(First part is about why I choose to translate this book second part is the review and who and why I recommend this book to)
So this is a book I've read years ago back in 2013, back then it was hard to find Chinese to English translated novels and after reading stellar transformation back then I was hungry for more Chinese Novels so instead of waiting for proper translation I satisfy my self with machine and begin reading many novels all that I find interesting. from novels such as Martial world, Chaos Sword God, Desolate era, My wife is a beautiful CEO and many others (I've read at least over 70 Chinese novels). out of all of them, I always had a soft spot for city genera and this one here became my number 1 novel. I always looked forward to the day when this book will get translated but after more than 5 years of waiting despite the fact that this is a widely popular and award-winning book in China literature network and is even known as a father figure in city novels (similar to DB is too new shounen manga) it still hasn't been picked up by any translator. I was sad about this and felt that it's time I take up action and try to get others to learn about this so I first try to reach out to other translators but that prove futile, I later try to get the manga adaption translated and when it did get translated I was truly upset the manga adaption is a complete knock-off version that's not even worthy of having the same name it's a completely different story with just the same character names. they took away what made the novel stand out so much! So I decide it's best if I just post machine translation for now but try to correct some of the errors I didn't do much fixing but it's 90% readable.
Alright, let's get on to the review. First I should warn some people to save them the trouble, If you dislike Harem, lawless protagonist, a story that doesn't focus mainly on fights or well detail fights, not about trying to achieve the highest level in the universe and unique characters etc. then it's best that you leave now since this won't be for you. The story has a good balance between comedy and action there is a good amount of serious time. but what makes this stand out the most is the characters!
The main character, for example, is unique there are many novels that later try to copy this unique character and I'm sure some of you might have read one or two but honestly, no one was able to truly copy his style. his uniqueness is a big part why many people felt this book was successful another part of it goes to the other main characters that are the harem.
We all know that since Chinese novels got popular and more and more translation came about we first felt the badass main character who either out for revenge or suffer some misfortune and decides he wont let this ever happen again and has a wide view of who he sees as enemy and kills anyone in his part whiles saving some random beauty in distress who either at first dislike that main character or look down on him etc but after saving or witness the main character "Awesomeness" etc becomes infatuated and overly obsessive with the main character. and due to it being a harem ether at first this beauty may have had a personality of some form but after falling for the most basic reason and being known to never fall for anyone and days arrogant woman etc she falls easily for the m.c and loses any little bit of character she at least had. later she is thrown into a pile of shit known as his harem and later the m.c goes and rinse and repeat this process and keep on collection many types of beauty who later lose not only there character even their names or not use anymore and or just known as his woman or wives etc. At first, we enjoy books like these since it was fresh and it was nice to see main characters that actually grab multiple women as his, unlike the usually weak Japanese main character that's scared to even hold a girls hand. but with more and more stories being translated and constantly seeing the same usual trouper we started to get tired and demand that the harem at least have character!
When I read this book that's what it had a harem with character. They don't all share the same reason or process of falling in love with the main character nor do they share the same length of time it takes or the level of love for the main character each has its own life story and background that influence why and how they ended up falling for the main character. for example, one will develop a favorable interest for the m.c quickly just because he just so happen to stand out when she needed it most if you look into her family situation and what she went through you can understand why. while others no matter how good the main character treats to save her etc she still won't fall easily for the main character but only true is thick skin, uncanny skills and constant stalker nature of always being there for her will she slowly starts to change her view and even consider a relationship. take note of what I say above the first example I said she develop interest she didn't fall in love at first sight but he did enter as a high candidate the second one I say consider to be in a relationship but even when entering a relationship with him she didn't change all of a sudden and become all " he's my everything I'll do anything for him" brain dead type of woman. their feelings for the main character or nurture and increase in time and their characters evolve in time and it's natural and feels like that's how it should be.
the harem in this story is really well done and deserve the title with the unique characters, well-done comedy quick fix fights and straight to the point. makes this a truly enjoyable read and I recommend this to anyone who enjoys harem, comedy, action or romance. trust me you won't regret it. My advice is to read at least up to 300 chapters before deciding if this is not for you.
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