Review Detail of AsteriskDelta in Reincarnated as the Demon King's Son

Credit where credit's due: the author writes coherent scenes and vivid descriptions, and the story would have been very enjoyable if he'd chosen a different direction to take the characters. That said, this story can get painfully awkward to read, and it doesn't help that it feels like a self-insert fantasy, albeit a worrisome one (friendly reminder to NOT pull a chris-chan, Author). The MC is... well... a naive, infantalized young man-- an impressive achievement when you're a 30+ y/o reincarnator who saw the worst of humanity and killed himself over it. Yet five years of a warm family, and suddenly he's more of a pure, blank slate than most real children. He lacks initiative and any sense of self-preservation, and continually makes oversights or poor decisions. Furthermore, he seems to be influenced by a complex over both his gender and race (which is explicitly mentioned by the author despite being of no importance to the story), before preaching about "respect" or "eliminating evil". The side characters aren't much better, with each of them settling into their archetype so fast I got whiplash, and the inexplicable depth of bonds/emotions is written off as his "charm blessing". The antagonists are all comically evil, literally laughing as they beat women or plot to take over the world. The impetus for the plot, while less cringy, is equally nonsensical (super-powerful parents, having literally never taught him anything or challenged him, are dissatisfied with his strength and throw him into mortal combat for giggles [read: "growth"]) TL;DR: A novel to pass time with if you shut off your brain, but eventually the sheer cringe factor will convince you to stop. None of the story's themes were "bad", per se, but they were very poorly implemented and feel more like a caricature of stories that did them right.