The Charm of Soul Pets

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Many islands dotted the vast oceans of this world. However, some of the islands were a lot more sinister than the rest. Those islands, known as Nightmare Islands, were true nightmares to all but the strongest and most fortunate. Children were kidnapped and thrown on these isolated islands by the Nightmare Palace, forced to sign soul pacts with evil soul pets: Nightmares. These devils slowly devoured the souls of their trainers to grow stronger. If the children did not cultivate fast enough, their souls will be devoured whole, leaving only an empty husk behind.

Chu Mu, the protagonist, was an heir to the Chu Clan, but due to a plotted mu*der, he was thrown on the island, sentencing him to almost certain death. Dancing on the edge of life and death, he struggled to survive with a small Moonlight Fox he captured. When he finally escaped the devilish foremen on his island, he couldn’t help but let a breath out. But little does he know, the experience was only a beginning to a fated journey with his little Moonlight Fox…

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Chong Mei
CSP
Sủng Mị
TCOSP
宠魅
寵魅
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Nana (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
Nana (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ rated it
December 3, 2016
Status: c17
it's good, but it's not that good. So when a translator god (someone like deathblade-ISSTH) came to me and ask to what novel I want to translate next, definitely not this one. It's quite enjoyable period

MC is battle hardened, he didn't really have any tender feeling towards fairer s*x, which is logical since it's a death match everyday. The series show up much blood and carnage, but still maintain fluffiness feeling. The pet remind me of pokemon, they are separate by type such as plant, beast, bird, etc. Then separate... more>> further as their individual attribute such as wind or fire. <<less
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Yokiri
Yokiri rated it
September 24, 2016
Status: c28
The story has a relatively interesting plot and is sure to have amazing developments. So far everything is pretty unique, as far I know anyway no story started like this and pulled it off well.

Plus its great that the updater doesn't take months.
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Perverted Virgin
Perverted Virgin rated it
September 14, 2016
Status: c23
I find it to be well translated and written. I also find the story to be interesting. (The fluffy, cute, and deadly animals made it perfect.)
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bloggbigg
bloggbigg rated it
June 9, 2022
Status: v2c898
A somewhat entertaining story with some irritating drawbacks.

The GOOD:

  • MC is somewhat relatable.
  • Has some interesting story development.
  • Some characters are likable/see some development.
The Bad:

  • MC is some degree of asocial- which isn't really a problem- but the narrator makes sure that if he does something good, you know it was done quite grudgingly and for selfish/for his family/faction reasons. Heck- he even did good because he was that bored once...
  • The author uses 'evil' a lot (mostly because Nightmares are supposedly innately evil) - but doesn't really seem to understand what 'evil' is. Nightmares are painted almost as 'rebellious teens that like to break things' (but to a more significant degree) - and are often painted as doing 'mischief'-- even if that low-key results in innocent lives being lost. A lot of the 'sides' of 'bad' or 'good' get hazy/muddied up, and you can only really 'trust' who's on the MC's side (including those the MC's no longer mad at anymore). This makes the 'villains' need to go 'the extra mile', which often makes them ridiculous caricatures or even cartoonishly insane plot puppets.
  • Increasingly over-the-top, 'macho' fight scenes. Author quickly develops bias towards reckless melee, and uses missile attacks in decreasing amounts to the point of ignoring it except for flash- mostly in 'as described, a bunch of people fill the air with sparkles' clashes of little consequence.
  • Frustratingly nonsensical 'dramatic' fight scenes with virtually no strategy/suspense because the key factor for win/lose will often be the impossible to anticipate, author surprise- Despite this you will repeatedly see tedious 'dragging out' of battles via s*upid tactics like:
    • Just stand and watch as the caster complete their action.
    • Don't target the caster, fight all the summons.
    • Just stand there and watch while the enemy powers up.
    • Sometimes let troublesome people get away- because pursuing them is somehow more troublesome.
  • Some fights are horribly lazily written, and are clearly just 'a bunch of things for effect' that villains get to do.
    Spoiler

    His battle against his soul pet is so drawn out and consists of a cascade of seemingly random 'neat things that an evil villain can do', where the MC stands and watches s*upidly, makes dumb mistakes so he can take more hits, and would die several times over if not for plot armor...

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  • Horrible fight pacing. Goodness, how can fights be so uninteresting and last so long despite how powerful some attack is demonstrated to be? Don't mention when villains start monologing- which breaks up any built up, blow-by-blow immersion/tension by dragging it down with excessive and drawn out, taunting drivel.
  • So much showboating... Author builds 'wow' by exaggerating everything to nonsense degrees.
    • Distance is all relative... 'Fast-paced fight?' Somehow- except everyone's dramatically knocking each other tens if not hundreds of 'kilometers' away-- and somehow instantly continuing the fight as if that weren't the case. This once happened in a prison cell (though I think it was reduced to 'meters'- still a huge cell).
    • Inconsistent power dynamics. Fire burns, right? Not always. This author can give a description that it's happening, then the next moment act like it was no big deal because a new thing has to happen.
  • So much showcasing... Author has a neat idea for a power, so instead of it naturally being used successfully via effort/skill, he has others stand around and watch, knowing full well 'no good can come of this'. This is one of the worst author bad habits, as someone usually has to suffer/die to 'show off' this neat effect the author was so proud of- and people standing around ineffectively is a horrible method to impress anyone with any sense.
  • MC is magically super lucky. Gets tons of rare pets, magic items, fortunate encounters, impossible upgrades, useful allies. Well, that is what can make an interesting story, so 'can't complain too much'- but it is so 'overpowered' and 'Gary Stu' it's ridiculous.
  • MC can do no wrong. He puts things off or selfishly decides dumb things.... which turn out to 'work out fine' (if not great), despite common sense.
  • MC is often 'forced dumb' by the author. Well, he's not very bright to begin with despite the author's occasionally giving him a 'lightbulb'. In particular he never learns, despite experience. Whenever you see 'MC didn't anticipate...' (villain doing an 'easy to look out for'/'obvious in situation' thing) - realize how dumb the MC is. Oh, this isn't me talking about what the MC didn't anticipate-- that's a literal, repeated quote the author uses in his narrative!
  • Despite what you are told, MC is a horrible trainer. For each pet he acquires, he'll eventually learn to ignore several of it's abilities that are useful to instead do other things for whatever reason the author is thinking (I'm guessing, usually 'he forgot'). This coupled with almost no strategy except 'get in there', and the obvious 'use this advantage here' (because all opponents are dumber and make fatal noob mistakes) resulting in mediocre fights with over-praised, 'common sense' level 'excellence' (at best). Other than that he magically gets tons of resources and assistance to an unreasonable degree. He does train constantly, though- so 'credit there' (although that really should be bad, as 'over-training' is a real thing).
  • Tons of forced plotting. There are logical 'next possible steps', then there is the thing the author did instead, 'just because'...
  • So much plot armor...
    • For the villains:
      Spoiler

      Good god- so many times the MC & others can't finish off despicable people for political reasons that come back to bite them in the ass. I mean, they literally declare war at one point and STILL don't kill off people who are right there at that time that will only come back to cause more harm to everyone... Of course going off and 'cleaning up' the bad guys after war is declared isn't even an idea- MC has other things to do, and no one else is effective without the MC around...

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    • For the Allies:
      Spoiler

      Villains will arrogantly ignore a few key characters to let them live for some nonsense reason/ridiculous plan while looking down on them (despite it being wiser to just kill them off right there).

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  • So much corruption/betrayal. This world has magic, pacts, and mental constraints/controls of all types- but 'by the numbers' those will only actually aid the villains- never protect the allies of them MC. Somehow 'allies' never think to protect against betrayal in the same (or a similar way) as the 'bad guys' protect their secrets. Not even going to go into how these different groups could possibly survive since everyone is seemingly ignorant to the possibility of 'bribery'- if not potential charm/mind control.
  • So much talking... You will say 'God, just shut up and fight.' more than a few times as villains ramble on about random nonsense.
  • Endless author trolling. Someone once wrote that in order to write a good story you had to 'make your characters suffer'- which I'm sure was said with the best of intentions, but is ultimately just the opposite pendulum swing to a 'Gary Stu' character that is perfect and everything goes right for. Good plotting isn't about 'lazily having thing go perfectly' or 'endless, seemingly unmanageable pop-up complications/hardships', It's not so simple- and spamming both definitely doesn't work. If you want a story where you can never properly empathize because 'what the hell is going on now?', then pantser novels like this often end up this way... just trolling the reader with 'he's powerful, but...' situations that are unpredictable and constantly in the villains favor. It's tedious.
  • Several periods of 'just grit your teeth and endure' while you read the 'author's story development' where barely justifiable complications are introduced, and the plot now progresses with the hero and reader in a passive state because 'what the hell just happened?' and 'oh well, let's wait & see...' Destroying reader anticipation and engagement by taking events 'off the map' of 'predictable from given clues', and 'solvable with current resources' is not the best of writing strategies- but pantser writers do these things, so readers learn to deal with it.
  • ret*rded props. This is a new one for me... So many mechanisms are explicitly designed to work in some bass-ackward, dumb as sh!t way, which is both bad/undetectable for allies/users/maintainers, and (& this is key) easy to exploit/subvert by villains. Just more lumped on (convenient for villains) incompetence by allies.
    Spoiler

    This covers the dumb way they 'seal' dangerous soul pets (instead of killing the un-redeemable ones), how those seals are 'maintained', the nonsense of how to release those seals, so much other crap, up to not even being able to tell 'the underworld inheritance was stolen for years!' (Let's not even guess how it was apparently easy to steal, either) . I do realize there is a tactical advantage to keeping a pet alive- but do realize that this is hundreds of years in many cases, and no better alternative exists? This is hard to believe.

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  • 'I prepared that earlier' magic happens every once in a while to 'pop in' needed items 'needed right now' at inconvenient times.
    Spoiler

    Chu Mu getting the 'detect your significant other' wedding rings is probably the worst example of this 'suddenly the answer appears' dues ex machina BS.

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  • Yet another 'Villains have all the advantages' story with the 'good guys' being caught flat footed all the time to the point of incompetence. A LOT of this 'the world is blind' nonsense is to keep other people out of the MC's future revenge- but it's taken to ridiculous extremes.
    Spoiler

    God knows we could get into how the 'I was a pretty flower just a while ago' soul pet got to learn about, plan entry to, gain details of, negotiate access to, & secretly steal all kinds of privileged information, high-rarity resources, etc. that she used for herself or offered as incentives to the degree she's a kingdom unto herself. Honestly, if she wasn't needlessly evil (because 'plot') she'd be the greatest ruler- no argument.

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  • 'I'll get back to that later' writing, where the author will introduce an element like it's important, only to immediately do other things rather casually first.
    Spoiler

    The MC has one of his friends kidnapped, and so far (I'm still reading) he's gone on 3 other adventures over months of time- not even pretending 'doing the rescue' is even a concern- more or less a pressing issue.

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  • Casually killing innocents. Lots of people die ('off-screen' so to speak) to prove 'sh!t got serious'- except it really only shows a gross level of incompetence, badly forced plotting, and a ridiculous waste of resources.
    Spoiler

    Seriously- the main villains power seems to be to 'enchant' (or something) others to a blind level of devotion, and to bribe/manipulate, etc. when needed. With so much power, killing is just for shock value by the author because 'war' is functionally unnecessary when dealing with someone who can bribe/charm anyone- has tons of respect/influence... seriously- this villain actually makes no sense... I'm 2/3rds through the story, and why the villain wants (whatever she wants- still unspecified) is still unclear, BUT literally half the known population has died in her schemes fighting for/to prevent her succeeding... and we still don't even know WHY! (a few hints are there- and they suggest she somehow got info and plans to power-up to godhood, though no one else seems to know of this possibility) (Just read ch 1078 and a character suddenly 'remembered' what she was- it's laughable nonsense that this secret was un-discoverable till now)

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  • 'Reader in the dark' writing. The author keeps so many pointless secrets from the reader for no productive reason I can think of. I'm 2/3rds through the story and they still don't know some chapter one sh!t even though repeatedly asking (supposedly) every expert who could know and searching many libraries. This actually ruins some of the founding actions of the story.
    Spoiler

    MC's mother would actually let him try to form a pact with a pet way above his level after only a casual examination- and despite the rules which are there to protect everyone? Also that pet is later revealed to have conveniently gotten some underworld position thing while there earlier, so 'Holy heck- how crap is their security?'

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  • Even the OP/all-knowing/maliciously betraying/whatever villains are idiots.
    Spoiler

    They're all pawns of the half-human soul pet who somehow (conveniently) knows all the things, made all the connections, has all the resources, etc- to tempt or brainwash everyone into being pawns that easily kill their own kind just for money/power. Sure. Whatever...

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  • So much 'magically unmess the mess' type plotting- The plot will escalate to an 'unresolvable' point- then magically 'the key to solving' will reveal/show up- either coincidentally, or completely unprompted.
    Spoiler

    Worse, the author banks on people not caring about anyone except 'who the MC cares about'- because in many cases, tons of innocents have died already- making the MC's supposed victory 'Pyrrhic' at best...

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  • More pointlessly hidden goals... again- 2/3rds through the book & still don't know why the villain is doing all this- but somehow 'people gotta die' every step of the way, though it seems like 'low profile' would be smarter & work just as well...
  • Ridiculous motivations.
    Spoiler

    So many people mindlessly stick to their family or factions- except when they are villains, in which case they seem to betray in a minute no matter their upbringing/position. Not even going to go into how the MC seemingly forgave Nightmare Palace, who kidnapped him, ens*aved him into the dead-end situation he miraculously overcame, and is responsible for thousands of innocent lives being lost in the ongoing refinement of Nightmares. (Ah- he must have forgave them!- he later gives them more resources, which they'll need to ens*ave even more people for, and he can't have forgotten that, right?-- but let's not focus on that and pretend it isn't happening despite all evidence...)

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  • Everyone's incompetent except the MC. No, seriously- this one's just sad. Everyone else is borderline useless UNLESS blessed to be working with the MC, THEN they can successfully do things (maybe).
  • One of the MCs allies is a s*xual harasser (if not predator). This quality is treated as unremarkable by the apathetic MC.
    Spoiler

    He goes on to become good friends with that character and marry that character's sister.

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  • One of the female villains is s9xually assaulted in a disturbing way before being mu*dered. I don't know what the point of the section was- but luckily it's only 2 chapters and (so far) hasn't happened again.
The different:

  • Nothing really. Yet another pantser novel that would easily be better if the author gave it more thought than they did... (or got a good editor).
Overall an ok read if you're bored and don't mind/don't notice it's issues.
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Emraldfire
Emraldfire rated it
December 27, 2020
Status: Completed
I read almost every novel, and this one was subpar.

It has a lot of plot holes. I pushed through all the problems because I thought the ending might make it all up. Honestly the ending made it 3 times worse, and then all the plot holes came back to me at once and It made me hate everything about this novel. It's the worst thing I've read ever.

It had a lot of promise early on but the author seems like they just don't care about the novel, and they certainly... more>> don't care about the readers with that ending. <<less
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Flashman
Flashman rated it
September 24, 2016
Status: c28
I like it. Like pokemon but bloodier. 'Trainers' die and there are things that can eat your soul. Plus 'Trainers' can fight alongside their pokemon which is cool. The only real problem I have with this is that the chapters are really short.
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Piknos
Piknos rated it
January 26, 2020
Status: c1108
It's basically pokemon but more explicit. The MC does grow up for one, and people do die. One thing that I do dislike is that everything is exaggerated. Exclamation marks are used like they're going out of style and every single battle or encounter is hyped up to be the greatest thing to ever happen. Don't get me wrong, a bit of excitement is to be expected, but it's like every fight is a boss battle and nothing is ever a laid back interaction. The MC acts like the stereotypical... more>> MC of a bad anime, trying really hard to be the cool one yet failing miserably at it. I wish there was ever a moment of just characters just being normal and that really only ever happened when
Spoiler

the MC turned into a half devil and "died".

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The translation is decent for a simple read, though misspelled character names and words are there. Not frequent enough to make it unreadable it is there.

Other than all that the story is okay. Nothing extraordinary but good enough to waste your time on. <<less
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Ruubix
Ruubix rated it
August 28, 2016
Status: --
A realistic Chinese-style Pokemon-like story with cultivation and hardship. So far it's pretty interesting, the main character isn't ruthless, but instead simply indifferent. It's off to a good start. I look forward to him deepening his relationship with his partnered fox, and getting stronger.
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deathmine31
deathmine31 rated it
December 25, 2020
Status: Completed
Inconsistencies. The start makes it seem as if it has a dark vide, or perhaps the story would get dark. Nope, things mellow out, including the MC. This isn't bad, MC character development is rare, or at least in the sh*t I read. Points for that. The story eventually just becomes a Xuanhuan. For me, that was a shocker, I wasn't paying too much attention to the genres at first and was mainly interested in the reviews calling it a "darker pokemon".
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Drake888
Drake888 rated it
June 15, 2019
Status: c636
This is a surprisingly good story about a monster trainer and his battles. I was expecting a cheap pokemon knockoff but this book actually does a very good job of coming up with its own world and monster system. I definitely recommend it for anybody looking for a different style of monster training.

The author has his own view on elemental weaknesses (ice beats fire) and has a whole system of monster types and levels. Unfortunately, he constantly refers back to this system to explain things like how difficult it is... more>> for a phase 5 stage 7 monster with rank 6 attack to fight against a phase 6 stage 8 monster with rank 7 defense. That sentence was annoying to write and it's even more annoying to read over and over. Still, as annoying as it is to read through all the numbers and details, this is the type of story that requires a lot of planning from the author and it definitely has that. There are tons of monsters amid a well thought out world to really keep you immersed.

This is a great book to read for a different take on monster training or just to scratch that pokemon itch.

EDIT: This novel borrows a lot from cultivation novels, including the flaws. By 630, I was planning to drop this. But at 635, I am satisfied with the explanation for the world expansion and have some hopes that the quality will pick back up. As for my updated opinion:

The damn monster stats never go away. That's gonna be a plus for some and a minus for others.

Standard cultivation money problems. Necessary items become more expensive until a new unit of money is introduced and resets the numbers. The cycle will probably repeat.

The MC's personality is a little lacking but still acceptable.

Some complaints about the romance.

The focus on battles remains constant. If you are immersed, that is a plus. If not, you will skim multiple battles against enemies who are clearly fodder yet still have multiple chapters dedicated to their defeat. <<less
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
June 3, 2019
Status: v2c108
Plots are very forced and cliche, the romance description is an other fail, and descriptions are very repetitive.

LETS BE HONEST- 4those that r still reading or read far, we have only read far because start was unique BUT MORE importantly it was to satisfy our pokemon dreams
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Reggie
Reggie rated it
December 21, 2017
Status: v2c220
First book was interesting, there was a good supervillain and good driver of plot. But after that the story turned downhill and the plot felt forced through the intervention of side characters and battling one dimensional characters. The MC is repeatedly passed off as 'smart' which was true in the first book, but in the second book it becomes suffocatingly boring and there is something lacking in his character- some internal conflict/desire that separates him from the generic and cliche young masters saved by plot armour and facing a step... more>> by step higher stage world.

E.g. We realise that there are more and more stages and levels to the soul pets that belittles the initial achievements he had in the first book. As he encounters more and more stronger peak young masters, he finds himself unable to defeat them and gets trapped in a vicious cycle of plot armour that gives him level-ups. Now he has to go run around and save other people because he got new side kicks which are boring like the generic shameless side character and the beautiful female companion that attracts rapi**s and mol*sters everywhere he goes and arrogant young masters that think they are better than him. <<less
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Lumore
Lumore rated it
November 12, 2016
Status: c50
Well I juste love the story, I read it in one day. It's well translates and the author style is pretty good and the major point of the novel is that it's not like the other chinese novel with the classic cultivation and type of fight, it has a total new point which is really cool for those who have read the like of ATG, ISSTH, Coiling Dragon and the other. Well it's very good to read and to put it simply it's a mix of a mature version of... more>> pokemon and chinese novel with cultivation. <<less
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Dusk
Dusk rated it
September 24, 2016
Status: c28
This is just like Pokémon in a grown up world, with ash replaced by a winning, decisive and ruthless MC.

The MC is trapped on an island where kids are forced to survive against the monster that is living inside of them and at the same time, becoming stronger to survive as the remaining 10.

There will be lots of deaths and kills so don't expect this to be a flowery world like Pokémon, just imagine a Pokémon aimed for more mature audience, that's it.

It's extremely fun read and I hope for... more>> more to come! 8.5, good read. <<less
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Vintearis
Vintearis rated it
July 8, 2020
Status: c1301
It's a Pokemon done right with all s*avery, mu*der and evil.

To be honest I have only one problem with the series plotholes aside.

MC is painted as Messiah who loves his soul pets and never abandons them for stronger ones which is fine.

... more>> But on other hand he captures kids from parents, ens*aves them and sells them. And he is totally fine with it.

At some point he even thinks it's okay to use memory wiping medicine fluid (which is absolutely evil) to create loyal s*aves from as sapient as humans creatures. While some soul pets are described as "extremely evil" etc. But humans with all kid s*avery are righteous.

Hell, there are prisons that "refine evil soul pets of criminals" to "beneficial energy that helps other to advance as cultivators" while humans are not refined. Like there are no memory wiping fluids, no s*avery of humans or even eating them like normal soul pets are.

tl:dr

Morality is getting r*ped hard in this novel <<less
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firewolf397
firewolf397 rated it
September 18, 2019
Status: c166
There is VERY little character development and if there is, it is always told not shown. 70% of the chapters are filled with leveling up of his pokemon/ explaining the power levels of every pokemon as they fight. If you enjoy reading this kind of thing then go ahead... But personally I like characters deeper than a puddle and a world and environments being more important than having x, y, and z monsters, items, and people for him to collect and fight before he moves to the next place, never... more>> to be revisited, mentioned, or thought of ever again. Due to this style, you could pretty much skip to any part of the story and wouldn't have missed much except for reading fight scenes, reading stat growth sheets, and how many people the dude kills. In the first few chapters, you are introduced to a female character who I thought would be seen again in the story/ have plot relevance... but she was never seen again after like 20 chapters. You could copypasta this statement for every other character and city the character meets. <<less
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chiii
chiii rated it
August 14, 2019
Status: v2c807
Honestly, this novel is great. It is certainly deserving of it high reviews although I am a little annoyed at the slightly draggy progress. I love how the MC doesn't abandon any of his soul pets and respects their decisions. However, some logic is quite twisted in regards to the autonomy of soul pets which is kind of annoying. The author portrays the MC as some messiah who's like really righteous and loves all soul pets, saying that they aren't s*aves.... but this doesn't change the fact that the MC... more>> sells the soul pets he captures and doesn't need, steals children from adult soul pets and even more... <<less
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Haruhal
Haruhal rated it
June 27, 2019
Status: Completed
1 important point from me.. MC is loyal, no harem, really...

He's not all win, not all smooth but can still be regarded as OP.. You might think 'ahh next will be like this' but it's not...

His interactions with his soulpets are touching....

(Sorry Im not good in writing review)
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0-Witch
0-Witch rated it
April 19, 2019
Status: c618
Stars: 2.5 - 3

Firstly, I like this tale. I'd seen it on the site for a while but finally checked other reviews; the moment I saw someone mention 'pokemon' I cl**ked and read. At the moment, I'm up to 616 (?) translated. And, I honestly, honestly love this story. But yes, I still give it a 2.5 to 3.

Likes:

I really like the main character. I like his motivation, his sense of family, his training ethics, his work ethics, his admiration for his role models... I like how the writer showed... more>> him growing up emotionally as well as physically. the actual prose (style of writing) may not be the best, but the effort to show growth is. I particularly like the romance arc being low-key and very naturalistic. I like the main characters approach to the romance. He's NOT one of those 'cold ice king' and/or 'grabby hands two breaths from a s*xual assault' type.

I like the several of the women characters; their flaws and their strengths. They're very three dimensional.

I like the 'pets'. OMG do I like them. I started off with an obvious favourite or two, and then, somehow, they ALL managed to grow on me. They have distinct personalities. I still have favs, but really, I like them ALL (much to my own surprise).

I like the world setup. Some things, including the plot/path the character takes are so organic, it needs a moment of applause. And there are little things that just make the world richer.

I like hating the villains and wanting to see them burn. The villains are truly selfish a-holes who can't see themselves for who they are or recognize their own selfishness. They wonderfully have their own motivations; which are awful and evil and need to be destroyed.

So many things to like, seriously.

But there are dislikes.

I have no idea if there's a character added to the end of a sentence that stresses emphasis or something that makes sense in the original language but results in a singular point being actually repeated in text, 3 to 4 times. It's personally aggravating.

I'm also iffy on the long description of battles; again, I'm not sure if it's because of the constant repeated points or paragraphs. Because sometimes I enjoy reading all the techniques. And sometimes, I have to skip it because it seems like page padding; endless, awful, babbling, boring, page padding (is the translator being paid by the word? is the original language author being paid by the word?)

Also, while some women characters are amazing; others come across wishy washy and weak. And given that there isn't a singular 'girl', it's a spectrum of life as a woman in the universe. But if you get annoyed at certain types of characters - you really will be annoyed every time they appear.

Seriously this story won me over and I really like it; but I'm not going to claim that it's an amazing thing to read. It has to appeal to you. If you like beast companions, loyal protagonists, revenge arcs, weak to strong, male leads who treat women like people, cultivation, family ties and strong bonding between people and pets? You'll like this.

Spoiler (ish) : I've hunted down the ending, since I wanted to be sure the story wouldn't horrify me later after putting so much time into it. I'm satisfied with what I read, even if it wasn't what I'd have wanted. <<less
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ResidentialPsycho
ResidentialPsycho rated it
February 3, 2019
Status: v2c166
This is a fun monster-raising series that was recommended while I was reading Monster Pet Evolution. This series is dark and violent. The action scenes are great. The pace is fast but often times too fast. The fast pace is nice in the beginning. However, it loses intensity since the plot is so flimsy.

The MC has limited character depth, and the side-characters all appear as flat and stereotypical as can be. There’s a lot of inconsistency in what the MC knows or doesn’t know as well as what each level... more>> means. The nightmare itself that is the cause of many of the MC’s woes is often forgotten. He is knowledgeable, but his intelligence is questionable. Fortunately, all the other characters are far less intelligent than he is, even if they’re supposed to be the best in their group, and they’re doomed to be cannon fodder. The MC’s plan is to hide his strength when possible, but he does a terrible job of it and gets his strength revealed every time. Although he’s supposed to be calm, he definitely has very impulsive and somewhat foolish moments. Naturally, everything works out because he’s the unparalleled MC with a ton of plot shield to protect him. The plot shield is horridly over-powered.

I like the monsters but, sometimes, no description is given to the opponent the MC is fighting against. It just gives a name without describing what the heck it looks like, which makes it hard to visualize. Even with the cute fox, her exact size isn’t given most of the time. How big is big? The training montages almost always get skipped, too. One of the events where he captures a pet gets skimmed over pretty harshly along with some key battles. There are no shortage of unanswered questions and plot holes. I’m also not sure If there are multiple family members with the same name or if that’s an error on the author or translator’s part, but there are multiple family members with the same names, which can make things confusing if you’re trying to keep track.

There's plot in the first volume and then some, but it becomes weak because of the plot shield and the 2D characters. Although the fast pace was nice in the beginning, I recommend dropping it after the first 100 or so chapters. The plot is too weak to keep me going. <<less
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