Jan 27, 2021
Spoiler-free review.
First I'll do my review without spoilers, and below I'll put one with spoilers. At first, this light novel/manga was all right, but the more you read the worse it gets. A lot of people really like this story and praise it as "the only isekai with actual character development" and things like that, and while that's true for the first few volumes, but after volume 7 or so, the author throws out any more character development in favor of other things. The story is mediocre, and the characters, which were good at first, turn really flat and 1 dimensional later. I was incredibly
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disappointed and dropped it after forcing myself to read up until Volume 17.
It's also very uncomfortable sexual at times, and the MC is very perverted. Rather than getting less perverted as time goes on (character development), his perversion only increases.
MEGA SPOILERS AHEAD
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
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The thing that pisses me off the most about this novel wasn't the fact that the author stopped developing the characters. It's what he did with the characters after he stopped developing them. It would have been fine if he stopped with the character development so that the story could progress more quickly, but instead he just gives Rudeus a harem.
When he rescued Roxy, there could have been a great moment where Rudeus is tempted by her and then rejects her, remaining faithful to Sylphy, and letting Roxy struggle with her feelings before moving on.
Eris could have had a great arc later, where she realizes that her poor communication skills lead her to lose Rudeus, and she could have either turned into a villain, or reflected on her actions, improved herself, and found another man, but instead, there are no consequences. She still gets to become his wife, and she never learns her lesson about communication.
Rudeus could have gotten in trouble for some of his perverted actions, but instead, everyone else is fine with it, and many of them actually encourage it, so he only gets worse. Rudeus literally worships Roxy's panties, and somehow everyone thinks that's ok.
The women in these novels are all weak-willed, and for some reason Eris, who is supposed to be super stubborn and strong-willed, is okay with being Rudeus' third wife.
This story was pretty good at first, but by the time I dropped it, it made me angrier more than anything else.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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