It's tough to say exactly what sets The Chimera Summoner apart from other stories in it's genre. You've seen the premise before. Recruit/Summon champion, bone down with champion, get stronger from boning down. That's not a bad thing, it's a popular format because it's a lot of fun.

I think its fun where TCS really makes a name for itself. It's consistently funny. Even in dark moments, it still manages to remain overall lighthearted, very NobleBright. The characters are the best kind of tropey, where they both embody and improve upon the tropes they represent.

Suki does a fantastic job with those characters, as well. Eir isn't a blank slate. She has an inner monologue, personality, preferences, and an unquenchable warmth to her I found endlessly charming. Lucy is a bog standard bimbo s*x summon, except she isn't, and by the end of the first s*x scene I was in love with her.

The way the MC and her first summon's relationship is presented is frankly heartwarming as well. As stated above, Lucy is ready made to be used and abused in a darker work than this, but despite being a ready made s*x-slave and more or less begging to be treated as one, our MC refuses to treat her with anything less than absolute adoration. I loved that.

The relationships in the entire work seem to be revolving around a concept of 'enthusiastic consent' that is both refreshing and give such a sheen of warmth and, weirdly, innocence to even the more depraved scenes that TCS manages to feel entirely unique in a crowded genre.

Those depraved scenes are hot as well. If the tags appeal to you, you'll have a good time, guaranteed.

My only real critique is that the work could use a pass with a good editor, even Grammarly. There aren't that many actual errors, but there are a lot of places where flow could be greatly improved with a little care. That said, what work on this site is that not true of, so who the f**k cares, I'm definitely not knocking a star off for it.

When it gets down to it, TCS delivers what Suki promised: if you wished Jason and Gary had tits then ran a train on Farrah in the first dungeon, then you're gonna love this.

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