A very likable novel,

The protagonist was beating common sense to his enemies, even though OP and wants to live peacefully, plot-twist (arrogant young masters, mistresses, prince, final BOSSES of every series of suppose to be otome game) will not left him live peacefully while racing FLAGS to main characters (the female protagonist and the suppose to be antagonist/villainess).

Even though there's a tag of COMEDY you will also feel the seriousness of the story and slight drama in nearing climax scene to the end of each volume of the novel

Creating... more>> a GAL game hidden route to an OTOME game while the suppose to be scenario was ruined because of them

A unique ISEKAI GAME-THEME. Recommended to read... <<less

The first volume is great (5 stars), the second volume had some things that annoyed me (3 stars), so for now I'll average it out and give it 4.

I really enjoy the isekai genre when it's written/translated well, and this is probably the most fun example I've found in quite some time. Instead of getting reincarnated into a world based off a traditional JRPG (or, let's be honest, an eroge) the protagonist is reincarnated into a world based off of an otome game. I've read a few web novels like... more>> this that have a female protagonist, but none with a male protagonist. The primary entertainment in this novel comes from the clash between the protagonist's nature and the way the world is supposed to work, both in terms of game tropes and in-world social mores.

The setting is a completely overdone take on the idea "what if the power dynamic between men and women were reversed?" and, in particular, looking at otome game tropes and describing what a society would have to look like for those tropes to work. It doesn't end up coming out realistic at all, but the novel acknowledges that, and in fact, one character even comes to the conclusion that this society could not possibly have arisen through natural means. An example: the numerical gender balance is roughly even at school age, but among the elderly there are many more women than men, and it's inferred that the reason is that some women intentionally get their husbands killed in battle over and over in order to receive multiple pensions from the government.

Also, there are airships and mecha.

In the first volume, the protagonist learns about the world, gets into the royal academy and ends up screwing up the plans of someone trying to complete the "plot" of the game. He also makes friends with the girl who was originally supposed to be the protagonist, as well as one of the girls who was a villain in the game. All of this is a lot of fun and while the characters were not particularly deep I pretty much enjoyed them all.

Unfortunately in the second volume, the three main characters end up having those "classic" and annoying communication problems that cause extremely pointless drama, and that diminished how much I could enjoy everything else. The actual main plot also wasn't as interesting as the first volume, although it did set up some interesting stuff for the future that makes me feel hopeful. <<less

If you're someone who's comfortable with casual sexism, you might enjoy this story.

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Spoiler

The men fight with their lives on the line and easily die, yet our treatment is extremely poor.

“This world is too kind towards women."

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There are a lot of things I want to ask, like about the academy and such, but... above all I want to ask about that word, leftover-husband. Isn’t it usually women that have to get married by a set age?

[collapse]

Considering I'm only in the second chapter, the POV of a privileged male is already too much. <<less

I read the WN version to the end and I like it. Maybe there are many shortcomings in this novel, but this is one of the novels that I enjoyed to the end. If there is a difference from the LN version. Maybe at the beginning to be precise in the 2nd ArC if it's LN maybe volume 4, there are a lot of changes from different traits of Noel, additional characters and others, for the 3rd ArC the story will be extended even more, if the WN is after... more>> brave comes the final battle Kingdom versus Empire, this is not direct but there are other stories and drama. I don't have a problem, just please don't change the ending, I like that ending

And I fans of the Queen"Milene" <<less

Note: This review is only for the first 5 volumes. Its been quite good as a shounen novel, up to v5. I couldnt read further than a few chapters of v6 because there isnt any actual decent translation for v6 yet, but I hear it kinda went downhill and has become a mess atm.

I hear someone points about how s*upid the isekai world is - or at least the country the MC was born in, and well... hes right. Its matriarchy, but everywhere I see males being in charge... more>> - the king, the nobles. And somehow adventurers still get to have a lot of rights. These points are justified because "its an otome game, so it cant be helped. Dont think too much about it." And I guess I can look past that.

Onto the characters. The MC is said to be pretty cunning, but I think the only time he actually demonstrated it is in the first half of vol 5. He is OP after obtaining a cheat item, and is thus balanced by being lazy, indecisive, and a real PoS (in a good way). There is some level of self-awareness, as he just only uses his powers to troll the life out of people he hates. However he is also too dense, which annoys me. He likes his harem but nowhere near enough to marry any of them, yet also refuses to tell them and just runs away. The waifus (3 so far), I guess they are pretty decent, but the romance is just illogical, dumb even. Though the part I hate the most is the 5 idiots that he is stuck with. Literally only there for comic relief or plot advancement and I certainly wouldnt miss them if they are gone.

So I guess this is a rom com but without much actual rom. There are hints of yuri though (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). <<less

Ok, so its not bad, but it goes downhill eventually. Once you finish the principality scenario, wrap it up and clal it a day. The rest is honestly hard to read, so I'm just gonna stop.

Great novel. A badass MC and beautiful girls clinging to him. Good story, but can be better.

As expected from the author of Evil Lord from an intergalactic's empire

Second half of vol3 wasn't as good and from v4 onwards the quality gets even lower. To you the reader things appear to be obvious to the point of annoyance but the cast acts oblivious to them. The dialogues are no longer interesting or thought-provoking. Everyone has degraded to simple lines and cliched personalities.

Coincidentally, I've heard that bakape*vert isn't a good translation team and honestly seeing the disparity in quality and the speed at which they translate I think it's true. At the very least they're releasing unedited or overly... more>> simplified texts to keep up with their translating speed. How much of this is the author's fault is unknown to be honest. <<less

Actual rating 3.8.

I could not say I did not find this series enjoyable, but I doubt I could proudly claim this series as amazing. It is like eating fried rice with good ingredients only to find the rice texture is all over the place. It is still tasty overall, and there are parts that make me truly happy, but it I just can not claim that it is the best fried rice out there.

I still hope to read more though. :)

It's good if you have brain to admire something good written. Whenever I found some Otome stories it's always the girl who were main lead and story is very cliched.. Even among few Otome games I couldn't find anything different. But this novel is quite good. Even tho it is less translated than original but I am willing to read it in machine translation.