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OMG. Yallz. This novel is so good! It has little bits of everything I personally love: an imperfect, hardworking MC, a green flag love interest, found family, and fantasy.tl;dr Honestly, it took me a few chapters to get into this novel because it starts off like a typical academy isekai with an unexpected and nonchalant time jump, but I promise you that if you're looking for a novel that is very human and emotional, this is the one for you.The plot: The overarching plot does not play out 3D chess political intrigue, but it has interesting lore and worldbuilding that straightforwardly illustrates the different perceptions of oral history and written history through time and point of view. The author/translator has divided this into 7 different arcs, but currently, our characters are at the academy and my brain thinks we haven't even gotten into the meat of the main adventure yet. It feels very much like we're still at the initial climb of the rollercoaster before all hell breaks loose and we get onto the main part of the ride. But even so, I've really enjoyed the story so far.The MC: What happens when you're thrown into a world with no help, no resources, and very little inference? Nathan opens his eyes in a train with no bearings whatsoever. He doesn't have any OP skills. In fact, he's plagued with many handicaps with the universe seeming to bellow at him to remain quiet and small and less of an extra than all the other extras. Even though he's barely hanging on, he still persists to the best of his meager abilities and despite his weak constitution. In the real world, he was alone. In this world, he is alone. And with this theme of having no one to mind him, he also minds himself very little, as in, he doesn't take care of himself or ever puts himself into consideration with a kind of unconscious selflessness.The love interest: I don't want to spoil anything for you. I was honestly surprised. DELIGHTFULLY SO. The emotional edging is *chef's kiss* and has me internally screaming and squealing while externally heavily breathing. But if you must must must must must know the spoiler, it's this: Spoiler
It's yaoi. Or rather, pans*xual because the ML had no interest in women or men, but fell for MC just because MC was MC. For some reason, it wasn't tagged in NovelUpdates, but I'm not even mad because the slow realization along with the slow burn was soooooooooooooooooooooooo satisfying. I can't even.
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