Oct 12, 2021
Being somewhat related to psychological realism with minor (probably one detail that may be very meaningful to readers) magical/fantastical elements, this light novel develops the narrative and plot in such a way that not only brings rich detail to the characters' thoughts (being a narrative in first person), but it also plays perfectly with one of the main characteristics of psychological realism, by having lifelike portrayals of decisions and reflexions (confuse, introspective, often irrational) that happen before, between and after each choice.
The plot, for most of the time, has a "physical" part that doesn't feel that meaningful, comparable to a slice-of-life, what
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they do usually offer is support and scenarios for the "mental" part to work its way through the situation. There are the times in which the physical aspect makes consequential contact with the mental one, creating bigger dynamic on the plot.
The characters' decisions and thought processes may frustrate you to no end, as you read, the light novel subtly teaches you an often overlooked lesson: The importance of perspective and relativization. Sometimes there is no way to understand why people do what they do, why they don't share the same common sense as you do, all of that probably because you're simply not them, be that by defaut or by their experiences and origins. The LN really plays with the concept that sometimes there really is no one and nothing to blame for certain bad exchanges or relationships and that the traits that people sometimes consider as negative vices are just intrinsic to who they are.
All in all, it's a LN that has some surprisingly complex parts, the amount of detail in each thought (that often pushes to another topic), the flashbacks and recalls, the overall feeling of subconscious in each of the characters' POVs, it all makes for a very good psycho-realism LN. One thing that may rub some folks off is probably the somewhat minor elements and tones of magic and mystical stuff (that includes a major-ish part of the story), for some, it may be bothersome, or just out of place/useless, personally, i just take it as a fun little plot gadget, but again, it's understandable if you feel like it's an incongruency.
9/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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