{"id":10816,"date":"2023-09-05T11:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=10816"},"modified":"2023-09-15T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:40:51","slug":"the-most-heretical-last-boss-queen-1-3-the-vexations-of-a-shut-in-vampire-princess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/the-most-heretical-last-boss-queen-1-3-the-vexations-of-a-shut-in-vampire-princess\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MOST HERETICAL LAST BOSS QUEEN #1-3 & The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting off a bit like Nise Seijo<\/a>, Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.<\/a> (English subtitle: FROM VILLAINESS TO SAVIOR<\/em>) quickly goes in a more standard otome game<\/a> direction focused on drama and romance with frequent comedic relief.<\/p>\n

As far as genre goes there’s no issue since all the various elements are blended together well. No, the issues lie with the protagonist (who’s something of a ditz) and the writing style (heavy on repetition). She’ll fret about troublesome upcoming game events… then go out of her way to encounter them, change how they play out… then act shocked when future events deviate from the game’s, deliberately trigger all of someone’s romance flags… only to be perplexed when he falls in love with her instead of her sister. It’s exasperating.<\/p>\n

The first Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon book<\/a> is a bait and switch, starting off as a perverted comedy only to swerve straight into heavy drama for the second half. I ended up liking neither incarnation; the perversion level is much too high in the comedic half while the antagonist of the dramatic half is one of the worse archetypes (blames everyone for their problems except the person actually responsible).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting off a bit like Nise Seijo, Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu. (English subtitle: FROM VILLAINESS TO SAVIOR) quickly goes in a more standard otome game direction focused on drama and romance with frequent comedic relief. As far as genre goes there’s no issue since all the various elements are blended together well. No, the issues lie with the protagonist (who’s something of a ditz) and the writing style (heavy on repetition). She’ll fret about troublesome upcoming game events… then go out of her way to encounter them, change how they play out… then act shocked when future events deviate from the game’s, deliberately trigger all of someone’s romance flags… only to be perplexed when he falls in love with her instead of her sister. It’s exasperating. The first Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon book is a bait and switch, starting off as a perverted comedy only to swerve straight into heavy drama for the second half. I ended up liking neither incarnation; the perversion level is much too high in the comedic half while the antagonist of the dramatic half is one of the worse archetypes (blames everyone for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28,723,721,722,64,724,510],"class_list":["post-10816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-fantasy","tag-higeki-no-genkyou","tag-hikikomari-kyuuketsuki-no-monmon","tag-kotei-kobayashi","tag-romance","tag-tenichi","tag-young-adult-novel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t