The Sichuan Tang Clan’s Entomologist

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What a treat to see a story, where the clan is not only happy to have the protagonist, but there isn't any constant misunderstanding drama between the protagonist and the love interest.

I hope the author doesn't turn this one into another story of "Evil guy is threatening you. After defeating Evil Guy, we show you how he actually worked for Evil Guy 2 who now has to be in the story, so that we can reveal Evil Guy 3 who is actually the bad guy in this tory."

Also, I like how the protagonist goes "disgusting old man" mode on insects.
 
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What a treat to see a story, where the clan is not only happy to have the protagonist, but there isn't any constant misunderstanding drama between the protagonist and the love interest.

I hope the author doesn't turn this one into another story of "Evil guy is threatening you. After defeating Evil Guy, we show you how he actually worked for Evil Guy 2 who now has to be in the story, so that we can reveal Evil Guy 3 who is actually the bad guy in this tory."

Also, I like how the protagonist goes "disgusting old man" mode on insects.
feel the same way, its so goofy, i love it.
 
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yeah, it's an interesting concept. i like the idea of a main character who specializes in one ultra specific thing that makes him valuable in a world where it'd be useful, but hated or laughed at for in his original world.

unfortunately, the author fell down the common trope of making every other character---besides the mc---inexplicably incompetent. Instead of being capable problem-solvers like they should be given their status as high-ranking members of a major clan, they stand around clueless in basically every scenario until the MC steps in with a painfully obvious solution, just for the author to have everyone around him shower him with praise as a once-in-a-century genius.

it's the worst part of these stories, they can't create actual character depth within their main character, so they dumb down every other character around him to make him seem important. any satisfaction i got from the story's intriguing concept immediately vanished the second i realized that.
 
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Overall things are enjoyable and I appreciate the attempts to share the author's love of the topic with the audience.

There is one bit that perplexes me though, and that's that MC somehow seems to not only have knowledge from earth but also inexplicably will blurt out some trivia about a creature that is related to the non-earth setting and I'm just left wondering about the time we didn't see, did he learn this during 'childhood' or is is some sort of ability that he figures out the non-scientific stuff through raw intuition too. Either way it goes a bit beyond what I naturally accept he would know and it feels out of place.
 
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So was there really no other way to move along the plot than have someone rush into the room for the 5th time and announce something terrible is happening? Because that's how most of the first twenty chapters worked. I'm on the blood master guy fight with the obligatory "MC has flashbacks to his loved ones and gets determined" shtick, and I hope it starts getting less basic and more creative with the approach to story telling.

So far, not impressed, but I'm holding on in the hopes of it getting better over time.
 

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