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Chen Yan travels between worlds, ending up becoming an honorable prince in a medieval fantasy world. Yet this world was not quite as simple as he thought. Witches with magical powers abound, and fearsome wars between churches and kingdoms rage throughout the land.

Roland, a prince regarded as hopeless by his own father and assigned to the worst fief, spends his time developing a poor and backward town into a strong and modern city, while fighting against his siblings for the throne and absolute control over the kingdom. Join Roland as he befriends and allies with witches and, through fighting and even farming, pushes back invaders coming from the realm of evil.

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放开那个女巫
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Rigald
Rigald rated it
September 21, 2019
Status: c1498
After 3 years of following and reading this, it finally ended at 1498 chapters (I wonder why? Why not at 1500 chapters? Did the author prematurely finished this one? Knowing Qidian, its certainly possible) its an ok-ish novel with its good and bad parts.

Story is basically is about a mechanical engineer named Cheng Yan died due to overwork and reincarnates as Ronald, the loser 4th prince in another world. He uses his knowledge from his previous life to gain massive advantage against his enemies and employs witches as his allies.

Lets... more>> list the good parts first:

  1. A non typical Chinese MC in Roland, he is not that OP and he's level headed
  2. World building in a medieval town using modern knowledge and technology (yeah blast them with muskets and cannons)
  3. Multiple witches with different talents and with personalities to boot
  4. No harem with MC, he only has Anna (and Nightingale)
  5. Kinda complicated relationships regarding humans, witches, the church and demons due to war that happened 400 years ago
  6. Multiple PoVs about the quality of life his subjects enjoyed during Ronald's reign as king
And the bad parts:

  1. Unrealistic amount of knowledge that Ronald possessed as a mechanical engineer (I guess he's really OP in this regard)
  2. Convenient powers that the witches possessed (+ plot armor)
  3. Romance is almost non-existent (Ronald and Anna is much like a master/apprentice thingy rather than lovers)
  4. Too much exposure to the Dream World (that part is really boring)
  5. Not much suspense with the story and characters as no major character really died (does Ashes count?)
  6. Medieval people learning rate is too fast in my opinion, which is unrealistic (well this novel is fantasy anyway)
The novel is pretty long in my opinion, there is alot of PoV changes between characters (enemies, allies) should have ended around chapters 900-1000. There is a lot of boring parts (especially the Dream World Arc and the Demon's relationship and dialogues)

All in all, I recommend you to read it for enjoyment purposes not for academical purposes (like the other reviewers that rates this novel with 1-2 stars and compares it with other known authors). Not every story is perfect, certainly this wasn't perfect but its perfectly fine to read for entertainment purposes. <<less
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KirbyReviews44
KirbyReviews44 rated it
March 15, 2019
Status: c1350
Do you like medieval fantasy kingdom building story with cute witch girls? If so, read now.

Don't let the complaints of other reviewers stop you. Is this novel perfect? No. But it executes the core aspect of the story very well.
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qu
qu rated it
June 28, 2018
Status: c1023
Probably the best novel i've read up to date.. Once you've read this your expectations from other novels will skyrocket and will probably drop a bunch of them. I've been searching for one as good as this but couldn't find any, at least none on this site yet. The writing is incredible and is easy to read. Even being over 1000 chapters the story doesn't feel dragged out and is well developed with great pacing. Character development is also there. Despite having so many unique characters, you will remember every... more>> single one of their names, personalities, powers, etc. It does get into the physics/science of things because the MC applies real world knowledge to his current world... so I can see how there would be flaws but so far I haven't spotted any obvious ones.

I've read up to 1023 so far and regret having caught up. I suggest you wait for this to finish first before reading because the wait will kill you. While you wait you can read other shtty overrated novels so your expectations will stay low. Trust me once you read this, it's r.i.p to other novels. <<less
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singlespace
singlespace rated it
May 30, 2018
Status: c795
This is easily one the best stories on this entire site. Release that Witch takes the premise of a reincarnated in a fantasy world story, but sets it in a realistic world with a fairly accurate depiction of science, technology, and industrialization.

You might read some reviews that criticize the plausibility and how realistic the depiction is, but you need to consider this in context of all other stories of it's kind: it's likely that there is no other story on this site that tries to adhere to the reality of... more>> engineering, industry, and science more than this novel and I say that as someone who has a background in the sciences. Its obsession with the history, trajectory, and details of industry is what makes it even possible to criticize how accurate its depiction is. You won't see these kind of criticisms of other stories on this site because they do not provide even a remotely plausible setting and events, hence you have to entirely suspend your disbelief. Not so with Release that Witch.

Release that Witch delivers a light novel like story with a bit of a touch of capital L literature. From one perspective you have characters who's motivations and actions are exaggerated and implausible, from the other perspective you have far more varied characters who are actually driven by hopes and emotions that are established and comprehensible as opposed to just paper thin arch types and tropes, which comprise the overwhelming majority of stories here. You can tell that its' characters have been tempered by a perspective outside of the author's (and that's a good thing) and while the narrative definitely has the underpinnings of a power fantasy and is self serving to a degree, it tries to deliver more.

Does it succeed? Debatable. It starts a bit awkwardly, and takes some time to find it's legs, but what's certain is when it does, Release that Witch delivers a unique experience that no other story here even attempts. On those merits alone, you should give it a shot. <<less
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ABPhoenix
ABPhoenix rated it
May 18, 2018
Status: c942
Yes, it may be a little unbelievable at times and can be a little boring with all the technical mumbo jumbo, but it is still an enjoyable novel to read. In the beginning, I read it because it was unique and I thought that it was one of the best things I had ever read, I don't think so now but it is still a very worthwhile read.

Would highly recommend you give it a go if you have not already.
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Judgecutioner
Judgecutioner rated it
May 9, 2018
Status: c800
So to be honest, this novel is really hard for me to be objective about. If I went full fanboy on it, I'd probably give it 5 stars despite knowing it does not really deserve it. Conflict of technology and magic is my great weakness, and this novel executes is quite well.

Let's first address some problems - near omniscience of the main character. While there are many comments criticizing this, and while this point is true, it's not as bad as other commenters are making it. The main character is... more>> an engineer working with blueprints and therefore, provided studying blueprints was also his hobby should have a deeper pool of knowledge, even in less related fields like chemistry. However, it's true that depth of his knowledge in chemistry appears to be too much, as he seems to know not only rough formulas but also details. As for military command, all I've seen him use is the general use of common knowledge, such as the importance of information, and using the fact that he has witches who can scout and enemies do not.

To me, a much bigger problem was the appearance of books out of nowhere. The main character never invented book print, as far as I'm aware, yet seems to have no lack of books. Let me just say this, without book print, there's no way he would have enough materials to teach his people to read and write. While to others this might seem a minor detail, to me it is very distracting.

As for characters, lots of them lack proper depth, but usually, they're not part of the main cast where it doesn't matter as much. However, problem is that even the main cast somewhat lacks the proper depth of character. For example; Anna and Roland as the main pair appear to have bland personalities and their actions are more being pulled along by the story and less of actively choosing something. Therefore they are easily overshadowed by side characters with more interesting motivations and struggles.

However with me saying that the story has a lot to offer. It's very entertaining and most importantly internally consistent approach to technology x magic, and it quite well shows how much change did invention of the gun bring into warfare. With quite a few interesting side characters and their own side stories, you'll rarely have a chance to feel bored. <<less
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Hollowed
Hollowed rated it
May 3, 2018
Status: c905
This is my first review, sorry for my weird English, I wanted to defend this novel because I love it and it is not like the others here. In short, it is simply a novel building the kingdom, there is science in the middle ages and the pace is slow in the right direction.

This novel is not the author's wet dream in the form of a novel... It's not erot*c at all, there's romance and there's a second love involved. Nothing else.

About technology, what is shown is true, there are... more>> many technical descriptions, do not worry, the author does not make too many details and yes everything he does is possible only with the help of witches, they are essential and serve as valuable tools.

The novel has some problems, there are too many characters and enemies don't distrust the hero enough, I like antagonists when they are unpredictable and powerful but there are none.

For the serious part:

It's a clash between culture, religion versus science. Feudalism versus federalism.

It shows what the modern world has to offer in a magical medieval world.

People who cannot stand the fact that the Church is criticized or that science is used to solve many problems will hate it. You have to put the novel in context. The author is Chinese.

Communism is anti-religion by nature. Besides, as it says in the novel, the church is not like our church. The author took a simplified version of the church and kept almost only the worst sides. They do bad things and they know it but they think it must be done for a good reason, they think it is a necessary evil.

Some will see a bad demonstration of science against ignorance, others will see the demonstration in an imaginary world of what science has to offer and, in opposition, blind believers who make things worse. In any case, the novel shows several sides, egoism with the nobles, sacrifice and determination with the church and union with the hero. (Yes, the name of the witch group symbolizes that)

Yes, it is a bit like propaganda of a certain vision of society, you will probably notice it easily because you are not accustomed to this kind. Here, the idea of a group is promoted, order and loyalty for the common good.

There is a good example, in a modern war, soldiers are not important, what is important is equipment, ammunition and other things, these things are produced by workers, work is important, the economy is power for war, the power of an individual does not matter.

If you think about it, Hollywood is much worse. Hollywood is only emotions, zero rational thinking, they promoted the individual for consumerism, the freedom to do everything above all the freedom to do anything, long live guns and cigarettes.

So if you are a more rational person than a non-rational emotional person, you will love this novel. It is not for everyone, it has a political and economic vision of what the world should be and many will not share it.

It's a unique novel.

The author is not afraid to show his ideas, even if there are flaws. (The Dream World is very poor and has little to offer, I see no other goal than to give a little power to the MC in the eyes of old witches for the moment. I don't see any hidden meaning either, weird choice.) I'm gonna give five stars, I want more politically engaged novels. <<less
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castiel101
castiel101 rated it
May 2, 2018
Status: c786
Love the story so much... I just cant put it down... I love the plot story.. Its interesting... I like how it shows different povs of some characters... I know that his forte is industrial advancement using machines but I would like to see a bit in farming... But overall I still love it..
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ziki
ziki rated it
April 4, 2018
Status: c568
Very good story and I enjoyed it a lot, at one point placing it in my top 3. But recently I can't really get myself back to it at all. And the reason is simple, at one point the story really becomes non-MC focused. Don't get me wrong I love good stories with multiple perspectives and such BUT here it's not that. Rather than having MC and other important characters having their perspective from time to time, here we keep on getting random plebeians getting their own chapters and those... more>> chapters all serve the same purpose which is to glorify MC and his genius. We get entire set of chapters spent only on random guys that never had any sort of importance to the general plot-line... worse off all unlike most stories the general plotline is actually quite good which makes those random chapters do even more evil for this story.

This issue does not appear very quickly at mass but at the time I am right now it's really... I want to get back to the story but chapter after chapter is about some random people that never appeared before and will never appear again. If those characters hold any importance overall it wouldn't be so bad but here... it's only makes me sigh as there it is really large flaw in this great work... as to why I write this review, well it's because it's a flaw that I don't encounter often but also it doesn't seem like anyone points it out in reviews. <<less
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Rakka
Rakka rated it
March 24, 2018
Status: --
I don't really remember what chapter I stopped reading this story, it's when the whole kingdom-ish world began to war here and there.

I'm confused, really. Like a Reaally confused.

People has a vastly different reason when they read some thing, and for me this novel give me the best example of :

  • Tech-Gap genre,
  • Lifestyle-Gap,
  • Something-Gap, ect.
  • along with some psycological thingy about Witch Vs. Chruch.
But after the witch expedition to the deep forest to search for a holy land and the found some thing else, author just suddenly switch the story to... more>> some kingdom politic...

What de..? Is it Supposed to some kind of

hidden-storyline?

Too much premise.. and seriously I can't stand it.

It's a good read.. The first few dozens chapter. <<less
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Aziru
Aziru rated it
March 23, 2018
Status: Completed
Easily one of the best novels I've ever read. Its now in my top 3 favorite novels, next too Lord of the Mysteries.

I love all the characters, the kingdom building, the politics, science, magics, everything.

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I feel like this novel might've been better without the demons and instead focused more on human efforts/wars, politics, and kingdom expansion. But I'm happy with the amount that was provided.

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7thsin
7thsin rated it
March 20, 2018
Status: c700
I actually want to rate it 3.5. This story is quite good and enjoyable read. However, there are some points that I don't like about this story.

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  1. Roland himself, he has this kind of knowledge that general mechanical engineer wouldn't have. First gun and cannon. I mean did you learn that in university? Or is it your hobby? Also steam engine. As far as I can tell he came from modern era and in modern era engineering they won't teach you about this kind of stuff of an old age. Second about gunpowder and chemistry. I can understand if you know the basic stuff, but to the point that you can build these stuffs are just convenient plot.
  2. Everything seem to develop to suit his convenience. Want to develop new stuff? Here new witch! Want to improving stuff? Oh, surprised! Witch power has evolve! You can enjoy this story if you didn't seek for more realistic or struggling story though.
  3. Very slow romance. This story considered to be harem. However, his relationship with Nightingale didn't proceed to a satisfactory level yet even if it's already 700+ chapter.

The last review complain about Roland acting unreasonable. Now, I think you don't understand his character. First of all, I think he didn't rule his land with rule of law to begin with. Rather he use rule by law. I'm not sure which came first, but you can see this point when he want to change every country under his control to use his way of govern. Those noble who object will be kill or demote. You see this is not act of the king who said his people will have their right protected. He will change anything to his liking. For killing Hutty Morgan without trial, why did he do that? It's simple because rather than letting her live to uphold justice and have all other witch have bad impression of him. He rather kill her to gain support of another 100+ witch instead.

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BitterCoffee79
BitterCoffee79
March 7, 2018
Status: c637
I'll be short.

Release the Witch is the story of what would happen if a normal acting Sheldon Cooper was reborn in a medioeval fantasy world (why sheldon? Cause I can't think of any other uni graduate with enought knowledge to f*cking replicate hundreds of years of human history).

Also the whole world turns around him, it seems obvious by this point that nothing too bad can happen to him no matter what.

All in all it's a good and nice story worth a full 4 stars, just don't expect any thrill... more>> from this story. <<less
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Ruman
Ruman rated it
February 21, 2018
Status: c110
My god is this novel good. I started reading it a week ago and I can stop. If you like a great story with great characters and the best world building I have ever read dont miss this one. You'll not be dissapointed by it
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1life4death
1life4death rated it
February 21, 2018
Status: c716
This is one of my most favorite and one of the best novel I read so far. The characters are amazing and likable, story is great, the world is interesting and rich with lore, even the whole modern technology in a fantasy-western medieval world is entertaining.

I have to give my props to the author, you can clearly tell he/she spent their time researching western medieval genres, because I have to say I often forget that this is a chinese novel. Would highly, highly recommend this to anyone who enjoy a... more>> good fantasy novel. <<less
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Derael
Derael rated it
February 1, 2018
Status: c693
I've read some good and bad reviews, and decided to write one myself.

First of all, regarding MC knowledge. He sure has wast area of knowledge and it's hard to determine what exactly was his profession before reincarnation based on that. People say that he knows too much.

But why can't he be just some industrial enthusiast? Maybe reading about some technology and design was his hobby in addition to his profession. After all, for some reason it was him who got reincarnated, so he should have some specific talent/knowledge/character fitting to... more>> rule the humans of that world in order to save them.

That's why guy with wast knowledge and good memory can easily know all that stuff. I myself know quite a lot about chemistry despite being a mathematician simply because I liked chemistry in school and studied it additionally. That's why complaints about MC knowing too much are invalid, he has read quite a lot of books and with his great memory he can remember a lot, that's totally realistic.

Pacing is indeed a bit slow. But QI even though I don't like their ways, doing a good job with translating 2 chapters per say, so progress is actually quite fast. But recently paid only chapters started to appear, so if it will become impossible to read without paying, they would lose readers immediately.

Overall the world is well made, characters are not very deep but quite likeable, plot is relaxing, and you can expect smooth sailing for a very long time, so if you like struggle and hardships, this novel is not for you, but if you want to enjoy a good read with some unexpected twists, you might enjoy it. Newest part of the story also looks promising and witch abilities are creative. <<less
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wait321
wait321 rated it
January 25, 2018
Status: c651
Finally, I found a story that isn't about a cliche hero beating down everyone with brute force. It's refreshing to see a main character that uses technological knowledge to build a nation. There's fantasy elements to that prevent the story from becoming one-sided. There's also a mystery surrounding the history and demon race of the planet that keeps you guessing.

However it just kept going downhill after awhile. The witches and their interactions were entertaining at the beginning but there's too much filler stories about insignificant tests, adventures, etc. I want... more>> to read about the progress of a nation not the antics of child detectives. The later introduction of the dream world resulted in tons of boring chapters about parties and s*upid slice-of-life events. The ending was such a letdown too. It's like the author changed halfway because the first half is way too different from the second. It just became a nonsensical fantasy. <<less
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arnoldstrife
arnoldstrife rated it
January 4, 2018
Status: c637
This is an Isekai set in a fantasy medieval time. What makes this different is that the MC brings to the fantasy world communism (Or rather China's brand of communism) and part of it's industrial revolution. It of course doesn't flat out say it outright, but look at the policies he's making and think about it for a moment, you'll find parallels to Chinese Communist Revolution.

The various witches that the MC finds are basically Deus ex machina for solving various issues to bridge the gap of industrial and social reform.... more>> For example 1 witch can smelt steel in the iron age and thus now we have steel and can make guns. They do really just randomly appear at just the right time to solve whatever plagues the MC. But each witch is a fully fleshed out character with personality and backstory so it's somewhat forgivable for the incredible plot convenience it brings.

The pacing is also fairly fast in the in-story timeline. It's so fast that I honestly don't know where the MC and the various witches have time to do everything they said they are doing. Some of the more useful witches are assigned dozens of task and they somehow find time to do all of them so the industrial revolution can go on. This is offset by the much slower reading time since as I said before it tends to flesh out all the characters and give backstory and personality. There's over 1 million words from chapter 1 to 600 but only 1.5 year has passed in the story.

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up till c637 He made a new city with 30 times the population of before. Invented guns and howitzers on a mass production level, solved all social and economic problems. Introduced sanitation, taught a majority of people to read and write and finish taking over the world (as he knows it).

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Besides it's various problems. It doesn't change the fact that I enjoyed it and liked the various characters. It's not perfect, but the problems are minimal enough not to worry over. <<less
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Ginvegan
Ginvegan rated it
January 2, 2018
Status: c634
Pretty good story, it seems like it has a direction and follows it. There are some boring parts to it, but overall I think the story flows really well. The fact that he was transported to another world always plays a role. Unlike other novels where the character is transported and ignores any of his previous worlds knowledge. I do think Roland is boring, but I say the other characters overcome it. I highly recommend the story to anyone who is looking for meaning story, full with progress and struggles.
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somsit
somsit
December 13, 2017
Status: c585
One of the best novels of this era, IMO. It's a real novel, not just a no-brainer MC who always thinks he's a god.

You will read the story from the perspectives of various characters. From a beggar, knight, king, children, etc., this shows that the author knows how to write a good novel. Not just a bullying or show-off power plot for the MC.

And seriously, this is one of the best time travel novels. MC uses all knowledge in the modern world to help solve another world's problems. While I... more>> always doubt the others novels, what's the point of being a time traveler in theirs when the MC rarely or never uses any advantage from the modern world? Why not just let MC be born in that era instead of time traveling? <<less
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