I am writing this at the point in which I plan to stop reading the book. I will include spoilers in the review so don't read further if you want to go into the story without knowledge.The story starts of alright, the premise going into the main part of the story is a bit of the red flag and sets the groundwork for the main character being an obsessed emo protagonist pursuing his tragically dead love from earth.The author starts off the story and background on a strong note and the motivations of the protagonist (villain) seem alright to start, not good and really logical but not outright terrible as long as he is adaptable. From the early part of the story it goes downhill from there, the author makes the cast of characters and interrelationships extremely convoluted and the obsessed emo mc gets worse from the starting point, he doesn't seem to learn or grow and due to the speed and frequency that potential female leads are introduced it is hard to tell who we should get attached to, if anyone, due to the lack of development and meaningful interactions there are.As others point out, the MC is obsessed about being the ultimate wingman for one of the story's original MCs (because according to the world building there will be three).It isn't until the MC is ditched by the guy he has been attempting to help the entire time and almost gets the MC and his sister killed does he drop this mindset and plans to try and manipulate him to his cause. (Though if I had to predict what will happen going forward is that this will repeat itself for the other two Main Characters.The other issue I have run into (as of the last chapter released before privilege) is that one of the female leads who has been characterized as sweet and innocent is now randomly off and confessing to the MC despite not loving him? The sudden backtracking on that relationship is just confusing and comes off as bad.Overall, and to be blunt, the MC comes off as pathetic, stupid, and a shonen protagonist that is as dense as the great wall.I haven't felt like I have gotten any "payoff" as a reader so all of the story is just depressing as it is either the main character getting his ass kicked left and right, failing at his task, or simply failing to be a better character.

My personal review of this would be around 2 stars (if not using webnovel's calculator). Overall the story starts off pretty strong but as it goes on, I became more and more disinvested with everything, I do personally like harems and that was one of the tags that brought me to this novel and it honestly seems like it should be removed and replaced with the tragedy tag. I was reading this story because I enjoy becoming invested in characters and the relationships they develop especially if they are done well and the story gives off the illusion of doing that. The story hints on modern topics that some people might not like such as body dysmorphia and transitioning but does so in the least discomforting way for people who try to insert themselves into the MC by making the character friendly to the MC while being in a romance with another character. Some of the other characters that get fleshed our and developed over hundreds of chapters either get seemingly randomly killed off or their personality just becomes irrationaly stupid and disliked and eventually killed off. I say seemingly above because the author does use foreshadowing to hint at some of the plot devices that kill off those characters and some of the plot direction. By the chapter I reached after the author just killed off a majority of the side characters and sub-romantic interests, I no longer trust that the author would be able to deliver a satisfactory ending let alone an enjoyable journey. There is very little payoff on any of the relationships the MC has or seems to develop, so I would commend anyone who could finish the book but I for one find it too painful to continue on. (Which also means I will not read the authors other works since according to their comments, this is the type of style they enjoy writing with.) For anyone who bothered to read all the way through this review, I wouldn't suggest reading the story unless you have a lot of patience and someone who doesn't mind dropping a book at any point where it gets too frustrating.

I believe it is actually 24, I thought he got 10 for each old man from the Abyss.

I think the sudden change is interesting and enjoyable, you should keep at it.

That was covered in the first thought of my comment: (it has) "more to do with the stillness of the water vs. the surface area of the body simultaneously breaking said surface tension." That is describing a belly flop and why it hurts, "feeling like hitting cement."

I think there is a slight misunderstanding of the feeling like cement idea, this has little to do with the speed of the water and more to do with the stillness of the water vs. the surface area of the body simultaneously breaking said surface tension. someone dumping a pail of water from a three-story building probably wouldn't hurt much because it wouldn't have that much volume (weight) or time to build up speed (though I admittedly don't have experience with this, so I could very well be wrong) I don't doubt that the experience the author is going for would in fact be painful and I think a better metaphor from modern experience would be getting sprayed by a highly pressurized hose (like a firehose) directly.

Fair enough, It might have been a snap reaction as the situation for me just felt distasteful. I am sure that Anne is probably a darker character than she was portrayed as (essentially being the slave overseer) I will probably shelve this for now until I am more in the mood where I don't mind psychopathic leads. (my first impression of the characters - granted their backgrounds justify it) Keep up the good work.

Yeah, not going to lie. This and the last few chapters seemed extremely pointless. The plan was more than enough at causing a distraction the separated them from the group, 2 1st realm servants hardly seem like a reason to commit a manhunt, the slaughter of clan members on the other hand is definitely a reason. For a MC that seems to be about calmly planning, that seems like a poor decision.

Otoha's driver that she views as a sister is that one I believe.

Shoulda went for the Jay and Silent Bob reference with C*cknocker.

Though again the above is merely me expressing my thoughts. I know Nora has been earmarked for Logan's harem since before she said she liked him. She practically waved to the readers and said "Hello I am a plot device to make Logan stronger." (with their whole complimentary elementals) That had temporarily slipped my mind. I guess I just really don't like Logan as a character and feel all the time spent on developing Nora as a character is a waste just to add something to him. /shrug I understand the effort to develop Claire as she is his mother, Nora's characterization just feels like a waste to be relegated to a side character's harem, though I know a lot of that is just this author's style with all the previous ones, as a form of minor detail to flesh out the story.

I don't mind, I'm not saying that the author should listen to my opinion or anything, this is my first post since I have been binging the story and there are several times when Davis's character is overly frustrating because his actions or thought process breaks my suspension of disbelief. In this case, he (and Claire) literally just found out that they were misguided in pursuing her revenge, to me, the next logical step would be that maybe our targets are wrong and we should investigate to make sure we don't wrong another incident as obviously, Nora's family is not so amazing that they can't be framed. So yeah, from the previous two thoughts, obviously just a struggle with the suspension of disbelief for myself. Also for me, it is one thing for a character to be ruthless to enemies, but people struggle at compartmentalizing their behaviors so if they are completely indifferent or cruel to innocents then that will most likely slowly bleed over into how you how they treat those close to them. Also for the reasoning behind it feeling forced, while Nora has expressed feelings for Logan, Logan has his oath (that is pretty hardline that he won't take anyone else - not like Davis who said he would do it with consent). In addition to that, Claire has her own hangup with already being in a relatively sizeable harem (sure, small for imperial standards, but not the relationship she was expecting). I could understand the, "I feel guilty for mistreating Nora since she was innocent." However, to follow that plan, you are either expecting Nora to suffer with her family being killed off or for a long, winding road in which Logan breaks his oath per the plan would require and convincing Claire to spare Nora's family which would be a betrayal of her emotions until Claire just rolls over because she is hopelessly in love with Logan. (I'll admit I was that the whole Claire coming around to the harem with Davis's plan was another thing that just shattered suspension of disbelief for me.) This could very well be flawed reasoning because I don't know how the author will handle the situation, all reasoning is flawed when not all the details are known. (Also as a joking aside, technically all the relationships are "forced" in the sense that it is a work of fiction and the author controls the fates of the characters/relationships :) )

it is forced because it would involve claire deciding to allow Logan to take another woman. and while yes there was like one sentence of her realizing that a harem might not be so bad seeing the harmony of her davis' harem. logan has consistently shown an inability to balance that. not to mention how inconsistent claire has been for her revenge with her willing to just return home and happily be with her children. also pointing out that he is a hypocrite does not showed flawed reasoning. I said that he lacks maturity because he does as he constantly is noticing that his disposition is changing and is worried he will become cruel to even those he cares about. his plans for claire are both damaging to her as now she feels guilty about hurting an innocent nora, instead of trying to guide her family toward a lesser punishment and a potentially amicable ending with the true perpetrators being killed with little consequences. the first plan is to literally make nora love logan more than her own family after knowing the former for less than three months and thinking she wouldn't be against her family dying. however everything I typed was an opinion. so dont really know why i am trying to justify it.

not going to lie. at this point, if the plan is to just force nora into Logan's harem, I hope you just kill her off. her character actually seems decent whereas Logan's character has pretty much been garbage since the early part of the story and the only reason to keep him around is because you'd feel bad for claire. overall your story is pretty decent. the biggest issue is the main character's maturity. he is damning people for something he himself is doing right after he realized that he was making a mistake. preferably you would have claire choosing a third option that would actually show character growth for her and davis.