Saturday, July 29, 2017

Last Bosses in Heroless Worlds (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Last Bosses in Heroless Worlds (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing (LN)
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Light Novel up to: LN Ch 0 (prologue) (Translated)

Atmosphere: Light (for now since there only "prologue" available - translated)
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): many type (for now since there only "prologue" available, unsure who the MC yet)
*Reincarnation: As themselves as they were when they die in their world
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): N/A because we don't know who the MC are
Previous Life Basic Information: Go read link.
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): N/A

Main Character: N/A
MC Personality/Character: N/A  
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: Since it only the "prologue" that is available (English translated), the description from the link best describe what happen and what will happen (maybe) in the novel.
  • Link above (novelupdates.com): Six extremely powerful "last bosses" (a rogue AI, a mad scientist, a fallen angel, a battle junkie hero, an alien queen and a mutant/abnormal) who had caused large amounts of destruction in their worlds due to various circumstances before being defeated are summoned by a mysterious girl who wants to make them save various worlds.
    • Personal Note: 
      • Rogue AI (persona toward Female gender); probable from an advance human civilization like some future sci-fi world.
      • Mad Scientist (male), it state that this guy is not human but a "glass". not sure what that mean (maybe a person who wear glass). Probable from an advance human civilization like some future sci-fi world.
      • Fallen Angel (female); probable from a fantasy world.
      • Alien Queen (female); unknown what the human level of civilization were when her race invade but let assume it modern.
      • Mutant/Abnormal (male), let assume these people has esper power. Let assume it modern level of civilization.
  • krytykal.org (translator group for this teaser chapter): AntiMagic's author, Yanagimi Touki-sensei is pulling out a new series in mediafactory, illustrated by Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan's illustrator. The new series title is Last Bosses of the Heroless World and is a slightly comedic story about last bosses from various worlds brought to save a world from evil, or something. And they're all huge problem children.
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No Opinion since it only a prologue but I have high hope for this since it from an author I read before.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Only Sense Online (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Only Sense Online (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Light Novel up to: LN Vol 1-9 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Light
Type of Game: VRMMO; Fantasy Magic and Sword World
World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): Modern Earth (Real World), Fantasy Magic & Sword World (Game World)

Main Character: Male, Teenager. High School Student. Japanese Nationality (Real World)
Game Character: Human, Female
*Job Class: No Job Class, skill bases game. Our MC is focuses on bow skill (for combat as a rear supporter in party/team play) and all-rounder producer class skill. MC want to consider himself as craftier, a non-combat class.
MC Personality/Character: Responsible person. Caretaker-like personality (real & in-game). "My Paces" kind of gameplay. MC is afraid of bug and horror stuff (such as ghost and zombie).

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Our MC (male) got force into playing a VRMMO game by his gamer (male) friend because he got an extra console for our MC. There when MC created his game character, the game AI mistaken his gender and created the MC game character as a female.Our MC wanted to deleted this character and recreated it but he was blackmail/threaten by his older sister to not or else she expose his embarrassing past to the world.

Story so far:
  • LN Vol 1: MC get drag into playing a VRMMO game by his best friend. Due to AI mistake, our MC is now a female character in game. MC selected skills he thought will help as an all-rounder support class but was later bash by his hard-core gaming best friend and little sister for selecting unpopular skills from the Beta era. Since MC is not a hard core gamer, he just continue on with his pace in playing and enjoying the game. MC test out his skills and experiment with all sort of stuff in crafting. MC meet other crafting player that later he befriend them as they advise him on many thing as experience beta player. Party play with his little sis and his best friend. MC is focus on crafting and earning money to craft more stuff. By the end of the volume, he bought a field so he can grow stuff he need to craft to sell them from the store on that field.
  • LN Vol 2: Summer game event. MC and his crafting friend became a team in this summer event. It based on survival while camping and chance meeting with pet animal. Since they all craftier, they build a log house with bed. While doing this playing summer event, MC encounter many pet animal that follow him at first before going toward the other (his crafting friend). Encounter with his little sister which turn out they were have food problem as none of them have skill for this event. Near the end of the event was when Big Boss vs players. Player get to keep the pet animal they encounter in this event. Our MC have a young fox and young unicorn.
  • LN Vol 3: In this volume is MC creating new stuff with his skill and helping his crafting friend create a "crafting guild".
  • LN Vol 4: In this volume is "Crafting Guild" event, Player Killer problem, and discovered a "raid quest" and a necessary material for revive potion at the same location.
  • LN Vol 5: This continue where the last volume left off, where the crafting guild event kick off. Lot of back-stab and killing between Player killer. And doing the Raid Quest.
  • LN Vol 6: A Fairy Event. Find a fairy and help their queen and get a wishes granted. MC did help the fairy but in the end he didn't have any wish so he set the fairy free. That fairy visit our MC from time to time.
  • LN Vol 7: MC and hard-core gamer best friend explore new area. Climb a mountain and enter new dungeon. MC got scare out his wit due to "his personal fear" and the fact that he got cursed by the dungeon.
  • LN Vol 8:  MC friend and family try to help MC out from turning in a in-game Neet that don't come out of his personal game store. MC older sister invite MC into having a look at her guild as they (Her Guild) explore a new game area. As MC interact with the other craft within that guild, MC got over his adventurer from last time. MC have good time with this guild before going back to his store.
  • LN Vol 9: Winter Game event and adult form for the pet animal. Weather become an effect on the health condition on the player. MC doing mini-event quest. 
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Overall it a good read. Too bad there no romance but there plenty of friendship. MC parent are mention but never appear in the novel.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Full-Time Magister/Quanzhi Fashi (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Full-Time Magister/Quanzhi Fashi (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing (WN)
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: WN Ch 1-113 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: WN Ch 775 (Google Translated)

Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): None, It one of those spirited away situation (assumption)  
*Reincarnation: No Death, It one of those spirited away situation in which our MC went to sleep and wake up in alternate Earth world.
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): None (at the start)
Previous Life Basic Information: Male, Teenager. Chinese Nationality.
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Modern World with Wuxia/Xianxia (Martial Art) Element. China. There monster and other non-human races (but these races are hidden from human society unless they wanted to be hunted down as a monster).

Main Character: Male, Human Male. Teenager (at the start of the novel)
MC Personality/Character: A hardworking and smart young man from a poor (financial) background. He humble (most of the time) but have a bad temper when anger. He love his family. He has a somewhat  sister complex toward his non-blood related disable (unable to walk) younger sister. He may sometime tease and sexual harass (verbal) female he know for fun. Prefer to train and earn money then look for girl (finding a girlfriend/dating) but that not to say that he wouldn't look at beautiful female and give a typical male opinions/comments. MC maybe smart and witty but he a geography and culture idiot; meaning he don't know places (name) outside of major city or understand/know/interact with other culture other then his Chinese Culture (think of him as a tourist with no manner when entering those country when meeting those culture). At time he does have an air of arrogancy or pride in his speech (whether due to his background, experiences, powers, culture, gender, or that how the author design it) when dealing with certain people or simple people that anger him.
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:
There no actual romance between MC to any known female characters that interact with MC so far but it not to say it wouldn't develop. MC is trying to woe a certain female from a certain clan as his self-proclaim wife, while it questionable what he doing with his non-blood related little sister that can not be call normal for their relationship as sibling (no they did not have sex, it more of MC touching and stuff. MC is close to borderline crossing the border with his little sister if he don't control himself). 

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The start of the web novel have our MC waking up in alternated world where everything is the same (people, places, family relation, and etc...) expect magic replace science. He was about to enter a top high school but now in this world a magic high school for the gifted.

Here how the story so far (Web Novel):
  • Our MC wake up  in another world as he about to take the entrance exam for a magic high school which even his last minute cram fail to enter. While our MC wish to enter the magic school but fail to do so, his father made a deal behind MC back (MC heard anyway as he was behind the door) to get MC into the school while at the same time sold off his run down house as part of the deal to get him in. MC move in to the magic high school dorm while his step-sister live with an aunt as she go to her school, while it maybe not stated MC father maybe sleeping in his truck as he do his day job as a driver (deliveryman). While at school, MC awaken two ability but no one saw as they were distracted at the time so MC luck out and stay low profile as he train two ability while being view as a lazy and unskilled student at school. To train, earn real life experiences against monster, and earn money he join the hunter association  under a different name and cover his face as he is a just high schooler. During a field class assignment where the teacher is watch from behind the scene, there was a  mishap during the final phase of the assignment however with our MC with some experience in the field save his classmate while becoming the bait while his classmate flee. While back to school when MC was reward for his action, our MC reject the reward and mock the person (the head of a clan that have large influence in the city in which our MC have bad history with) who was given the reward to him. A bunch of talking and stuff and our MC and this man agree on a duel with a certain bet on the line but he can only official dual when he 18 year old which is 2 year from now. 2 year later where MC continue to train and doing hunting, he dual that man clan men that he pick. In the end our MC won and reveal his dual magic system (fire and lighting). 
  • During when MC was getting his reward for winning the dual, the city was besiege and invaded by monster horde that later discover was cause by a international evil organization. The city was invaded by monster and many civilian and mage die. Our MC and a few lucky survivor ran to the safe zone including MC little sister who he rescue as they waited out until the professional mage kill off the monster in the city. By the time the monster were all killed in the city after a week, the city can no longer function as a city so most of the survivor move to other city with support of the government (housing and initial food aid). Our MC move to Shanghai so he can enter the university magic school while taking his family (father and little sister along). MC father continue his day job while his younger sister plan to train for a year before entering a magic college (different school then the MC entering)
  • While our MC was asking his former female teacher who turn out to be something like a special police force for help (training and school stuff), he got trick and drag to help her job but in return he get some resource. After helping his teacher out with her job when he was trick in doing so, MC was refer to a place to get his second awaken for free by her recommendation and reference. MC awaken another dual system (shadow and summoning) and then he assume that he will awaken another another dual system on the 3rd awaken in the future. MC enter the magic university under the summoning department while hiding his other ability. Something like a festival for the student at the start of the school year, the summoning department fight against other freshmen with reward of school recourse. Well in the end our MC road kill about 150 freshmen. In doing so, the summoning department took all the resource for all the other department for themselves. Our MC now become infamous for this action.
  • Short on cash and need of cash, our MC seek out the hunter association to see if he can join a hunter team. He was recommend to a private hunting team instead of the hunter association team as the private hunting team earn more as per MC requested. MC did join the private hunting team with well-known reputation. His first assignment was to protect some children at night that was request by the client (parent) along with little girl as a partner (handler). That night the children was attack by two human shape monster and MC fought them off. The defeated monster die while popping a dehydrated and weaken human from inside the body while other escape. The little girl took care of the human to the hospital while telling our MC to go home since he done with the job. However not long after he arrive at school, the little girl inform MC that his school is infected with same monster as the one he fought earlier. Ignoring the little girl request to leave this for the other hunter to take care since it too big of a job for them to tackle. MC rush in the infect area and attack the monster while saving people. The little girl got no choice but to support our MC as he dealt with the infected people and kill the source while the hunter and the school faculty quarantine the area. MC finish off the source of infection but he give most of the credit to a fellow roommate/classmate because they made a deal/trade behind the scene. At this point he earn enough money to rent an apartment and move out of the dorm but by chance he met a fellow classmate (female and a beauty) who he battle before is also looking for an apartment. Long story short, they stare rent and apartment (2 female, MC (1 male) plus extra for MC sister (1 female) if she come).
  • While doing an assignment for all freshman, our MC came across a former classmate and person from his home town who also survive the same monster disaster as he (MC) as he (classmate) is turn into monster by that international evil organization. That classmate who bearing maintaining his human mind beg our MC to kill him, which MC did as he swear to kill those bastard who did this to him. MC immediately uses the freshmen assignment to lure them out as he know some of them are hiding among the student. The trap work as MC delay them from leaving the trap he set as the professional encircle them and arrest them in the city.
  • MC was the select few student to go the capital for a school to school tournament and collaboration. During the tournament, MC was force to show his hand by a girl he like that know him from olden day. After the tournament in which MC school won, they have a school to school collaboration as they put different school together and sent them on an field assignment. Our MC school and the capital city school (the girl who our MC like is from this school) is sent to scout an abandon city. There were no major problem during the scout from the beginning until the end. There were minor problem such as a few people don't like MC and so our MC volunteer to scout alone or the group got infest with confusion and start exposing their secret or hidden desire. Still no one die at this point in time even after the confusion ended and awkwardness set in, there were injured people after the confusion. As the student head back to the capital, they encounter a rouge general who simply here to kill them and take MC body for a human experiment (dead or alive). While the few unlucky die by the hand of this rouge general, our MC in the end was force to take the experimental drug with demon blood in order to save his fellow classmate and friend. Our MC turn into a demon with demonic power, he save his friend and kill that rough general but because of the demon in his blood he cannot turn back into human unless he counter it with "fine soul" of large among or else he will die. Our MC ran/disappear somewhere after been told this.
  • 6 month later, A childhood buddy of the MC heard news of where the MC might be after missing for 6 month so he snuck out his post (military) to confirm it. There he met MC who was living like a wild man. There MC got his final "fine soul" with some help before he head back to civilization.
  • When MC return back to civilization, he greet his little sister  and did alot of siscon stuff before calling up his teacher. There MC got drag into one of his teacher family/clan/bloodline problem. It has to do with a guardian snake (that bigger then skyscraper), a plague that just happen to happen and someone point finger at the snake and monster invasion because of the plague smell like their food; basically a conspiracy. In the end they did stop the plague which prevent further monster invasion and people dying and capture the conspirator who started this plague and blaming on the guardian snake.
  • MC return to the university and transfer to another department (fire) at the main campus. Because MC transfer in; the professor high attitude speech piss MC off so he challenge the class to prove a point. Well MC beat almost all the low ranking classmate before he was stop by the dean of the school to save face for the fire department professor who cause this mess.
  • For helping the guardian snake our MC receive a snake scale he wish to tun into a magic armor for his own protection. With the recommendation from his hunter boss to certain craftsmen he went to him. That quirky elder craftsman will help our MC make his armor if MC do his hunting commission to hunt a rumor vampire to a certain death cases. As MC investigate, he did come across a vampire and his next target/prey/victim. Even as he try to protect the target from the rouge vampire, it was too late as she was turn into a vampire instead of vampire food however MC did kill that rouge vampire. The victim who turn into vampire was allow to live but was warn not to cause problem or else he hunt her down.
  • To try his (MC) chance to get rare resource, he bought a reliability info from the hunter associations. With that info he form a team of trusted friend and classmate to hunt that resource. They went but was force back and return to the city due to natural disaster and someone anger the lord of that place (monster lord). In the end, the lord of that place turn out to be someone former mother (human) now a fire women and the person who anger her was a wanted criminal disguise as her. Well the criminal was killed but the fire women was fatally wound due to the criminal cunningness. The result still is that the criminal die and MC end up with a rare resource gifted from that fire women before she died.
  • While MC was playing around as the whole nation was selecting player for their national team in the world tournament (our MC is already a default player), our MC receive news that his childhood buddy have fallen (dead) on a mission. Not believing whether it true or not as long as he don't see his dead body he will confirm it himself, our MC travel there along with a companion. Surprising his childhood buddy survive as the sole survivor of his scout group while being treat at a small village for his physical wound and his lost of memory. That village happen to be attack by undead when our MC arrive and was glad his buddy was alive. MC help escort the villager that wish to leave the village to the nearest city. While staying at the city, the city happen to be besiege by horde of undead.  It was so discover it was cause by the international evil organization again. MC and the civilian have to go through hell in this siege. By the time the siege was over which lasted about a day and half with a large outer portion of the city destroyed. By the way, MC buddy was pretending to be retarded so he wouldn't be found out by the evil organization when he was at the village as he fear he be kill for knowing a certain information about them.
  • MC return to school and found out that his little sister is selected to go to a famous school for healer that is located in Greece. After causing some inference before they departure and some siscon action and a fail attempt to sleep with her before she left to Greece. After she left, our MC return to school and met the other chosen player that will represent China while in which case our MC was chosen as a sub. They were told by the official to get to Japan by boat without stating their identity or background. They arrive to certain city with shipping port that seem to have monster problem in the sea. They plan to get rid of the monster problem so they can ride a ship out to Japan. As they resolve this monster in the sea problem and get a ride to Japan, they left what they discover that was too big of an issue that came with the monster extermination to the official to deal with (such as corruption and back dealing).
  • As the group snuck in to Japan (smuggle in, with out using official route and passport), they settle in at temple so they can rest before heading out to Tokyo. However at the place where they were staying at happen to have a curse item that create by a grudge. They resolve the problem with some luck and so they head out to the next location in Japan, Osaka. 
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Early Predication: I don't expect much for the ending since most comment on Chinese web novel ending stated that they aren't that great and/or that it become boring near the end.
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Like any "transport to another world" novel, the MC usually will have a certain cheat that get him or her ahead of other in the long run.

For this novel our MC have one "cheat" that I can think of that is on the level of "cheat" and one "advantage". The "advantage" that I believe MC have over the other people is that is he is born/awaken with "dual" magic system, meaning each time he advance as a mage and awaken he will wake up two magic system unlike the rest of the people who only awaken one. The "cheat" that MC has in this novel is that he has a mysterious necklace that he received before he went to sleep and woke up in this other world, this mysterious necklace greatest feature is that it increase MC training speed in upgrading his magic power.

This novel is best describe as a modern world with wuxia/xianxia flare. Written with both Western and Chinese idea. Even though it has wuxia/xianxia flare, it doesn't have the full blunt of the usual arrogant people walking around saying I''m from this clan and what and what and you need to obey me or else. It not the usual "law of the jungle" style. In this other world inside the city wall is a modern city (20th/21th century level of technology/civilization) while on the outside of the city wall is rule by monster. This is an alternate world where magic replace science but everything stay the same at least on the map and the thing I mention above, read link "description" would make more sense then my gibberish.

The one thing I found odd in this novel is that it never mention/written/talk about any weapon being uses at all in this novel other then their fist and magic, no one mention or state using weapon to fight. Not even a wooden stick or pole.

Overall it an ok read.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Long Live Summons/Zhaohuan Wansui (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Long Live Summons/Zhaohuan Wansui (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Finish/Complete (WN)
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: WN Ch 0-302 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Mature and Light Hearted
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): None, It one of those spirited away situation (assumption)  
*Reincarnation: MC soul enter a 18 year old male who just happen to drown himself in the river.
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): None (at the start)
Previous Life Basic Information: Male, Presume Teenager, Presume Chinese Nationality.
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Wuxia/Xianxia (Martial Art) World. Ancient civilization background with Far East Asia as the base. There monster and other non-human races.

Main Character: Male (previous life), Human Male, 18 year old (new life)
MC Personality/Character:
  • To most people, He Shameless.
  • To Female (beautiful/pretty), He a pervert.
  • To His Close Family (those he consider family), he a loving son/cousin/brother/nephew that he willing to risk his life to save them.
  • To his enemy's (regardless of gender, age, background, or race), he ruthless.
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:
Call it Harem or Polygamy, it the usual thing in Wuxia/Xianxia World.

Here are the all females that are MC lover, maybe lover, and/or potential future lover/wife (based on where I left off on the WN): (all are around MC ages)
  • Yi Nan: Have her aunt approve of MC as her fiance. Still at buddy buddy relationship and she quite shy about get closer to MC when come to this topic about men and women.
  • Luo Hua (City Mistress and Princess): A princess and a city mistress (like a mayor/governor). Her Father (king) approve of MC as her fiance. Treat MC as her guard captain which is his position she give him. Don't mind some skin-ship (touching) with MC.
  • Xue Wu Xia (Ex-Fiancee): Eldest daughter of a major clan. Know MC little secret. Love our MC but always reject our MC love confession to her.
  • Shui Wu Hen (School Principal): Cousin of MC Ex-Fiancee. Become MC future wife after they have sex and some emotional reason behind it and why they have sex (MC trying to save her life).
  • Princess Qian Qian: A princess with a tigress personality. MC and her have a cat and dog relationship. MC is pervert so he want to tame her. This princess have mix feeling for him between love and hate.
Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Sex - metaphor description 
  • Killing (normal)
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The start of the web novel have our MC in a limbo like world floating among the stars/cloud before he was kick down from somewhere for speaking nonsense and acting shameless by a taoist monk. And there our MC woke up in another world.

Here how the story so far (Web Novel):
  • Reincarnated, MC learn about his own ability's and this world. Get the basic of summoning from his younger cousin. Under disgust he join assassin guild and mercenary guild to earn money and battle experiences. Plan to upgrade and created a certain summon plant beast from legend. Gain new summon beast.
  • Enter a tower to get his cousin back. Met new people (good and bad). Did some steamroll training while heading toward his cousin. Beat up people half dead that harm his cousin. Fought and kill some demon that happen to show up. Did some training while still in tower with cousin. Gain some new summon beast. Return home with cousin.
  • Return home to met his aunt. Take family back to main clan castle after hearing a certain news. Uses extreme force while heading toward the castle and killing his clanman down that stand in his way. MC only stop (killing) when the "head of the clan" step in and stop everyone. Few days later, clan internal tournament started/begin. MC fought but near the end, it become a mess with no clear winner but everyone there now know that MC is a freak of nature not to be mess with.
  • MC enter school to learn the basic fundamental knowledge which he lack. 1st class assignment have him and his classmate pick herb in a dangerous environment. When turn in the assignment, the place got attack with MC caught in it. The attacker was kill by his bad luck on using something MC pick up. MC return to school after telling his version of how the attacker came and die.
  • MC take class. MC take a personal class assignment from the teacher. MC bring his fellow to the assignment location. Trouble at the ant monster nest, while MC face off with a forbidding foe inside while on the outside gone crazy as mercenary  start killing each other while MC allies protect themselves. When MC came out; he gone berserker as he kill all the mercenary and the sneaky people who cause this mess, who seem to want to cause some conspiracy. MC and ally return to town to what seem to be an aftermath of that same conspiracy. Not long after they enter the town, it got siege from that same conspiracy. MC fought before he was require to call for reinforcement while his ally return to school. MC did so and the siege was dealt with.
  • MC return to do his class assignment with some helper but yet again he encounter a dangerous foe where he killed half of them while he and his party is all bloody up and out of strength. MC return to school after some misadventure of his fail attempt to woe and kiss some girl. Due to the teacher who give MC his class assignment is not around, our MC decided to head back home to visit his beloved aunt.
  • MC return home only to find his aunt was kidnapped and all his aunt servants were killed. MC hunted the kidnapper down with some help and killed most of them (after some battle) and return with his aunt.
  • After rescuing his aunt, MC rested (slept) for 10 days straight before waking up. There he greeted from his pal and family member and a few important guests. Gain new summon beast.
  • Went to the tower to train in trial. After passing one trial he went to his cousin school to ask her teacher for some pointer for the next trial. They encounter trouble with a pervert in which our MC bloody beat up. However when they got home that person that MC beat up is dead and his family came asking for trouble as they accuse MC clan of killing him which our MC didn't. All in all, the other group clan embarrass themselves as evident is against them.
  • MC did some more trial up in the tower before going back to school for the school tournament. MC didn't do much as he just laze through the tournament while beating the weaker foe.
  • While it not his turn yet at the school tournament. MC went back to the tower to do some more trial in which some of them he nearly died in them. He came back after passing them and continue on with the school tournament. When it his turn he bully the other contestant by summoning high rank monster then them and then beat them with ease.
  • During the final for the overall individual school tournament (the school tournament is split into individual, team, and overall individual), they got attack from enemy from the another continent. They forcefully transport (kidnap) our MC and few other to another place with a teleport scroll. MC and company fought there way back and teleport back to their home.
  • Went into hiding of a sort. MC and female company train at that place. MC finally slept with someone but with a purpose. Came out of the hiding and head toward his clan castle with the purpose to face off some faker. They end up fighting in which MC and company won by killing the faker in the end however a few strong one escapes.
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Early Predication: I don't expect much for the ending since most comment on Chinese web novel ending stated that they aren't that great and/or that it become boring near the end.
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Like any wuxia/xianxia novel, the MC usually will have a certain cheat that get him or her ahead of other in the long run such as having a magic tool/object to improve training or learning skills, chance encounter with a Master or being that will teach our MC stuff, or etc... Rarely will any wuxia/xianxia novel not give our MC a cheat or two.
For this novel our MC have several "cheat" that I can think of that is on the level of "cheat". He have two "Inherent Skill" (think of them as each individual unique skill they are born with, most people have one), one is to hide (whether his stat info or what not, not physical hiding) and the other is an eye power that see info (like look at people stat and skill tree of certain skill). Another "cheat" he has is that yet to be explain is whenever he go to sleep he will meet a sword fairy beauty and train with her while trying to touch (in perverted way) her but he always 100% lose to her in the training, and when he wake up he will learn the skill from when was asleep. These two cheat will kick start our MC ahead.

This novel is a typical wuxia/xianxia novel. The pattern for the MC for any typical wuxia/xianxia novel are to train, get stronger, and kill/beat anyone that try to harm him/her or his/her love one.

Overall it an ok read but I still reading it. Can't give a finally judgement.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Tanaka The Wizard (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Tanaka: Nenrei Equal Kanojo Inaireki no Mahoutsukai (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Link:
Status (of the novel): Ongoing (LN) / Finish/Complete (WN)
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: WN Ch 0-13 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: WN Ch 35 (Google Translated)

Atmosphere: Adult and Semi-Light, Down to Earth.
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Accidentally kill by God
*Reincarnation: Adult Body, 36 year old. Newly Created by God. Male Human.
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): Healing Magic (overpowered)
Previous Life Basic Information: Male, 36 year old. Japaneses Nationality.
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World with RPG element, Medieval. There are monster and other race.

Main Character: Male, 36 year old (previous life), Human Male, 36 year old. Newly Created (new life)
MC Personality/Character: A pervert-mind middle age old man but with self restraint and keep all perverted thought in his head. virgin. Consider to have an ugly face (self-acknowledged and other pointing it out) (Personal note: Both the illustration from the LN and manga, I don't see him as ugly. I see him as just an average middle age dude) Like to act cool in front of other especially in front of beautiful female. Will act like an adult in most cases. Prefer beautiful women but dislike "slut". Since coming to the other world MC developed a like for "little girl" and even stating he a lolicon if ask because so far only little girl are not disgusted when MC talking to them or asking them a questions. MC may be a lolicon but he know where not to cross over, so it like the saying go: "Yes loli, No Touch" unless it "legal loli" then he try to aim for that. He also have very strong self restraint on not wasting his money on stupid thing when it count (For Example: a goblin help MC do a quest to gather herb which he save. MC earn money from that. MC come across a red light district. MC thought about it before he shake it off and just went to go eat) When MC is down or depress, MC go eat and drink.  
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:
It not call real romance when it one sided, more like a perverted little girl (from a powerful background) is aiming for our MC after being save by him several time while our MC is not interest in her. (based on the WN chapter I read so far) 

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Sex (imply) - sound only
  • Attempted Rape (homosexual)
  • Rape (statement) - while it happen, monster on human
  • Killing (normal)
  • Cutting Body Part

My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The start of the web novel have our MC in soul form stating he dead because god killed him by accident. Due To his (God) mistake, our MC was allow to chose to reincarnate in another world with any ability he wish for. Our MC wanted to be handsome but God stated that it is not possible as that his fate (to be not handsome) so our MC chose healing ability and with God help it MAX out the stat. With that stated and done he (MC) was drop in the middle of a nearby town.  

Here how the story so far (Web Novel):
  • Reincarnated and drop into the other world. Enter the town but was arrest for acting suspicious and was thrown in jail. Escape the jail by killing the guard and help another prisoner (female) escape. Our MC fell into the river while escaping. Look like a bum when finally got out of his previous mess and decide to join the adventurer guild to earn his wage. During his quest he come across a goblin which he save and in return that goblin help MC gather the necessary herb that MC need for the quest.
  • MC join a party of teenager (1 male and 2 female) for a certain quest that they already selected. While MC and his party arrive at a village nearest to where their quest are, they settle down at the INN. While the teenager group was having a skin-ship relationship moment which can be heard next door, our MC went down to eat and drink. While MC got drunk, the village was attack by Orc. MC being drunk don't feel any fear but still see the danger. MC destroy the Orc with his new magic skill (fire) and somehow save the village before his teenager party arrive. The Orc was their quest so they earn something.
  • MC bought a cheap house which is haunted but not for long once MC deal with it within second with his magic. Have a confrontation with a nobleman at the INN (which MC won). Re met the nobleman and it turn out he was a high ranking noble and a high ranking magic user with a strong hobby of researching and experimenting magic. Found a self written book on alchemy from the previous owner of the house. Wanting to learn more, MC somehow enter an academy for such thing with the help of that magic nobleman. MC discover that his house still have a debt (tax) that yet to be paid; MC seek a way to earn cash fast within a month. Discover a cure for a certain illness that require a certain ingredient from the book at MC house. MC seek the magic nobleman help and his previous party member plus extra to get that ingredient which is a "red dragon liver". Currently the princess of the country have this illness and it just the right chance to earn some cash for MC. While flying on a magic vehicle and gathering his party, MC plan out the attack while his previous party member are having a relationship problem with each other such as cheating and stuff. They encounter several other dragon-like monster that attack their vehicle, they repel them but the vehicle was too damage that they crash landed. There they walk on foot before they fought (2 red dragon) and gain the red dragon liver. Unexpected encounter with an ancient dragon which MC fought with before they let it as a draw. MC and company return to the city and create the cure for the ill princess and have there reward given. And MC pay his taxes for his house.
  • MC previous house owner was actually in the basement who new body (female elf) being preserve. MC help cure her body illness and awaken her. MC acting all cool and stuff give her the house which he hard earn to buy. MC then live at the school dorm.
  • Being an adventurer of a certain rank, he was draft to fight a border war (arm conflict). While our MC was moving from one battlefield to the next. Our MC previous party member that took down the red dragon was doing many thing (commanding and stuff) in the back ground in this conflict. Major point in this conflict for our MC are the following: MC was betrayed by a female dark elf slave by having his head cut off but lucky due to his high level healing and recovery power he grew back his body. The female ancient dragon (transform into little girl) came to bother our MC cause she bore. MC help end the conflict by letting them fight and keep healing them until they run out of steam which in turn make both side stop fight and get them to talk with each other. Conflict ended with back dealing.  
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Overall it an ok read but this novel in term of mature content is like borderline. If you can get over that then is an ok read for most. [Note: I will added new comment when finish the ending of this WN]
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Monday, June 5, 2017

The Redo of a Healing Magician: Transcendental Healing of Instant Death Magic and Skill Copying (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi: Sokushi Mahou to Skill Copy no Choetsu Heal (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 1-2, Vol 3 Ch 0-1 (Translated)

Atmosphere: Semi-Light & Dark Fantasy
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation to the Past
*Cause of Death (if known): No Death
*Reincarnation: MC former-self 4 year ago
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): None, An inner voice telling him to get stronger.
Previous Life Basic Information: A Male, 18 year old (educated guess). Healer Hero
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Sword and Magic World. Medieval. There are Monster and Other Race.

Main Character: Human Male, 18 year old (educated guess). Healer Hero (previous life), Human Male, 15 year old. Healer Hero [MC four year ago] (new life)
MC Personality/Character: Unsure of what his previous personality/character was but it was probably a naive villager that was tricked and uses until broken as a person. MC self-admit that he is a broken person. Our MC is a sadistic manipulative person with some humanity left. We can call our MC a half crazy person with the way he think (inside his head) and he already develop a twist logic with his thin skin (patience) when being push.

A character guessing our MC character (Web Vol 2 Epilogue):
A hedonist who does not believe in anyone apart from himself. His personal principle is to always decide on his feelings, not about loss or gain, but he becomes an extreme realist during the implementation phase, taking the opportunity to get profit as well. He thoroughly prepares to do fun things, removing the anxiety factor, chooses what he can do and calmly implements it. The troublesome type. On top of not being able to predict what they will do, when they need to take action, they come at you with a plan with no gaps. At one glance, he looks mad, but he is actually not a lunatic. If he was mad, he would not be able to take such systematic actions. Rather, he may enjoy being conscious that he is mad.  

Romance:
There are nothing you could call normal romance if there any.

Mature Content (Subject, Topic, Content, and anything that may be inappropriate for general reader):
  • Sex (imply)
  • Rape (imply) - homosexual, heterosexual, reverse rape, gang rape.
  • Killing (normal)
  • Torture (Physical, Mental, and Sexual)
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Our story begin with the climax battle between the party of hero and the demon lord. The other combatant hero fought with the demon lord but was overwhelming by her power. There our MC who was seen as a trash and a backup potion for them was ignoring their order to heal them and step froward and defeat the demon lord himself. Our MC who was drugged, abused (physically and sexually), and uses for many year discover the whole scheme/truth of this demon vs human war after he finally gain poison resistance to the drug a few month back before this final battle. That a certain country wanted a magic object which is in the heart of the demon lord. There MC planned and execute the plan to uses the same magic object that kept a certain human country into going into war with the demon. With this magic object, that certain human country plan to conquer the world. Unlucky for that certain country, our MC uses it in hope to change his past and get his revenge on who did him wrong. Our MC target for revenge is his hero party member and that certain country. (For more information about the hero party and the above mention, go read; WEB Vol 1, Prologue and Web Vol 2, Ch 16). 

Story so far after the above:
Vol 1: Our MC is now 14 year old turning 15 in a few days is just a normal village boy. However for some reason our MC is hearing a strong inner voice to tell him to do something and get stronger. For no reason other then a gut feeling to trust that voice, our MC did what the inner voice told him to do and gain an eye power that told him the truth (of his other life and his desire for revenge). Our MC now know the truth (gain back his other life memory) start preparing to gain the ability to have poison resistance a kick start. There our MC follow the same route as his old life when he turn 15 year old. MC is invited to the castle and treat as honor guest as a Hero. He then has his virginity taken and then enjoy a life of lust for a few day until he did his first healing. There MC still follow the same path but steal other people EXP and ability in secret. Still following the same path, MC refuse to heal after his first heal, was drugged and then was uses and abuse (physically and sexually [mostly by male]) until MC gain poison resistance a few month later. MC then scheme and execute the plan for revenge on his first target (first princess of a certain country/ Magic Hero) after breaking out of jail. After get rid of the guard, our MC trick then trap the first princess in her room before he physically and sexually torture her like she order her male subordinate to do to him when he was drugged. After torturing her, he suppress her memory and then give her a new identity as his loyal servant and lover. He then fake the princess death by fire and then escape with the princess. (note: I think the MC is just making an excuse not to kill the princess but it not that he can't or won't. He can and will.) MC enter a town know for it outlawness. It seem there a problem with the water in town but it doesn't concern MC. MC then bought a female child demi-human wolf as his slave while baiting her of her revenge against those that turn her into slave and save her village to gain her loyalty. MC did save the village and that slave was turn loyal.     
Vol 2: Due to MC forgetting to kill a certain person when escaping the castle with the princess and the saving of the demi-human village, it rouse the military to the lawless town. While trying to leave to another town, he encounter the sword saint (female) who he fail to negotiate to let them go so he fought her. He won by inserting a memory of the dark secret and dealing the kingdom she is protecting. Being overwhelming by the memory she fainted. When she woke up, our MC act out with the princess in telling a story that half true (kingdom darkness) and half false (about MC party and purpose) about the darkness of the kingdom. While be in a state of confusion by the story and affect by lust drug cause by MC, the sword saint give her first time (virginity) to MC. After that event the sword saint help MC gather information while the wolf girl cautious MC that the sword saint look like a friend of her that became a troublesome lover with the way sword saint acting toward MC. MC noted and move on as more trouble is on the horizon. MC home village and it people are killed and those that still alive are held hostages to bait MC out. MC finding out many fact that anger him and though he kill, scheme, and  expose the kingdom darkness in a grand way to the public while escaping capture after he done that.
Vol 3 Ch 0-1: MC head toward the demon control/own territory.
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It a revenge novel, don't expect a normal MC. The mature content (both sexual and inhuman stuff)  on this novel are all borderline. It "dark fantasy" so expect bad thing to happen but the atmosphere is not that dark, it just cruel. Any further and the rating would change. There no "light" moment without thinking there some evil plan behind it. Our MC is not overpowered but he does have unique skill that make him strong. 

Overall, it a OK read if you like broken MC with revenge as a goal who don't mind using any method including (inhumane) to do the job.

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero (Novel): [My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers]

Yomuin-san wa Yuusha ja Arimasenno de (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: WN Vol 0-1, Vol 2 Ch 1-49 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: WN Vol 6 Ch 113 (Google Translated)

Atmosphere: Down to Earth & Semi-Serious, Grey
Type (Transported to Another World): Summoning (Group - School, 79 individuals)
*Purpose for Summoning (if any): Whimsical order from the Royal family 
*Summoner (If known): Magic User
*Initial Abilities Gain when Transported (If any): None (it was stolen)
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy Magic & Sword World. Medieval. There are monster and other race.
  • The novel may described the world as in between the industrial revolution and World War II, but in place of machines there is magic. However that doesn't stop it from being a medieval world since not everyone can uses magic. The most common form of distance travel are sail ship and horse carriage.
Main Character: Male, 26 year old. Japanese Nationality. High School Janitor.
*MC role in this summoning: Have his blessing (sword) stolen while the blessing was happen, he was suppose to be a summon as a "hero" like the rest but now he a "nobody".
MC Personality/Character: Best describe as an underdog with an underdog/loser mind set at the beginning. However he become somewhat of an apathy person who indifferent about the other world. One of the other worldlier describe our MC as stubborn, eccentric, and narrow-minded but still have  compassion to help people within his reach. Can be cold and ruthless at time. Sometime MC go philosophical on us when he thinking about something. Like to draw as a hobby. (but there always some type of message behind his art as they interpret it). Seen as a person who out of touch with society that not going anywhere, a person who lack a goal in life.
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):
  • Attempt Rape that turn out be an Act (officially called extreme Sexual Harassment)
  • Attempt Rape
  • Rape (aftermath statement)
  • Torture (Off Screen and just stated as fact)
  • Sex (imply)
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: The best description of the story plot would be the 2nd link.

Here how the story so far:
Vol 0: Get summoned and MC has his sword (blessing) stolen while in-between world in front of the goddess who was giving the blessing. The goddess felt sorry for the MC and decide to do what she can to help by alternating his exit point in this summoning and give him a year supply of food and a magic book.
Vol 1: Our MC is drop on top of a mountain top cave. There our MC spent over an entire year on top of that mountain along side with a magic beast that look like a snow leopard. It was originally just MC, the parent magic beast, and her child up on the mountain top but the mother was hunt down and killed by people because some noble request for it (to show off). For a whole year after the parent magic beast die, MC and the child live on the top of the mountain alone. One year later, another group of hunter came to the mountain with the goal as last time but this time they brought a "hero". Not wanted to be kill, our MC lurk a group of monster to attack the hunter. Probably out of whim our MC didn't kill the student hero (female) and took her away back to the cave. She was allow to leave as long as she don't talk about MC but when she headed back down to the village, she discover she was charge with some crime that she didn't do and head back to the cave to hide. Our MC went down to the village and start gather information and join the hunter guild (think of them as adventurer guild in other novel). Having to meet and deal with both fool and asshole people (inside the guild and outside), then finally a group of religious people came to help solve the student hero innocent. During the time before her trial and during the trial, the hero student was attack by assassin. She was proven innocent of any wrong doing of the crime that was put on her. The hero student who stolen our MC also came to the trial. He met our MC in a secret talk which didn't transmit to his companion which try to kill our MC later. However they fail and was about to be kill by MC when the "thief" blessing hero stop him and tell MC to let them go (completely ignoring the fact that they try to kill MC). MC and that hero fist fight to see whether to let these people scot-free or prison. While both side use underhand method (MC hit the hero in the family jewel, while MC got shot by magic gun from outside interference from one of the hero companion). The MC was proclaim the winner but it was not a happy ending for the MC as he has gun shot wound. Without saying a word MC left while still healing with his snow leopard. (Note: while it true they were sent to prison, they got out of prison just as easily when requested by that same hero who lost to MC. Personally as the reader I would called this hero as a selfish brat who playing hero for his own self interest while saying it for other or protecting them He don't self reflect and even blame adult for most of his problem.) 
Vol 2: While riding on a sail ship, our MC was throw overboard by the weather and got stuck on some island. He was rescue not long by a group of hunter and brought to nearby city. There our MC was told in a message to stay in the city by his traveling companion until they meet up there. While wasting time, our MC decide to buy a slave (that is still legal in this country that he wash up on) that wouldn't betray him. He bought a bat beastman (female, 30 year old) who turn herself into a slave to pay off her drunken and violent husband debt and at the same time divorce him while holding a desire to found her child killer after she is bought. In this country beside slavery that is still legal, female are not allow to divorce their husband unless they turn themselves into slave then there status as a normal person is voided. After MC bought her, he train her to be a hunter. During this time, her former family member started to bother and interfere with MC. In the end a bunch of behind the scene stuff happen and MC kill his slave former family member leader and her former husband in a duel. She herself is set free from slavery but still has a debt. MC left town with his snow leopard afterward.
Vol 3: Part 1: The ship that MC want to ride will not be in port until several month later so our MC is going to stay around the local area to waste time. MC encounter trouble with a little girl that try to kill him for revenge and meeting a teacher hero. Our MC travel around the local area as a hunter, from fishing village to a forest village. Save an abandon disable baby dragon. Met a bone race. Save a fishing village from pirate. Learn how to made herb medicine from a grandma. Slept with a "sex worker" after he fail his hunter promotion exam. During a festival where our MC invited the "sex worker" to town, the town was attack by monster. They repel the monster but the little girl try to sneak attack MC but end up killing the "sex worker". MC got piss off at that action and start a duel with her and killed her. Part 2: Retook the promotion test and pass but turn down the promotion after he was request to do a mandatory quest to take down the bone race. Went to forest village get some wood to build shield. MC was force to do the mandatory quest and accept his promotion by being blackmail by a student hero while using the hero teacher as a front. A three way murder plan was activated: student hero want to uses our MC by telling him to murder the teacher hero (while later kill MC too). While teacher hero plan to murder student hero (unlikely to do it even if he plan to) because he fear the student plan to use MC until of he become no use then kill him. While our MC don't trust the student hero and he won't kill the teacher hero knowing that hero teacher is in no position to do anything, so our MC plan to kill student hero by the assistant of the bone race that they are chasing after. Student hero die and no one the wiser as everyone believe it was the bone race that did it.
Vol 4: Our MC travel on a ship and land on a place that very similar to a Chinese culture. Stay at port until the ship can leave again. Explore ruin and got acquainted with a friendly local hunter. Got introduce to a "geisha" place and was requested to act like a bad customer to train a rookie. After several event, our MC help paid off that rookie debt before leaving port.
Vol 5: Landed in the desert port. Did some quest, meet new people, and even watch over a rookie hunter. However that rookie die when he finally become an independent hunter. Several hero student are also there but left MC alone and not bother him while they did some behind the scene work to clean up some dark secret of the country. By the end of the volume, while doing a quest our MC and other hunter fell down a hole to a ruin. Most hunter return after getting out of the hole while our MC is still down there that caught his interest.
Vol 6 Ch 112-113: MC while still in the ruin, he draw a picture of a forgotten goddess statue of the land before exiting the ruin. Encounter a dark elf that give him a ride to the nearest village.  
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It a story about an underdog trying to live a decent life and living but every so often there an asshole  or two trying to bend the rule to their own advantage and screwing the MC up. It no wonder the MC hasn't gone mental on them yet. If this novel use another summon character in this novel as the MC then this novel would most like become a dark fantasy genre but it not. This is NOT a dark fantasy novel but it close to it. This novel already has shown us that people with special background can get away with almost anything even high crime as long as they leave no solid evident behind or argue someone else out of high crime with their position. It closer to reality then anything else given their level of civilization. There often a sense of sadness or loneliness at the end of each volume but not always. Can be depressing (reading) at time. Our MC is not OP but he not weak; he average compare to other hunter.

I guess this is written in a way that it is shown from a common folk point of view. While the "hero" is causing change all over the place. From killing dangerous monster to introducing a new type of government systems; In another word: culture invasion. Hero are both liked and hated from many point of view that are affect by the hero activity. An example is when a hero did something like dive a dungeon and introduce more gambling game. This cause some common folk to lose their job while at the same time some rich person gain a new business idea.

Another thing, when MC try to make people keep a certain promise. Those that can keep their  promise are either people that have experience the short end of the stick or they themselves are in no position to tell other people about it. While those that can't keep their promise are people in some high position which cause them to directly or indirectly break the promise in some loophole of the promise.
 
Overall it an ok read.