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Review Detail of somnious in It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future

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somnious
somniousLv36yrsomnious

Ok, first things first. This is in the wrong genre. It is through and through Science Fiction. It's literally a Bros/Sisters Before Everyone Else kind of story, except the leader isn't a guy, but a girl. With Giant Space Robots that will rip your body into shreds with g-force. And Various Background Proxy Wars and underlying plot. As someone who has completely read the raws 5 times over in the past year while following all of the author's updates (I'm literally on my 6th run guys and I'm STILL finding new things that I missed the first few times around), this is one of the best stories I've read in a long time. It has amazing character growth, characterization, character relationships, plot, action, emotional turmoil, setting, depth - I could go on. Madame Ru can make you laugh out loud one moment and cry in grief the next - truly, it's a story that sets itself apart and has become a unique existence. There's so much going on, but it doesn't detract from your understanding due to how well Madame Ru hides it in the background through foreshadowing and Chekov's Gun. Not only that, it has a female protagonist that doesn't suffer from the painful cliches that one would expect in a genderbender story - which, honestly, makes a lot more sense setting-wise (how can you not be able to hide your body's gender if you have something like Little Four and high science fiction medicine). Also the setting itself is really fun. It's a hyper futuristic intergalactic empire with Xianxia elements - mainly spiritual power, qi, and martial arts. Except instead of being something fancy like martial arts sects, it's been integrated into lineages. After countless years of development, they've become something akin to 'military arts' rather than just wushu, with a heavy focus on usability rather than just display. Madame Ru meshes the two normally opposite traits beautifully and without a seam - keeping the core of the idea and evolving it into a completely new existence. And Ling Lan. She's not your typical female protagonist either - she, so far, has been my most favorite that I've come across. She is neither morally righteous nor evil - her morals don't follow the path of 'for humanity', but just for the small, small group of people she cares about, the people who believe in her. Her path is of the heart, and she refuses to bow down to anyone - her Dao is Hegemony. There is nothing more satisfying than watching her grow from her original self to the current self and following the hardships she goes through. She will become the strongest, but at the same time, she isn't alone - she has her little partners that she cares for and grows along with. Yes, her goal isn't to be the single peerless god at the top of the world, but to bring those who put their trust and lives into her hands along with her. This, in itself, is already a highly unique trait within stories. Together we rise, divided we fall. Anyway, sorry, I'm a bit of a chatterbox when it comes to this series. It's by far my favorite and I hope it will get the attention and representation it deserves. Let's all keep on fighting, little partners! Until we reach the top :3c

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It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future

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Sloket
SloketLv11Sloket

❤️ amazing rewiev.

crismerin
crismerinLv5crismerin

bueno tengo para decirte que si en el principio no dijera que es mujer o ella misma se refiera a si misma como mujer no lo sabria nunca

flakey0629
flakey0629Lv15flakey0629

I envy you that you can read the raws. I have to depend on the translation, but I totally agree with your reviews. And yes, like she told Little Four that she wants a normal happy life...I somewhat agree that's what she really wants but she can't...not if she cares about her family and friends happiness too. I love that it's not all about her, her revenge and etc. I love the family and friends emphasis as some of the rebirth/reincarnation stories I read have been too much on her revenge or her host's revenge that can't seem to let go and lead a happy life. And sorry, also, I'm a chatterbox.

Anonymous_Skylark
Anonymous_SkylarkLv10Anonymous_Skylark

Your review is really amazing and you really did detail Ling lan.

LilyStarsMoonTears
LilyStarsMoonTearsLv4LilyStarsMoonTears

I really want to say "shame on you!" on others because they did not like this review(it's really good). Is it me or did I get a little emotional reading this?

geot5
geot5Lv5geot5

xp

M1ra
M1raLv3M1ra

I'm so jealous that you can read the raws!! This is my first time reading this kind of novel (or any chinese novel at all) and I'm hooked!!!! I'm hoping the rest of the stories on this app are just as good!

Anoetic
AnoeticLv13Anoetic

They’re not. You’ve been spoiled. No other story quite matches up. Sad truth

M1ra:I'm so jealous that you can read the raws!! This is my first time reading this kind of novel (or any chinese novel at all) and I'm hooked!!!! I'm hoping the rest of the stories on this app are just as good!
Teena_T
Teena_TLv4Teena_T

👍

Memo_Kim
Memo_KimLv3Memo_Kim

yup

Tia_Mans
Tia_MansLv10Tia_Mans

❤️

SilverYume
SilverYumeLv5SilverYume

Any Recommendations of novels similar to this? There’ve been no updates and ive found no filler novel that can even match this or come close to it

Plum_Blossoms
Plum_BlossomsLv2Plum_Blossoms

Awesome review. Agreed; this is definitely in the wrong genre. Indeed, the author and translators are amazing. Basically summarized everything I could ever want to review about this novel. Boss Lan forever!

ExpiredRice
ExpiredRiceLv13ExpiredRice

I heard mc is hiding her/his? Abilties for a long time. In short playing weak and get picked on when the mc could do something about it. Is that true? If it is when does it stop?