if you've ever watched an anime and hated how much of a punk the MC is, this is the book for you.
Not saying that this turns into a hentai or anything, but this book has a bunch of men raping monsters running around, a guy with a class of "main character" and every anime troupe that you can throw together.
Story goes like, Jo Blow is on his way to college, A demon randomly kidnaps him for "reasons", he is then trust into a world that is a living and breathing world that is FILLED with all the anime tropes.
As in, the anime world was REAL, All the traps that come with it and yeah, there's already been one incident of a loli sighting,
The books is a tongue in cheek story about anime tropes mixed in with some good old fashion RPG elements, This is not just a fake place, remember, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ANIME WORLD ARE REAL, So this dude is literally fighting for the sake ofworlds,
Sooooo, yep . . consider me HOOKED. Hmmthis is a hard cookie for me, I will be honest and admit that it was much better that I thought it would be, By the tittle I assume it was going to be a mockery of all the anime trope that could exist, gladly it wasnt, yes it made fun of those wellknown anime tropes but it has a story and plot on itself that can lead to something worth it.
Now the author focused too much in building the character around their usual tropes to actually develop them in a worthy manner, thankfully he didnt butchered them, but I hope he does dedicate more attention to them.
And seriously the worst of them was the MC, that for someone that constantly complaints about the protagonist indecision in anime does manage to be the more contradicting of all he says and think in one direction but still acts in the other.
He is to selfaware to actually be efficient in what he needs to focus, And his guide is as bad, mean for the sake of been mean, no one needs him to pamper or babysit the protagonist but at the very least he should do his job and properly explain whats going on, no been lazy about it.
I will keep going with the series but I hope it has some good improvements, Before my review, I want to note that I read this because, I love litrpgs, and. I love anime and manga, Look at my read shelf if you don't believe me, While I not only suspend disbelief with a lot of anime, I also frequently have to remind myself that Japan is behind on topics of gender and sexuality, and what might seem progressive there might feel behind here.
But this author is American, And he had a great idea with making fun of anime tropes by putting a modern person in an rpgstyle anime world, The execution, however, wasn't there, I could talk about how distracting the formatting was or how the story jumped around really quickly, but the truth is I didn't hate it at first.
While he main character annoyed me trope, I found things like his constant fear of bumping into a yandere hilarious,
Then a character got raped by a monster, s had warned me this happened, and I was prepared for a succubustype monster, What I wasn't prepared for was the entire party to start a group chat and make fun of the guy who was raped.
Especially because our main character is supposed to be a normal person from the real world who should understand rape isn't funny, Period.
I don't know what happened after that, This was midstory and I put away the book after, This whole series is a bit tongue in cheek, it doesn't take itself too seriously but still creates an entertaining universe and a fun cast of characters.
I've read allbooks so far and they are definitely a guilty pleasure, Clyde starts out as kind of a prick in this book and you can tell its because it's an "Anime world" so he's a bit biased and sketched out.
But as the series goes on and even as early as later in this book he starts to realize that even though it's an anime world, it's a true world and everyone is as sentient as they are on earth.
This realization makes him less jaded towards making relationships but still keeps the anime tropes in the back of his mind, so as to not get caught in unfavorable situations.
The system is straightforward, which I actually like, Sometimes authors can make their leveling systems too convoluted, but even with it being straightforward, Clyde learns some kickass spells and abilities, While there is sex, it isn't long winded or super detailed like most harem books, depending on the person, this could be a good or bad thing, but for me I would have liked the initial coupling with each of his ladies to be a bit more detailed, but it really doesn't change much in the story either way.
All in all, it's just a stupid but fun series, I feel that if you're going to read this book you need to know its a story that is tropey and sometimes it's cringe but its selfaware, and in the end is just there for good entertainment, not to be groundbreaking literature.
Unfortunately, most
of the "anime tropes" are from genres of anime I stay away from, I guess this scratches some people's kinks, maybe those that like the fantasy of collecting girls I get that the women probably are supposed to be cardboard cutouts, as fleshed out like a dating sim, and not actual people, but since that is hardly my fantasy it just makes me annoyed.
DNF. This is a really mixed bag of a book, I picked this up for the title and it does deliver on that premise at least in an interesting way, There is a lot of creativity here, actually, but the writing skill isn't that high, There's a lot of strange metaphors, and similes, as well as "anime" being used as a descriptor constantly,
On top of that, the setup for the entrance to the anime world is just about as lazy as it comes, just starting in the void with no backstory at all.
Still, as I said, the story is very creative the characters are simple but likable, the combat is fine, and even the adult portions are done better than most stories.
I'll be continuing. Hopefully Atwater grows as an author in the same way Jim Butcher did, When this series starts out, there is this feeling that it is "so bad it is good, " This book plays with the expectations of the reader, setting up a main character desperately trying not to fall into certain anime inspired tropes only to fall into other, different anime tropes.
It establishes a cliche cast of characters which absolutely works for the intended story, Clyde, a college student and athlete, finds himself kidnapped and placed in an "anime world" where he is expected to go to school by day, fight monsters and level up his class of "Main Character" by night, and band together with a wide group of misfits including the murderous "Yandere" girl next door, the felonious Magical Girl, and the atypical Demon Lord's Daughter.
In book one, will Clyde survive the week Will he be done in by the monsters he faces, the sweets the various ladies attempt to feed him, or the jealousy of one of the main leads Yes, no, no, and questionable.
But it's for most of the book it's a surprisingly lighthearted affair that works for its intended audience and story,
Then the story takes a significant tonal shift, The last third of this book decides that instead of the slow burn to take out the demon Lord, the story would fare better as a monster girl rape fest.
. . played for laughs. I now realize that on the Amazon page there is a "warning" about the "sexual content" and "sexual humor, " Apparently, being stabbed by a bee queen repeatedly in a way that causes a character intense pain and also intense erotic desire is "humor.
" I guess. I prefer a lot more consent in what I read your mileage may vary,
Even if that is what you are into, the sex scenes are poorly written, Prepare to hear about monster girls grabbing "horns" like this story is taking place at a high school band practice,
The story itself uses a lot of "come to realize" which works for the chapter's seemingly episodic nature but also makes it seem like the author is making stuff up as he goes along.
This is also book one of at the time of this writing, and I binge read the entire series, I am buying FOREVER if he keeps bringing them out, This is the first time I had tears when laughing Made me laugh!
I have to say I laughed at all of these stupid impossible anime situations! Wish Bookwas out already! Pretty good overall
I think this was a decent start.
I'm not sure what is with the author's obsession with calling the man's member his horn which is really odd but other than that a decent start.
Seeing as this is one of his Early works it lacks a bit in pacing as well as details and story development but definitely has story potential.
I liked a new series by the author so I jumped into this one once I caught up, Hooboy. Talk about tone shift. It's still LitRPG and isekai, And the author is still playing against all the tropes in the genre, But this one is much more direct about it, Clyde knows anime and is told this new universe is that kind of place so his knowledge of the tropes actually helps navigate events to his favor including seeing the harem coming and working hard to avoid that pile of pain.
What I didn't see coming was all the sex, maybe half of which is consensual, Our boy Clyde is one lucky guy, For values of lucky that include lots and lots of sex,
So yeah, not my thing, I'm not going to rate this because there's no fair way for me to do so being so far outside my wheelhouse, Surprisingly good.
I enjoyed this book way more than I thought I would, The author has done a good job of making fun of all of the anime tropes while at the same time keeping you interested in the story.
Anime fan
I love anime, And games. This was better than I expected, After this I'll have to go look up some of the tropes, A bit of everything: monster girls, magical girls, dating sims, rpg games, The protagonist patrols for monsters at night and tries to navigate school and the various love interests by day, And eventually battle the big boss to save the world, Not well polished, but fun to read, omg, this is bad, and not in the fun, "so bad it's good" way, there's a lot of Gary Stu stuff going on here, and while i get that that's part of the anime trope thing, it's still annoying.
the sex scenes are repetitive and boring, except when all the raping starts then it gets super offensive, for instance, the main male character is being forcibly fucked by a monster girl, and refers to it as "being pleasurably raped, " no. just no. that's not humorous, it's not sexy, it's just outright offensive, disgusting, and completely unacceptable,
my husband is listening to this series on audio, the second book is even worse and yes, i want to smack some sense into my husband, but i don't want to go to jail.
part of me feels bad for the narrator having to read this shit, but the narrator isn't that great anyway, so that's difficult.
the only reason i gave this even one star is because that stands out more than a no star review, and y'all should be warned about this shit.
My rating has nothing to do with whether it's a good or bad story, seeing how i cannot finish the book i don't know how the story plays out, My biggest issue is that it appears the author doesn't have enough creativity or material to write a full book so instead he uses the analyze skill over and over to fill pages.
The constant negativity of the main character towards everyone and every situation is annoying as well, not to mention errors. right off the bat a quest is offered where upon completion it rewards,. when it gets completed the reward is,. Another big drawback of self publishing, lack of editing, So our Hero is abducted Isekai into another world by the power that be! his mission kill the other kidnaped person , no limit time' yet he has to gain power because there are enemies, demon lord, monster, etc.
that feel he is an enemy and want him gone, the entire world is constituted by anime cliches most of them porn dating sims, harem, romance tropes, shonen.
He is constantly talking out loud about not falling for X cliche then actually participating in it, is like hearing someone saying o this is gonna go this way and rather than change the outcome he just go with the flow most times.
. so why! so Read it if you are yung an into self fulfilling wishes,
Scan Stone Vs. Viper #1 (The Anime Trope System, #1) Narrated By Alvin Atwater Readable In Audio Books
Alvin Atwater