I Was Raised After Being a Mermaid

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An Jin, who had an water ability from the apocalypse, transmigrates to an interstellar world and becomes a mermaid captured by His Majesty, the Emperor Norman, on the planet Siao. He is careful to play the role of a pet but finds that the interstellar humans are extremely obedient toward the mermaids, not like a pet, but more like a mermaid master.

His Majesty Norman also discovers something special about the little mermaid as he gets along, and An Jin’s secrets gradually shine through.

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After Becoming a Mermaid, I Was Raised
变成人鱼被养了
Related Series
The Cannon Fodder Doesn’t Want to Die (Adapted From)
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He’s Pregnant with the Major General’s Fish Cub (2)
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plopinn
New plopinn
March 20, 2024
Status: Completed
4 stars not because it is bad, but because its just a perfectly good easy going novel. Nothing too dramatic and crazy, interesting but not like an amazing read yknow. Perfect for if you want a straight forward easy read to decompress after a heavy book.
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aiiainn
New aiiainn rated it
March 13, 2024
Status: Completed
Cute and fluffy story. It's a very light novel to read. I also re read it few times already...
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ShadowAscetic
ShadowAscetic rated it
November 8, 2021
Status: Completed
It's a sweet novel about Emperor and his mermaid, which isn't a usual mermaid (as expected). MC has soft personality but he's also a cautious person, he knows how to speak interstellar language but he was aware that it wasn't a good thing because mermaid was supposed to be a pet. Even after he got the mermaid ancestor inheritance he tried to collect information first instead of telling ML. ML may looks like the usual cold type of guy, but he's actually a caring and responsible person. He didn't force... more>> MC to do anything he didn't like and he always tried to understand MC, especially after he got to know that MC wasn't a 'pet' but a mermaid with intellectual awareness.

4 for the plot, 4.5 for the main & side characters' personalities. <<less
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Lilfox
Lilfox rated it
May 20, 2022
Status: --
I think the story is ok but the MC spent too much time acting like a pet which is highly unusual. He just transmigrated from a zombie apocalypse, there's no way he should be as calm and accepting as he is when it's only been a few days. A normal person would've started learning the language as soon as possible to communicate more and show that all the mermaids are intelligent creatures so he can possibly be free instead he spends half the story acting like a kid. In an... more>> apocalypse I doubt anyone can maintain an innocent character and the way he acts shows nothing of having experienced an apocalypse. It would've made more sense if he was just a random person in a random world. For anyone who may say "he might be experimented on if he does that" they're already basically s*aves. They're forced to mate and don't forget they're the only ones who can help people heal their mental sea. I find it difficult to believe interstellar scientists can't even discover that a species can have an intelligence equal to humans when we literally know in this day and age the intelligence of pigs, dogs, cats, monkeys, and many other animals. Maybe some people like the child looking/acting MC but to me it's extremely off putting that a grown man is acting like a child and that another grown man is attracted to that behavior. The ML often describes him like a child and cute and small and timid and weak and it's again really off putting. The ML basically has all the power in the relationship and the MC doesn't really have a choice not to like him he literally has Stockholm syndrome. <<less
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Lea168
Lea168 rated it
January 15, 2022
Status: Completed
3.75/5*

Another formulaic interstellar story about transmigrated OP MC that has special abilities that can cure people (in this case mental illnesses and restoring spiritual power). As a result he is highly coveted by everyone and he changes the fate of the whole universe.

In this story mermaids are kept as pets that can cure mental disorders. And MC is bought as the only high level mermaid. There is no system here, but MC has a secret identity... more>>
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He has actually transmigrated into the Mermaid King who has special water abilities. These abilities he already had during the Apocalypse time he came from. Later on the mermaid clan comes to find their King and in the end joins the interstellar Alliance, making all pet mermaids on equal footing as normal citizens.

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I usually love these kind of smooth sailing, instant success interstellar stories. However, I think this story started really great with a interesting premise and right pacing (when focus was on developing relationship between MC/ML), but became draggy in the middle part (when focus shifts to empowering and freeing the other pet mermaids) and the end it became too much of just quickly summing up events and reforms one after another that MC made into a success.

I don't like it if success after success is reported without fleshing it out. It only makes the story and the characters too exaggerated. And the style becomes less and less of writing a story, but more like hurriedly writing some remarks and events. Too eager to wrap it up. Many times I think less is more in these kind of stories. Give MC 1-3 OP abilities is already life changing and more than enough and make sure there is a well executed and fleshed out story and side characters around it, instead of having 10+ major super achievements that no longer feel special.

ML is a super respectful, kind and loving character who fully supports MC. So, no faults here. <<less
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Xiu_er
Xiu_er rated it
February 23, 2022
Status: Completed
I have read a few novels like this one, interstellar background and a MC who transmigrated into a mermaid/rare species/underprivileged minority only to become stronger and more influential, paving the way to equality for the minority group.

I don't mind reading the same trope again and again so I won't dock any points for having a somewhat generic plot.

What did bother me, though, is the human baby of the main CP being such a genius that it is smart enough to already have low self-esteem at eight months old. I don't... more>> mind the mermaid baby since mermaid's inheriting knowledge and growing faster was already established in the world setting. But that human baby... F***ing gosh, one of my pet peeves are unreasonably smart children that talk and act like adults in Chinese novels. <<less
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Shrike1978
Shrike1978 rated it
May 28, 2022
Status: Completed
I really like this author's works. They are fun and fluffy and delightful. Always good for an interesting light read. Things I specifically enjoyed about this story:

  1. The ML is smart and understanding. In the beginning the MC keeps secrets to protect himself, and when the ML finds out he agrees with that decision - because it was a legitimate safety issue.
  2. The side characters have interesting and distinct personalities and experience their own personal growth.
  3. The MC may look like a delicate flower but when lives are on the line, he steps up without hesitation and fights like a tiger.
  4. The issues arising from the language barrier are ones that have happened in real life many times when new cultures meet. That's a nice detail to add to the story and gives it a little weight.
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Soeris
Soeris rated it
May 28, 2023
Status: c66
It has a good start and a nice movement. I really loved the way of romance. It was fun read. I really enjoyed. But I decided to drop. Cuz I really am so mad at the people of country about their behavior to mermaids.

Firstly mermaids were treated as pets. It was normal since people didnt know they had intelligence and communication. But:

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Spoiler

But after people know that mermaids can talk and they use a translation device to communicate with them, they didnt do anything about the mermaid sellers. Lots of day passed and only when a mermaid who came from mermaid planet mentioned, they finally fixed that problem. Wow, big brain moment! Really!

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And it isn't just that..

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Mermaids were thinking about having a choice to give to mermaids to go to all mermaids main planet. And they would join a test to find out mermaids are intelligent creatures or not.

But the human people was aganist it cuz of the spiritual power they give to them.

LIKE BRUH! THEY CAN THINK AND YOU CAN EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND STILL THEY ARE NOT INTELLIGENT TO YOU? Like really?!!

I understand, mermaids are talking and thinking as the level of a child. But their memory is bad cuz of a gene somewhat enjected to them (plus they found a surgery for that to remove that gene). Its only normal for them to be just like children.

If they have a memory that they only remember several days all the time, they were be like a child also!

And MC convinced them. 'How' you wonder? BY GIVING THEM SEEDS WITH SPIRITUAL POWERS TO ALL GENERATION. LIKE BRUH?!!! YOU DONT OWE THEM ANYTHING!

I know people took care mermaids so long time. But that doesnt mean mermaids debt of a favor for them! Mermaids were treated as pets, they got sold, humans make them breed each other without their permission to just have high level mermaids. Plus human peiple gained spiritual powers by tricking them so many times...

Sighhhh

I know, human people in danger cuz of the usage of spiritual power. They in need spiritual power so much. Its about human lives we talking about. Its sad of course. And mermaids have spiritual powers they need. I understand. They need mermaids.

But that shouldn't be a reason to restrict mermaids, take away their freedoms and still insist that mermaids are not intelligent beings.

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Well thats it, its over for me. Some people think that im wrong or something. They can. But im so sensitive about freedom.

Have a good day y'all~ <<less
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Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus rated it
August 19, 2022
Status: Completed
Disclaimer : this review is my own personal opinion, based on my own experience after reading this novel.

Everyone have freedom to decide whether they still want to continue to read or not as each of us has our own preferences...

At the beginning, the plot was quite interesting, made me unable to stop reading for a while. But later, it became more and more ridiculous and illogical. It's boring.

... more>> The good thing about this novel is the fluff. I think it's okay 🤔

The ending is too rushed.

The characters are too shallow in foundation. Nothing special about them worth to be remembered....

There are some mistakes in translation... Some parts are confusing, I can't understand the meaning. Perhaps they should fix it later? 🤔 <<less
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izayaYY
izayaYY rated it
October 14, 2022
Status: Completed
Hmmmm... plenty of negative comments but as a big fan of interstellar bl, I gave it a try. I did like it, despite the simplistic writing style, and some translation and editing issues. Compared to similar novels like "Number one lazy merchant of the beast world" it is subpar because of the poor writing style, sometimes so simple I wonder if a child wrote the sentences. Maybe the author wanted to portray the simple minds of the mermaids?

The world building is coherent overall. The characters are smart and cute. The... more>> pacing of both plot and romance were just right, even for the second CP. I did not find major plotholes or inconsistencies. Someone complained that mermaid intelligence and communication should have been obvious to the Siao ppl ages ago. I was also bothered by that but it is logical. Mermaids are akin to feral cats to the Siao ppl, with limited memory and highly aggressive behaviours, thus not conducive to research. It is very difficult to see any sign of higher IQ like speech or maths in feral cats!

Overall, a good light novel with coherent story, consistent characters without s*upid melodrama and dialogue. Yes, it is tropey and formulaic, yes it is simple and fairytale-like but if you like the genre, then give it a try :) <<less
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earlgreyt
earlgreyt rated it
August 7, 2022
Status: Completed
As other readers have commented, very standard/formulaic interstellar transmigration/romance. It's not bad, still entertaining for the most part.

I did quite enjoy the beginning of the MC trying to act like a pet and being cautious, not knowing what the constraints/bounds of the mermaid species or scientific understanding of them were in the interstellar era, so he did his best to keep a low profile and feel out the situation at first.

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Once MC realized that he was safe, he did immediately try to show the ML his intellect as well as go live to show the rest of the world, so overall, I didn't find that plot point to be a big problem.

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However, I agree with what others have said about scientists not realizing that mermaids had higher intelligence despite the language barrier is very unbelievable for sure. The author gave a reason that scientists couldn't observe or record mermaids as the reason for the language barrier but it's specious reasoning at best.

A couple other things I found unbelievable was that

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mermaids were said to be of super utmost importance to the military, but they were auctioned off at billions - and apparently owned by individual commanders/soldiers, which makes it utterly unbelievable of a phenonmena. It would be more likely for mermaids to be bred by the government and then assigned as a group to take care of soldiers versus being sold off at high prices to individual owners which wouldn't give the government any return if they individually cost tens-to-hundreds of millions.

And has anyone ever heard of military service being lucrative to the point of captains/commanders being able to afford to bid on tens-hundreds of millions on a pet??? And then spend milions more to "keep them happy" and give them whatever they want?? Wild.

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Translation overall wasn't too bad. Just a few misunderstood points here and there. <<less
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Majin11
Majin11
October 16, 2023
Status: Completed
Thank god I didn't listen to the reviews and just trusted the translator group Exiled Rebels😂

This doesn't have that much drama or anything. It's more like a soft fluff. Even the trauma of An Jin in the apocalypse wasn't discussed too much.

It's kinda funny how some reviews can see that An Jin is already an adult but doesn't trust him with his ability to love and kept shouting about Norman grooming him which totally doesn't make sense.

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An Jin is fully aware of what the possible consequences of his actions are. He explained those while he were in the process of doing them and also the same time he explained it to Norman. An Jin might be naive and innocent but he is not a reckless idiot and not at all blackbellied. He acted dumb on purpose because he knew that it's the safest way to get by. It's common sense for traumatized kids that grew up into adults to always be careful in a new environment and act accordingly to ensure safety. He made sure that Norman was trustworthy and unlike all other masters before he even spoke up. Another fact is that AnJin did not let Norman to pay for everything and to pursue financial freedom himself is a sign that he was not willing to stay as a pet or a 20 yr old adult under Norman's guardianship. Which again, An Jin vocally expressed.

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Anyway, give it a try if you like soft fluff. Not much drama and very much smooth sailing. <<less
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The1Rin
The1Rin rated it
December 29, 2022
Status: Completed
It was interesting, especially the beginning, but it becomes really boring.

It's fluff so some people definitely love it but even that is minor because the main focus of the story turns to MC making his own living with ML following along. Besides a few romance scenes scattered around, over all this is more of a MC mermaid tale.

Some characters are fun but it becomes repetitive by the end so I wish it was shorter.
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist rated it
August 29, 2022
Status: Completed
Interstellar Mermaid Universe! MC (An Jin) wakes up as a mermaid ready to be auctioned off. He maintained the water abilities he had from his previous life, but because of his inability to communicate with humans and his relatively weak strength, he had no choice but to go with the flow and be sold off as a pet. Fortunately, he doesn't have high requirements after living in the Zombie Apocalypse for so long, and being a Mermaid Pet in this era, where the strong humans require the spiritual soothing unique... more>> to mermaids, was a pretty cushy life. The ML (Norman) is the one who purchased him. He had been suffering from spiritual riots for a while and required soothing from a mermaid. The two clumsily try to work with each other despite the MC's lack of knowledge on a mermaid's strengths and their lack of communication ability. Prompting a rather fluffy slow burn intermixed with lots of worldbuilding.

The focus is on the relationship between the MC and ML at first, with the MC working hard to bridge the communication gap and the ML doing his best to be an understanding and doting "Master" turned Potential Mate. The tone of the story is light overall! I started to lose interest by the end, I don't think it was handled very well. But I liked the beginning arcs a lot and will highly recommend it for that reason! The TL is also pretty good. Better in the beginning, kinda needs editing by the end.

CHARACTERS: 6.5/10

The characters of the novel are plenty charming. Nothing too complex though. This isn't about psychology and doesn't really involve heavy character development. Anyway, they're likable, and that's enough for most people~

An Jin (MC)

Our MC is definitely a bit of a Mary Sue (or a lot of one, by the end), his character is a bit inconsistent at times too, but I still thought he was very cute in the beginning, and his hard work was respectable.

Norman (ML)

Typical gong~ He's the stoic and overbearing type, with a strong propensity towards doting when he catches feelings LOLOL

ROMANCE: 6.5/10

I found the development of the romance very interesting initially because of their language gap. Things go a bit haywire midway, and the chemistry is disrupted, so idk if I like the rest of the progression, but anyway, the initial development is worth the read.

SETTING: 9/10

I like the setting of the novel the most! It's very similar to the Sentinel & Guide concept, where the Sentinel depends on the Guide in order to be spiritually healthy. However, the fact that one is a mermaid and the other is human brought a new twist to the whole dynamic! I actually wished this could have been developed more carefully, or just that the novel was a little bit more slow paced so I could enjoy the unique setting more (big sigh), but it's not meant to be IG.

PLOT: 7.5/10

Plot starts off relatively strong with the development of the main CP, suffers a bit at the end, but one cannot say that the ending was not satisfying, the author did indeed tie off most of the loose ends, even if it was a bit too quickly and clumsily.

RATING: 3.69/5

Worth the read if you're looking for something fun and casual. It's really nothing too complex. There are not many ups and downs, no real angst either. Just shallow drama as the two work out their feelings. <<less
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Rio-mouse
Rio-mouse rated it
December 2, 2021
Status: Completed
this story I guess is not for me.

It is a novel not to think about it too much, if you like this guy I recommend it, if the details kill you, stay away from this story or persevere to chapter 38.

the negative points that I find in the novel are with the protagonist, the rest of the novel is good for a quick reading

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An Ji's character has many inconsistencies, the character that should bring up more development is the flattest in the novel, I can't believe it comes from a post-apocalyptic world, it's a plush ball from the beginning, while other stories from Survivors seek to be fit to survive the e a salty fish since I came to the interstellar era, I can justify a little naivety for his life before the apocalypse, but as a survivor long after I do not understand how I easily trust the doctor from the beginning, His docility to act like a poodle because I am a pet is uncomfortable but again I can justify it in my mind that he just wants to live and have a good time, but the more I read I can only see the configuration of virg*n Mary in the boy, if so, the better they would have given him the previous identity of a world with powers but had a terminal illness and end, instead of giving him a survivor configuration and f*cking the character by putting ole hairy and pink, luckily they didn't add a glamorous personality to it or this would be complete shit, how to say I am a boy but as I am the uke I must feminize myself or be weak, naive and docile.

I also find the configuration of mermaids annoying, they have a language, they are wild, but they are aware of themselves and they are sociable, having all that I do not understand why they do not have a tribe or something like that, and above all I do not understand why they are easily taken as pets, this simply bothered me from the start, the worst part for me was when they mentioned mating.

Then, they solved the problem of the mermaids, but it was very fast and so simple that you feel that they did not take advantage of the plot, obviously the greatest problem of the novel is the congruence between the characters and their experiences, having arguments to develop the story in a more exciting only justify the plot holes in the most fruitful way, that left me very unsatisfied, mermaids have their own language, so they will have a bad memory and with that nobody will notice (?), bad memory? Is it something genetic, the MC must be important, let's make him the mermaid king even though he was born of unknown genetic material, why is he king? because the plot needs it...
So I can continue, I think that not many people will take these things seriously but I like coherent details even when they are simple plots, so I only vent my suffering for a novel so good in plot it was wasted like this, I enjoyed the arguments, but the MC took away the charm of the novel and the resolutions were not satisfactory

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I understand that the author tries to sell the story as cute or cute but for me they are like nails on the blackboard.

I'll leave it here because it only stresses me to read it and look justify it, instead of relaxing and enjoying the story

So, I swallow my words, the person who recommended the novel to me told me that I gave up just before the good, and he's right, I gave him another chance after sleeping and clearing up, after chapter 38 the reading is more interesting and varied, I'm still having trouble with the An Ji setup, but it's tolerable

I decided to finish the novel before commenting again, it is a decent story, there is not much development in the characters, but for a reading it happens, the ideas of the novel are good but with poor execution, the plot holes that were the More interesting they solved them in a very simple way that took power away from the potential they had, the MC left much to be desired and the ML is the same as the others, the premise of the story is good but I only recommend it if you like simple stories and without much development <<less
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bookybookworm
bookybookworm rated it
September 16, 2023
Status: c41
i know that an jin is an adult from the apocalypse but THIS FEELS LIKE GROOMING?? in norman's point of view an an is a normal teenage mermaid AND HE'S LIKE "oh i'll teach him about love so he can accept my feelings" and in the live he basically claimed an an. an an has no power to refuse basically.

if I was him I would kick the sh*t out of norman cos he's trying to groom me, and also IF I WAS A FIGHTER FROM POST APOCALYPSE I wouldnt be... more>> as innocent as an an...... I would be like "wait a f*ckin minute this guy buys me and treats me with common human decency, treats me like a child, why the f*ck should I be grateful to him"

idk what happens in the later parts of the novel but I would be so angry w humans as well, seems like they basically created a new mermaid species to be dumb and have no freedom, and made them work for the humans. viva la revolution <<less
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Kassandra
Kassandra rated it
July 8, 2023
Status: --
It was actually great, I like the premise of the novel so much. It's like the pre-mermaid coexistence with the humans. It was before all the things started, its right from the beginning. I really like it because most of the mermaid/humans novels that I saw is after the beginning. There's already order, rules, and procedures on how they do things.

On the contrary to the settings, I don't like the characters that much. As like some of reviews said, the MC doesn't really resemble someone who experience the apocalypse. He's... more>> too gentle, and humane. And whenever his other qualities are revealed, (him being smart and all) other characters, even passersby characters will suddenly said along the lines of, "his majesty is so gentle", "who wouldn't like a gentle and well-behaved mermaid?", etc. It's engraving and reverting back the readers on how gentle the MC is. And I don't think MC really deserves to be the mermaid king because he's wayyy more partial to humans. I mean– I don't blame him because he's originally a human before he became a mermaid but at least he should put the mermaid's interest first, not humans.

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You can see it in the middle of the novel, when mermaid couple wants to escape to the sea but he doesn't want them to leave the humans.

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Most of his decisions is just because he became the mermaid king. If he was an ordinary mermaid, would he have the pressure to bear the responsibility of saving other mermaids? Probably not, he may even help humans.

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Where have you even f*cking seen a ruler that doesn't live in their own kingdom? This. Novel's. F*cking. MC.

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The ML, on the other hand, he's really restrictive and too possessive to MC. I feel like he's hindering the MC's personal development. It's like MC is a child that he needed to follow anywhere. Even when he knew MC only treated the other mermaids as friends, he's just, "no" and gets jealous every f*cking time. And what's with this double standard? On the human side, they call MC their queen and the ML their king. On the mermaids side though, they call MC their king while they call ML "your majesty". Like wtf, can we stop being f*cking stereotype that the weaker one in the relationship will be called a female title? It's not appropriate, you know. I really hate it when this situation happen in a BL/yaoi/shounen ai novel.

The other mermaid characters though, I love them! They're really just so cute and their behavior is funny too. They're so pure. They need to be protected.

Ah, my final rating is 1.5/5. I really can't bear it na. It's becoming worse as it comes to an end. I didn't even register a thing about the side couple because I don't really like it. <<less
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dramamonster
dramamonster rated it
May 10, 2023
Status: Completed
100% sci fi fluff. Easy, light read. The mystery/problem with the mermaids'
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memories, status, abilities; the black impurities; the star beasts; MC's status - it all gets happily resolved.

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If you're looking for something deep, logical, challenging, dramatic, or meaningful, look elsewhere. This is good for light, fluffy, uncritical reading. (Although I do wish the author used "young man" instead of "teenager", since the MC is of mermaid adult age...)
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glitteryjoon
glitteryjoon rated it
September 14, 2022
Status: c1
I tried to get through this. I tried so hard because I wanted to know how they’d spin the whole “king of the mermaids” trope but I just— I can’t keep this up.

I dropped at chapter 50, just after the mermaid raid. I honestly don’t even understand why it was so sudden. The whole thing popped out of no where and then was resolved 2 chapters later.

i tried to hang on, even after the weirdness of the ML claiming to be in love with him but also being certain he... more>> had the mind of a young teenager/child. Like what? What do you mean you’re still in love with him? After that, I was just disgusted reading his reaction to the MC and everytime he looked at him and thought how cute he was I felt like it was condescending. Even if it was unintentional and not malicious, it was still the ML treating him as a child.

the whole thing gave me the ick and I was wishing the MC fell for a mermaid instead, but alas, we don’t get that.

I’m not averse to “pet becomes lover” if it’s done right. And I just feel like this wasn’t done right at all. This was more along the lines of “pet becomes child becomes lover” and that? Yeah not so much. Sucks caused I’d have like to see what happened with the mermaid planet and all that <<less
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Gilturno1021
Gilturno1021 rated it
August 4, 2022
Status: c28
I'm dropping this novel,

I just don't kinda feel it, for some reason though.

First, are they entering holographic world or another world?

... more>> Will they get full by eating in HW? And also there's impurity in meat on HW? Like, WTH. It's not hw anymore, it's more like another world.

Well I get it it's interstellar novel, it was advance tech. I can still accept they can get full by eating at HW because they have this energy something. But having impurity on HW is a no go for me.

Well that's only my opinion, bye! <<less
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hypersniper159
hypersniper159 rated it
July 8, 2022
Status: c72
I think this novel is meh. No character arcs, the world-building actually harms any chance of character or plot development and the plot is... pathetic at best. 1 star for the romance and 1 star because I think the ML is really interesting just poorly done.

So the characters... ... more>>
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are talking monoliths, except the ML and MC. All mermaids are 3 y/o brats with the same whiney personality, with all the same view... just there is no difference between them or the humans for that matter.

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Then we have MC and ML, they actually have an incredibly sweet romance at the beginning of the novel, which I truly liked and thought was absolutely amazing.... but then the fire nation attacked. Here is the thing I loved about the romance, they could not understand one another and it lead to these cute 'misunderstandings' of one another and it was super adorable to watch.
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Then MC learned to talk and that ruined everything to the very core. This leads to what I thought could have been an amazing character arc for the ML. Since the MC was developing his own identity at this point he becomes super jealous and feels a need to control him, at least to a certain degree. I think this could have been an amazing arc since it would have shown something I am sure most people don't experience from the giver's side of being overprotected. Then we could have seen how he slowly comes to terms with reality and how this over-protectiveness is harming both himself and the MC and slowly learns to give him more freedom. But the author doesn't do this like at all.

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. So yeah the romance was too good to be true, and we have an awkward dork who named his mecha Skywolf.

So the world-building could have been actually super amazing but it's just super poor. The technology is so advanced it actually makes everything convenient and pathetic.
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This is how MC learns to talk and make money which again has no value to the character whatsoever.

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Another thing to point out is how little the characters struggle against the world or how the characters explore this world and what it means to be human on this planet. It is a dreamlike word with literally zero problems. The only problem is that characters can die. What? No not like mutations or morphing into indescribable cosmic horrors or anything. They just die of old age. Like what ??? Also, the social hierarchy makes no sense but whatever, as if this flaw means anything.

The plot... I'm just... where to start. This was supposed to be a romance novel. 30ish chapter in and it's anything but a romance. Like what happened to the sweet romance??? What about the emotions that meant more than words could ever screech??? What else is there to say? When I pick up a history textbook I don't expect to read it about what are the expectations of technology for the next 100 years? As I pointed out this novel could have been a one-of-a-kind but it just fails at everything. This should have been a pure slice-of-life episodic novel. <<less
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Rubyspecs rated it
June 17, 2022
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A sweet fluffy pet based interstellar slice of life romance.

Naive, sunshine should with healing abilities × mighty op yet gentle protective your majesty.

Because I guess I have similar interstellar mermaid bl I am not finding it that interesting.

And on top of that, is MC really from apocalypse world? No common sense, no vigilance, acting all familiar and kind with any passerby that a normal adult shouldn't have of his age, or least a person from such a dangerous and dark environment should have where humans have lost their moral footing... more>> and fighting against the undead.

It's more like he has childlike innocence and naivety. So that was a bit irritating how he was acting like a kid. And the way he learn the language? Hoe much he was able to comprehend varied from chapter to chapter, I was all confused at point he was able to understand complete sentences.

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One thing that always pricks me in such novels that MC generally has inherent traits that become a revolutionary point in the progress of the world in which he has transmigrated. He is a unique existence and thud everyone become all curious and excited and start to surround him and becomes like a protected historical treasure.

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