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A review by fors
Tearmoon Empire: Volume 2 by Nozomu Mochitsuki
3.0
It's good, but unfortunately average.
The tropes and events were very typical of a fan-rom Japanese light novel, which isn't bad if that's what you wanted, but not what I originally read it for.
I came for the snarky narrator and the humorous silly recounting of events but was left disappointed as these flairs didn't really feel as witty. Part of the reason why I enjoyed the first volume was due to the fact that it was absurd and satirical; Basically had barely any plot, and contained all the qualities and tropes that every other Japanese fan-rom light novel has, except that it had a comedic charm to it.
I do understand why the author switched it up by adding a sprinkle of plot—as the whole premise is basically that Mia has to remain passive and inert for the whole comedy to work, and that gets boring quite fast—but personally, it just highlights how exceedingly tropey the whole novel is.
Nevertheless, though this volume was somewhat ordinary, it was still fun for leisure reading and I'll still be checking out the 3rd volume. There are outcomes hinted that keeps my interest going.
The tropes and events were very typical of a fan-rom Japanese light novel, which isn't bad if that's what you wanted, but not what I originally read it for.
I came for the snarky narrator and the humorous silly recounting of events but was left disappointed as these flairs didn't really feel as witty. Part of the reason why I enjoyed the first volume was due to the fact that it was absurd and satirical; Basically had barely any plot, and contained all the qualities and tropes that every other Japanese fan-rom light novel has, except that it had a comedic charm to it.
I do understand why the author switched it up by adding a sprinkle of plot—as the whole premise is basically that Mia has to remain passive and inert for the whole comedy to work, and that gets boring quite fast—but personally, it just highlights how exceedingly tropey the whole novel is.
Nevertheless, though this volume was somewhat ordinary, it was still fun for leisure reading and I'll still be checking out the 3rd volume. There are outcomes hinted that keeps my interest going.