Release That Witch

[sinisempi]

@bk3k it ended at the start of this month. you don't have all that many chapters left to read. as for the censorship china cracked down on the big wn site RTW is on (basically anything pornographic/political/religious/violent may be taken down) around the same time. i think RTW may have been affected briefly but was restored pretty quickly (i dont read directly from the source so thats just what i remember having heard).

 

[Dun_de_Liawn]

Can somebody tell me, the site for the novel of this story?
And which chapter is this manhua/manga
currently at on the novel?

 

[deerafl]

@Dun_de_Liawn:
boxnovel
i think its on ch 50-70? Sorry, but i urge you to read from the start. Novel version gives a very different experience

 

[Nighterfield]

@deerafl boxnovel is an aggregator site. they steal other people's hard work and post it on their own site and make a profit out of it. go to novelupdates.com instead, that site will direct you to the real translator's site

 

[Nitrook]

Damn game of thrones

 

[deerafl]

@Nighterfield
Novelupdates is the best, but you can only get RTW up to ch 378 over there

 

[fullcounter]

@Nitrook ikr xD

 

[ReaVen_LEAD]

Is this going to turn into a civil war, battle royal of factions? Well I want to read the novel since its an interesting story so far, but I saw that it was last updated around late 2017, any chance someone is going to pick it up or has it vanished from the web?

 

[Gatarlo]

Release that witch : actual chapter is 1264 http://novelfull.com/release-that-witch.html

 

[Baklava]

Very mild spoilers while I talk about my opinion on this series

I was really enjoying this series as a comic and decided to check out the novel which maintained it's enjoyability and freshness for a long time but I noticed something that sort of ruined the series for me. before I get into what this is I want to preface this by saying that I don't normally get too invested in the romances in these series unless they're particularly interesting, which was not the case in this one. The problem I have with the direction this takes is a common issue in lots of Chinese and Japanese series which is that

Spoiler

the protagonist often ends up pursuing a relationship with the Mary Sue female lead who has practically no personality, despite a (by Western standards anyway) more attractive and interesting romantic interest with whom they share more in common. Anna is like a blank slate. She only shows up when the protagonist needs something and her primary personality traits are "genius and female." Nightingale consistently shows more personality, nuance, and maturity. She's a far more complex character whose internal motivations extend beyond pleasing Roland because he rescued her that one time, even when she does find herself hopelessly attracted to him she realizes she has no chance and leads to its own kind of character development. I get that romance doesn't work that way but it seems like the author has spent more time developing a strong female lead that complements the protagonist in a meaningful way and then decided it was easier to phone it in by using stock character A for the romantic subplot. Like what? What do Anna and Roland have to talk about with each other than how much they like each other and how much heat Anna should apply to iron to solder an electromagnet? It's a weird take on a relationship that's primarily defined not by the mutual attraction of equals but by someone whose entire life literally revolves around the other's. It's kind of creepy since if Anna were to reject Roland she literally risks death. Despite her powers she doesn't have the skills or experience to survive on her own, she's completely dependant on Roland emotionally and physically. Roland struggles with this for all of 5 minutes before he decides that newly 18 y/o child with no personality and complete dependence on him is a more interesting and exciting romantic partner than the more attractive (to me) woman with whom he actually shares goals and can hold a conversation with for more than 2 minutes because she actually has something in her head. They might even get into some sort of ideological conflict that would force the protagonist to think about his actions because he values his relationship with someone who is his equal rather than someone who will huff for 5 minutes and call him whatever the Chinese equivalent of "baka" before smiling sweetly and forgiving him because he spent too much time thinking about the well-being of his people or because his first instinct was not to confide in her when he's distraught over some tough decision she would be absolutely unable to provide any valuable insight into.

tl;dr- The series goes downhill due to the author copping out and pairing up Roland and Anna when Nightingale is a far superior character in both her compatibility with Roland and her overall characterization whereas Anna is a background character that gets far too much focus and is inexplicably thrust into a relationship with the protagonist for no other reason than reader wish fulfilment because she's a cute and pure teen whose only motivations are pleasing Roland (because she will literally die if she puts her out) and wasting air.

I guess I don't know why this bothers me so much, but it pretty much ruined the series for me. Perhaps the author wrote himself into a corner and couldn't keep up with the demands of complexity that this would place on him.

 

[getnikkoo]

So is this the time to stop it, it was really nice though.

 

[rokuro]

What is this announcement how can they charge us money in mangadex is he a idiot...
Why there is money beggar people like this...!

 

[Raidou13]

@rokuro
That's from the raw source...
It's not mangadex or even the translator group it's the author... They said they'll start charging money from readers in their website...

 

[Kalec]

@rokuro same reason there are idiots thinking this note was from the scanlation group and not from the actual author, that was simply translated. Some people are just stupid beyond hope

 

[rokuro]

😂😂😂haha no hope for them😝lol stupid peoples

 

[Kookiezi]

I'm gonna fucking say this, this series is a big NO from me, stay away from this, you've been warned

 

[monkey123]

@Kookiezi
Why so? Could you tell without spoiler?

@Baklava

Spoiler

I see. But why didn't the author just make both of them waifus?

 

[LordGray]

isekai historical stories follow a path Great > Good with few problems > ok with some problems > meh with problems > bad > bad with problems > shit with a shit ton of problems.

The prime example of this would be InuYasha. When it started everyone (and i mean everyone) loved it, liked it, or thought it was good but not for them. As time with on the problems started showing up and the longer it went on the more problems that kept showing up.

It went from Great to meh with problems.

This story though? It started from Ok and is currently on bad with problems. If it doesn't change it will be hot trash.

 

[Baklava]

@monkey123 Because of the author's wife. She wouldn't allow it.

 

[Kookiezi]

@Monkey123 firstly this doesnt quite match with the novel, secondly i respect the author but the stories went downhill pretty fast, thirdly i got the same opinion about the heroine like Baklava did, if you cant write romance then dont, well maybe this doesnt have a romance afterall there's no romance tag