Review Detail of Aeris_1357 in When The Top Hacker Becomes A Female Supporting Character, She Amazes The World

It’s decently entertaining but has serious issues with continuity, story arcing, and setting. It feels like I’m reading a rough draft where the author can’t remember what they wrote so they make something new up instead of going back to check. For instance: Before transmigrating the female lead was an orphan who never knew family love. Later it turns out that she grew up in a very loving home and was ”orphaned” after she was a legal adult in university. Originally the female lead was a little genius who skipped grades and had already finished university (where she had met the trashy “original male lead” of the book). Later, she’s suddenly cramming for the college entrance exam. Originally the male lead was 23 with 5 years between them. Later, he’s 25 and there are 7 years between them. Originally the female lead was good looking girl, a sweet little beauty appropriate for her age. Later she’s some heaven-defying beauty with an impossibly perfect face. And many, many, more. It’s all very confusing and rather uncomfortable, but ultimately, it’s bad and lazy writing. The author is constantly distracted and can’t seem to follow through with a single plot point. The reader is constantly left hanging as one cannon fodder after another is paraded before the leads but no resolution is ever reached. Several characters, who you are led to believe are important, simply vanish into thin air. Others are randomly brought up again and you have to scratch your head and go “Who?” before remembering their insignificant existence only to have them vanishing again with the question, “Why did you bring them up at all?” remaining unanswered. The female lead is all over the place. Her character design is messy and inconsistent. Her motivations are either shallow or unclear. She doesn’t know what she wants and has no drive. The author wanted too many things. She bounces around like madwoman, cool, collected, and emotionless at one point, but sweet, bubbly, and innocent the next. She has too many personas, and too many skills, some of which directly contradict. You expect me to believe she’s a reclusive expert hacker who died of overwork while hacking, while also being an acting extra, sure, I can buy that. But wait! There’s more! She’s also a painter. And a pianist. And a stunt double. And an expert martial artist. And a gamer. And a vegetable gardener. And a rock climber. When did she have time to do all this? I think the author forgets that sleep takes up nearly a third of human existence, and just because professions have an overlap does not mean they are the same and can be mastered at the drop of the hat. Being a background extra is not the same as being a stunt double. Being a stunt double is not the same as being a stage combat expert. Stage combat is worlds away from competitive martial arts. Typing hand speed does not correlate to piano fingering. Conversely, the male lead’s character is two-dimensional, he’s very cookie-cutter and not very interesting. Like, seriously, there is nothing unique about him and zero reason he would be remotely appealing to the female lead. He doesn’t even seem to have a reason for liking the female lead but still decides to pursue her. It ends up feeling a bit chauvinistic and childish, like “The more I’m told no, the more determined I am to do it, because I always get my way!” The flimsy childhood engagement tying them together is unrealistic as both families clearly couldn’t care less. Even when directly confronted about his feelings, the male lead’s response is “Oh, hey, I guess I have feelings for her. I know because someone pointed them out. Guess I’ll start getting ready to marry her!” In conclusion, the story is distracted and poorly written, the characters and motivations are shallow, and the romantic relationship is unfulfilling. I do not recommend spending coins on this.