Until this latest chapter, I was tempted to dump this story because of its meandering plot. No matter how pretty the artwork is it doesn't compensate for a lackluster story line. The FL drifts between annoyingly insipid to a dominating performance, but even with those short bursts of personality, the story is going nowhere fast. It keeps circling around boredom and I'm on the verge of dropping it. I feel like I'm foolishly waiting for something interesting to happen, but the joke is on me as this story isn't in any way heading towards a true plot.
This is off to a good start. But....if I was the MC, I would have abandoned the FL quickly. All she knows how to do is nag, cry, and act high-and-mighty. I understand this is an unprecedented event and your nerves are high and you're running scared, but you don't treat your savior like trash just because he's not in your financial lane. He saved your butt when he didn't have to open that door. And then you go and shout in the midst of a zombie outbreak when you know noise and movement attracts them??...I would have abandoned her so fast!! She's lucky MC grabbed her to run!!
Hopefully the FL's character will start to develop soon as the severity of the situation finally sinks into her brain. Also, why did she put back on the shorts?? She was at MC's house and couldn't find any pants to protect her legs from scratches and potential bites??
I'm dropping this one and it's not because the MC is ugly -- that would be rude.
Nope, I'm dropping this because the story is boring. I don't mind an OP MC, in fact, I enjoy reading MCs who are highly OP, but the story has to be interesting. This story has accomplished making the most boring OP MC ever now that he's reborn as a noble. It probably would have been better had he stayed a war orphan and we witnessed his rise in ranks and abilities. Even the hatching of the egg, which took 8 years, was boring. It would have been better to have the egg hatch in the dormitory causing a small disruption and then taking the animal to his sister's laboratory and using the doppelganger tool his other sister gave him after he established himself at school.
Honestly, I think I would have liked the story more, and it would make more sense, if MC was reborn in noble family that had familial ties to ancient magic. As it is now, his connection to ancient magic is random given his new family, which so far have no such historical connections.
Lastly, I don't like that the potential FL is the daughter of the man who killed MC in his previous life. It's fine if the MC doesn't dwell on this issue, but she should stay a friend and never be considered as a potential love interest. Never.
I actually made up my mind to drop this series around chapter 11, but decided to speed-read the rest of the chapters in hopes the story would get better. It doesn't. :-(
I was waiting for the FL to divorce her husband. -- Never happens. I thought they were going to lean into being a singer from her former life and using this talent to break-free and earn her own way in life. NOPE!! (In fact it's not brought up again -- performance wise.)
While the plot of this story is a popular trope used in many others this one doesn't use it well. FL is only after saving her life and she never considers the life of the OGFL at all. (Sad!!) Why the poor girl was angry, stand-offish, or basically anything about her life before she took control of the body. I thought they would write in a hidden diary, so we [the readers] and FL could learn about the thoughts that plagued the OGFL when she was basically sold to an invading empire for a contractual marriage for peace.
Honestly, I was looking forward to the divorce and her using her singing talents to fund her new life as she couldn't do in her previous life. Instead we're left with some baby-mama-daddy drama. :-(
With even just 3 chapters this was near darn perfect!! My only gripe is I wanted to see the best friend's repercussions and not just disappearing into the night and having her parents pay her debt. She has to pay her dues too!!
I started reading this and I knew it was wrong of me, but I burst out laughing, and screamed "RUN!!" in the 1st chapter after all of ML's titles and names were read at the wedding, until his most ranked title revealed he was the duke FL was trying to escape. I knew it was coming, but I still found it hilarious!! ^__^ Hopefully, there will be more comedic moments going forward in the story.
As for the FL -- she is a victim of the trope of skillful female being used and abused by their family until they escape into the arms of the ML.
And the ML -- wealthy noble, duke (of the North??), protector the kingdom, cursed/suffers from a physical ailment only the FL can help solve.
The story so far is keeping my attention and definitely helps that the art is quite nice to look at.
It's a interesting read, but it's not truly horror, not in the true sense of the genre, but it does have some horrific moments. This is definitely more psychological drama than anything else.
Theme of this story: Humans are bad. *Surprised Pikachu face*
No spoilers!!
Season 1: Humans did bad things to them.
Season 2: A mixture of humans did bad things and we did questionable things because of our humanity.
Honestly, other than a couple of stories, I didn't get too attached to the narrators. I was just there to bear witness to their tales of woe. Although, I'm still confused how the photographer has a seat at the table. Also, the panels were really messed up or missing throughout his story. (Actually several of the stories have poor uploads with missing panels or repeated chapters.)
Nice read. Worth the time. Not true horror. 3-stars at best.
You took my Suzanna author-nim, so you better not take my Harrison!! I'm hoping in the next few chapters Harrison arrives at the compound. Please!! And I like how her lady-like aura is dropping minute-by-minute and now she's cursing like a sailor. ^_^
Now some criticisms: And for a person attempting to survive an apocalyptic event, she was vastly late getting started. I'm not talking about before she re-gained her memories, but afterwards. She had about a month-in-half to accomplish a huge job, I know and respect it. BUT...She should have arranged for workers and supplies beforehand to stay in the village until she got her hand on the mansion's deed. During that time, she should have been shipping medicines and all kinds of stuff from the city via the train route to be carried back to her hide-a-way. Also, food storage, should have had stone surrounding it, so it wouldn't/couldn't be so easily destroyed by a monster. I know she didn't count on Suzanna (T_T) turning, but it's a necessary evil to consider all possibilities.
Despite these few issues: This is still a good story and I'm looking forward to my Harrison joining the survival group. (●'◡'●)
This a good read and my mind didn't wander at all (okay just a little ^_^) during all the financial and investment talk. I like seeing the dynamic between MC and his grandfather. I like seeing him learn new investment/economical strategies, despite having returned to the past.
My biggest issue: MC doesn't have his own think-tank. Sure, he has Uncle, the best friend of his father, but he doesn't have anyone his own age in which to strategize and bounce ideas off of -- other than grandfather. Honestly, I was looking forward to him during his school years and beyond find those he could trust and gaining his own support system. Networking and socializing with those who could help him achieve his dreams. Slowly building his own Dream Team of the financial world.
I'm afraid that, among other things, the thing is that he is even older than his uncle, perhaps he is simply not interested in young people?
Interesting read so far but I have one major gripe: MC is the author of the novel that he got isekai'd into, but, yet, he doesn't know anything about the demonic world he created or barely anything about his almost-ultimate villain?? Did he not flesh-out his villain his motives?? Yeah, the author-MC, later clarifies he concentrated more on the heroes, but this is still your story and your villain is half-demon, so you don't know anything??
Now to the half-demon MC: I'm guessing he's between 16-18 years old. Grew up as a noble (??) in the human world judging from his home, so he didn't have any loyal servants to help him with his escape to escape with? Not one?? Did they all betray him?? Sad.
But now he's in the Demon Realm posing as a guard -- does he not have any demonic family? I know an ancestor of his committed treason and sided with the humans, but does that mean the whole family decided betrayal was the way to go?? I think it would be interesting to see if the MC had any demon family left and their reaction to seeing him.