Sep 01, 2022
"In today's news we interrupt the climax of the story to bring you the newest character background!"
What I liked about this novel is that the effort put into building the world and it's 'laws' up, and making characters and their interactions appear realistic, showed clearly. For example, Rui and Aron were just kids, so it was no surprise they wouldn't have majestic reasons to learn something new other than 'it looked cool'. And nearly all the characters contributed, one way or another, to the progression of the plot.
The pacing of the story is slightly inconsistent, however. It starts out slooow, then is followed by a series of fights in the forest, which is interrupted by an exposition, then continues with the previous battle.
When I read the synopsys, the idea - two people from different worlds being reborn into one consciousness - sounded interesting initially and made me imagine a couple of scenarios the story could have taken. But before the final chapters, it really only felt like a justification for the protagonist to be even more overpowered. In the end, from what I understood, for Yuuto it may have been meant to be a simple second life, but for Leo it was to help him find strength and solace, so he would not repeat the same mistakes or die lonely.
I might simply overthink this, but I feel like there is a difference between a person finding the strength needed to change through a long and arduous journey, where they meet other people who share their own views regarding his past and help him train / move on; and having the memories and personality of another person, whose very reason of death was because he protected someone, 'mixed' into him. Of course, since the hero has Yuuto's memories, it could be said the scenario that led to his change is similar to what I first mentioned before, but it really looks like (at least to me) a gray area where it can't be discerned whether it was truly the hero coming to terms with his past, or partially Yuuto reacting to the situation and jumping in to defend Alyss. Really, I'm just overthinking this.
Nonetheless, it was a nice read and I'm looking forward to more.
