- #1
OK, I'll admit it, It's cute. Having said that, in my opinion three stars is probably generous. I'm giving it 3 stars though because I feel like a majority of Slice of Life fans are willing to overlook a lot of the things I have a lot of issues with.In my eyes it's just not written very well.My main complaint is that there are just a lot of inconsistancies. The MC will say one thing and then the next chapter, or sometimes the same chapter, they say something competely different. It honestly feels like the author has a habbit of not re-reading what they previously wrote. Most people have magic power and mages are said to be a thing but the MC is the only person who uses magic basically at all so far. The regions lord is "incompetent" but there aren't very many bandits in the region because his army regularly hunts them down. They are right next to a well known resource rich area that is known to be a popular spot for collecters (this stories version of adventurers basically) but there doesn't seem to be any one with any real sort of fighting prowess at all. There are a lot more examples. Once you start thinking critically about it the whole story kinda falls apart pretty fast.There is another thing that really bugs me but I don't know if it's the fault of the author or the translator or just a product of the process of translating from Japanese to English. I might be the only one this bothers but, more than a few times the writting feels stiff or needlessly specific. A lot of the interactions, especially early on feel quite unatural and souless. Some times the characters will say things which, if said in real life, would leave most people wondering if the other person was trying to be condescending or trying to make a joke.Dispite all the irregularities, you can probably enjoy it if you are a big fan of the genre and just want to read something cute without giving it any thought. In my opinion though, you can find slice of life novels written much better than this pretty easily.