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Explain dumb lil bro?
i mean when have we ever seen a story where we get a good villain pov? All the villain stories out there are either grey or they turn good. That’s what makes RI stand out from the rest.
It was indeed one of the very few at that time among novels too.
My complaint is not really about him being a villain. I'm more frustrated reading about the side characters.
Other than what I have said.
It was never my cup of tea.
Better drawings than some initial pub.
But my opinion on the story doesn’t change.
It’s a story about a rotten world with dumb adversaries.
For those that are for some heroic protagonist, you are in the wrong place.
There is no goodness here.
There’s exploitation, hoarding powers to become stronger and stronger.
The part that narrates old legends are interesting in their simple structure, as old tales are.
Whatever reason of the past, the protagonist is a ruthless sociopath now, on the alignments chart he is Evil Neutral.
Not that others are better, their are either stupid, hypocrites, or just trash that are also evil to the bone.
The protagonist get gradually OP, there will always be some negative element, downsides to some “power elements” to keep the rhythm interesting and keep the reader engaged.
but we all know, he will be alright, completing is objectives by any means possible.
Is he smart? Yes.
There are some other rare instances when someone elso also have “smart” moment. But are very rare. Women are stereotypically stupid or heavily emotionally driven, but like any emotionally driven being there, they will die, or maybe not, but defeated none the less, or simply explode in some way.
I’m not a fan, I don’t get the hype. I’m trying to be objective, but still, inevitably biased.
It’s overrated imo.
Among the other Xiangxia stories, yes, it’s one of the best among those.
But those stories are just…subpar.
Far from being the best novel outside that genre.