They're Great, but I Won't Be a Villainous NTR Guy

I'm so annoyed! The first male lead starts out penniless and without a phone, and instead of trying to earn money, he complains about how boring it is to be without a phone at night. So? Even ignoring his reluctance to take a temporary job (wouldn't he trigger an NTR plot?), Doesn't he know there's a prize in the kendo tournament? Then he says his abilities are too unfair, not the result of hard work, and that it's unfair to the geniuses? Finally, the system gives him a piece of indestructible paper, which he uses to earn some money, and then he goes and buys some random animation DVD. He even uses his lottery chances to get a DVD as a bonus? What's the point of that alpaca thing? And it keeps coming out to pee every now and then...

This book is good, wow, I really didn't expect that the wounds I suffered from watching these NTR works out of curiosity (although I only watched them once and then deleted them, these works are like poison, corroding me and difficult to heal), wounds that even binge-watching pure love anime couldn't effectively heal, would actually be mostly healed in this way. Tsk tsk, oh me, sigh.

Seeing that the protagonist was an older man before his transmigration felt a bit strange, and his sudden attack in the next chapter made it even more unbearable. So why not set his pre-transmigration identity as a high school student? That would at least be more reasonable. Setting him as an older man is like a loser, greasy middle-aged man getting his sore spot touched and then resorting to violence – it feels a bit disgusting.

The protagonist's personality... Tsk, so hard to judge, I guess I'll just have to throw this book away.

Now that the rating system is removed from book reviews, I'd still give this book an 8 out of 10. I'm a pretty demanding reader when it comes to novels (after all, I paid to read them), so 8 isn't low. First, let's talk about the good points: First, the brutal killing of the NTR character is a big plus. For a free spirit like me who loves exploring the true meaning of human life, NTR works are like that kind of bad-tasting stinky tofu—it smells awful, doesn't taste good, but I'm still stubbornly drawn to try it. Widely circulated works of this genre are like an unsightly ink stain on my reading experience—ugly and hard to erase. This book, to some extent, gave me a chance to redeem the female protagonist of the novel...

I downloaded Pineapple Bun just to read your book, please promise me you won't finish it so soon, okay?

Based on my years of experience, to make watching NTR less uncomfortable, you need to learn to empathize, acknowledge species diversity (later on, because in some extreme cases, the blond guy might not actually be human), and learn to split yourself into multiple people (because there will be multiple characters). At first, you can find some reasonably good-looking blond guys to identify with; later, you can try identifying with people who look abstract; and still later, you can try goblins or something similar. Of course, if you're a master at identifying with the female protagonist's perspective (I know some), then disregard what I said. Also, compared to anime, the NTR in novels (especially those by forum moderators) is truly outrageous; without a certain level of expertise, don't try it lightly. ...

The protagonist was definitely not an adult in his past life, awkward, divine gold.

This review is dedicated to the first book I subscribed to and followed all the way to the end. Nanao Akane, Kurashiki Rena, Kobayashi Ayaka, Shiina Chizuru, and Shirasaki Kokoro—these female protagonists, whose characters in doujinshi were often underdeveloped and frustrating, were gradually polished by the author into angelic girls who are sometimes pitiful, sometimes laughable, but whose growth process makes everyone proud. To be honest, some chapters in the middle were quite weak; the kendo tournament and singing competition segments were complete failures and should have been omitted. My biggest complaint is that the male lead really lacks emotion, and there are very few instances of mutual love. Girls as wonderful as Akane and Kurashiki truly deserve to be...

In the past two years, this book has been rated 8.5 Out of 10 on Pineapple Bun (a Chinese online literature review platform). However, compared to other Chinese web novels, it's below 6, so there's no point in giving it a specific score (I'm quite strict, and about 80% of books don't even reach 6). Let's start with the strengths: there are no major flaws (only a psychologically fragile postmodern cyberpunk baby would nitpick and find fault with this book). The harem is large and diverse, and the characters are drawn from classic sources. The romantic subplot involving Kurashiki Reina is well-developed and relatively complete. All the female characters are well-developed; none are completely blank slates. Now for the weaknesses: the male lead's character development is terrible. I can understand the author writing an invincible harem anime male lead...