Name: Rick
Age: 18
Height: 155 cm (5'1)
Appearance: Dark brown hair, light brown almond-shaped eyes, pale skin, short, skinny. Rick is half western European on his father's side and half southeast Asian on his mothers. He looks more like his mother, but has his father's straight nose, long and bony hands, and skin tone.
Rick has many issues. A lot of them stem from being relatively small compared to his father and sister. These issues were a major reason for him wanting to leave home and build a new life for himself far away from anything relating to his old life.
When not put in extreme emotional pressure, Rick is a kind and easygoing person. Content to let things play out and go with the flow. He is hardworking and earnest, but tends to get lost in his own head. This causes him to break down and quit due to thoughts of inadequacy.
Stat sheet at level 1:
Rick
Level 1 (38%)
Strength: 9 Constitution: 12
Dexterity: 9 Endurance: 9
Intelligence: 12 Resistance: 10
Wisdom: 10 Attunement : 10 (1)
Charisma: 9 Luck: 15
Vocation: Intimancer (1)
Name: Sade
Age: 18
Height (at the start of the story): 150 cm (4'11)
Appearance: Black curly hair, brown eyes flecked with green, dark skin. Despite being an adult, Sade is often mistaken for a 12 year old due to her height and body shape.
Sade had dreamed of wielding magic for as she could remember. She has read and reread every book in her father's fairly sizable library just so she could gleam every scrap of knowledge about the arcane as possible. She was absolutely overjoyed when her acceptance letter from the reputable Mya University came in, allowing her to truly live out her dream. And then she was attacked by monsters while traveling.
Sade is a calm and pragmatic individual. Her strong and analytical mind always trying to puzzle out whatever she is focusing on. She does have one sore spot, her body. It always bugged her that while other girls her age grew tall, curvy, and graceful, all puberty gave her was some extra hair in places.
After meeting the mysterious Rick, and giving him her first time, Sade has discovered a new side of herself even she didn't realize she possessed.
Stat sheet at level 1:
Sade
Level 1 (45%)
Strength: 8 Constitution: 10
Dexterity: 10 Endurance: 9
Intelligence: 15 Resistance: 10
Wisdom: 11 Attunement : 12 (2)
Charisma: 9 Luck: 12
Vocation: N/A
Tyrillian
Level 4 (12%)
Strength: 16 Constitution: 13
Dexterity: 15 Endurance: 14
Intelligence: 10 Resistance: 10
Wisdom: 10 Attunement : 12 (2)
Charisma: 10 Luck: 10
Vocation: Ranger (3)
TL;DR: Interesting isekai story that does the genre justice. Magic is very interesting and the characters are unique, well-written, and stay true to their established personalities.
Now for the full review:
When I say that the story does the isekai genre justice, I mean that it uses a few tropes from the genre but strikes out on its own in interesting ways. The main character has reasons that make sense for why he is not panicking at being thrown into the new world and has his own internal conflicts about facing the reality that he likely will not see his family again.
I comment on the magic system because it's something that a lot of authors tend to handwave and say "Oh MC can cast magic now" and don't go into the details of learning magic. The story also strikes a good balance of still technically being game-like but makes you forget that in a good way. The stats, instead of dictating the MC's progression, facilitate his progression.
The characters are likable with their own quirks and have their own reasons for why they do things without falling into typical tropes. Throughout the story, the characters stay true to who they are.
I found only one or two grammar issues and occasional misspellings and the story flows well. Occasionally the combat gets bogged down with exposition, but not in a very jarring way.
Overall, I would give the story 4.5 stars, but since that is not an option I'll round up because I think the story deserves it.
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Dislike the disregard of the MC feelings, I feel like things are overly control by other's and the MC just go along with what every the female character's do. He dose not gave a goal. I don't like how someone they just met, barges into their relationship, and they are fine with it? Other wise petty good story until this part.
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Intimancer is a bit of an oddity to me. On one hand, it follows the trends that so many other "harem isekais" seem to follow... but then it goes and does something to take that trend and bash it over the head.
The best example I can think of is the "standard party composition" that many stories automatically put all their characters into. You have a warrior, a mage, a healer, and a tank of some sort (my own story very much follows this trend). But here we have three characters who are all mages of some sort, but they all have their own roles to play in addition to that. But taking it a step further, it throws the classic "Robe and staff wielding wizard" out the window and shows just how brutal the world really is by making sure the mages are just as armored up as the others. I know this was inspired by a video game series that I am admittedly terrible at... but it works well for the story.
All of the characters are well fleshed out and relatable, and even with the male MC's class abilities they don't ever appear unrealistic despite the massive amount of body enhancements they all make. If I had to pick a favorite character, it would be Tyr. Her brash, in your face, overtly s*xual nature appeals to me on every level. I love how she is written. I love how her strength is portrayed and how even with all of those more "masculine" traits, she is still incredibly feminine. She is a beautiful combination of power and s*xiness... and I love every aspect of her personality being about "Bigger is better!" Bigger boobs. Bigger muscles. Bigger arrows! Bigger everything! She is absolutely hilarious, and I can't wait to see what other antics she gets up to.
The only confusing thing for me was the occasional switch between the metric and imperial system. I am a clueless American... so it took my brain a second to process it all. But this is such a minor thing that it didn't impact the quality of the writing as a whole!
I am excited for all the possibilities that Intimancer brings to the table, and I look forward to many, many more fun, s*xy chapters!!
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Quick addition: The "final boss battle" in 8.2 was a good read. Good write-up.
So, about the cast. I like Rick.
Sade is a competent character.
Tyr is fun.
LilieI, the resident succubus and healer.
Stuff I'm looking forward to to hopefully read more about.
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