- This is a really interesting story focused on a monstrous dimensional snake which has recently attained sapience and ends up forced out of its comfort zone and into contact with various other entities. Just be aware that the vast majority of dialog consists of the snake’s thoughts and observations, with interactions with other sapient beings only starting to occur near the end of the first book.
- A story about attempting to raise a newly hatched queen from a hostile insectoid race as a human noble. It has a remarkably dynamic setting and features chapters from both her perspective and the perspective of those around or indirectly related to her.
- A conventional reincarnation-isekai from the author of The Glorious Revolution. Just about everything apart from the pacing is different, from character archetypes to themes to setting, and for the most part they all work together well; it’s that pacing that’s a bit of a problem. What works for a post-isekai story with a fully developed protagonist feels out of place when applied to a coming of age framework. There’s far too much time spent in the starter village under his parents’ control.
- A pretty fun story about a gang leader with principles getting accidentally isekai’d into a fantasy world as a potential hero tasked with saving a missing god. While the chapters are usually on the shorter side the protagonist is entertaining, the plot moves along at a nice pace, and having the previous occupant of the body he’s inhabiting remain as a spiritual advisor produces an interesting dynamic. That whole guest professor thing feels like it’s from a different series though and I’m not thrilled by the inclusion of the ‘get rich by introducing a modern commodity’ trope.
- Another work from the author of Sworded Affair, this one has a surprisingly large number of similarities with that one. The main thing to note however is that a more accurate title would be something like “The Rise of the Feline Felon”. See, the protagonist gets a unique class that’s allegedly a hybrid of Soldier and Merchant, but in reality is just ‘Underworld Kingpin’. None of its restrictions or XP triggers have anything whatsoever to do with arms dealing or mercenary work.
- This started out really good but after the transformation into a dragon two things ended up standing out in a bad way. The first being the protagonist’s heavy use of European English slang (which comes across like parody), and the second being the baffling introduction of a completely ill-fitting gamified stat System.