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TarsTarkas
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I wouldn't go that far. Just like many other reincarnated isekai stories it is just there. It provides the impetus for the main character to change the path he is on, save the girl, and confess his feelings. The things the reviewer stated didn't bother me. I enjoyed the read, and look forward to more. |
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whiskeyii
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I think Richard is gonna' have a tough time with reincarnation isekai stories. I don't think many of them actually explore that angle aside from Jobless Reincarnation (where the reincarnated person doesn't actually have a personality to change), Ascendance of a Bookworm (where it is actually remarked upon, but in a weird way that seems equally dismissive of the previous soul's past relationships, few as they were), and Accomplishments of a Duke's Daughter (where it seems less like the awakening triggers a total shift in mindset and more like the current, fantasy soul just has access to the same modern knowledge her previous soul had); actually, I would argue that it's more or less implied that most "reincarnation" stories actually follow Duke's Daughter's take, in that it's not really the actual person who died inhabiting that fancy new quasi-European body so much as the same quasi-European person equipped with a modern education--barring a few exceptions like My Life as a Villainess where it's an actual plot point to have the actual person be a modern person reincarnated in a faux medieval setting. |
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Melicans
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An angle that I believe is explored further in later volumes if I remember the story right. It's worth considering that while regular novels are generally one-and-done affairs, light novels are almost always intended to be a series of multiple volumes. The first volumes rarely delve into the twist/concept in great detail as it is usually reserved for later down the line. They aren't meant to tell a complete story, just an arc, and serve as the hook for people to keep reading later releases. That's not to say it isn't an approach deserving of complaint, but describing it as "ruined" may be a bit much of an exaggeration. Unlike a normal novel they are meant to be read as a collective, not individually. |
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Fluwm
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For literally no other reason than it's a popular trope. This is where things get cyclical: is the reincarnation thing so common in LNs because it's popular, or is it popular just because it's so common? In the vast and overwhelming portion of the genre, the reincarnation is totally and utterly pointless. It's a conceit that rarely amounts to anything more than allowing authors to use crude shorthand, bypassing exposition and description to draw comparisons to pop culture instead. Why this is necessary when they're almost all writing in the most generic of all possible Dragon Quest rip-off settings, however, remains to be satisfactorily explained. |
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