Mecha X Magic X Another World

To be blunt, the industrial system the author depicts is incredibly simplistic and naive. Real industry is a complex system, not just a steam engine, a single product, or a theory. Take the steamship, for example. The author writes it like, "I have a steam engine, I have a ship. Beep beep beep! I have a steamship." However, a steamship should have many components, such as a reliable bearing. The bearing design and lubrication are flattened out and rendered nonexistent by the author. These truly essential details are omitted, replaced by trigonometric calculations from astrology. Astrology...

This is my first time writing something like this, so I'm not used to it. At first, I thought this book was quite interesting—a steady, well-developed isekai (otherworld farming) story (a decaying kingdom combining industry and magic to develop, rise up, overthrow, and establish a new order, then face an even stronger enemy, and unite with other races to fight against it). This type of story is destined to be about growth. In the first half, the male protagonist's intelligence was still intact, and his romance with Xia reminded me of *How the Steel Was Tempered*. The differences in their thinking meant they weren't really compatible, but later the author clearly went to great lengths to make them together, even lowering the male protagonist's intelligence and changing Xia's character. The author really isn't suited to writing romance...

In the plot of reversing Asis, Sang Yue seems to be forcibly trying to disgust the protagonist, and incidentally, the readers as well. The protagonist has shot himself in the foot. And Sang Yue has only been here a few days, yet she dares to mock the protagonist's army, navy, and air force—is she trying to rebel? I've read from around chapter 300 to around chapter 500, enduring 200 chapters of frustration. First, she was trying to curry favor with the royal family for money, then the protagonist finally showed some strength during the Asis attack. And what was the result? Now, Sang Yue appears to disgust everyone. Some of the plot points are colder than bad jokes, not funny at all. If I hadn't bought all the current chapters, I wouldn't have been able to continue reading. The chapters before 300 were...

To be honest, it feels like the author has absolutely no understanding of science or practical technology, nor is he knowledgeable about military equipment. He's frantically providing aid to the enemy, as if he's afraid a potential foe won't be able to kill him—it's like he's selling the very rope that will strangle him. The technology is overly simplistic; he doesn't care about any prerequisite technologies, and there's absolutely no consideration for process and industrial scale. The steppes can even analyze the gunpowder composition and manufacturing process from finished bullets and still mass-produce them. India must be crying in the toilet. And I must say, guns can be manufactured in workshops, but bullets are very difficult, let alone mass-producing standardized bullets. Even now...

Seeing the latest installment, 1256, I have some thoughts I need to share. This book can be considered an engineering student's romantic fantasy about science, but it has virtually nothing to do with science itself. The main problem is that the author, or rather the protagonist, doesn't understand what science is. 1. Misinterpretation of Marxist thought: The protagonist constantly emphasizes that he is a materialist, yet all his actions and thoughts are typical idealism. Materialism posits that the world is essentially material, but the protagonist only believes what he sees and imagines, ignoring the relationship between phenomena and essence, and failing to acknowledge the connections between things. The entire book only offers a formal interpretation of materialism...

I couldn't hold back when I saw the end of the table of contents, and they really ran away.

Looks like I passed the third interview and ended up as a corporate slave. But why didn't they explain? Even just giving a brief outline would have been fine.

I've seen many positive reviews, but I personally didn't like it. I only read about 460 chapters. My impression of the protagonist is that of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, constantly saying he dislikes the royal family. Yet, he's banished to Assis and doesn't seem angry at all. It's really frustrating to watch. The tech tree progression is interesting. The protagonist proposes concepts and alchemy is implemented. However, the tech progression lacks detail. There's only a slight improvement at the beginning with the bearing. It's basically a tech explosion at home, then going out to war, then another explosion upon returning. What kind of tech tree progression is that? Furthermore, the protagonist's intelligence is unstable. During the battle with Assis, he understands the importance of wearing down the enemy because failing to heal would demoralize the soldiers. He understands human nature, yet he repeatedly...

Well, those who know, know. This book is about an engineering student's dream. Although it's somewhat unrealistic and has some unavoidable flaws, it depicts a wildly imaginative world. It's also highly polarizing; readers who like it praise it greatly, while many others don't. To each their own. After all, some of those whimsical dreams are hard to relate to. For example, I think Zaku is cool, EVA is awesome, and the GM and Jegan family represent a legacy of faith, but Gundam is just effeminate! So, I'm very fortunate to have a book like this that fulfills an engineering student's whimsical dream. Well, those who know, know!

Tomb sweeping and checking in! It's been 3 years since my last update, time to commemorate it!