Next Life (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Next Life (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=127477
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/next-life/

Status (of the novel): WN (Complete-main story) LN & WN Extra Story(ongoing)
My Reading:  Reading & Stop
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Vol 1, Vol 2 Ch 1 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Vol 8 + Extra Chapters [04-07-13] (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Avalanche
*Reincarnation: Game Character (RPG: magic user class)
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): able to uses magic, have unique equipment on
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, age unknown, Japanese Nationality
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World, Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Character: Male, age unknown but probably young adult (previous life), Game Character: human Race, Male, young man of adult age (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.

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):

• Sex (imply)

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The web novel of the main story is already over (finish) while the extra, the after story, are still ongoing. I don't want to re-read the whole web novel again because even reading the google translated text was mundane (story wise). It not exciting. I will write what I remember from the beginning and the end of vol 8. 

The MC die on a mountain while having fun with friends. He then get reincarnated as one of his game character with broken like status (cheat like status) in a fantasy world. He conveniently come across a royal family and save them using his overpower ability. From then on (I can't remember much) but he work for the kingdom. I think (don't remember) he marry the princess he saved (the one from the beginning) later in the novel, not sure if he marry more. By the end of the web vol 8, the MC fought a GOD and won that which have to do with saving the world.
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Overall, it a mundane read. This novel is quite mundane even if it follow all the cliche of  "transport to another world". It lack depth and even sometime detail, and because the MC is overpowered from the beginning. It often uses as a convenient in the story as if it explain everything. More like there lot of convenient in the story. It feel like there no personality on any characters.

Dragoon - The Dragon Knight's Path (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Dragoon - The Dragon Knight's Path (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=141592
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/dragoon/

Status (of the novel): LN (Ongoing) & WN (Complete)
My Reading: Finish (WN RAW)
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Ch 1-40 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Ch 158 + 9 Side Story (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation (non main characters of this novel)

World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword (Game) World, Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Protagonist: Human Male, Noble

Romance:
Hint here and there while keeping the true feeling (confession) untold to the person they love (until the end of the novel). While non important do whatever.

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: As the reader, we know several fact: this world is a game world made real. The main protagonist of this novel is suppose to be a minor antagonist (NPC) of this game world but a certain event happen change that and so everything it going off script from the game route. 

I feel that there are only two antagonist in this novel as the reader. One is a person and the people working for that person and the other is a "thing" that is trying to correct the error that is not following the game route as it suppose to. To understand what I talking about, here are some character in the novel to explain:

Character:
Rudel Arses: Main protagonist of this novel; first child, eldest child, and a male of a Duke family. Was a selfish brat until he saw a dragon overhead when he was a child where it inspire him to want to be a dragoon. Was treated like unwanted person by both his parent and his family servant. He is single-mind and honest. He can't read the air and he quite the battle junky. He became a dragoon after lot of harsh ship.
Lena Arses: Rudel half younger sister from a different mother (she a reincarnated person from this world from the past, you don't know this until near the end of the novel)
Izumi Shirasagi: female foreigner (base on Japanese), got involve with the MC early at the start of 1st year in school. She is serious and stubborn. She someone who is less then a lover but more then a friend to the MC. Have feeling for MC for some time but MC reject her early on before she even confess because of his family issue. Still feel for MC even so. She is also the only one that can stop MC from doing something outrageous. (She finally end up with MC at the very end of the novel)
Aleist Hardie: Reincarnated person of a former bullied kid from earth, the suppose protagonist of this game world. Have all knowledge of this game world and event. Start out as seeing this world as a game but later was awaken by MC to change his tone. Dream of harem, but later give up on harem in order to chase one girl he felt in love with. However he still end up with harem while the girl he chasing is ignoring him. His harem grew bigger by the end of the novel while he is crying and complaining to his friend he don't want anymore wife. Another person who can't read the air.       

The story/novel are break down into the following:

• Childhood
• School life (5 years, school for knight and/or civil servant)
• Rookie Training as a Dragoon
• 1st assignment and post
• New assignment as a escort
• War
• Ending (of the novel): skip through the future a few years and 100 years. 

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I see this novel as an ok read. However I don't like the ending not because it bad. It because it messing with my emotion. Personal opinion.

The Lazy Swordmaster (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

The Lazy Swordmaster (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=135389
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-lazy-swordmaster/

Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Ch 1-146 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Semi-Light & Semi-Serious
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): After killing the Demon lord, he felt from great height right afterward due to lack of strength
*Reincarnation: A male human (the story skip his childhood)
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): sword and knife skill from his previous life as a hero, control his body mana
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, Korean Nationality (educated guess), Hero    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World, Medieval. There are monster but no other race seen, yet.

Main Character: Male, age unknown, Hero (previous life), A human male, 19 year old [the story just skip his childhood] (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A person who seem lazy but can be actually cold, ruthless, and violent when piss off but course he do theses in the behind scene when piss off.
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: Read the Description on the first link and you understand that our MC don't want to be bother any more, just like any war veteran after a war. The real question that not all that important but I just want to ask is: Was the MC a Hero fighting the Demon Lord on Earth or Was the MC summoned to another world as a Hero and fought there? [Edited: Answer (Educated Answer from more clue): It seem monster invade earth and our MC was a Hero on Earth].

The story so far are the following:

• Family issue with inheritance; things like the mother of his older brother try to kill MC mother but was stopped and now got expel from the family.
• Trip to the capital city; encounter multiple trouble. MC pickup a new servant from the street in the Capital.
• Trip to a vacation city during the summer (cause it hot - temperature) that rain all year long; but encounter a magic user mass murder
• Came back home.
• Inheritance test among the MC and his brothers
• MC older brother (middle son and 2nd brother) inherited the family head position, while MC eldest brother who was unhappy with the decision try to attack (kill) their father but fail and so he was expel from the family. MC was introduce to a well off noble lady from a Duke family as a possible future wife.
• MC went on a winter trip with his servant to heal her while going Westward. 

Our MC is strong but hide his ability in front of other, because he don't want to stand out and it troublesome. He more of a "as long as it doesn't involve me (or people I care about), he don't care"
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I see this novel as an ok read.

Main Character Hides His Strength (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Main Character Hides His Strength (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=139852
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/main-character-hides-his-strength/

Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Ch 1-54 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Dark Fantasy
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning (Group)
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Depend

• The strong (survivor) get to live, get benefit, and get out of the hell hole (summon place) and into the world (other world)
• The weak (survivor)
• turn to slave (live or die)
• kill or eating by monster (die)
• human experiment (depend; live or die or turn into a monster)
• The weak (non survivor) die by being kill by monster or other human

*Summoner (If known): Magic User
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): None
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World with Game Element (RPG), Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Character: Male, Korean Nationality, age unknown but probably in his 30's (novel start, not the time of his summoning)
*MC role in this summoning: All were Bystander when summon
MC Personality/Character: A cold and ruthless person, don't know about his past when he got summon
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):

• Rape (imply) - aftermath
• Killing (brutal, violent, bloody, cruel, and/or sadistic)
• Torture - aftermath
• Aftermath of Inhuman Scene

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: This is a Dark Fantasy Genre; I don't like reading dark fantasy genre stuff. The best way I can describe dark fantasy genre is what you would think of when you think of organized crime, corrupt system, tyrant, or a dictator but in a fantasy world.

Read the Description on the first link and you understand that our MC have been in this world for quite some time. From what I gather as the reader, the MC is still in this world is probably because of a promise he made with someone. And from what I infer to as the reader, it probably a female child. In this world, besides summoning there are reincarnation. Reincarnation can be break down into two thing: #1.) reincarnated from this world (fantasy) to the other world (earth) Or #2.) reincarnated from this world (fantasy) and go back in time and reborn as someone in the past (with previous life memory). Our MC who could go back home (earth) using method #1 is still here is as I stated, because of a promise.

The story so far are the following: the MC couldn't kill the thing he want to kill with his physical strength alone, so he need to learn magic which could. So our MC went back to his root to the place he got summon. Afterward he went to a magic school after he done with getting what he want at the summon place.
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Since this a dark fantasy genre novel, this not for every one. I only read it because I got curious so read it if this is your thing if not don't read it because it is dark.

The Other World Demon King and the Summoning Girl’s Slave Magic (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=123041
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/isekai-maou-to-shoukan-shoujo-dorei-majutsu/

Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Light Novel up to: LN Vol 1-3 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Lighthearted
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Beast Summoning
*Summoner (If known): Summoner
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): His game character along with everything it has on it (level: 100+, equipment: boss & unique drop on, Skill: element magic)
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, Japanese Nationality, gamer, age unknown
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Game World, Medieval. There are magics, monsters, and other race.

Main Character: Male, age unknown, probably a young man (previous life), Game Character: Demon Race, Male, young man of adult age, RPG: magic user class (new life)
*MC role in this summoning: To be a summon beast
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Neet-like Character on the inside (sweating bullet), while acting tough and Maou like on the outside. (MC is a shut-in gamer with a communication disorder - more like don't know how talk to people well)
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: Well just read the "description" on the above link and you get the start of this novel. Now here what happening in these volume:

LN vol 1: summoning and introduction, get some background info on why both girls want to summon a strong beast, MC defend and save the town from demonic race.
LN vol 2: Elf girl family issue and it ended up MC and companion saving her from her lustful (blood related) brother 
LN vol 3: Panther girl and this world maou appearing from her body. You can say lot of thing happen but this world maou (little girl maou) ended up following the MC as his contracted beast willingly.
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This novel is one of those who like to read good old idiots yet friendly theme with ecchi and harem genre that not stupidly writing, meaning there a reason for everything when present with such scene. And if anyone wondering, I feel like there are not going be any mature content (sex related) beyond ecchi. That my gut feeling as an experience ecchi and harem reader but I can be wrong.

Overall, it a good read (if you like ecchi and harem).

Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=135643
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/tondemo-skill-de-isekai-hourou/

Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Ch 1-20 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Ch 341 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning (Group)
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Hero
*Summoner (If known): Magic User
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): Magic (unique) - noncombat related

• MC's magic (unique) explain: Uses other world money to purchase item like an online store from Earth and have it delivered when purchased within second.

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 27 year old male, Japanese Nationality, salary man 
*MC role in this summoning: None, A Bystander, Was caught in the summoning by mistake
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): The MC unique magic can do that for him already so he don't need to make it when he can actually bring the real thing (mostly food).

MC's Contracted Beast/Monster:
Fenrir (legendary): Last of it kind, it is over 1000 year old, somewhere in history one of it own kind is able to destroy a country by itself giving it the legendary status, able to speak and understand human language. Self stated that only an Ancient Dragon is his equal (in combat). Contracted MC for his food. Male.
Slime (special): Was a normal baby slime when they first met, friendly and harmless, was helpful in eating the other world trash for MC (clean up). Contracted MC for his food. Gender-less.
Pixie Dragon (Rare): Look like a baby size dragon but it actually an adult dragon, known for it small size and quickness (flying), rare to be found anywhere, it is over 100 year old. Contracted MC for his food. Male.

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The MC got caught up in a hero summoning and because he not a hero and he don't trust the king, he left the country as quickly as possible. During the journey to cross the border, he encounter a Fenrir who got attract to his food. After eating it, the Fenrir ask to sign a contract. After they arrive and enter another country, the MC plan to move to another country after some research. And Though the main story involving MC's Contract Monster doing the killing and hunting (mainly for the meat ---> food) while he sell the other part. He will then cook the meat for them because they big eater. Our MC will become wealthy real quickly as the byproduct of selling monster part to the guild. His unique magic also attract the goddess and god of this world. Any who, Our MC have very good luck on everything expect on the love department according to a side note story from the goddess in this other world. As the reader I must agree with that as the MC have very good luck and here are some reason why: 

1. Contract beast is overpowered, not even a country can stop it if anger
2. Met lot of nice/kind/odd/strange people but none them are actually "bad guy" (one reason is probably because of his contracted beast)
3. Make fair deal when selling monster part and drop to the adventure guild (nice people), be sure not be cheated when selling to the merchant guild with nice people watching behind. Our MC don't know the market price and he don't seem to care. (I think he going numb with all the gold he gain from selling monster that he like this)
4. Our MC have yet to face or meet any "bad guy" (people) that will harm him (as of RAW Chapter 341)

Our MC is average while his contracted beasts is overpowered; the majority of the novel will have chapter with them just cooking and/or eating. 

Here what happen so far: 

• got summon. left castle. get escorted to another country. met fenrir along the way. 
• Cross over the country and plan the next move. research and then head out to another country in the west. head out and enter it.
• travel in between town/village/city with that country, conquer a few dungeon and meet new people.

Hero POV story chapters (1 male teenager, 2 female teenager):

• Discover they are being use and about to be enslave, escape during a monster hunt.
• While escaping, one of them (female) have to cut off one of her arm due to having a slave item put on her. The hero group escape to another country while acting as an adventurer.
• It was later noted that they marry each other. (explain to MC by god while having a friendly chat with MC)

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I see this novel as causal read.

Expecting to Fall into Ruin, I Aim to Become a Blacksmith (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Expecting to Fall into Ruin, I Aim to Become a Blacksmith (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:

• https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=135330
• http://www.novelupdates.com/series/botsuraku-youtei-nanode-kajishokunin-wo-mezasu/

Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Vol 1-3, Vol 4 Ch 1-3 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Vol 5 Ch 3 (Google Translated) 

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Traffic Accident
*Reincarnation: A male human child (when he regain his previous life memory back)
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any):None
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, Student, Japanese Nationality    
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): Sim Dating Game World. Medieval. There Monster and Magic, no other race seen yet.

Main Character: Male, age unknown, student (previous life), A human male child, 12 year old [when he regain his previous life memory back] (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.

Romance:
The normal kind; beside the MC other characters in the novel would also have their share of romance of their own.

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The Main Character reincarnated into one of those background unimportant character of this game world that the MC used to play and if he (MC) follow the story of the game, in the future he will marry the female antagonist somehow and end up as a fallen noble as a poor farmer couple. To prevent that while still following the main story of the game, he seek other profession to make wealth in case it does happen as he have zero information even from the game on how it happen as his character is just a background character. The MC learn and know how to uses magic mainly fire but doesn't seem that important in the novel as it was never empathize like his blacksmith. Beside learning blacksmith he start reforming his father territory into a tourist destination as it suppose to be but because his parent are too nice of a people, there management of the territory are not bad nor was it good as nothing change or improve in it.

Web vol 1: starting gaining back previous life memory, start changing his lifestyle and learning new skills, start reforming his father territory, beginning to go to school - meet new friends
Web vol 2: School life with friends
Web vol 3: Summer vocation at home with friends, return to school while some of his best friend went away (for family issue) and don't know if they ever return back to school.
Web vol 4: School festival at school, spending time at the capital city while on a school holiday, cause problem with some big wig son.  
Web vol 5, ch1-3: MC in jail on false charge (previous vol about causing problem with big wig son that they started)
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It one of those change the script of the story a little but still follow the main story line of the world, kind of thing.

Overall, it an ok read.