- #1
Well, this is my first review, so bear with me.The story's just starting out, so it's hard to write anything definitive, but I feel as if it has potential so I'm doing this. Also, there aren't any reviews yet, so I might as well put down my first impressions. The reason why I'm giving it a 3 is pretty obvious, I think.Thus far, the writing is pretty good. No unnecessary descriptions and I don't get the feeling that the author is trying too hard like in a lot of novels with an overpowered protagonist. The story goes that the MC is a poor, street urchin that ends up getting picked up by a strong woman. World building is decent so far. I'm honestly just glad that it isn't another reincarnation story, so that's probably what drew me in the most... Though, within the first chapter, we've already encountered a well-overused trope. But, I'll blame it on the lack of a creative way to showcase the MC's strength early on.As for the characters, there's only the MC and his master. But from the looks of it, she isn't going to be a relevant character. She just exists as a reason for the MC's strength from what I can tell. But that's whatever. At least his power is explained; he was trained hard and worked for it. The MC, Shou, he's pretty blasé and probably naive. But it's just the beginning, so I can't say that I like or dislike him. So far it feels like the story is happening around him rather than him acting in the story. If anyone read the Great Gatsby, they'd probably understood what I meant. Even though it's from his perspective... I don't feel as if he's much of a character. This can either get better or worse.That's about all I have to say for now. I think that this story has an awesome possibility to have well-constructed dark undertones (the prologue gave that feeling) or be a flat out dark story. Everything seems to be cast in a dreary, dull, gray overcast. That's the feeling that I get from the writing. It's interesting. Looking forward to reading more.