I started reading this today and finished it in one sitting. It was exciting and throughout the whole thing, I was looking forward to finding out what would happen next :D. 

The MC is frickin' great. He's strong, dependable and smart; he has issues but he's working on them, he's nice, considerate, and just a good person. He's so cool!! (≧∀≦) *Fangirls* xD

I won't say a lot about the ML to not spoil anything but I will say that I like him. He's a good person as well, and I like his and the MC's interactions~ (´▽｀)

I generally liked the people in this story. Not everything can be perfect right from the start, but people can grow and change; and I think this story showed that well. 

If you have read Moonpearl's review and would like a second take on the combat:

This is a nice story, and I enjoyed reading it. The chapters are rather long, so don't be fooled by the somewhat low number of 12 - it definitely has substance to it. Read it for action, friendship, a bit of sweetness and most of all an awesome MC!! I just realized I haven't said anything about the plot and that's because I can my brain is somewhat sleep deprived rn XD. I'll just say that it's good - it's kinda exciting :D. Peace out haha~

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I’ve been debating for weeks whether to give this 4 or 5 stars, but I haven’t stopped wanting to reread this since I finished it, so anything less than a 5 would be kidding myself.

This has all the charm of a shounen battle anime, with loyal friends won through tense fights, flashy magic, and an underdog protagonist knocking smirks off nobles’ faces. (And I do mean loyal friends. It’s unbelievably nice to see a romance story that doesn’t treat friendships as expendable goods.)

There's no seme-uke dynamic here, but a very wholesome, equal and sweet relationship. This novel relies very little on typical BL conventions, so readers can have fun guessing who the ML will be at the start (and I won't spoil the fun).

Khai, the protagonist, is cool with a capital C. Highly competent, intelligent, hard-working and kind-hearted, it’s hard not to swoon when he goes running into burning buildings to rescue children. I would gladly have read at least five more arcs dedicated solely to his escapades, BL be damned.

The author has a real skill for making characters loveable, even when you want to hate them. Without giving spoilers, I can only say that the rest of the cast truly pull their weight.

The one reason that I was considering dropping a star is that I found the battle scenes to be difficult to follow. The author uses a very short and fast writing style for these but, since everyone is performing complicated magical maneuvers, it was hard to imagine what these looked like at the pace that the action required. A slightly slower and more detailed description style would have been appreciated to let my poor brain catch up.

However, this is nothing that reading more slowly couldn’t solve, and it didn’t detract from my enjoyment all that much.

For those concerned that the transgender tag might indicate that this story is angsty, I would place this at a low-moderate. There's a focus on the struggle LGBT+ people face to come out of the closet when family members are trying to lock them in it, and the stigma, lack of education, and Khai's dysphoria are present in the story. However, a large focus is on the action-orientated plot and romance. I wouldn't say that this was a distressing or misery-inducing story at any stage of the game. Rather, this is a shounen-like hope-filled tale.

Overall, this has quickly become one of my favourite novels on the site and I'm only sad that it's so short. It’s a truly refreshing BL with all the fun of a shounen anime (just with 12 episodes instead of 12 seasons).

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