Rose
(Artist: https://twitter.com/raigou12991/status/1264432655434567680)
Name: Rose
Race: Homunculus
Gear: <Ignis>
Spirit: [1]
A Homunculus made from a dying body. Tossed out after her mission as trash, the restrictions she held crumbles. In return, she searches this world for the reason she holds a Soul, the identity of her body before it was turned artificial to create her, why she can connect to another Homunculus's Core, and closure.
Paul Walker
(Artist: https://www.otomate.jp/nil-admirari/switch/chara/?page=ukai)
Name: Paul Walker
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [2]
A Slum Lord who controls half of the 5th rim, a quarter of the 4th, and plans to expand his reach into the Red District.
Mare
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/81873311)
Name: Mare
Race: Homunculus - Dark Elf
Gear: None
Spirit: [1]
An info-broker living in the slums. She takes care of her 'mother' while working towards amassing her wealth for a certain goal.
Elsa Mont
(Artist: https://pan-chandbgt.tumblr.com/post/187714666398)
Name: Elsa Mont
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: None
A self-taught Mage of the Mechanical Branch looking to one day enter the city of Alos and study in an actual academy. Her fists and kicks in combination with whatever trap she pulls from her satchel has helped her survive in the slums.
Samuel Gardner
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/37875188)
Name: Samuel Gardner
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: None
A swordsman that wields a Magic Armament. Currently, he works as an instructor.
Lilias Aunbren
(Artist: https://twitter.com/NIAN_QAQ/status/1234390346026471424)
Name: Lilias Aunbren
Race: Half Dragonian
Gear: None
Spirit: [1]
A mysterious girl that's a part of S. O. S. She wields twin Custom Armaments and treats words as gold.
Shana Striker
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/69951646)
Name: Shana Striker
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [3]
A soldier who lost an arm and was given a mechanical one. She's fought alongside the Sol-Series of Homunculi as a Captain, now, she works at the behest of Alos as one of the Reapers.
*Has a short story about her called 'Striker: a R. A. T. H short story' up on my profile. It glimpses into her past before the events of this story.
Chase
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/64605989)
Name: Chase
Race: Human
Gear: <Loki>
Spirit: [1]
A soldier under Paul Walker and a past orphan, Chase is recognized as one of the strongest fighters in the slums.
Brian Chaz
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/82411934)
Name: Brian Chaz
Race: Dark-Elf
Gear: None
Spirit: [3]
A so-called 'Lucky Lord' who controls half of the 5th rim, most importantly, the half where the Red District resides.
Lucy Chaz
(Artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/77001948)
Name: Lucy Chaz
Race: Dark-Elf
Gear: <Panda Panda>
Spirit: [1]
Older sister to the 'Lucky Lord'.
Liz Amok
(Artist: htthttps://twitter.com/suzu_rks/status/1273130574681714689)
Name: Liz Amok
Race: Human
Gear: <Pow>
Spirit: [1]
A Slum Lord that controls 75% of the 4th—to all of the 3rd—rim of the slums.
Bianca Idris Blake — 'Silent Witch'
Name: Bianca Idris Blake
Race: Light Elf
Gear: <Frozen Petal>
Spirit: [7]
Once part of the Guardians of the elven forest—the Forgotten Forest—Bianca Idris Blake, the Silent Witch, is now a world-renowned Sage level witch; reaching that status at the age of 82 while almost all reached there at the earliest of 100 years old. She has expertise and knowledge in almost all six branches of Magecraft and is considered one of the World's topmost experts on Homunculi. Although she has yet to have a Gene Advancement at her current age of 87, she is known as one of the most beautiful women on the planet and rivals the Hideous Witch as the most beautiful witch. Has taught at AMA before.
Thomas Melrose — 'Wizard Grey'
Name: Thomas Melrose
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [3]
The top graduate of Alos Mage Academy at his time, he took a gamble and apprenticed under the Silent Witch at the age of 17. Currently 53, he's had 1 Gene Advancement done and is a Grandmaster Wizard. Although he has no Gear, he has studied the Magic branch (being one of the few humans with an aptitude for it) and uses an Armament created by the Hideous Witch. Currently teaches Homunculi at AMA, and wants something more with Bianca.
Name: Bellona Fremont
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [2]
Rivaling Bianca as both the most famous and most beautiful Witch, Bellona Fremont is one of the foremost experts in Armaments, specifically, Spirit Armaments. She has designed and crafted 12 Legendary Armaments, over a thousand custom weaponry, and countless lesser grade arms. Although her main expertise lies in Armaments, the company she owns also deals with Mechanical Weaponry. At the age of 107, she is one of the most successful Mages on the planet and a good friend to both Bianca and Thomas.
Layla Coulsen
Name: Layla Coulsen
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [2]
Layla is an up and coming mage with a passion for game design as her forte in Digitech. At 54 years old, she's a very crass woman. Currently, she teaches Digitech at Alos Mage Academy, continues working on her personal project, while also having a hand in the industry as she has left her footprint in quite a few popular VR games.
Eric Velhime
Name: Eric Velhime
Race: Human
Gear: <Bleach>
Spirit: [1]
Alos Mage Academy's true-magic professor. A bit of an airhead who takes things at his own pace. Being one of the few, very few, humans with an aptitude for true magic, he is quite famous. Especially considering he is the most powerful human in that area.
Affinity: Wind and Earth
Julia Smith
Name: Julia Smith
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [0]
The teacher of both Mechanics and Hacking at AMA. Always somehow short on money. . .while being a coffee obsessed addict.
Fran Freedom
Name: Fran Freedom
Race: Human
Gear: <Spark>
Spirit: [2]
A professional Ranker in Alos — People who compete with others for the entertainment of others (and get sponsored), whether it be straight on or through various games like a Dungeon Speed Run. She's quite popular due to her straightforward, cheerful personality for battle—while also being a master at Martial Arts in tandem with her armament and spirits. Once was a 'Dungeon Explorer.'
Jasmine Luther
<Without the mask/weapon>
Name: Jasmine Luther
Race: Human
Gear: None
Spirit: [0]
A student at AMA, Jasmine is the current #1, though the shadows of her older brother, Lux, who ran away when he couldn't face the weight of the family haunts her. She focuses on a mix of Homunculi and Bionics.
Lisa Lite — 'Black Rider'
Name: Lisa Lite
Race: Dragonian
Gear: None
Spirit: [0]
A rich girl, who deals in stocks, with a custom bike who loves the thrill of riding dangerously as the police force of Alos chases her. She livestreams herself and is known by the nickname 'Black Rider.' Takes an interest in Rose.
The story is very good. The main character is interesting and the world seems chock full of interesting technology and worldbuilding. I highly reccomend reading this to whoever likes action and fantasy
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First off, let's get this little doozy out of the way- me great friend of da author. Now, if the caveman talk didn't turn you away, you'll find that I am indeed the author's friend, but I became friends with them in the first place because I spotted this gem before it hit Trending.
So. When I first found this and read it, my opinion of the person who wrote it didn't exist, essentially.
With that out of the way, let's get into the meat of things; the story itself. I can only say it deserves it, every single time its Trending's little illegitimate child. The characters are interesting, life-like for the setting they live in. The plot progresses with each chapter, so you never have to worry about filler.
And there are some mighty fine conspiracies a-brewing in the darkness. Hints of larger-than-life events that keep the reader thirsty for what's to come, providing a sense of tension instead of a pit of stagnation.
I find myself genuinely interested in what big-bad is about to come a-knocking... On Rose's face, as it turns out usually. For a psuedo-op character with the whole Gear and everything, she gets just the right amount of wins-to-losses to maintain believability. Nice character development too.
Much good.
Oh, and the grammar's pretty chill too. Aside from the occasional awkward sentence structure my little eye spies every 10 chapters or so, the grammar is practically flawless.
So, uh, you know. Read it. Now. Do it.
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A breathtaking story of an artificial human that is treated as an object and is forced to comply with any order a human might give to them – like a lowly being before a superior being must. However by a weird twist of fate Rose gets her own free will – or she and everybody else thinks so. Will she become an existence to overturn the rotten slavery habits of this world? I don't know, but I hope so.
The action takes place in a very advanced antiutopian magical world – with its own versions of internet, androids, garbage dumps, vehicles and jet planes — all driven by rechargeable mana cores, our protagonist included. There are large domed cities surrounded by slums, great dungeons and glorious magical academies, but Rose's very existence is forbidden by human law rendering her bound to tread dangerous streets of the underworld, hiding her artificial origins. But she's strong, she'll fight and win!
I really like this story, like I like `Blue Core` and author remains faithful to theirs motto "progress plot by one step each chapter". Definitely worth reading, 5★! :3
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++the good++
uniqe world setting. fantasy world in age of cyberpunk. scarvenger, mecha, interweb and slavery all exist in such world.
protaganist that's not bad nor good person. good at everything but not best at everything.
she always get forcefully roped in by someone else's plan. I always feel burning hatred when reading this. which is good. cause that blind me from this novel's shortcomings.
++the bad++
protaganist's personality. it feel like I read 3 difference characters in spans of book1. 3 flipflop instanse change. you can say that this strange fantasy madmax technomaniac world is only thing keep me reading.
because the plot can describe as....
++the ugly++
it's slice of life survival till second half of book one.
when the plot pick up. it's layer of 'kaikeku doori' escalation to god's know.
you think A's plan is flawless? he's just a pawn in hand of C. who is just act as A's prediction. while D sit overthere, smirk and look at her grand plan.
there's all out battle at the end. the fight choreography can only describe as sh*t. I don't know what is what until epiloge.
lot happend ay same time. multiple pov. new weapons and abilities pull out of asses like shounenjump.
i sincerely hope they want be all out battle again.
++conclusion++
world of magic. cyberpunk tech level. madmax turf battle.
read it.
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sh*t. Author doesn't know how to tag correctly. This is not an OP protagonist, she is sh*t. Getting beaten left n right, getting saved n right center down by others or by plot armor. Then there is the cringe stuff. Braindead MC and braindead characters.
The world is just pure sh*t. Like homunculus have everything a human has except "soul" and thats enough to treat them like slaves, mindrape and brainwash them and then they are up for rape 24/7 and every1 acts like that is normal.
0/10 Wish I dropped faster.
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Alright so I've only read a few chapters and I'm already hooked.
The world building, the story telling, and the pace is just perfect. The MC is likeable and the people around her are well written so it feels fleshed out.
In all honesty when I started reading this I did not expect it to be this good, but it far exceeded my expectations.
Highly recommend :)
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Best series ever that I can’t remember if I have ever read it.
But go read it it’s about 7m a girl wit (a sword and the author is pretty nice
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I just want to say I really love the story but it's hard to recommend it since even knowing the name searching for the title is difficult.
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