Not entirely sure why it's got so many 5 star ratings, but it really is quite good (but not amazing/spectacular). I can give it a 4 star no problem. The issue is that even after 50 chapters in, it feels like nothing has happened (which is a bit unfair). But I guess we're finally wrapping up the prologue?

Anyway, the MC is abruptly transmigrated onto a deserted island and survived there for 10 years, until the Saintess and her (female) bodyguard washed up. Using their powers (as he's basically just a... more>> survivalist with some crafting powers) he manages to get clear of the island, clearing the dungeon in the center. There is some meta knowledge obtained there, giving mystery and no real answers about why he possessed the guy's body and transmigrated there.

So anyway, he's not even to the Academy yet, because he's been waylaid and the Saintess is now cursed, so it feels like the story hasn't even begun, even though factually he's still fought a bunch of times, grown closer to the heroines, etc. And as for the rating, I'm really not sure why it's so heavily skewed with 5 star ratings, because as I said, it's pretty good, but I wouldn't call it amazing by any stretch of the definition. I DO however look forward to where it's going and will keep reading.

**Also, side note: not sure if the last few lines of the summary are from the Translator, but just to clear up any misconceptions, the 10 year survival period (which we don't get to see) takes place BEFORE the start of the story he transmigrated into. So the 'story' (of the game he's in) hasn't started yet. I had originally taken the summary to mean that he spent the entire story's plot on an island, and he's now AFTER the main story, which is not how it is at all.** <<less

Whether erroneously or deliberately, the translator/owner of the website has included links to the paid version of the story. At the moment of writing, only the first 10 chapters are free to read. Please beware.

The story itself seems quite good, as early as it may be to judge. The characters are well thought and the survival element is sufficiently functional.

So far, thankfully, no one has made any s*upid/troupe-like choices.

A much more bland novel than I initially expected, the premise of the MC being accompanied after 10 years of solitude isn't really touched upon at all, at most he talks to himself out loud. This makes it seem like a generic story where the only reason the MC was teleported before the two waifus before him was so that he could give them structure, food and information to make him seem cooler and reliable.

The MC doesn't really have a personality hes a wild man type (no shirt, always work,... more>> unga bunga) who has conquered nature or whatever, but also complains like a 5th grader and is gentlemanly to the ladies which kind of ruins that image. He was also overtly racist at one point which was interesting. The female cast isn't really delved upon too much where I dropped it but they were obviously falling for him because he is their savior or whatever. Of the two there is a healer and a damage dealer, the personalities they have match the types you'd expect. The action of the novel is gorey I guess, but its not very in depth, ie

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he dug into a giant snake to pop its poison gland, then in a sperate instance dug into a hydra and cut its cerebral cord. There isn't a choreography or even skills its kind of just "she held off the hydra" and the MC swung into the spine until it broke

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The translation quality was really good.

Overall its a moderately boring novel (mostly slice of life on an island (setting traps, making shoes, etc)) with a bland MC which tries to lean into gore as its draw but it didn't do anything for me personally.

2.5/5 <<less

Initial chapters were actually pretty good, when our MC's still in the island...

Characters shows depth, progression and character development are working properly, and the unique settings stood out.

... Until the academy arc enters the story (wherein the actual plot lies).

... more>> Let me tell you in short: it's boring.

The plot transforms into one of those countless KR academy novels. Not the cream of the top, but one of those mediocre ones, the ones no one wants to translate. If you've read a lot of these craps, you'll know what I mean.

I can't see any interesting characters popping out any time soon, or the plot going somewhere.

Perhaps if you're some kind of degenerate who's simply looking for a fantasy with a solid harem, yeah, go for it. MC here's not the type to run away. And there's some slight progress regarding that. <<less

It's good, but it does start to drag in the academy chapters. The island chapters were quite interesting and dangerous, with a significant amount of progress in the friendships between the MC and the others.

Unfortunately, these two take a backseat for the first few arcs of the academy so it mostly is just seeing the MC meet some new people. The characters are fine and appropriately distinct from each other but there's not too much tension or much direction towards the larger plot.

The second semester of the academy starts around... more>> chapter 136 so I expect the story to experience some changes now, but I'm going to take a break to let more chapters build up.

There is a surprising amount of disability representation, though some of that is handwaved away with fantasy fixes. The MC is strongly affected by his ten years alone on the island, a character becomes a wheelchair user, and there's a character who loses an arm—though that one gets a magic prosthetic arm. There's even a fantasy-type disability in that one character is a dullahan. <<less