![]() ![]() However, those early antagonists are dealt with by the MC early and are not dragged on for several chapters like most Chinese web-novels. Someone complained about the early antagonist, and the complaints have merit. Chinese wuxia/xianxia have their jianghu, and Korea has their Kang Ho, but both refer to same thing. The story is like your typical Chinese reincarnated web-novel, but better written. Sad that the translation stopped at chapter 89, hopefully it will be picked up again someday. First person narration can be really great when done well, but at this point, it would make more sense to write in in third person instead, since the whole point of first person is to limit the perspective. Or, the narration seems to know what the others are thinking even though it is told in first person. Such as the MC narrating with "I"and then suddenly the MC is being referred as "he" in the same scene. The story is written in first person, but often it changes. In terms of the narration, one thing that could have been done better is the narration consistency. (Not to say there's no cliches and papercutnoard characters, but it's much less present than your typical CN). Story is pretty well paced and the important characters do have character nuance (rather than the simple good vs bad), and the story takes time to lay down the inner conflict of characters rather than have them favour the. I still think he could be smarter in some case and be less in a rush, but generally speaking he is doing pretty okay in being an actual old man rather than a wish fulfillment character. <<lessįor once, a reincarnation/transmigration story where the "old man" actually somewhat acts like an old man. After 10 chapters there is nothing interesting happening other than some as*hole wanting to wipe out MC's clan because of some minor disrespect - very typical xianxia cliches. It's very cliched and there's nothing special about it that sets it apart from other reincarnation cultivation xianxias. The other 10% consists of the villain insulting the MC's clan. And that is 90% of the conversation in the novel. The banter between the MC and his servant rapidly becomes tiresome and boring. more> kangho-veteran gets angry at petty insults and neither thinks nor talks like he's 70 years old at all.Ĥ. And this is the main villain for the first 10+ chapters.ģ. As*hole pe*ophile kid who beats up servants and insults people for no reason has an as*hole dad who is willing to wipe out a clan just because they beat up his as*hole son for being an a**hole. It's the same old rehashed "beautiful fiance wants to cancel the engagement with reincarnated kid" plot that's present in literally every single reincarnation webnovel ever.Ģ. Start of the story is not particularly fresh or original. If I change my mind, I'll update this review. It is well written, well translated with a good plot (that I hope will continue) and going at a steady pace. He also cares for his subordinates/family a lot, people that are not just side-characters that get thrown away after 20 chapters but we get to know bit by bit on a human level. He's not perverted and gives a lot of thoughts to what he's lacking. He's clever and ruthless when needs to be, but reasonable and fair. The events are similar to every other novel, the fun is in how he deals with them. ![]() ![]() There seems to be a conspiracy behind his death with hints sprinkled here and there but no grand reveals yet. There's no paragraphs of world building, just a little explanation here and there when needed. There's no harem and he's not oblivious to women, he acts appropriately to women his (now 20some) age and none of that "hero rescues beauty, beauty falls for hero regardless of age" thing. Because he's a 70yr old expert, he knows what he wants to do and how to get here (fortuitous encounters due to life experience rather than ancient treasure). I can literally hear him going *tsk tsk* and grumble to himself the more he finds out about the 20yr old's past. more> due to his life experience (not just high cultivation level and talking treasures). The reincarnation is not something used to explain his fortuitous encounter then thrown away later, he himself is OP. It is interesting because the MC was not a 20/30yr old from another world and he didn't inherit the memory of the kid when he reincarnated, so the difference in mentality between this MC and other reincarnation MC is what made this novel interesting to me. This is a story about a 70yr old martial world leader who reincarnates (in the same time/world) into the body of a 20yr old scoundrel. ![]()
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