My new review (I've caught up to chapter 155):
This series is truly an enigma... I decided to for the sake of it to just hamfist going at it since I read 20 chapters... And well, I've changed my mind if you start to "get the comedy or the vibes". I decided to view it like the way I would view an anime (I know this one has an anime adaptation but I've never seen it), and bam, it clicked.
On the technical side, the drawing skills, paneling, and pacing are excellent for what it is going for. The main "weakness" I would find is that its premise can be rather weak (but can also be a strength depending on how you view it) and the plot feels like "I'm making it up as we go along" pantser-type. The comedy is not the "funniest", but it gets a chuckle and relaxes me if I'm in the right mood to read it.
If you turn off your head while reading it AND NOT TAKE ANYTHING SERIOUSLY. You can have a great time. Not the funniest, but still decently enjoyable.
The sub casts, situations have an incredibly wacky beat and motivations. Like nothing makes sense. If you can give in to that type of narrative. You can have a great time. If you read this while keeping your pragmatism (like my first try), then it'll probably not feel very great to read.
Some setups that I really enjoyed (that doesn't even make sense):
- A random cat in the wilderness, happened to flip a rock, the rock then tumbled down and became a big boulder, then the boulder just pushes over a "villain" that the protagonists have to fight (where they would have otherwise not made it).
- A princess who decided to throw a tantrum and become the main antagonist for a short while, on a whim because of the boo boo
The non-sensical childishness is probably the main charm of this series. You'd be like, I can't believe THAT happened... yeah, it happens all the time in this series...
It's a comedy first and foremost that has a chill vibes. Kinda reminds me of the "Become the Tanuki" series interactions-wise but with more wacky setups. I was wrong in my first review, it's not even CGDCT at all!
OG Review (where I only read 20 chapters):
Title: A unique take but it kinda felt flat for me
Body:
OK so instead of the development of "I got genderswapped and isekai-ed" it's "I got genderswapped and isekai-ed WITH MY FRIEND who did not genderswap".
The main storyline seems to have a weak direction thus forgettable and not really memorable; however that would not have been a problem if the author invested max with the comedy. Things get old fast if you're not really into the main protagonists' dynamic. Tension is supposed to be high but it feels low to me (maybe due to the lack of stakes thus is not really immersive).
I'm not sure what the author is going for, either a romance or a comedy but it feels a bit half-assed like a bait but for me that's kind of like getting chickened out. I'd love it more if the author would "fully commit" to a narrative type, it has the weak aura of CGDCT that I'm not that fond of.
(-15)
