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Reincarnated... no, more like Isekaied?Well, the start is confusing... but once we're out of that we are dropped into your regular Isekai story.The twist is... interesting but at the same time nothing to write home about, because it stops being important after chapter 5.It's got elements of "Kumo Desu Ga, nani ka?" and "Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken" (specifically the game elements) but it progresses more as if you're following "Shield hero"...Super focusing on the "Slice of life" aspect of it all... the set pieces aren't going to impress you because they are your run of the mill clichés on this stories, and the "Homeless" aspect isn't really "that" important for the plot.BUT.It's very well written...The worldbuilding is great! there is no exposition dump, everything comes as the actions and discoveries of the MC.The characters progress smoothly... but slowly, and I quite enjoy that they aren't jumping right into "HAREM MODE", this reads as the wish fulfillment of someone who has actually been a vagrant and rebuilding his life in this new world... it may not be important for the plot (yet), but it IS super important for the dynamic of the characters.So far the "romance" tag is a lie... but as far as the story has gone, it's fine... only problem I would have is if this stays that way for more chapters.So I'm conflicted... it's nothing new, but at the same time it's a super interesting twist because of the circumstances of the MC... but the author hasn't moved that an inch in this whole time, just focusing on advancing the characters but not the plot... but it's the same in "Kumo Desu Ga, nani ka?" and "Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken", and both of them are of my favorite stories... (both took like, what? 200 chapters to start actually setting up the plot???) I really really want this to continue because it's got my full attention, if anything I would love the plot to start because we're on "meandering without direction" mode and I feel it's hurting the novel... things are getting more and more interesting but I feel like it's taking too long...I'll put stars when the set up of the actual plot comes into view, because then we'll know if what the author is setting up right now will be interesting or not... I have a vague feeling of where this is going because of the start, but I don't like that the MC simply decided to ignore all that in favor of rebuilding his life and entered "meandering" mode...