Sunday, April 30, 2017

My "There Reincarnation But Not Necessary Transported and/or The Main Protagonist" Novel Theme Reviews/Spoilers Lists

My "There Reincarnation But Not Necessary Transported and/or The Main Protagonist" Reviews/Spoilers Lists. This is a list of Reviews/Spoilers of "there reincarnation but not necessary transported and/or the main protagonist" theme story plot that I have read and willing to write about it. Those that come here are reincarnation into the same world or it a story where the reincarnated person (from another world) is just side character. Any who I update this when I can and I put them under which the original language they from.

Reincarnation: (Sample)
Non-Main Character reincarnated Person: (Sample)
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Japanese

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**Dragoon - The Dragon Knight's Path (Novel) (non-main)
**That Person. Later on...(Novel) (non-main)
**Redo of Healer (Novel) (Re - Past)
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Chinese

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Korean

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Legend (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Legend (Novel) (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers] 

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 1-94 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Chapter 360 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Kill by a steel beam (unexpected accident)
*Reincarnation: Human body made by magic
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): able to uses magic, inherit a rare magic and knowledge, have a magically created body (new body), Have Eternal youth (but can still die by unnatural death)
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, 17 year old,  Japanese Nationality, high school student    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World, Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Character: Male, 17 year old (previous life), A male human body created by magic with the appearance of 15 year old (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A nonstandard Japanese Character, Bad with communicating with other (not shy, but rude), Can be cold and ruthless at time. Have good mental strength, mature.
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): None/Not Yet.

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Killing - sometime ruthless or brutal
Romance:
Duke daughter (known for both beauty and as a warrior) have falling in love with MC without even knowing it (read to see how). MC start having feeling for the duke daughter (after she force kiss him) but not at the level we call it romance yet.
 
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Nothing stand out as it follow the usual route of transported to another world. Here how the story go so far:
  • Die, reincarnated, get new body, join adventure guild, and stand out after several quests such as take out a village of orc and have griffin as tame monster.
  • Take rank up test with other rookie "D Rank Test", fight bandit for test
  • Get recommend as an escort to a Duke daughter in a dungeon trip. Near the end of the quest One Escort died while one betray the duke daughter but fail to kill her and escape.
  • Dealing with a wealthy bossy person in town, which turn into a big mess. (Personally, not that interesting of an ARC for this one)
  • Help someone hunt a limited time monster for a restaurant.
  • Did a quest to save an entire town from a magic fever where our MC brought the medicine on an air delivery (Note: it take 10 days to travel by land even on fastest horse, it took MC at least one 1 and half day by air)
  • Capturing a spy from neighboring country
  • Rank up guild card "C Rank", request to train a child (noble) how to fight.
  • Escort a merchant group to another town, beside encountering thieve nothing note worthy.
  • Rescue hostage in one town over
  • War; Phase One: MC early strike on the enemy/enemy sneak attack HQ. Phase Two: counter attack enemy location, enemy retreated. MC give credit to someone else to not cause undue trouble to himself.
  • MC went to a port town to defeat a sea monster by the advise of his guild master. In doing so MC can avoid some troublesome thing at home base for while that have to do with noble trying to buy MC to their side after hearing MC power during the war.
  • Take rank up test with others "B Rank Test", take down a group of monster while being judge by the guild and a group of selected noble. 
Let talk about the rare magic that the MC inherit. It basically something like the combine ability of a summoner and tamer together. 
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A standard transport to another world kind of novel. The MC stand out from the start (as in strong).

Overall, it a good read.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter (Novel) [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter (Novel) [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 1-74 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Some sort of accident
*Reincarnation: A human female teenager (when she regain her previous life memory back)
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): None
Previous Life Basic Information: A Female, 30 year old, Japanese Nationality, Office Lady    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Otome Games World, Medieval. There no magic, no monster, or any other race that are known.

Main Character: Female, 30 year old (previous life), A human female teenager, 16 year old [when she regain her previous life memory back] (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, A mature and rational woman. A workaholic
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): Food

Romance:
One gentleman did state his interest in her but did not take the then next step to pursuit for a certain reason.

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The story mostly revolve around "aristocrat politic."with dash of minor romance (really minor).
  • Get dropped out school met father
  • Get to manage territory, created new business. (cocoa and banking)
  • Get call back to the capital due to conspiracy
  • Go back to territory.   
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A standard transport to another world kind of novel.

Overall, it an ok read.

Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers] 

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 1-39 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Chapter 138 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): NO Death; this is a "spirited away" like situation in which it happen right after the MC went to sleep
*Reincarnation: A human male baby
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): able to uses magic
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, 26 year old, Japanese Nationality, salary man    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World, Medieval. There are monster while other race are like classified information

Main Character: Male, 26 year old (previous life), A male human baby at the start (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, A down to earth kind of guy. A mature and rational guy.
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): Food

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Sex (imply) - before and after it happen
Romance:
How romance in this novel is presented is very tradition or conservative way. From dating to hanging out to marriage life. MC marry to many female (wife's) which all of them get along with each other. Some of these female are introduce to MC while other met MC by chance. (as of RAW chapter 138) Some of his wife already give birth to his child.

MC's Spouses:
  • Official Spouses (marry to): 5 (around his age or younger, all of them)
    • priestess, noble, adventurer
    • adventurer, last of a noble line with no male heir, magic user
    • female soldier, adopted child to a military noble family, adventurer
    • adventurer, battle mage (fist user), commoner, daughter of a dojo
    • adventurer, magic spear user, commoner, daughter of a dojo
  • Wife to be (marriage date not set): 2 (one younger and one older then the MC age)
    • adventurer, magic user, commoner
    • adventurer, sword user, only daughter of low level noble family
  • Mistress/Lover or How other view them in these term: 2 (older than the MC age; both of them)
    • sister-in-law (widow w/kids), daughter of low level noble family
    • former Duke from a neighboring country 
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Each chapters is long, longer then a typical web novel chapters. It start out as a guy becoming an adventurer but ended up as noble because of his achievement. From then on the story mostly revolve around "aristocrat politic." His adventure team either became his vessel or his wife. Every time he try to sneak away from doing aristocrat work to do an adventure work, he always get drag back home by one his servant.
  • Rebirth and childhood, met master and learn magic
  • Left home due to being old enough, join adventurer school, met new people
  • Meet a nobleman who someone relate to MC late master and his last mission
  • Travel by air to visit MC brother wedding, end up fighting an undead dragon
  • Meet King. Meet Brother. Fought another Minor Dragon. Train at the Capital
  • Visit ruin and fought Golem.
  • Went back home (MC birth place) and deal with an issue and his family relation.
  • Met a challenging women, found some more ruin
  • Help deal with a border issue with other noble within the kingdom and two noble brother who want to take over the title of their late father.
  • Visit a foreign country that started a civil war, MC help the former government side.
  • MC come home to everyday life, start new stuff and business, have baby, become a teacher (temp), digging a tunnel to increase trade.
  • Off to deal with someone else mess dealing with international and rascal relation.  
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A standard transport to another world kind of novel. Gain the interest of someone in power and be given a position by that person. He not Overpower but he is still powerfully (magically).

Overall, it an ok read.

World Customize Creator (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

World Customize Creator (Novel) : [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers] 

Link:
Status (of the novel): LN & WN (Complete)
My Reading: Finish (WN RAW)
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 0-89 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Chapter 101 Plus 11 Extra After-story Chapters (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Becoming a turning point in history of the world (only the reader know this)
*Summoner (If known): the [Will] of the world similar like a god (only reader know this)
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): customize any (non-living) object in RPG game like setting  
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World, Medieval. There are monster but no other race.

Main Character: Male, unknown age probably young but of adult age
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, gamer
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): Fry food, Go-Kart, improved telescope, Trolley Train (wheel not rail) 

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Attempt Rape
  • Attempt Sex
  • Killing (normal) - it is a fantasy world
  • Aftermath of Inhuman Scene
MC and Female Relation:
MC: Seem dull when it come to love but actually has an old fashion way of thinking when it come to love which is "falling in love" kind of deal. Gain a lover/girlfriend later in the story.

Sun: Country girl, non-magic user. First was scare of MC and all magic user due to past trauma, then later see MC as dependable as her teacher/mentor/Doctor. Develop feeling for MC but lack self-confidence. However thank to some female advise (from someone) she use the most aggressive and bold way to confess her feeling. Become MC lover.
Isotta: MC's subordinate, female wind user - communication specialist. Admire MC from the start. Have feeling for MC that most of her teammate can see but not MC. A shy person.
Rasanasha: Female Spy and High Class Prostitute, Female water user - Healing. She felt in love with MC and indirectly state her love in a unique way (that only the other world would know it meaning) because MC save her life (medically)

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: This novel can be break down into 5 arc story and here they are:

1st Arc: Introductions and 1st mission
2nd Arc: Intervention on to another country "civil war" at the border.
3rd Arc: Visiting another country with conspiracy looming
4th Arc: A request in intervention in another country in revolution
5th Arc: Visiting another country

Extra Arc: Repel an invasion from another continent, and meeting another summoned person.
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A standard transport to another world kind of novel. Gain the interest of someone in power and be given a position near that person, in that sense in this story he was given the position of a commander Knight.

Overall, it an ok read.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Skill Up with Login Bonus (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Skill Up with Login Bonus (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 1-27 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Chapter 162 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Struck by Lightning, age unknown but probably young
*Reincarnation: His soul replace a pre-teen male child who happen to got struck by lightning
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): A grimoire (magic book) that grain new skills  (random) every time he go to sleep, skill are limited by number of page in the grimoire. 
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, Japanese Nationality    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World with Game Element (RPG), Medieval.

Main Character: Male, age unknown but probably young (previous life), A human male child in his pre-teen (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): None/Not Yet.

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Reincarnated to another world in some noble family, must become independent due to family tradition so he join the magic guild to earn his living. Meeting  
new companion and facing foe, same old same old "transport to another world" theme.

On another note it funny how all the High Ranking Demon that once serve the demon lord (MC's Grimoire) that the MC defeated is some type of pervert and their reason for serving the demon lord bring dark history (embarrassing) of her past into light. (Example: One serve her because he a lolicon while another serve her is because he an "M"). MC have a funny feeling that all these demon are coming is because of his grimoire (stare).

In the town where he reside in he is known for two thing: Magic that can blow up the enemy into kingdom come & message using magic (most customer are male).
  • die and reborn, learn skill, do first job, meet new people
  • transported and meet princess and demon
  • return transport, later have to fought another demon and won
  • way later another demon attack, MC won; get transported several time and met the princess
  • fix red hair companion magic problem, encounter red hair school mate and friend, encounter another demon attack, MC won
  • princess arrive at where MC is and now station there, Another Demon attack. MC help and won
  • travel to the capital with the princess for the festival  

Character: (the other world)
MC: A normal guy that see himself to be cursed with bad luck as he is gaining ability either way overpower for normal attack, suicidal-like attack, or useless thing not for combat for doing an adventurer quest. He can only blame on his grimoire for this.
MC's Grimoire (magic book): Self-Proclaim Wife and MC magic book, former demon lord (reincarnated), useless in combat, Can uses transform into human and uses magic. 

MC Red head Companion: A female teenager from some noble family, A high tension personality. Often uses and wear her family magic "fire armor" (using fire magic over her whole body). If her fire magic run out, her personality turn into a normal girl. Her ability limited are like ultra man: 3 min when using maximum power. A magic swordsman. 
MC Lolibaba Companion: A 100 year old female Sage that have the appearance of a young girl. Think of her as "doraemon" whenever MC have questions to ask. specialty in magic barrier.

Princess: A female royalty and skilled knight. straight forward personality. Able to fight toe to toe with a High Ranking Demon alone. (hinted to reader) have an romance interest to MC (reason: save her life several time, indirectly).
 
There are other character but this is for now.
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A standard transport to another world kind of novel.

Overall, it an ok read.

Isekai Yururi Kikou - Raising Children While Being an Adventurer (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Isekai Yururi Kikou - Raising Children While Being an Adventurer (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Chapter 1-59 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Lighthearted, the novel trying to aim for fluffy feeling in reader
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Accidentally kill by god
*Reincarnation: God remade a new body for the MC but stay within the same age group as his previous life, appear human but officially a god kin's  
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): Magic, backing of a God (support/logistic), max regular stat 
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male in his 20's, Japanese Nationality    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World with Game Element (RPG), Medieval.

Main Character: Male, 20's some year old (previous life), A male human that is a god kin's, 20's some year old (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, A down to earth kind of guy. A mature and rational guy.
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): Food

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: It about a guy dying due to an accidental cause by a god and reincarnated in another world after speaking with this god of another world. He was then drop into a middle of forest as his starting point where he encounter two children who seem to be twin. Being a person with mortal, he took them in as he travel with them to get out of the forest. Once out and into the nearest town, he contact his usual god to inquire and complain about why he was drop into forest which he probably can guess and so he complain. Long story short, it because those children. In the end MC just complain and god cry (because he have weak personality) but still going take care of those children. This god is the wind god while these children are blood related to another god and from what the MC can guess they must have some type of rule about no inference into another god domain with few exception. That being said, MC and the twin (male and female) join the adventurer guild and they travel together like a family. The twin are still in their adolescent ages in that they are 5 year old but has powerful physical skill due to their blood line (god).

Here a simple version of the chapter I read so far:
  • die, meet god, get new body in new world, get drop into forest, meet twin in forest
  • travel to nearest town out of the forest, settle down in town while complain to god
  • join adventure guild, do quest for the guild/encounter big shot in town ----> show off some of his ability ----> rise in guild rank, finish last minute task before going to another place
  • adventuring in the sea
  • reaching to another town near the sea.
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This novel is trying make you feel fluffy or cute. It basically a family adventure with cute kids around but way overpower to be normal kids including their guardian. There plenty of quirky character and lol moments. The MC might turning into a doting parent.  

Overall I enjoy read this novel. 

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Kingdom Rush Origins - Heroes (Tips)

Kingdom Rush Origins
Basic Information:
Game Genre: Tower Defense

PC: I'm not sure

App: "Purchase Require" App before you can download (100+ MB) and can play offline; will require be online and re-paid card (real money) of some kind if you wish to purchase stuff within the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hero in this version start at "level 1"  but get to keep their level. I'm going give my own personal opinion and rating on each hero based on my purpose for the hero and how well it does on that purpose. Every player have a different playstyle so I must state my purpose for the hero that may or may not be the same for every player for the hero.


Purpose: Last line of defense, I usually put them near the goal post or end point.

Personal Opinion Rating (with explanation):
  • Bad: For whatever reason this hero is not doing their job (my purpose for them) good enough and the majority of the enemy is passing them.
  • Fair: Can do a decent job but can be overwhelm if too much enemy is around.
  • Good: Can resistance in varies way to prevent the majority of the enemy from even reaching the end point.
Those with no rating are usually the Free hero you get, unless they "bad" I have no comment on them.

Primary Attack (Explanation): Their regular or normal attack
  • Melee: Physical close combat attack, can't attack air unit
  • Range: Physical range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
  • Magic: Magic range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
Ground and Air Unit/Hero (Explanation):
  • Ground Hero: Can block enemy on the ground, can be attack by any sort of enemies.  
  • Air Hero: Can't block any sort enemy, can only be attack by range and magic attack enemies.
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Available "Hero" (Free)

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Eridan

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Arivan

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Catha

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Razz & Rags

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: It skills is more of annoyance then helpful.
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Lilith

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Purchase Required "Hero" (With Real Money)

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Reg'Son

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: It too focus on one enemy with not much result.
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Prince Denas

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: I compare Hero "Prince Denas" and Hero "Xin" as having similar ability-wise. Prince Denas have more defense while Xin have preemptive strike. 
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Xin

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: I compare Hero "Prince Denas" and Hero "Xin" as similar in ability wise. Prince Denas have more defense while Xin have preemptive strike.
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Lynn

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: I feel this Hero "Lynn" is much better then the hero "Prince Denas" and Hero "Xin" by a bit. She curse and weaken her enemy.
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Vez'Man

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: His ability and skills look like nice and fancy but it doesn't have much stopping power to prevent the enemies from passing him.
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Durax

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: It attack is weak both in ability wise and skill set.
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Bravebark

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This make a good blocker but one of it weakness it that it lack range attack to counter range and magic attack which in this "Kingdom Rush Origins" have a lot.
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Bruce

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: The hero with the fastest attack rate for a melee hero.
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Phoenix (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can attack directly underneath it. Have a fast recovery rate within second when killed, can damage any enemies underneath when killed and can damage any enemies in surrounding dead body when recovered from death.
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Wilbur (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: Can't attack directly underneath it. The primary attack shoot a semi-auto cannon (gun) while occasionally shoot a cannon attack (artillery tower like attack). It may shoot fast but it's attack doesn't have much damage.    
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Faustus (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can attack directly underneath it. This Hero "Faustus" have more firepower then Hero "Phoenix". It primary attack can fire 3 magic breath attack on either a single enemy or three separate enemies.  
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Parallel World Pharmacy (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Parallel World Pharmacy (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Vol 1: Chapter 1-13 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Vol 6; Chapter 8 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Overwork, 20's something year old
*Reincarnation: His soul replace a male child who happen to got struck by lightning
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): Divine Skill: Water (God level), three other ability that no one else has or will have. 
Previous Life Basic Information: A young talented Male Pharmacist, Japanese Nationality    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy World with magic, European-like (French) setting as if it set during the "Early Modern Period" . There no monster or other race in this world.

Clues & Hints on why I guess on that "Earth" history time period (These thing exist even before Our MC was there):
  • Medical University; a place to train, educated, and give a medical license when student graduated (regardless of there background).
  • Ship Cannon; meaning they have gunpowder
  • Sail Ship that can cross the ocean to another continent

Main Character:  Male, 20's some year old (previous life), A human male child in his pre-teen (new life) with added godly "Divine Skill" in Water [associated with medicine god].  
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, A workaholic in his profession, A doctor mentality 
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): bring and re-educate people about modern medical science knowledge in the university, introduce (as anonymous) invention (blueprint) related to the medial science and health while other are for daily life that can be recreated (he don't wish for credit because he know it not his invention but those great inventor from earth), Japanese curry (for himself). Lab grade glassware (the shape).  

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Before I begin I like give an opinion/complain on the manga version of this novel. From what I saw, they are clearly adding "ecchi" in that manga that do not exist in the novel, probably for the "sex appeal" rating. My opinion on that, I don't like it because this is not that type of novel.

Any who let get back to this; Our story go like this the main character die in his sleep due to overwork and have his soul transfer to a child body. In the new body he is the second son and a middle child in a family of high ranking nobleman. The main character is now reborn in a family of pharmacist. Discovering that medical science in this world are still doing it like it in the medieval time, he plan to change that while promising himself never to overwork to death again.

In this world there are people who can uses Divine Skill (magic) that link to a certain god. And in the country (at least) where the main character reside in, those with "Divine Skill" are noble and royalty. You will get disown from the family if you are born without "Divine Skill" in a noble household and they end up in the orphanage (I think it a law, novel never explain this part). You can become a noble even if you are born as commoner if you are born with "Divine Skill". The only other way to become a noble "one generation only" if you are commoner is to have an accomplishment great enough that is recognize by the nation leader. It a "meritocracy" type of government so who ever has the strongest "Divine Skill" can become the next emperor or empress if and when the current one die. The "Divine Skill" is more of support in everyday life and an indication of your current/future occupation then anything else. "Divine Skill" are rarely uses for combat since people who can use it are noble. The only other fantasy stuff in this world are "curse" and "evil spirit".

Web vol 1: MC died and wake up in a new body, learn about this world  and his new family. Save the empress life with his modern medical knowledge while following his father to work where his father and co-worker could not save her. Was granted "medical license" meaning he already graduated without going to a university and because of his wish, the empress allow him to build and operate a pharmacy. Medical license are break down into three class to prove which patient you are allow to see and take: the highest is for royalty and noble (and below), the second is for noble (and below), and last is for commoner only.    
Web vol 2: Trying to attract customer (commoner) in the new pharmacy while ignoring business rival. Encounter with church people that first thought he was possess by an "evil spirit" and must be eliminated but then after losing in combat (church people) they misinterpreted him as a walking god due his abnormal strong "Divine Skill". Prevent and stopping the "Black Death" virus.
Web vol 3: creating a factory for research and medicine making. Slowing down a cancer in his older brother.
Web vol 4: church trouble. questionable alchemy
Web vol 5: become a university professor and building a basic gene map
Web vol 6: trouble in another country

Character: (the other world)
MC: 2nd son and middle child of a high ranking noble family. Divine Skill: water, pre-teen.
MC brother: Older brother and first child, pharmacist student of a Medical University in another country. muscle brain personality. Divine Skill: water.
MC sister: younger sister and youngest child. Divine Skill: wind
MC Father: One of the four with the high "medical license" in the country. Head of the house (noble). President of the Medical University in the (home) country. strict and serious person. Divine Skill: water
MC Mother: noble lady, Divine Skill: wind

Eleonora: College age female from a noble background, a beauty. MC tutor later become his assistance at his pharmacy. MC older brother rival. See MC as a student and a teacher and vise versa. Still under apprenticeship under MC father while allow to work independent. have bad luck with her eyeglass dropping and breaking (when surprise by unexpected thing)
Lotte: a female child and a servant for the MC family. commoner. Serve MC and work at his pharmacy. later also work as royal painter.

Empress: female of 20's year old, a beauty, widow, have a child son. Divine Skill: fire. know how to run a country and make great policy. a muscle brain (often call by our MC in his mind) when she want to rush thing into action.   
   
There are other character but this is for now.
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Now there is a mystery and foreboding that keep come up and they are:
  • Is the MC actually dead (on earth)?
  • The MC existent (will he actually disappear, literally)
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This novel is about a guy doing their job in another world. There no romance (love between opposite gender, yet maybe), but there are love (family and friend).

Overall, I enjoy reading this.          

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Isekai Shoukan ni Makikomareta Obaa-chan (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Isekai Shoukan ni Makikomareta Obaa-chan (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel Chapter 1-37 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Lighthearted
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning (Group)
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Hero
*Summoner (If known): Guess Work
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): Magic (rare) 
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World with Game Element (RPG), Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Character: A 60 year old Female, Japanese Nationality, Widow 
*MC role in this summoning: None, A Bystander, Was caught in the summoning by mistake
MC Personality/Character: A standard elderly character. You know the type where they spoil the grandchildren but at the same time require help in daily need.

Story Pace: Slow

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: This novel is a very "Slice of Life " genre and it going at a grandma speed (get it, grandma speed). But seriously from what I read so far, it not going be action fill type of novel and in more like a story about a grandma everyday life. The only action fill are people around her and not her. 

Story go like this, while walking home she was summoned along with a group of student. Because of the mistake summoning, God apologize and compensate her with a few ability. Once arrive in other world, our MC who is not a "hero" was allow to leave the castle along with some starting cash (money) with the of goal of retiring somewhere peacefully. Her journey just began.

More simply from the chapter I read so far go like this; summon, not hero, get to leave, went to inn, ask people at the adventurer guild to help as escort to another town, pack /shopping, travel with escort into the forest. And that it so far.
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I see this novel as causal read.  

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

How I going to write my otaku novel reviews/spoiler (explanation)

I going either write as general reviews and/or based off where I left off. All in all, there going be spoiler either way. Most if not all my review are novel that I'm reading, reading but on hold until later (by me or is because the chapter/translate not update yet), or read but stop (don't want read anymore). If I base off where I read; it will be translated and raw (google translated). Very few did I actually complete/finish the whole novel/light novel because it "ongoing" or being made into a light novel and no time to update the web novel.

If you got uses to google translated enough, you might understand what most of what going on if it written pretty good.

I only read what interest me.

I also like to point out that a lot of Chinese novel within a certain genre are commented by other reader that they are interesting at first but get boring later on. Since I hasn't finish any, I can only take their word for it and my review is based on the part where I left off.

Here are some key note that I will write on my review:

Link: reference web link with necessary information 
Status: The current status of the light novel and/or web novel if it "complete" or "ongoing"
My Reading: it what I'm doing with this novel such as ---->
  • Reading & On Hold: This is probably what I'm going to put for all of my reading since I do read from novel to novel. It just mean I'm reading it but going read something else but will come back later OR I'm reading it until the last posted chapter but the next latest chapter is not out yet OR  I read it but stop but will casually read it when I want to so until then I'm read something else OR I'm reading it but the latest translation is not out yet. Think of this along these line.
  • Stop: It just mean that, I read it but lost interest for varies reason.
  • Finish: I read the whole web novel or light novel, translated or raw (google translate) regardless. 
Atmosphere: The feel of the whole novel whether it lighthearted or gloomy or dark. Just point out I usually read light stuff.
Mature Theme: if there are mature theme (example: R15 rating or above), I will noted them.

Will note other but those are more easier to understand so these are need to be explain that why I wrote here.
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What R18 then? (If I read one and write about it)
In my own word: A Story with Porno content or A Porno with a Story Plot
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Setting: usually they based on Earth history setting/backdrop/background and we (the reader) have to guess which time period if any it represent. To note, I like to read History (text book, documentary, etc that interest me). If you want to guess the background/backdrop setting then just look at the novel military hardware that most telling (most of the time).

The first few one that I'm going to review first are probably the most recent one I'm reading and/or that they are only a few chapters that I happen to read. Something along these line. short and recent first then re-look for old one.  

My "Video Games" Novel Theme Reviews/Spoilers Lists

My "Video Games" Novel themes Reviews/Spoilers Lists. This is a list of Reviews/Spoilers of "Video Games" theme story plot in which the story revolve around playing video game and/or the main character "game character" in the video game that I have read and willing to write about it. If you read my other blog about this with the explanation then you should know some of the common feature among them. Any who I update this when I can and I put them under which the original language they from.

Note: I read some comment somewhere in a manga novel review that Chinese RPG video game novel is that the player are more focus on PK (player killer) and area dominance while Korean novel are more on doing quest. I'm not sure if this apply to all but I have read some of these (novel). 
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Japanese

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**Do You Like Your Mom Whose Normal Attack is a Double Hit on All Target? (Novel) (Can't Logout)
**I Started As Summoner In VRMMO (Novel)
**Leisure VRMMO Record (Novel)
**Log Horizon (Novel) (Can't Logout
**Only Sense Online (Novel)
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Chinese

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Korean

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My "Transported to Another World" Novel Theme Reviews/Spoilers Lists

My "Transported to Another World" Reviews/Spoilers Lists. This is a list of Reviews/Spoilers of "Transported to Another World" theme story plot that I have read and willing to write about it. If you read my other blog about this with the explanation then know some of common feature among them. Any who I update this when I can and I put them under which the original language they from.

Reincarnation: (Sample)
Summoning: (Sample)
Reincarnation/Summoned/Too Complicated To Identify/Unknown: (Sample)
Return Back To Earth/Other Worldlier Transported to Earth (Sample)
Gate/Door: (Sample)
Can't Logout in the Video Game World (Sample)
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Japanese

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**A Veterinarian in Another World (Novel) (Summon)
**Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero (Novel) (Summon)
**Chou! Isekai Gakkyuu!! (Novel) (Other Worldlier Transported)
**Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter (Novel) (Re)
**Conquering Hero's Heroines (Novel) (Re)
**Demon King's Town Planning! The Strongest Dungeon is a Modern City (Novel) (Unknown)
**Din No Monshou (Novel) (Re)
**Do You Like Your Mom Whose Normal Attack is a Double Hit on All Target? (Novel) (Can't Logout)
**Expecting to Fall into Ruin, I Aim to Become a Blacksmith (Novel) (Re)
**Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! (Novel) (Re)
**I was reincarnated as an evil god and my subordinate's demon army is on the brink of annihilation, what should I do? (Novel) (Re)
**I Won 4 Billion in a Lottery But I Went to Another World (Novel) (Gate/Door)
**Invincible Saint (Novel) (Re
**Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu (Novel) (Re)
**Isekai Onsen e Youkoso! (Novel) [Dropped/Canceled] (Summon)
**Isekai Shoukan ni Makikomareta Obaa-chan (Novel) (Summon)
**Isekai Yururi Kikou - Raising Children While Being an Adventurer (Novel) (Re)
**Knight's and Magic (Novel) (Re)
**Last Bosses in Heroless Worlds (Novel) (Re)
**Legend (Novel) (Re)
**Log Horizon (Novel) (Can't Logout)
**Magi's Grandson (Novel) (Re)
**Magic Bullet in Magic Land (Novel) (Re)
**Next Life (Novel) (Re)
**Ore to Kanojo ga Geboku de Dorei de Shuujuu Keiyaku (Novel) (Summon)
**Other World's Monster Breeder (Novel) (Summon)  
**Parallel World Pharmacy (Novel) (Re)
**Skill Up with Login Bonus (Novel) (Re)
**Souen No Historia - Tensei Shitsuji no Nichijou (Novel) (Re)  
**Stranger's Handbook (Novel) (Summon)
**Tanaka The Wizard (Novel) (Re)
**The Previous Hero wants to Retire (Novel) (Summon)
**Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (Novel) (Summon)
**Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (Novel) (Summon)
**When I Returned Home, What I Found is Fantasy!? (Novel) (Return to Earth
**World Customize Creator (Novel) (Summon)
**World Teacher - Different World Style Education Agent (Novel) (Re)
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Chinese

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**Full-Time Magister/Quanzhi Fashi (Novel) [Wuxia/Xianxia - Modern] (Re)
**Library of Heaven's Path/Tian Dao Tu Shu Guan (Novel) [Wuxia/Xianxia] (Re)
**Long Live Summons/Zhaohuan Wansui (Novel) [Wuxia/Xianxia] (Re
**So What If It's an RPG World? (Novel) (Unknown)
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Korean

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**Dungeon Defense (Novel) (Re)
**Main Character Hides His Strength (Novel) (Re)
**The Lazy Swordmaster (Novel) (Re)
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My Genre Preference within the Otaku Culture

I planning to writing review with spoiler (with my opinion) on selected light novel and web novel that I want and because of that; I though I tell you what some of my prefer genre of interests within the Otaku Culture because that where my reading going to (mostly). I will uses the general Demographic genre for simplicity. I do read other sub-genre but didn't state it here because they are combine with other genre and I'm too lazy to state it.

I don't read BL or GL genre and hentai genre I barely read/watch and these aren't general stuff I usual read.
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Light Novel/Web Novel

  • Seinen
  • Shounen
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  • Harem (normal): I don't mind them, unless they don't know how to write one
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Manga

  • Shounen (Mostly)
  • Seinen (Second Mostly)
  • Josei (Sometime)
  • Shoujo (Rarely)
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(most common genre when I pick up a manga)
  • Harem (normal): I don't mind them
  • Ecchi: I don't mind them. I do have a standard and a based line for this genre. As long as it within the bases line of my tolerance, I would still call it ecchi genre but once it pass that I would ask: What the hell is this!? You call this Ecchi!? This is totally not ecchi anymore. It already beyond the realm of ecchi and into "H" genre (18+). I'm not sure if everyone who enjoy ecchi genre has a standard and a based line for it but I do. My starting base line which I compare all ecchi genre manga to this starting base line (a manga, which I will not state but make you guess, is writing by AKAMATSU Ken) and my end tolerance is "borderline h" genre. "Borderline H", some I can tolerance and some I wonder why it even being publish as ecchi.  
I do read other stuff but the above is the most common within there own right. The other genre are often combine. I don't read Boy love and Girl love genre but I do read "H" genre on rare occasion.
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 Anime

  • Seinen
  • Shounen
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I do like watching anything that interested me and I do watch mecha anime.
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Monday, April 17, 2017

Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Heroes (Tips)

Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Basic Information:
Game Genre: Tower Defense

PC: Free online; will require you to register on the game host sited if you wish to purchase (must uses real money) stuffs from within the game.

App: "Purchase Require" App before you can download (100+ MB) and can play offline; will require be online and re-paid card (real money) of some kind if you wish to purchase stuff within the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hero in this version start at "level 1"  but get to keep their level. I'm going give my own personal opinion and rating on each hero based on my purpose for the hero and how well it does on that purpose. Every player have a different playstyle so I must state my purpose for the hero that may or may not be the same for every player for the hero.


Purpose: Last line of defense, I usually put them near the goal post or end point.

Personal Opinion Rating (with explanation):
  • Bad: For whatever reason this hero is not doing their job (my purpose for them) good enough and the majority of the enemy is passing them.
  • Fair: Can do a decent job but can be overwhelm if too much enemy is around.
  • Good: Can resistance in varies way to prevent the majority of the enemy from even reaching the end point.
Those with no rating are usually the Free hero you get, unless they "bad" I have no comment on them.

Primary Attack (Explanation): Their regular or normal attack
  • Melee: Physical close combat attack, can't attack air unit
  • Range: Physical range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
  • Magic: Magic range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
Ground and Air Unit/Hero (Explanation):
  • Ground Hero: Can block enemy on the ground, can be attack by any sort of enemies.  
  • Air Hero: Can't block any sort enemy, can only be attack by range and magic attack enemies.
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Available "Hero" (Free)

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Alric

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Mirage

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Cronan

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Neither it primary attack nor it skills have at least one "one-two punch" skill.
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Bruxa

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

Comment/Reason: It advisable to upgrade her skill at soon possible so she can use her magic; her magic attack is stronger then her primary attack.
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Purchase Required "Hero" (With Real Money)

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Captain Blackthorne

Primary Attack: Melee (with occasionally range attack)
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: It does have delay skill but if you look at it as just melee unit then the hero "Alric" is better.
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Nivus

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: High firepower but low HP.
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Dierdre

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This hero is best at supporting nearby towers than attacking.
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Grawl

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: When this hero is max out in level and skills, it basically become a fortress wall. The only drawback for this hero is that it can't attack air unit and it have slow movement speed.
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Sha'Tra

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This look like a Protoss from "Starcraft". Any who it primary attack is not that great compare to it skills set. If it not for it skills, it pretty much really hard for it to kill any enemy quickly.
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Karkinos

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Another hero that look like a powerhouse but it not. It has a slow rate of attack and it doesn't have a least one "one-two punch" skill.
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Kutsao

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: *Fair

Comment/Reason: "Fair" is just being nice, to be more accurate this hero is border line "Bad" on "Fair". The reason for that is that while it may be quick none of it attack or skills is high damager. Another reason is this hero is not advisable for crowed control because once it start attacking using one of it skill; you can't stop it and move it to another position on the map when needed. 
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Dante

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This hero can be compare to the hero "Captain Blackthorne" but much better because it has lot more attack skills.
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Kahz

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: *Fair

Comment/Reason: I often compare this hero with the hero "Grawl". This hero is like good and bad based on it skills. The only advise I can give you if you wish to try this hero is to not upgrade one of it skill (transport the enemy to you) until you max out everything (level and skill). If "Grawl" is a fortress wall, then this is bulldozer. It will try to steamroll the enemy but if too crowed or he surrounded, he have tough time or get killed in the process.     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saitam

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: No "one-two punch" skill, plain and simple.
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Ashbite (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can't attack directly underneath it. Hero "Ashbite" and hero "Bonehart" are about the same in term of their stat and primary attack. Now if you compare their skills however then "Ashbite" will have more firepower while "Bonehart" will have delay (blocker) and curse (damage over time) skill. Both hero are strong.  
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Bonehart (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can't attack directly underneath it. Hero "Ashbite" and hero "Bonehart" are about the same in term of their stat and primary attack. Now if you compare their skills however then "Ashbite" will have more firepower while "Bonehart" will have delay (blocker) and curse (damage over time) skill. Both hero are strong.
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