Here is an informed review after having read up till chapter 6. I will try to keep it brief (no promises)

I have read upto 26 chapters of this novel, and I can only say that this novel is pretty good. It's a lot better than most ero novels on NU.

I don't understand why it got such a low rating on NU. I've seen worse novels get higher ratings than this. I guess it just goes to show that you can't trust ratings, especially if they do it after reading only 6 chapters. It deserves better.

Anyways, I came for the ero, but I stayed for the plot. I mean, the plot... more>> is nothing new, but it's very well made.

What got me hooked were the female characters, or the so called villainesses. They are not paper dolls, they all have some kind of backstory and they all have personality.

Even after the MC conquers them, they don't just blindly follow him like some mind broken dolls. They evaluate his potential with logic and then they choose to follow him.

And, it's always a treat to see their characters develop for the better. I really enjoy their journey.

Of course the ero scenes are also a bonus.

The witting is very good, and the translation quality is satisfactory.

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Okay, so expectations need to be set correctly. This is mostly a wish fulfillment kind of story. It isn't going to have more depth than is necessary. If you are looking for greatness, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a guilty pleasure kind of a thing, then it might be up your alley.

The MC isn't a genius, but he is fine. Since this is an adult novel, he also isn't a wishy-washy Japanese protagonist. You won't like him or anything, the novel isn't written well enough for that. For... more>> example, his tragic backstory is pretty silly and is almost glossed over. Pointless detail:

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He complains that that the driver that was involved in the car accident that killed his mother wasn't put in jail, because he was very badly and permanently hurt in the accident himself. It isn't even clear whose fault the accident was.

Then he complains no one did anything after his brother committed su*cide due to, and I'm quoting, "pessimism about the future". I don't even understand the complaint. Did he want someone to start a scholarship in his brother's name or something?

Also his father was scammed and lost all their money with no recourse. This part is legit worthy of being called tragic as far as we know.

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The harem members are:

A. Beautiful but evil red-head that is slowly being dominated by the MC.

B. Moe sword wielding mercenary that has never been shown love before. She is there for fluff. Does it make sense? Nope.

C. The third seems to be a cunning, roughly 30 year old widow leading a large merchant group. Exact role unclear.

Translation for this is readable, but not good.

Scrapes a 3/5.

About 20% of the content thus far involved smut, and it wasn't very good.

Only 10/170 chapters were translated thus far, so I will optimistically assume it gets better with time and give it a 3 for now. If it doesn't, this is more like a 2.

Some inaccuracies in the review by Novel Casanova, ignore if you haven't read it:

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• • The first FL did already ruin the lives of many people, but torture as a punishment is hardly ethical anyway. Not that kind of story.

• • The second FL isn't a prostitute, but a mercenary/adventurer. She sometimes sells her body due to lack of work. This is a dark world and the female leads needs to be villainous, but not completely irredeemable. Having a tragic life is not surprising in this context.
    
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I shouldn't really grade it so soon (hence I decided not to score the novel), but what I've seen so far already let me understand some things about this novel - understand that it is not to my taste.

I think the summary and other reviews give you some idea about the novel, so I will just focus on saying why I don't like it.

Long story short, this story reeks of a virg*n author.

• • He thinks it's okay to r*pe a woman and ab*se her if she's bad

• • Captain Save-a-hoe

• • MC does the second female character in eight chapters, and behaves like a virg*n with her

• • Blatant wish fulfillment

The first point is about principles. The MC is a bit of a hypocrite. While the reason behind his attitude is explained and is compelling, bad is bad. MC says bad people should be punished, and the first female character who was about to do a lot of bad things but only did some minor bad things and was using him is treated like Adolphina hi*ler by him, while the second female character who would do a lot of bad things in the future but didn't do any yet (not that he actually investigated her in detail so he's only assuming things here) is pitiful and cute.

Yes, it's not that bad, but I don't really like MCs who don't have principles, and if the author is already being so morally flexible in the first 10 chapters, that tells me enough - that the MC (and probably the author by extension, because I feel that MC is almost sure to be his self-insert) is the type to eat 10 kg of dog poop if someone pays him 10 million for it.

The second point is MC's attitude to the second female character. She got ran over by many men, but he feels like he's a groom and she's a bride (literal quote lol) when they're about to hook up, and he treats her like she's pure and immaculate. Also, typical BS like it's okay because "it's the first time she did a fellatio" or because "MC has bigger dck than any other dude that fcked her." Like bro, have some dignity. It's okay to do a village bicycle like her, but don't make her out to be some kind of noble lady.

A big problem with Captain-save-a-hoe is that these dudes don't understand the degree of emotional trauma run-over chicks have within them. They also don't understand that such chicks often have low self-esteem, so if you treat them like a pure princess, all you get in return is cold disdain (because it shows them that you're 1) s*upid and 2) unable to get any decent woman since you're so desperate for a hoe, and women treat you as more attractive the more popular with women you are). They'll just use you until they find someone they can feel "tingles" from, and you'll get cckolded in an instant. At least in the vast majority of cases. When they are around 30, they will just think you're a good loser to marry to have a cozy life after screwing around with Chads (and mind you, she'll probably cheat on you in the future if she thinks she can get away with it). In summary, these dudes are just like a dumb chick that sleeps with an unemployed good-for-nothing convict that beats her and drinks, but she stays with him because "she can change him."

While this isn't necessarily a big problem in the novel given the setting, it becomes bigger when coupled with...

... the third point, which is MC's virg*n-like behavior, such as asking for permission and validation in bed, being unconfident, not only not leading in bed but even preferring to be led - and it's an issue because the love interest would be put off and her psspss would dry out. And that's despite the fact that he isn't a virg*n (but the author is lmao).

The fourth point is based on the above points because we have a guy whose behavior should put off women having a good time, yet we have a female character not noticing any of those points and not reacting to them, nor is the narrator or MC showing any awareness of the same.

Also, honestly, I expected the first girl to bite off the MC's dck when she scked him lol, it's funny how it didn't even occur to either of them (and s*upid given how supposedly vengeful she was).

Overall, it isn't necessarily a bad novel, but it will make anyone who understands women and s*x at least somewhat go on a rant and/or struggle to suspend their disbelief to read on.

Read only if you like wish fulfillment novel that challenge logic and common sense.

It's another of those ''Oh no, this chick was sexually ab*sed her whole live but all is good because I am nice and caring'' stories.

I will for the live of me not understand why authors are so insistent on doing scenarios like that and then just completely ignore any psychological scars that might be left (especially if it's set in a society that puts a big weight on v*rginity, which is almost always the case in such novels).

Even worse is them having Mc's act like they don't care one bit,... more>> that is not in fact a good trait. If you care in any way for someone your reaction to them having slept with dozens of men because they had a shitty live and not much of a choice should not be ''It's allright I don't care.'' because guess what, if you they truly don't care that is because they give zero f*cks about the chick, not because they are good people. <<less

It's alright but I think the pacing might be too fast for most people. The author writes the conflicts and payoffs pretty close to each other, and I think the only relatively interesting character progression is with the first heroine Isolde. Instead of having multiple character stories happening, it's all segmented so that each character's arc starts and finishes with mostly no interruption. Once it's over, the characters don't really develop much further. It's nice to pass the time, but not too much to get invested in.

The arc with the 1st villainess was good, the first two reviewers just didn't give it a chance, seeing how far they read. I guess this is/will turn into a misunderstanding novel, hoping the MC can have some development too, as he's the weakest character at the moment