The Tyrant’s Cannon Fodder Male Empress Chapter -- Discussion

It is an interesting story with a great MC but I felt that this story didn’t live up to its potential.

It’s basically a transmigration story of the MC becoming a cannon fodder and strives to change the future. He wants to prevent all the tragedies that happen to the ML (7th Prince) and he also tries to prevent the death of several people he cares about. The MC is not omnipotent but he is smart and hardworking - he uses his skills to try to change things. He isn’t exactly super OP, but has just enough System benefits to help him through problems.

This novel could’ve been better if the author fleshed out the story more. I don’t know why the author places restrictions on themselves and cuts several important events short. The author mentions this in their footnotes, that they sped up certain events. I felt that by not elaborating on certain things, the story just didn’t flow well.

For example, MC is the concubine-born son in the Xue household and has an overbearing brother, a father who only uses people, an the legitimate wife who bullies him and his mother. He mentions that the mother seems to give him maternal love. I expected more scenes about this, about MC overcoming problems in his household but it was only mentioned in a time skip that his mother divorces the husband and they’re cut off now. It didn’t help me form a bond with the MC and his family. It just felt like an afterthought.

The ML going for training and leaving the MC also was written quite fast and author claims its because MC is not the star of that section. It feels like it dimishes the pain the ML goes through and the pining the MC must have felt. I just didn’t feel like there was enough chemistry between them.

That’s just some of my complaints. There’s far too many plotholes that makes me quite annoyed. Antagonists are also defeated easily. The political part for the throne ascension just isn’t scheming enough. It’s basic and tropey. Despite that though it is an okay story because the MC is very interesting.

The best part of the story has to be the child arc. When they were all still little kids and the MC is struggling to change things in the harem. That’s my fave part. After that it just goes downhill for me. Oh well. Still giving it a 4 for the excellent 11/10 translation and the cute cubs in the beginning.