The year is 2375, and the world has been drained of most of its natural resources, in order to preserve their dying planet the government puts into action the digital life initiative. Those deemed of low economic value are placed into a state of cryogenic sleep, their minds connected to a myriad of virtual worlds. They become digital citizens, living out their lives in virtual cities.
Kadia Greene wasn’t someone who had any interest in the virtual worlds, unlike her brother who spent his days wasting away in a VR capsule. Top of her class, and on the fast track to university, Kadia is horrified to find herself issued with a notice of digitalization. In an instant, her life begins to fall apart around her, but as she enters Kaledon, the newest and most realistic fantasy world on the market, Kadia finds her dreams and passion rekindled.
The Nine Tails of Alchemy is a slice of life story set in a virtual world that follows the struggles, and successes of a Kitsune protagonist. (Female protagonist, no harem or romance, crafter focused game-lit.)
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It's well written, with interesting enough worldbuilding. There's just one thing that I can't let go of.
The early chapters thoroughly establish that the protagonist's life is destroyed by the actions of her frankly terrible parents. She's shunted into a virtual world into what's essentially a prison from reality for the rest of her life.
So a part of me simply wonders what does it matter what she does in the game? Any discoveries she makes are more or less meaningless, any accomplishments tainted by the fact she's in a gilded cage.
Some readers might not care about this, but personally, it colors the tone of the story in a way I can't ignore.
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I would like to rate it more like a 4.5 but for now the book does deserve the rating, the novel is still quite early on in its lifespan but there is one thing that does worry me and has made me quite stifled reading it
it’s the fact that there seems to be no resolution for the horrible situation she’s been put into, almost undermining everything else that’s happening because it seems that no matter how successful she becomes in this virtual world her life is sort of obsolete, and the author has made a scenario in which if she were to somehow have her situation resolved it would seem almost like an asspull, all I’m saying is that for now I’m worried but it shows promise
All in all I do recommend it currently.
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Really like this one. Premise of multiple people living in virtual reality along with regular players is something new to me. Story is good, but right now (ch.64) a lot of resolutions are hanging around there.
MC is someone with a lot of knoweledge in her field, which is breath of fresh air from nobody's with average grades and superficial knoweledge. She has done a quite a few of questionable decisions (which may be annoying sometimes, but that's just MC's personality. She may be even seen as childish a lot of times), but that's makes her much better, than perfect chatacters without a room for personal growth. Although it's too early in story to talk about personal growth right now.
A lot of other characters are also well written. This novel has a LOT of interaction between characters, expanding on their personalities.
Crafting is irl crafting without any system shenanigans and pretty detailed. You want sword? Yeah please go ahead and start learning your profession like in real life. There is supporting skills it seems, but they aren't as direct as in other LitRPGs.
Although later on she discovers transmutation, which is downgraded version of FMA transmutation, where you use catalyst to change one material to something close to it but different (in shape and atomic structure)
Magic is classic "reach to mana in your core and swing fireballs at enemies" with few addition and it's own complications.
Style is good and easy to read, as is grammar. Early chapters pace is slow but after that it picks up it's up to a comfortable one for crafting style novel.
All in all really like this novel. Gobbled it up like there's no tommorow.
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This is one of the few best novels on this site. Thought out and engaging.
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This is for the moment the best Alchemy novel I have ever read. This is the first time the characters actually do alchemy and not pil making and crap like that. Like they do actual alchemy and not just trow some herbs in a couldron and BOOM alchemy done, here the MC actually needs to have the instruments that were used in the 16-17th centuary alchemy. The novel is named ' Nine tails of alchemy' and that offers: a foxgirl that does alchemy and some adventuring.
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An interesting story Litrpg. Without level of power and numeration of strength, We can only guess where is standing the MC and her allies. The story is good, with the potential to be great. Some people could say that it's slow, but I think the slice of life is necessary for what the story want to do. We are observer of how the MC will maybe become the greatest alchemist of the world. And if for now, the story is all about friendship and character that are not totally douchebag, I think the more we advance, the more the implication of having a good alchemist will be known by our Kitsune and hers friends.
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