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Like how others said, this story does copy the premise of The Legendary Mechanic but I enjoyed the first 150 or so chapters with how well utilized the world of Arknights was and how the MC initially acted. The story was interesting with how well utilized the world of Arknights was used but I feel like the original author didn't know what to do with the story after 200 chapters. The story tends to time skip a lot and I don't mind that usually but the story quality suffers cause of it with the author doing a lot of "tell, don't show" making the story unengaging. Even ignoring the drop in writing quality, the MC's character at first seems good, being righteous in some points and decently selfish that he still acts human. However, the character becomes very preachy, claiming he fights for the rights of the infected but I haven't seen him do anything for them outside of his company other than the food giving during his time in Ursus. He also takes forever to get stuff done in the later chapters spending months in one place with not much explanation on why. Further, he willingly does business with the KGCC despite knowing how bad they are even though his former knight subordinates suffered from them. Lastly, these are some nitpicks but there is too much bias for the CN players, with all the top players being from CN and like 80% of the players he interacts with are from CN. The international players barely know his name even though he appeared in a lore teaser PV. The harem issue is also starting to become a problem too since nearly every girl (even if some are underaged) within a 1 mile radius falls head over heels for him or becomes his fan. Thankfully he hasn't done anything with the underage ones from what I read but it's still creepy that the author wrote their relationships like that even though the MC sees them as little sisters.

I both like and dislike this story. The character dynamics are nice and I like how Emiya interacts with everyone. The character personalities are mostly accurate to my knowledge and the writing quality is excellent. What I dislike, however, is how inconsistent Emiya's strength is in each fight. I get he is human now and doesn't have the stats of a servant anymore but every fight it seems like he is holding back and ends up getting pushed around before he actually starts getting serious. This makes fight unnecessarily long and creates unnecessary tension. He also keeps getting caught off guard even though he has clairvoyance/hawkeye. Further, he hasn't used UBW to the fullest yet, only sticking to Kanshou and Byakuya and unnamed arrows with his bow. One can argue that he would worry about mana use without Alaya or Rin but Emiya has B-ranked mana which is above average so he should still be able to use UBW a good amount even without the usage of the heavy hitter NP. Furthermore, he has reinforcement so he shouldn't be struggling against people without physical enhancements. Even if you make the argument that the people in Akame ga Kill world are stronger than the modern era people of the Nasuverse, you have to realize he was reborn as a person in the Akame ga Kill world so he should be stronger too. Lastly, the story conflict feels like it could be resolved faster if Emiya just stuck to his job as an archer. He could easily take care of Honest with his bow and a mystic code. I get that it won't be much of a story if he did that but its frustrating knowing how capable Emiya is but seeing how he is just doing nothing for most of the story. Sorry for the long review but I feel like the potential of the story is wasted with how drawn out the story is getting to create tension.

I normally don't write reviews or comments, but this fic is genuinely my favorite HI3 fanfic. Don't let the synopsis fool you into thinking this is another generic and shallow Hoyo fanfic. There is so much depth to the characters and how they interact and grow. The original author's writing style made every character feel real and legitimately made me mourn when I listened to the stories of half of the unnamed characters. The way the MC was designed and how he tries to naively interact with the world and the people in it is just too peak. This fic is criminally underrated and deserves to be ranked higher and I want to rant more, but I don't want to spoil too much, so I am just going to say, I hope others can feel as much enjoyment out of this novel as I did.