and past as a man. All that is known is that the MC had a female mentor.

After reincarnating, the now-female MC can still use cultivation hax, and is now the most OP magician in the isekai world. This is certified by her post-isekai mentor who is a very powerful magician herself (it is implied she is the emperor's relative so far). The thing is, they are one of those cringe MCs whose personality is a painful combination of dense, humble, and clueless of how OP they are. For example, the MC uses a qi breathing technique to absorb atmosphere's mana -> shoots a simple fireball that carpet bombs the forest -> "Huh? Did I do that?" -> Mentor Witch lady explicitly tells MC not to reveal that qi breathing technique because it literally power-creeps the conventional magic system -> "There's no way, she must be over-exaggerating."

Also, the MC spends about 10 chapters being called fat & ugly because the body he reincarnated into a girl suffering from obesity and horrible acne. The MC makes an effort to lose weight by dieting & exercising. This also resolves their acne problem, and somehow, the MC is transformed into a beautiful oppai loli. The thing is, the Witch Mentor still calls the MC ugly after the fact. As a result, the MC considers her ugliness to be a permanent condition. There are a lot of moments when the MC suffers from imposter syndrome when people compliment her, and she avoids looking at their reflection. Edit: I cannot believe I have to spell it out for the other reviewer who called me out. If your MC is constantly getting bullied by their own mentor, how the heck are they supposed to develop as a character? What was the point of reincarnating as a woman then? Finally, why does this author insist on milking the dramatic irony at the cost of the MC's self-esteem? Edit 2: imagine thinking the Gender Bender tag for the lgbt when things like TSF Monogatari exist (made by the creator of 177013). It is quite literally a fetish tag 90% of the time. When it's not a fetish tag, then it is a plot device to pair a would-be yaoi couple (see Boku Girl). Otherwise, it is in order to make an artificially strong & independent woman/tomboy by injecting a strong man into a female body (see Yakuza Reincarnation). If you want a novel that has lgbtq elements, then I'm certain NU has a tag for that.

Also, if you know how to read & write punctuation marks, you will find out that almost every paragraph is a run-on sentence. For whatever reason, the author cannot punctuate a clause or independent clause. It kind of reminds me of those self-insert OC fanfics; the ones where they write a life story in order to explain how their special ability works. They even do that thing where something is mention, and then they use parenthesis to explain or contextualize that something:

"Apparently, however, there had been an agenda to appoint a feudal lord for the long-since lordless territory, and as a preliminary step, a bureaucrat agent (something like a deputy official) had been nominated to administer the affairs of the region and was to move in, or that was what was written in the letter." Edit: mind you, this is not a critique against the TL & PR. I have a feeling they are just being faithful to the author's writing style. Therefore, all of this criticism is directly aimed at the author.

If you are like me and waiting for chapter updates for your favorite novel: don't be afraid to read this. Not only will you kill time, but you will flush out some brain cells. At some point, your expectations will be so low, and your brain will be very empty. One chapter you were waiting for will feel like 10 chapters.