Demon Sword Maiden Chapter v283 Discussion

I don't really know what to say regarding this novel.

Translation: Very good, probably one of the best translations, for a Chinese novel, that I've read in a while.

Plot: The plot is okay and it slowly gets revealed over time. I'd say that the plot itself is good and relatively interesting, but other factors overtake and ruin this aspect. If I were to give a review solely based on the plot, then I'd probably give it a 4/5 or 4.5/5. That's how much I enjoy reading the plot.

Characters: This is where the plot starts to get ruined. The characters, as a whole, are actually pretty good. They have some cliches about them, but I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. The only problem is that the males is the story, as a whole, are a bunch of degenerate a**holes who only think about raping women (at least when it comes to the MC). Of course, I'm only generalizing here as not every man is like this, but for the most part, it doesn't get much better than that. Now, onto the females. The females in the story all seem to be lesbian, but only when it comes to the MC. As soon as any girl sees the MC they instantly fall for her and become obsessed. This is extremely infuriating the more you read as it doesn't get any better. There is no reason for the women in the story to fall for our MC, they just do. This is also about half of the story and is sometimes even chapters or several chapter-long rants about how much another woman is in love with the MC or how sexy and cute the MC is.

Now that we got that out of the way, let's discuss the MC, Kagami Lily.

For the most part, I like the MC. She's a well-fleshed-out character with her own strengths and weaknesses. She possesses a good mindset and has a decent head on her shoulders. Her personality is rather meek and shy for the most part, which I find odd. She used to be a man whose soul was transported into a woman's body, but there is nothing about him that shows that he used to be a man. Even if he was a shy and weak little boy in his previous life, you'd expect that after gaining great strength, he wouldn't be such a little b*tch. He is constantly blushing at nothing, always says "Eh?!" to just about everything which makes his usual smart self look like a f*cking idiot. He is constantly talking about his senior sister and how he'll do anything to get stronger so he can find a way to revive her, but this is only in times of need and is often used as plot armor. Every time he is in a difficult situation, all he needs to do is think "How can I die now when I haven't even revived Senior Sister?!" and he will instantly become smarter, gain like twice as much power, and end the fight in an instant. His resolve to stay loyal to his Senior Sister/Previous Life Lover is incredibly weak. As long as the other party is a girl, he'll allow them to do anything to her, whether it be touching her skin, breasts, butt, body, kiss, pretty much as long as they don't stick a d*ck inside her it doesn't matter. And after this is done to her, she'll just gloss over it while still thinking she's remaining faithful. I wouldn't have an issue with this if she wanted to have a harem, but he doesn't which is the problem. If she didn't blush at everything, was more decisive, and didn't let these b*tches in heat do whatever they want to her, then Lily would be an amazing character with a great plot that has a pure and righteous cause.

Setting: The setting is in a parallel version of ancient Japan that has demons and beasts running amok in the world. The world is slowly growing along with the main character and I find myself encapsulated by how big and amazing the world is. Samurai are everywhere and are constantly fighting not only each other but the demons as well. If this were all, then the story would be absolutely perfect. But the problem lies with the samurai. These guys are absolute degenerate pieces of tr*sh. The demons, that are supposedly the main villain, are better than these samurai. These demons actually possess rational thought with in-depth feelings rather than the samurai who only seem to care about money and women. The story constantly talks about the honor of samurai, but so far there has only been a few samurai, both male, and female, that I would consider honorable. One of those is Lily, but the few honorable samurai usually die, crippled, or abandoned soon after they are introduced so they aren't worth mentioning.

Overall: There are so many aspects to this story that I find enjoyable, so much so, that I don't want to stop reading. The various issues I have, by themselves, aren't that big of a deal, but out of the nearly 250 chapters that I've read, only about 100 or so are actually readable. The other 150 are either talking about how sexy the MC is, how much she sweats, her scent, her blushing at every word someone says to her, how possessive the women in love with her are, and various other things that only take away from the story. I find myself skipping these scenes or even whole chapters as they are completely useless to the story while only making it worse. The yuri scenes are bad and feel out of place, the relationships the MC has are dull and shallow, the MC has an incredibly weak personality, and the background characters serve no purpose other than making the story worse. If I didn't believe in the potential of the story, I'd give it a 0/5 since literally half of what is written is pointless. That, in my opinion, is worse than just a bad plot or bad characters.

Verdict: I give it a 5/10 due to the potential I see in the story along with the elements that the author does well. I believe that if I keep reading then hopefully the author will stop writing pointless scenes.