Your Style is Strong, But Mine Reigns Supreme!

I picked up this book again because I was having a reading slump, but when I saw that Aizen had been turned into a female character, I felt a wave of dizziness and suddenly remembered how I had abandoned this book before.

Hello everyone, I'd like to share my thoughts on the author's previous book and several other books written before. Please refrain from negative comments. First, the plot: aside from the original work by the author who left the project unfinished, the other five books written by the author are all crossover/anime/crossover stories. The works appear in various anime series, including Type-Moon Outer Codex (5 times), Godkiller (5 times), Akatsuki (3 times), No Game No Life Zero (3 times), Little Garden (2 times), Bleach (2 times), Re: Zero (2 times), and DanMachi (2 times). These works include every Type-Moon and Godkiller series, especially the characters in Fate/Grand Order and Godkiller, which I'm tired of seeing. Moreover, each book has a separate volume of Type-Moon slice-of-life side stories, regardless of the protagonist's strength, I just want to write about it. I suspect the author has been playing FGO for too long and has projected that image onto the books. Also, why does the author always write about Fate/Grand Order side stories? There are so many Type-Moon themes, such as Pseudo-Fate/Grand Order, Moon Cup, and Tsukihime, but why focus on the less popular side stories and write about them five times? I've written about the harem/overpowered trope of Godslayer five times. While the power is easily obtained, there are countless worlds where this isn't the only powerful one. I haven't written about Strike the Blood or High School DxD because it's too easy to obtain the Holy Grail and power in other worlds; writing about others would be too troublesome. Akame ga Kill! And No Game No Life Zero are also written similarly. Akame ga Kill! Is written in the early stages, while No Game No Life Zero is written near the end. Goetia appears in four books, from the final boss and major boss to minor bosses and occasional characters. This character, like those frequently appearing worlds and characters, doesn't offer much to write about. Regarding this point, the Type-Moon universe in three other books hasn't been explored in much detail. The one I check in on is a bit better; the universe in the art style is Bleach, so most of it has been explored. However, Bleach has been written about countless times already. From the author's first book, I actually really liked the way powers and skills combine to create new abilities in Godkiller, but even if you like it, repeating it too many times will get boring. The purpose of writing Godkiller is just for the power; the characters are unimportant. Also, with the art style, I stopped reading the first part of the book, up to Heroic Age, and only read the ending. When this book was first released, it was announced that it would include God Eater, Naruto, Gintama, Persona, and the Little Garden. I was looking forward to seeing how the first four would be written, but the last one is understandable. The author wouldn't delve into the Little Garden storyline. Actually, of the five books, I like "The Warrior of Love's Redemption" the most because it doesn't have Akatsuki or No Game No Life, and it has a grand world view like Ultraman and Gurren Lagann, which makes it very suitable for the protagonist to integrate into. The Little Garden storyline was written after the three-headed dragon, and an original villain was created, which was very suitable and similar to the original author. It's a pity that it ended there. This is what I think is the problem. The author is unwilling to delve into those unfamiliar or very long storylines, such as Type-Moon and the Little Garden.

Who are the female leads?

Finally, I want to talk about the characters. The protagonists in the first four books all have common traits: they're like mythical heroes—principled, averse to good, with a touch of wicked humor, prone to witty remarks, belligerent, and incredibly resilient. While the art styles differ superficially in each book, I feel they're quite similar. This book's protagonist, Aizen Iori, emphasizes art style, pretentiousness, acting, and fashion sense. He acts from beginning to end, and I felt this was wrong. First of all, what kind of person is Aizen from the original Bleach? He's definitely not benevolent. Using hundreds of Shinigami and civilians to create the Hogyoku isn't justice. He never claims to fight for anything else; he always fights for himself. He's cunning and adept at disguise. If that's the case, he's at most a schemer. The reason he's a top-tier popular character is because when he tears off his disguise, it's both shocking and perfectly natural. He disguises himself because he needs to; he could have continued pretending indefinitely, but he didn't! When the time was right, he declared war on the Soul Society in a grand manner. Although Kyoka Suigetsu is an extremely terrifying Zanpakuto, if given a choice, he would actually want a Zanpakuto that is purely offensive. He despised Yamamoto and Urahara Kisuke because they had power and wisdom but still allowed the corrupt nobles to be high above them. They knew what the Soul King was like, yet they still maintained the status quo. Aizen rebelled because he could not accept that there were a group of corrupt people above him, and the loneliness of having no opponents or no one understanding him. So he stood in the sky. Aizen is a very charismatic villain. His lines and actions inspire people to imitate and worship him. The protagonist, Iori, played the role of "Aizen" in this world very well in the early stages. However, he seemed too engrossed in the role and deceived everyone. This was fine in other worlds, but in the main world of Bleach, he acted from beginning to end, and very few people knew Aizen's true identity. Even at the end, Iori's true identity was never revealed. Iori and Aizen are opposites! Iori has a bottom line and won't harm the innocent. She needs the art style and to travel through various worlds to act. Iori, on the other hand, wants Kyoka Suigetsu more. She has other systems of power and doesn't need to rely too much on Zanpakuto. For example, female Aizen doesn't have many scenes. Maybe the author's idea of Aizen is not the type to depend on others. What sets the protagonist apart from other protagonists is his exceptional acting skills. Even in the main world, he never completely sheds his disguise until the very end. I think this is the biggest difference between him and the original Aizen. Although the original Aizen was skilled in disguise and cunning, he only did so when he lacked the strength or the timing wasn't right. When he finally shed his disguise, he exuded an aura of dominance and inspires admiration. What I find unsatisfying is that the protagonist in this art style is simply accustomed to disguise, and his core is not much different from other protagonists.

I'm thinking of dropping the Shadow volume. Both Shadow and Uncle are abstract-style protagonists, and I'm too lazy to watch crossover protagonists steal the spotlight from these abstract characters.

Concealing spiritual pressure requires an item; if you don't reveal it yourself, how will anyone know? Does that mean if you don't use an item to conceal your spiritual pressure, it will always be exposed? If that's the case, then captain-level spirits would have already crushed weaker spirits around them. Not to mention captains, even a seated officer's spiritual pressure is fatal to weaker spirits; they wouldn't even need to go to Rukongai. Take Abarai and Ikkaku, for example; they possess captain-level spiritual pressure but don't reveal it, and no one can detect it.

The author doesn't even understand the concept of Shinigami (Bleach), all they know is spiritual pressure.

What is this book about? Is it good?

I suggest not to explain the setting so densely.

The protagonist's third magic has a bug: in Type-Moon, the third magic grants immortality because souls within Type-Moon don't naturally perish or die without external influence, thus achieving immortality through materialization. However, Shinigami (Death Gods) naturally perish without external influence. Judging from Yamamoto's abilities, Shinigami can probably live for around two thousand years.