This Alluring Dark Elf Has the Heart of a Middle-Aged Man!

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It's not often that when I look up the source WN of these manga series that I end up binge reading the available translated chapters. It was / is surprisingly well written, and I hope the manga ends up being just as good as it continues.
 
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Actual fucking masterpiece. This is the most excellent art I ever saw, the true ultimate of the common manga style. The story is beautiful too. This is what an isekai should be. Putting it in the same category as the bland inserts is an insult
 
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Its very good so far, probably one of my tops even with just 13 chapters. Hope they keep going with it
 
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Seems like it could be an interesting read, provided the main character changes and grows out of their dull pessimistic personality pretty soon. Too many chapters of no confidence loser crap and it will get boring.
Don't worry, the character arc seems to be a slow burn, but by the current arc, they seem to be getting comfortable in their own skin. The break though in chapter 11 seems happens a little different than in the Web novels. It was a little cleaned up, and two events were merged into one, but the events serve as a foundation for a lot of Haruka loosing up and coming to terms with the trauma that their parents left them with when they didn't listen to their worries. The panel with the parents was like half a chapter in the Web Novel and was definitely fleshed out enough to explain their hangups.
 
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this is so good, i love these slow but meaninfull stories, MC seems to evolve in kinda slow chill pace and it fits so nicely with his older life and how he experience this new world
 
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For those who want more story now, the free webnovel is translated into English by Magic House TL up to chapter 188. I would post the direct link but that seems to get my post deleted. Chapter 16 in the manga is at about Chapter 61 in the webnovel. If you finish all the available English translations, the original Japanese webnovel is available at both syosetu (ID: n3853hn) and kakuyomu (ID: 16816927859486361460). I recommend using google chrome's automatic translation to read it, it's quite good even with a machine translation.

The manga is great and I love it, but the webnovel has an even more relaxed pace which some people might enjoy. Also, some of the manga scenes feel like they missed details behind character motivations and feelings, which is much harder to convey in manga format compared to a webnovel.
 
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I like this a lot more than I expected to. It’s relaxed and slow-paced but hops enough ahead between chapters that it doesn’t feel stagnant. I look forward to see the main plot pick up and be introduced.
 
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This series is a bit blursed to me

1. The author seemingly spends a whole lot of time thinking—about the characters and their state of mind, about societies in general, and so on.
2. They sometimes come to very odd conclusions or have really glaring blind-spots in doing so. Some of them rankle (most glaringly an early episode where someone attempting rape in an alley is treated with about the same gravity as shoplifting, including being all buddy-buddy afterwards)

There's also insightful, thoughtful, and gentle moments. It... well, it comes out very "let him cook" and "why did you let him cook" simultaneously. When it's good, it can be quite good—and then sometimes it can infuriate you within seconds after a high note. A sincerely mixed bag.

Here at twenty chapters, I still have no idea whether I'm ultimately going to love or hate this, or ultimately find it memorable or forgettable. I may have a complicated relationship with this until the end.
 
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Some people like to say "estrogen could save her." I won't say that. I will say that sometimes you should go to therapy instead of the Wacom tablet.
 
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Decent series. A bit slow story-wise, but no harems, edginess, or slaves so far.
The protagonist is powerful, but not world-ending powerful like most overpowered isekai protagonists or look annoyingly proud for being OP.
 

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