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Writing a review for this since no-one else has!I'll be updating this review as the story progresses.So far, the story has been consistently excellent!To clarify on the line from the description, "The one who awakened the long-slumbering dead must be you, right?"This is not a gameified trope of summoning the "chosen hero" or anything. The novel has spirit summoners, which is the occupation that the MC has, use necromancy to forcibly revive dead warriors of the past and bind their existence to them. It has dark undertones.Anywho, onto the characters.The MC, Shane, is a pragmatic opportunist. Whereas, the ML, who is purportedly named Meltier Verschte, is a gentle and mature love interest.The shock when I found out!As much as I love reading about colder characters, Meltier is unique and refreshing. He's not just one-dimensional though; he definitely hides some of his thoughts behind a smile. I'm not quite saying he's two-faced, just that there are some more cognizant layers. The pivotal point of his character is that he has lost his memories, so it's interesting to see that this is only the tip of the iceberg with him.As a narrative psychic, I can definitely say that he was very strong and famous in the past. And there's that weird anti-meme (SCP moment) around everyone being interested in his name but not recognising it. (chapter 10) There's a new guy to the MC's party? Spoiler
I don't know much about him other than he might be a 5 star, and he's a bratty king.
EDIT 21/07/2024: His name is Parzan, and he has an unknown affiliation with Melter in the past.
[collapse]The coolest part about this novel is the worldbuilding. Everything fits seamlessly. I like how it's a world that heavily resembles gacha game conventions, but does not have any roundabout magic or systems supporting the structure to justify it. Money. Capitalism happens.Meta-cons:About the translation. Just a heads up, it's being translated by AI. However, it's far better than the average MTL, but it does have a few minor flaws.I think somewhere in chapter... maybe 2 or 3? Pronouns changed to she/her once or twice. But never again.A neutral observation is that after chapter 3, the text switches to using they/them pronouns for the MC. I'm not too bothered by it, but it would be more optimal for he/him pronouns, as it had been established before.Another thing is that sometimes the term for "spirit summoner" may change to necromancer, phantasmagoria, or spiritmancer. If Chrys is reading this, please at least bother to keep it consistent in the future, thank you.EDIT 21/07/2024: I think Chrys chose necromancer as the official term! And the pronoun issue is mostly fixed. Good enough, I guessMeta-pros:A new chapter is uploaded at 1:00PM every day. Though, you will have to go to the translation website to find it, since for some reason the newer chapters aren't showing in Latest Releases.EDIT: Attempted to add the newer chapters beyond c6 to the Latest Release.EDIT 2: I think Chrys has decided to upload the chapters manually, because the uploading time has been slightly inconsistent, and the uploading schedule has slowed down. It's still pretty fast though!EDIT 3: Apparently, there's a manhwa based off this! If you're from bato. to, leave a review and say hi!