Look, normally I would never consider doing something like making an account, much less writing a review. 

Getting involved with any community like this is something I am far too slothful for. I preferred festering in the dark while drinking in the degeneracy one chapter at a time, like many of my other brethren.

For me that is just testament to this fictions greatness, and the sheer enjoyment I get from reading it. 

I am by no means a littérateur, and Slave Harem has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, despite being a chore to read at times, so I may be a little biased. But I believe this novel perfectly encapsulates everything I enjoyed about that series, as well as combining many other great elements I enjoy from web/light novels.

In summary it's great read it. 

Go read it now if I've convinced you with just this instead of continuing, because this is going to be more of an essay than review, like I think I've put more effort into this than any of my assignments. Heretics stay behind, class ain't dismissed, you can suffer through the first review I've ever written until you are convinced.

Just to list some things I love off the top of my head:

1. The chapters are all substantially meaty making for an enjoyable read. So you aren't reading chapters so bare its a crime to call it a chapter, but not so much you get overwhelmed and start scrolling through mindlessly. My opinion.
2. The story is great and enjoyable, not much else to say but read it.
3. The characters introduced, particularly the heroines, are all genuinely charming and well... "developed". (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
4. The dialogue is... really nice and fun. I find myself audibly chuckling at least once a chapter. A rare occurrence in my usually soundless basement.
5. Why are you still reading this you weirdo it's already been over 400 words. You are free. Go read the novel if you have time for my garbage.
6. This ones more debatable. There is genuine conflict and struggles in the novel, but Rupegia definitely is a good part slice of life. No constant world ending plots, or comically overpowered battles. Just the MC and his crew making a life for themselves. This I like because I feel the novel is more focused and "real", but this by no means implies the novel is boring.
7. I am a man of culture. I enjoy the "educational" content in my novels like I enjoy the Cheeto foam on my 3rd Mountain Dew this past hour. I hate it when a novel is literally a flimsy wrapping used to contain terribly written and corny smut, with a main lead who is literally a walking phallus, so the author has just enough time to jam it down your throat to stop the oxygen from reaching your brain, preventing you from closing the damn window. Rupegia's good stuff somehow manages to be hot but also funny/charming at times, and almost always a great read. Despite the one or two times reaching levels of degeneracy even a monster such as I normally wouldn't be able to handle, I still manage to read on because the characters are just great. Also how are you still reading this.
8. MOST IMPORTANTLY: I like to think I've read a lot of novels in my times and I've encountered some not so pleasant stuff. But the one thing I am most sensitive to is cringe. Cringeworthy dialogue that may only bring a slight frown to a person has me physically squirming in pain. Yet despite all the warning signs this novel's tags gave me, I have yet to cringe once. Yay.

If I were to complain about one thing in this novel, it would be the blurb is really weak. It does not do the actual story even a lick of justice. I actually almost didn't read it cuz of this.

Also pet peeve: Unlike the blurb states, the MC would definitely fall under the OP category (which normally is bad in my OP), in a particular sense. He can do things no one else can, which gives him an insane edge. So no mass genocide and razing mountains with a single swing, but people would still kill to have what he has.

Look, if you've managed to read up to this point, congratulations and thanks for listening to my rambles. Here have a cookie. Also if I've pissed off anyone somehow then sorry this is all my opinion and I respect everyone has their own.

I hope this author keeps producing more amazing stuff, and gets the views and support he deserves. 

Like if he published Rupegia I'd buy it in a heartbeat, as long as the cover art ain't cringey, like Blackthornes, I mean no offence but my god. I love the art from Mana Manasong currently has going, it makes me think 'Rupegia', whatever that means.

If you like Ace_Arriande's stuff or 'My Sister The Villainess' or any others as great as them, I think you'll love this. Also if you haven't read the stuff I just listed do it, it's amazing, what are you doing you madman.

Now excuse me, I need to go apologise to the world.

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Good story in my opinion, only have a little bit of things that's not really my taste and maybe can also make you hate the story.

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I don’t even know where to begin with this... It is a hot mess. Some chapters are frankly fantastic but here we are 524 installments over the course of nearly half a decade and we still have no idea why our protagonist is here, how he got here, who was he brought here to fight, and a near constant repetitive monologue about how the MC is “not gay”, every woman wants to f**k him, because he is a “stud” yet seemingly requires the constant use a magic to get them in the mood. Seriously we are up to magical s*x stare, magic remote s*x touch, magic cum, body morphing magic s*x limbs. To follow this up apparently our MC is also terrified of being cucked, but also wants to display his essentially magically s*x addicted harem all over the place, who are also under a limited form of mind control, while lusting after everyone else’s wife. Everything in this story in some way involves the MC not getting anything done because he spends 26 hours a day not being gay, while getting weird boners from traps, while worried all the time about getting cucked, despite seemingly the entire population of the world male and female desperately trying to suck him off. You might be thinking beefy why are still reading this? Well about every 20-30 chapters (or about every 6 months) our author switches it up from endless repetitive s*x while endlessly repetitively talking about food/clothes/brushing the girls hair to introducing some plot element. The actual chapters that battles happen are pretty decent. When the author actually does something to advance the story it is great, the issue is he spends 10 chapters explaining how he made some weapon or develops a skill, said skill gets used for one chapter and then it is 10 chapters explaining how the new completely novel invention gets invented to pass the next completely impossible situation. If the author could just stop spending so much time over explaining everything, cut out the completely repetitive to the point of just skipping s*x scenes, and actually started advancing the story it would be so much better.

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thanks for the warning below, the stories with harem are not so good, because they are usually not done correctly and a harem in which everyone has a relationship with each other is no longer a harem, so I can already imagine the mess of everything

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This is my favorite.

I really enjoy this story, I tried to binge read it a couple of times, but it's tough because it's hot as f*ck and I don't have godly stamina like the MC.. The harem is great: 100% loyalty, and the MC never gets wimpy and asks "am I a bad guy for not letting my girlfriends sleep with other men" (why are so many other MCs cucks?) ; their characters are unique and interesting; the world feels alive, it's not one of those fics that has the world constantly changing to distract/push the MC to do stuff, it feels like something that he's there to experience, and the coincidence that does happen is subtle enough for me to not notice.

I enjoy reading it whenever it updates, the bite sized (but not small) pieces are as excellent as reading it all in one go.

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It's started out readable even though the MC is unlikable. He has zero backbone, mentally unstable (not the good kind), is stupid even though he apparently studied robotics, and is a pervert (not the good kind). I thought he would eventually grow up at least a little but he never really did. The MC would be literally nothing without his harem, which isn't good even if the story is mostly about the harem. Even if he has a cheat he's basically useless in any battle that actually matters and his harem members literally carry when he faints after any important battle. If you gave his cheat to any of the other harem members they'd be a demigod, but with it MC can't even keep up with his harem members. The MC is so unlikable, useless, and coward that the rest of the story is just entertaining. The story is extremely slow and whatever plot there was, was pretty much scrapped for more s*x and perversion later on. I actually love reading stories where they actually talk about characters having s*x because it makes the story more real but this story is just a boring porn book. I've read and enjoyed slow story's before but this one just isn't enjoyable after awhile. The only good thing about this story is it's length and I'd only advise you to read it if you just want to read something long without caring about the quality. Find something else because this story is a upsetting waste of time.

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Gave up - the MC is not likeable and in so many different situations just does really dumb things. The s*x, and there is a LOT of it, is repetitive and transactional, and replaces normal character interaction - the characters of the harem don't talk to each other unless "part a" is currently being inserted into "slot b" and by now (chapter 166) the s*x is as exciting as an IKEA instruction manual. The author uses plot armour a lot, so just expect things to go exceptionally well for the MC "just because". Will give this 2 stars not 1 because the plot, when you can find it, is okay and the world building has merit - even if the author then has the MC able to ignore the "rules" when convenient.

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I feel that despite there being a lot of reviews for this novel there is no proper objective evaluation for it. I have rated this 5 stars, but that does not mean I think it's the perfect story or anything. In fact, it has quite a lot of problems. Nevertheless, I believe it deserves this rating.

To clarify something from the start: this is not a story with some smut, this is smut with some story. Yes, it's mostly about the porn, what makes it special is that the story part happens to be really good. 

The characters have actual personalities with their own thoughts and issues, likes and dislikes. The MC is also not just a plot device to acquire all the power and harems. For once the main character reacts to being isekaid in a realistic manner: by having a mental breakdown and turning to a vice to deal with his new reality (s*x in this case). 

The plot itself is good, not spectacular, but good. However, the place where this story shines brightest is in its world-building. The races, the cities, their culture and habits, their gods and religion, the different otherwordly common sense, the different laws of physics, the political structure and maneuvering, the intricacies of the magic system, the history, every single one of these things is exquisitely well crafted and combine to create a world that feels alive and realistic and big. I actually dare to compare it to the famous worlds crafted by legends like Tolkien. I can not stress just how much values this adds to the whole story, and this by itself is enough to make it a must-read. Even now I find it hard to believe that the best crafted world I've found in a web novel is actually in a porn novel.

Now onto the smut part. This is where the problems start to appear for most people, and there are good reasons for it. Now don't get me wrong, the smut is very well written by an author who clearly enjoys writing it. The problem is in the fetishes... yeah, there's some hardcore stuff in there that quite a few won't enjoy and I find myself included in them. It starts off rather tame and you'll probably like it at first. Then it goes into bestiality, pedophilia, rape, mind break, incest of all kinds and family orgies, swinging, monsters, tentacles... you get the point. I'm fine with some of those, but not all and many will likely feel the same.

What I want to set straight though because a few other reviews have given a mistaken impression is that the MC is never involved in rape, either as the perpetrator or the victim and none of the harem members are forced. Ciel, who many have complained about is actually 

So no, she's not being forced to do anything she doesn't want herself.

To finish this up, there are far too many good things in this novel to pass it up even if it has a few hiccups. This isn't just worth reading, it is a must read.

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Pretty realist take on an isekai, getting suddenly pulled out of your world and sent into one that objectively worsens your life would f**k with anyone's mind.

MC starts out depressed and fearful and slowly grows into someone better. The keyword being slow since the story's pacing is very slow as the author spends most of the time writing details and telling about the daily life of the MC. I mean, literally every day. The only timeskip is near the beginning that jumps two days.

The focus is on slice-of-life, fluff, character interactions, s*x, and love between the MC and the harem members (and a lot of "love" between the girls themselves) interweaved with lots of adventuring, world-building, combat, and some plot.

The second arc (Escort through the High Forest) has too much s*x, but the next arc fixes it.

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