I just started reading however I have no idea how to feel about what I read so far.

I don’t think the author understands how games or their fan base work and it throws me off. If this is going to be a good novel it will based on character driven dynamics.

This novel may induce nerd rage. Ex: character cast a spell that destroys goblins with the force of a black hole, vaporizing them, but their magic cores are unharmed because they’re harder than diamonds?

It’s like a 13 year old wanted... more>> to describe a cool battle scene but forgot to look up the definitions of the words they used. <<less

Disgusting.

Or should I say, as expected of most Japanese novels?

An experienced middle-aged mage? What a joke, wake up, it's a Japanese novel. J-a-p-a-n-e-s-e!

... more>> After defeating an evil-god in the VR game he was playing for ages, and reincarnating into a fantasy world with maxed stats, god - level skills + all the top items you can dream about, our protagonist almost turned hysterical. That's a 'mature' protagonist for you.

After finding himself in a forest in the middle of nowhere, our protagonist decided to use a flight skill to find a way out. Got out of mana after flying for 2 hours. God-level mage is so STRONK!

Tried to hunt a rabbit but failed cause he picked a wrong item. Even though he crafted it himself. Do you feel the vibe of an experienced player? No? But it's here!

After meeting the group of goblins our heroic protagonist tried to run away. Unexpectedly, he failed. It's 'obviously' an impossible task for a character who destroyed an evil god a moment ago to run away from a group of goblins. The power of logic shines upon you throw the screen!

Why was he running away? Good question! It's because he was against the idea of killing humanoid monsters! He wasn't playing VR game for nothing!

But fear not! After a failed attempt at running away our protagonist was finally caught and got surrounded by a group of goblins. And like an experienced and mature player he is, our protagonist had a...... mental breakdown on the spot!

Fuq! What the heck is this!?

Why is this happening? Why a mature and experienced god-level VR player acting like a middle-schooler with down syndrome who was wasting away his life while sitting in front of the pc monitor?

There can be only one answer to this question! It's one of these Japanese novels where no matter the setting, protagonist is acting like a beta autistic pushover.

If it's not what you're looking for, just avoid this novel. <<less

Not going to lie... I have read several novels with similar plot intro' as this story but I will be honest when I say I like this one best.... it just... flows right for me. like the MC doesn't take 40 freakin years to realize what's going on, he has an IQ of over 45, KNOWS what he wants to do and while he 'wants to be inconspicuous' he knows when to ope a can of woop A and when to purchase a ticket for the Pain Train. and there... more>> isn't any pansy "i can't hurt it cause it might be sentient" that realistically no 'human' would have as, I'm sorry but, as a species we will murder are own family for money, food, secrets you name it

Now then dislikes:story is fast paced, that's fine, would however like some fill-in chapters; translation is slow BUT it's way better than a lot of others that only put out a chapter a month; it gives me mild romantic expectations which you would think is good but very few translations are ever actually finished <<less

Please Author San, please stop. Like other reviewers have stated. The MC says he is one thing, then acts in the opposite way. Examples: ... more>>

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"I'm not going to get involved in politics"-trains the Duke's family, positioning them to become unmatched powerhouses; "I don't care about other people"-tells a bunch of dudes stealing a sword that it will break when used; "I need a job"-doesn't even look to teach anyone else after being told his teaching is transformative

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Do a majority of Japanese people lie to themselves like these characters do. This isn't the only novel that does this, but this may be one of the most anoying ones.

Besides the previous flaws, there is so much wasted time/words on useless garbage. I stuck it out trying to see if it would get better, but it got worse instead. Gave up at chapter 25. <<less

Very enjoyable so far. Character's feel fairly well developed over the first couple of chapters. MC knows what he wants and isn't your typical clueless isekai character. The Student seems interesting as well as the duke as well.

Will be a fun story & hope translation speed will increase.

First, author have a good grasp on what he want to write.

Second, pacing and story flow are very good.

Third, author tend to portray how bad something was but contradict what happens next in the story.

... more>> Fourth, author tend to compare real world standard and political stand point that he use it to push his own point of view/idea to his readers. Which is a big no for a fictional made up story.

I want to give it a 3 stars but author pushing his own ideals to readers make me remove 1 star as it is a fiction story not a news article. <<less

Just picked this up the other day, as I'm a Cheat Novel fan, I love when the MC is overpowered to oblivion (don't judge me!). So far it seems to be following a lot of the traits. MC dies, reincarnated into another world that has a similar world system to a game that he, coincedentally, is one of the top players in.

Thank god someone TL'ing this series. A battle crazed ossan who wants to live ordinary live. He wants a slow life by farming. In this hectic world, this ossan would be known as the strongest Wiseman. He change the world concept of magic instantly with his gaming knowledge. As the world was so similar with the VRMMORPG that cost him his life. Met the battle junkie ossan, spartan training ossan, DT ossan, mad magic tools researcher, he farm mandragoras and raising fighting chickens (even adventurers started training with the chickens)...... more>> he is a crazy but childish sage with powers that can destroy a country.

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he built a super lawnmower that flew and gone rampage around the world, saving many people who encounter the lawnmower...

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... with his game skills, the strongest sage walks the path of farming..... no.. its not another farming story.

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The protagonist has incredible power, but all he wants to do is be a farmer. I won't say that's a bad goal, but I can't relate with it. The protagonist wants to have a family, but I have not seen any romance or real attempts at romance yet. The age of the protagonist limits romance options.

If you enjoyed "The Wizard Raised Through TRPG is Still the Strongest in the Other World", and the lack of ambition of this protagonist does not bother you, then you will probably enjoy this novel.

i just like how the MC not using a patern that he is somehow lived in the deep mountain instead he use a reason he want to retire and seek peacefull life even he is not there before. An op MC but he cover it with a reason to seek peacefull life. Not a pacifist but rationalist I think. And the romance so so.

Okay, I thought this WN sounded so familiar, and as I read, I thought that I'd read this before and was wondering why I'd dropped it, until 3 words appeared, "crazy ape." NOW I remember. The author thought he was being funny with this idea, but in over 50 yrs of my life, I have NEVER used the "R" word, but I must warn that this is the most ret*rded piece of literature that I've EVER read. I realized that as the memory came back to me. I doubt that... more>> the author has graduated middle school, that's how bad it is.

First of all, the knights, seasoned knights who are supposed to protect King and country, and the veteran adventurers who are supposed to stare death in the eye and laugh, are all 5 yr olds when it comes to mentality and personality. It's really sad. I'm not going to say more. If it weren't for the crazy white apes, then this would be a shounen. It reads like a shounen as mentioned in the first sentence of this paragraph, all characters but the SUPER OP MC are 5 yr olds in mentality and maturity, just like in every other shounen. The story line is exactly like every other shounen. The actions of that ape is the ONLY thing to make this novel for a mature audience, but everything else is of an elementary schoolers level.

Then the translating: The first group I give 3 stars, but didn't make it to the second, so I don't know about them. Good luck if you decide to read this PoS. 1 star is all that it gets from me, and I wish I could give it less. <<less

The story only really has two things going for it:

1. An interesting magic system. I really like the IDEA of the magic system, it really makes it feel like the main character earned their power despite being insanely OP. The main character had to actually learn the magic system in his previous life before being transferred to his current world. However, the idea of using machine code to "program" magic is rather silly.

2. The MC is atypical for Isekai. Rather than being an old guy that gets reincarnated into a... more>> young body and suddenly acts young, MC decides to stay is his shady old guy body and consistently acts like and old shady guy. He's not exactly unique as his character archetype exists in other novels/anime but it's the first time I have scene this character type as the MC.

This is one of those stories that the MC constantly states they wanna live a slow life doing X but constantly gets "dragged" into other peoples problems. It's not really worth complaining about as a story about an OP MC doing nothing but farming would be incredibly boring. <<less

I wasn't sure about this story at first, but after 15 chapters or so it's slowly starting to come around. The story is a pretty typical for the genre, but the characters are becoming well developed instead of the usual cookie cutter tropes that many authors seem to push and the author blends in just enough comedy into to make it enjoyable. If I had any knock to give it so far is that the MC seems to go off on random tangents from time to time pushing his real... more>> world views onto readers, but they aren't that common and if you ignore them then its building up to be a good story. Well worth the read. <<less

For these 6 chapters from the novels I read so far, well, it portrays differently from the manga (I read first).

I like the MC 'cause he's mature (really, just imagined if you're on that age and "tried" to not make much a hassle)

Until this far, the story progressed well, not much absurdity, but still decorated with fictions. This is a new refreshing novel to read for me

I hope there's another translator who will pick this up, cause silverlining seems to drop this project

Yeah! I like this one. Maybe younger people wouldnt understand ossan. But for who lived in the city and told by my parents to visit then in countryside, I kinda understand him. The awesomeness of harvesting yout own crops and the feeling of listening the nights quietness. Guess only ossan will understand.

It's just bad overall. All characters were simpleminded, ultra OPTIMISTIC, and lacking uniqueness. The plot is very weak, a bland mix mash of various JP generic isekai. Everyone just praises the MC in every corner when he shows off a little and said how he's so great that no one can be compared to.

Banters between MC and other characters were super awkward with dry humor, very amateurish writing. There's a bit of plot hole regarding MC massive magic pool when he mentions he will run out of mana in multiple... more>> contexts. And as other reviewers said, MC explanation/complaint in regard to politics doesn't make sense or maybe lost in translation. <<less

I amaze by myself for reading this Wikipedia for over 20 chapter

Why Wikipedia? Author always give information about anything that have a slight or zero influence on the story

I don't want to read a history about politic just because MC mention it a bit and the story turn to a f*cking Wikipedia about politic for 5 paragraph that don't have influence on main story

You can summarize 20 chapter to 3-5 chapter if you delete the Wikipedia "Unreliable Narrator" thing

I just cannot keep going on this right now. It's a very interesting idea but the repetitive philosophy is dragging it down. These dialogs are often very confusing as it is difficult to tell who is speaking when translated.

It's a bit refreshing to read a light novel from the perspective of a rational, mature adult who has thought about the consequences of introducing his cheat-like abilities into a reality where everyone is incredibly far behind. It's also nice to see the MC take a supporting role. It allows some of... more>> the other characters to seem more than a fan club to the MC's brilliance. The MC often fails to remain neutral and keeps interfering, despite his desire for a peaceful life, to a point that would break the balance of power but his reasons and the way he does it feel natural. Unfortunately to get to the actual story you have to read long dialogs of characters berating those perpetuating the current dysfunctional educational and political systems. I don't mind the occasional political discourse but the repetition is very annoying.

Someone who has combat experience knows more than those who don't... WE GET IT ALREADY.

Magicians who lust for power and then abuse that power are terrible people... WE GET IT ALREADY.

Conclusion - Very refreshing story in a genre full of overused tropes and clichés, but quickly begins to feel like the author is trying to shove their political viewpoints down your throat. <<less

By reading so far the only I can say is MC play so fu**ing bu*l s**t game for a long time. The most interesting point in this novel is it is just the normal template but I don't see any foundation for example what the world state is in, state of mind of the people (I am questioning because properly educated little noble girl obsess so much with stranger old guy). The only one I am certain of with is this novel show how OP MC is. Ahaha it is... more>> so much disappointing to the point of interesting. LOL <<less

Enjoyed reading this. Thank you Silver lining for translating this. With only few chapters out, it's unreasonable to judge the plot. I did personally enjoy the rationale of the protagonist after he realized the consequences of his actions. The romance so far is alright. The translation quality is great, I didn't have any immersion breaking issues with the translation.