In the world of Alstaria, there or many factions and races. Wars are fought nearly every decade, some for survival, some for conquest, others for bloodshed.
But one war that happens every fifty years, is the war waged when a new Demon King is born.
Every fifty years, the races of the dark god pray towards their Shard of Evil, a remnant of the evil god, who was said to want to tear the world asunder.
These races pray towards this shard in hopes that it will bestow upon their race a champion, a leader for their people, to lead them towards their glory.
Five years before the new Demon King’s awakening, there was a prophecy. That this year was the ten-thousandth year of Demon King summoning.
And that this Demon King would be the Omega Demon King, the literal incarnation of the evil old god.
It was then, On the thousandth anniversary that I awoke on a stone pedestal, surrounded by goblins bowing before me chanting, “Praise our new Demon Lord!” EHH?!
Note: I have to rewrite this. It's too harsh atm.
Author deliberately pulls a reserve deus ex machina. There's not enough problems, so let's have the protagonist just pull one out of their arse.
You ever wonder what would happen if you stepped in front of a moving train, or what would happen if you pulled the handbrake on the highway, or just started strangling the closest-by person for the heck of it?
You get abrupt chaos. And of the wreckage that is left, the only thought I have is "Why? There must have been something wrong with these people... Because if they really felt that THAT was the right move, then what does that mean?" There's just no way to comphrehend why someone would do that.
And yet, after volume one, I find myself staring at such a wreckage.
Now, you could say it's because of the characters. The characters acted like they would have, had they been real, and so this outcome was realistic and therefore good.
But such rationalizations boil down to "why must bad things happen to good folk" and one might be compelled to say "Because God has a plan/works in mysterious ways." Depending on your relationship with religion, that's either an acceptable answer or a ridiculous one.
Except in this case there is a god. More specifically, SOMEONE wrote this story. It didn't appear out of thin air.
I can't bring myself to care any longer about this novel. If I did, I'd just end up with depressed thoughts about cruel creators and fatalism and the like.
If you find yourself susceptible to "anti-fluff", then stay the hell away from this novel. It is spiky, and it will hurt you.
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While this story had me initially interested, in my opinion the emotional investment in the characters has not paid of. Maybe the resolution of relationships will at some point have a satisfactory result, but for now we have a protagonist that already has a boat load of emotional trouble, the pending romantic relationship is not being resolved in any way and another character is thrown in between there just to further the emotional anxiety.
The chapters are long and this already draws out for quite a few chapters (10+?) at this point, I am tired of it. In my opinion emotional anxiety especially caused around the MC is a tool used to build tension, not half your story.
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I don't get some of the other negative reviews; however it should be said the MC here is for sure a narcissistic self serving bigot and people are hurt and die because of it.
That the MC, canonically, worked in HR is something I can believe since they show all the worst stereotypes of HR. Lots of show and ego/idenity stroking about being a "good person" while actually being a profoundly bigoted hateful self-centered person. The kind of person who would rather be seen as "virtuous", and see them selves as such, rather than actually making an effort to actually be so.
The absolute lack of impulse control and profound emotional instability however strains the belief they'd actually have had a job at all, let alone the one the one stated in their backstory.
There are also examples of the story itself wanting to address topics in an kind and thoughtful way- by engaging in raging stereotypes that betray a lot of ignorance about the subject.
The characters other than the MC are great. The world building so far, such as it exists, has been interesting. The story is absolutely filled to the brim with typos though, so be warned.
I mean for me it's as interesting as annoying to see such a shining example of a MC that is profoundly mentally ill. It definitely shows exactly why a pathology is a pathology and not just a "different way of being". And it certainly shows the pernicious nature of mental illness, neither the MC nor other characters quite seem to recognize it for what it is or are too hesitant about addressing it for fear of being unkind.
The story is absolutely filled to the brim with typos, so be warned about that too.
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I'll rate this in a couple categories.
Story: The only potential problem is the lack of explanation on why MC was chosen. Granted that clearly is a long term mystery if acknowledged at all. So 5 stars since everything is consistent so far.
Style: Most of the chapters are from the main characters perspective with a little sprinkling of others, the king so far, to mix things up. Nothing particularly good or bad so I'll have to rate this at 4 stars.
Characters: So far decently well characterized, except the one that died. This chapter might be a little early to judge this, but, I have absolutely no confidence whatsoever that every story I read on this site will last long enough for this category to properly get judged. 5 stars at the moment. Mostly because you can clearly see the personalities of the important characters.
Grammar: This is the category that disappoints. Simply put there are A TON of small mistakes in these chapters. Things like forgetting a word causing the sentence to flow poorly, replacing a word with a similar sounding one like are instead of our, and a couple typos. Essentially this story just needs an editor. 3 stars due to all this.
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This story may need a harem tag if love interests keep appearing, which seems to be the plan. And something to warn readers not to get too invested in the first love interest otherwise they will feel like they wasted their time like I did.
Aside from the tramatising romance, the worldbuilding and storytelling is decent and the author's heart is in the right place. I just can't keep reading after that first bait and switch.
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This is a fluffy "save everyone and be nice to your enemies while suffering injuries and casualties" kind of ghey Jap style fiction where Johnny Serial Killer magically becomes a housefly-saving angel with only a bit of interaction with the MC. The focus is on fluffy relationships and highly verbose character interactions. The minimal description of character powerups is completely arbitrary and doesn't make sense. If you like this kind of stuff, then by all means, enjoy it. (minus the myriad of spelling problems... hell, maybe you'll somehow find those endearing and start worshiping the spelling mistakes, too) I can't stand it.I HATE this kind of action/adventure.
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