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So far it’s been a great story, I have only noticed one part where the translation wasn’t too good (it wasn’t misspellings, but a bit ago a paragraph repeated itself) other than that the translation has been good. I like the development of the story a lot, it’s a mix between comics and live action, but it seems to lean more so towards live action, with some differences mixed in. It was nice to see a story with no harem, since (for me) that can ruin a story quite easily, and his relationship with Amora is built up decently well.

I’ll give the story 2 stars at least for the authors work on the translation, but the story itself can be quite annoying. Firstly, this is a Chinese Story, translated from MTL to here, and with that this story has quite a bit of “China is superior” rhetoric. A few examples of this is the MC saying he’s from a “superior culinary nation” (China) and how earlier than that statement, he was speaking about how Japan can’t make certain pancakes the way they can in China. Beyond that, there’s some plot holes in the story. The main character is supposed to be from the Tang dynasty in China, yet seems to have knowledge about WebNovels, and even Food Wars as a whole. On top of that, the main character runs a restaurant and openly sells Sake (alcohol) to minors. All around, despite the translators efforts its pretty clear that Chinese nationalism is going to be quite present in this (but most likely dialed down by the translator, at least I would hope)

Haven’t read too much of the story so this review could change, but at least so far it’s mostly just an exact copy of what happened in the first Kung Fu Panda movie, with just a little bit of different dialogue with Tai Lung. On top of that, the MC is hugely hypocritical, and his actions don’t make much sense. The author claims he’s trying to make the MC act as how Tai Ling would, with just a little bit of differences since he has 2 lives memories, and talks about how Tai Lung didn’t do much wrong and never killed anyone. Yet when he escapes prison, and is trying to dine and dash at a restaurant, and is stopped by someone telling him to pay, he seemingly kills the person, and for whatever reason beats up the other customers in the store until they’re bloodied up with broken bones. But apparently it’s not a villainous MC since “Tai Lung isn’t a villain” then what is he?

At least so far (chapter 15) it’s been an ok story, but like with what I find with many other fanfics on this site, the MC is too focused on thinking with his lower half at times, like for what reason are you telling me about him( a now highschool boy) jerking off to Midnight? And why is he right up against Nejire when spotting her doing squats, that isn’t how you spot someone. Also what was his age in his previous life? It gets confusing when he immediately asks Midnight (an adult) to go out with him when he sees her, but then is fawning over this middle school girl (now in highschool) It seems like the author just wanted a reason to justify his MC being an annoying horny character so he gave him a cultivation technique that increase his Libido, why he thought this was good for his story I’m not sure. I’m sure some people are fine with these things and even prefer it, but to me it just completley takes away from the story

I liked the concept a lot at first, but the story turns into just constant mention of sex and things if the sort. It’s starting to get extremely annoying seein got so often every chapter, and in that same regard the MC (at least for me) is not very likeable at all. There also seems to be this weird concept of the MC wanting to make Harley and Ivy a part of his harem while they still continue to date one another.

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