When Isabelle and her new friends are dumped into the world of transmigrators, at first it seems like a blessing. Their new status grants them the ability to visit the myriad worlds of the multiverse, grow stronger, and live practically forever, as long as they don’t make a mistake and permanently die. Every world has its own unique aspects, different magic systems to learn and use, and a myriad of interesting things to explore and discover. Each lifetime is unique, and no two worlds are the same.
However, between each life Isabelle and her friends must return to the Market. The place between lives, where transmigrators used to trade Items and Abilities and grow their power. Now, it is ruined. A desiccated shell of the most powerful civilization to exist in the multiverse, with its inhabitants slaughtered by unknown forces. If Isabelle and her friends wish to avoid the same fate, they must grow fast enough to avoid permanent death.
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What to expect: This is a somewhat slower-paced serial-transmigration story, centered around the adventures of the main character and her friends through various worlds in the multiverse. I want each world to feel like a complete story, so expect the story to take a little longer in each world than some other stories in the serial transmigration genre.
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While the concept of the story and the beginning seemed to have quite a lot of potential, all of it went down the drain pretty quickly. If you want to just read a superficial story for passing some time then this might be for you otherwise I've found it to be a rather disappointing read.
For example the first and the second arc of the story are more or less the same thing. The threat is same, the actions are same, the consequences are same and there is no character growth other than them getting new abilities.
The author tries to depict the MC in a certain way and then immediately after completely contradicts it by the actions they are taking. And this happens way too often.
The side characters are basically meaningless in the story and it won't even matter if they existed or not. And this includes their families. Most of them are just there to die so that the author can later depict the MC being sad about it. You know, the character development death.
While it may seem interesting that everything that is written is done on a dice roll, it ends up creating a rather uninteresting story.
Also the author has some sort of rush in just finishing the arcs. The world's aren't fleshed out. There are major plot points depicted and then just ignored because the arc had to end.
Tldr: The writing quality isn't good but it's not terrible either. If you need something to pass the time then shut down your thinking and enjoy.
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I was really engaged with this story through the Islands arc. It has a fairly interesting MC who is driven to expand her capabilities. She forms close relationships with those close to her and relies on those relationships to help her navigate this world that shares it's space with Lovecraftian horrors.
Then I got into the Orukthyri arc, more specifically Ch 99 Horde, and my immersion was completely busted. The premise of the crisis is just absurd, it's like all the supporting characters suddenly rolled 1s for weeks straight and the DM decided the enemy barbarian was suddenly a more effective spellcaster than your wizard. After that more and more frustrating things just started to pop out at me. The MC never seems to prepare to accomplish plans she has for the future. She largely seems to stop participating in the world beyond what she can immediately attempt with her personal power. The friends of the MC seem to become kinda vestigial parts of her will and all the characters speak with the same voice. The MC seems to have an aura of difficulty around her that makes any challenge she has to face far more lethal that any other character in the story has reason for it to be. A good deal of the text reads like the character is turning to camera and explaining her decisions to you, and then the Author turns to the camera and is explaining their choices to you.
I can't enjoy it anymore, but the story is interesting and a bit special. The Island arc is worth a read and I am sure many will continue to like it after that.
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Generally your story is good. I like the market and magic systems. The only issue I see is that you barely show what the characters do other than their magic and powerfantasy. They dont engage much with others and we dont learn enough about the natives. It's all very superficial.
The first world was a bit better on this, but since we hit the second one we don't know that much about the MC's parents. Sure we know the superficial stuff and what they represent. I just wish we got like 2 - 3 more chapters of childhood and the MC actually interacting with her parents and siblings. Especially so considering that they were once again stuck in a house for ages.
At the same time I also feel like it's enough, but I do want to see more relevant characters in the future and generally for them to spend more time in a few worlds and therefore more depth to worldbuilding and the characters.
The one thing that stood out in a bad way is how the characters act like adults in a childs body. Their mannerisms and speech would be way too creepy to parents who already had multiple children. Furthermore the parents care too much about them which doesnt always fit the worldsetting.
The worst offender was that she spoke about the ocean and madness as affinities to her master. How does she even know about the ocean if they are mostly cave-dwellers? There was no mention of books or anything being taught as far as I can remember. Other characters also bend to the MC's and her troupes will way too often even if the author does create conflicts about their choices. The adults always fold.
Once again I want to say that I like the story and binged it, but it could be better.
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Very strong story about people who are picked up by remnants of cosmic forces, allowing them to remember past lives and grow stronger as long as they follow the constraints that cosmic forces impose upon them. Fun story so far where each setting is a novel more or less, and I'm at least looking forward to more.
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Really like the novel! Keep it up author!
... and I also really wanted to post a review at this exact chapter so it can be immortalised here.
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a very realistic story, plus humanity because of the friendship between the characters.
I really like the variety and uniqueness of the possibilities with the background of each world although emotionally, I feel a little sad about the ending of each world but it should be and I support that.
if there is one thing that worries me, it is that the developments and events that the author puts in are too realistic that I both love and sad when I read.
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I mean, WoW!
Really good multi-world hopping book. The worlds are well made, the characters have well crafted personalities that you would want to follow along their journey. Kept me glued to this book for a good amount of time. Can't wait for more!
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First thing I feel compelled to mention, since I drop most stories on the first page due to just being unable to handle awkward prose and dialogue: hey, this story is real pleasant to read.
I love a story about found family, especially when their interpersonal struggles are the result of external stressors being imposed upon them, and the characters deal with this by genuinely caring about one another. This story has the good stuff.
Seeing an afterlife beset by capitalism is somewhat depressing, but the glimpses into the lives of people who nevertheless showed humanity and kindness to one another in the midst of all that are heartwarming, so I'd say it balances out.
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Love it, the start was a bit slow but OH getting into it, the really smart, logical development of abilities so far has me loving the current story arc, everythings shining really well at the moment. It really feels like thought was put into these abilities and how the MC uses them, my only issue is that the two major supporting characters at the moment haven't had their 'moment of magic' where they did something smart and outstanding. Can't wait though.
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This is the kind of world-hopping story I love to read.
This is my first review and I'm not sure I spoiled anything, read at your own peril and send me a DM if I should change/remove any details.
There have been three different well-designed universes so far, each with their own laws of physics and magic systems. The culture and conflicts on the worlds also feel sufficiently different from each other, which is really well done. Every transmigration starts with a birth and ends with death, which I really like, no such thing as plot armor. There's a good sense of discovery, drama, and progression, both within the universes as in the overall story. The ideas behind the fundamental aspects of the multiverse, with the ocean of souls, mana & essences, etc. Are also really interesting and keep me wanting for more.
The stories do seem written a bit for a young adult audience, which I feel I've outgrown, but work well nonetheless. There are many occurences of "hey, I need to cover this weakness of mine" followed by "how lucky I am that I happen upon a solution to my problem", it's a little on the nose at times. The series does suffer a bit from paragraphs of what-ifs and doubts/considerations where the main character debates with herself over the best course of action, or what could have been. I tend to skip these paragraphs since they don't seem to push the story forward. The anchor-world that the transmigrators return to between lives feels a little too game-y, which can still be justified after discovering about the mysteries behind the state of the Market.
All-in-all the best story I've found so far that explores what world-hopping as a transmigrator would really be like. Read it if you're interested in exploring multiple worlds with a steady cast of characters and don't mind the young-adult/litRPG elements.
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