Re:Monster

Honestly, this might be the worst piece of litterature I have ever laid my eyes on in my life. It's clear that this author is very bad at his craft. It seems to follow the recent trend of where authors with bad writing, manage to get popular by either following a popular topic, like being reborn in a different world, or where they get popular by the story. And I guess this kind of fits into both categories, and at least in the beginning, the story is very interesting.

However it quickly goes down hill when the summaries get even shorter, and it's basicly nothing but the authors personal wish fullfilment fantasy. The writing is in journal form, so theres almost zero dialogue in the entire story. This is bad as theres nothing that drives the development of the characters.

Though it's clear that the author doesn't care from the way he almost dedevelops his characters. The MC starts out with an interesting personality, but quickly gets bland and goes against his very own opinions. Like they never existed in the first place.

It's nothing but an OP wish fullfilment fantasy and it only gets clearer and clearer the further you read. I would recommend reading the manga instead because even though it also gets bad as time goes on, it's at least a decent work for a few chapters.

Rou's got a magic d*ck which forcefully plunders the hearts of young maidens.

Kichi's got a d*ck that was born for Rou to use.

Mi's got a d*ck and an obsessive love of Rou since day one.

Walline is human yet loves Rou's green magic d*ck.

Jii is old and got cuckold by Rou, yet still adores him.

Sato is female so is obviously in love with Rou.

Aoi Kirimine was in love with Rou before Rou was Rou.

Emery is female (see above).

Sei: female, Rou, above.

E is ugly, so naturally she gets handed to Kichi.

As the characters evolve the story devolves. From character-piece to power-grind to goblin erotica. And don't get me wrong, I like a bit of goblin erotica as much as the next guy, but Re: Goblino is some pretty bad erotica:

"teh penis in, out, in, out, Rou so big strong s*xy green, goblin god, no human jesus, christ. Done he finish, me finish five million times, since rou so big strong s*xy, green goblin, I finish more than he, because he green big strong s*xy, I super hot but nobody has ever touched, me. Because im so precious and hot and have high standard, but he green strong s*xy so it fine, he is better than me, yet im better than everyone else, Shrek so strong green big"

That's the extent of the erotica. The most offensive bit is the fact that Rou doesn't share his s*x slaves, like, my brother, these are community s*x slaves, why are you f**king them all by yourself?!? Poor man Jii has been pinning for an elven ride for half the novel and little Rou decides to grow three meters, piss around the entrance of the s*x slave dungeon, and expound righteously about how only his penis is fit for the heathen elves. That sh*t ain't fair. And not only does he monopolize the s*x slaves but he also f**ks every other female in the vicinity, be it human, goblin or tree thing it gets d*cked. My gramps Jii is a tragic hero, imagine spending nineteen years of your life creating children only for one of them to grow up and castrate you, damn sad.

I don't know what I was expecting to be honest. 1/10

A good start that starts to meander and get dragged on by politics. Spoilers below.

Storywise, the MC has the ability to gain abilities of anything he eats, and his rpg world makes the applications of his chimera ant-like powers very interesting. I liked watching him fight weaker monsters, eat them, then use their powers to beat and eat bigger monsters. Along the way he levels up, helps expand his tribe and strengthen his allies, and he develops weapons from monster carcasses like a turtle shell shield as well as gain weapons from other uses. The various job classes and combination abilities he has are pretty cool too, and his growth to eventually challenge the legendary heroes/dungeons and become a force to be reckoned with is pretty cool, as well as his later ability to do various summons.

The problems is that after about 125 days or so, he starts focusing on certain missions for the princess and setting up shops in the cities. This is hugely boring and also fairly meainingless, because he has the abilities luck/golden rule/overcharge/etc that allow him to rip off merchants and always win overall at gambling. In addition, his power level means he can challenge numerous dungeons and got a ton of money from his loot. In fact, with his power, hes able to kill the entire city just about if he wanted. So theres little reason to spend so many days talking about the shops and the chump change he gets from it. Its a large detour from the start when he focused on getting abilities and becoming stronger, which was much more interesting. The level up and rank up after 100 levels was interesting too, though I did feel they leveled up really quick compared to the power level of other monsters/humans.

Another issue was the politics involed with the princess and the kingdom. It was handled almost as badly as in Mushiku Tensei. It was largely boring, waiting around day after day when he had a near infinite (several thousand) undead soldiers and golems that he could spawn and yet he wouldnt attack with them. This drawn out battle was extremely boring.

Theres also many days spent just drinking or lounging around his base. While the base is interesting, it started to get dull because he would gloss over the details and focus on the elven wine/other alcohols.

The characters arent all that developed and a bit stereotyped, but it didnt bother me much as Im not a character guy. I still found the MC more likeable than, say, Rudeus.

I still enjoyed reading this for the rpg and battles/abilities/dungeons and other rpg aspects, but I didnt care for a lot of the above. I also found his recruitment and usage of his enslave ability a bit too convenient for some troops, like Avenger. The auto activations of psalms and his storyline didnt make much sense and I thought things were awfully convenient falling into place too. I think Idve preferred if he left his village and traveled the world rather than set up shitty bases in towns that he could easily conquer. Anyway, overall a solid read for the rpg world its in but gets much worse after he starts to venture to the human world and embroiled in unnecessary boring politics. The fire volcano dungeon was semi interesting, but him fighting the dragon solo was a bit much.

Story has a nice idea, but unfortunately it's being done better already by Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken. Whilst Re:Monster has a nice idea, and is does have it's perks of being slightly darker than Tensei, it has numerous flaws that Tensei and many others of the reincarnation genre do not.

Number 1: The writing style, Re:Monster feels like it is the diary of a chuunibyou child with a god complex. The constant actions and notes of the thoughts of the main character make this series feel like it was written by a chuuni, who psychopathic in nature, has been gifted with ever growing god like power. The story also frequently uses annoying phrases like "by the way" "with regards to" "oh by the way" and "Oh just so you know", which may not sound bad, but after reading those exact words at the start of a paragraph for the 600th fucking time, you will be aggravated as well. Not to mention these words completely destroy the flow of the story, and are often followed by convenient plot points the author couldn't bother to insert naturally. It often leaves us feeling like this was written by a child telling a story of how he saved the world. And frankly makes the main character seem like a moron, who has a strange habit of forgetting extremely important details, or has had his past edited to fit his needs.

Number 2: The characters are completely and absolutely flat. No character aside from the protagonist has any depth. They are flatter than a stick note. None of them go through any significant character growth, and we scarcely get to see in their minds and learn anything notable about them. The most character we get from them is lust or their actions. Rou, the protagonist and only character with depth (which only can be said since we view the story from his perspective), is a psychopath, completely devoid of emotion and empathy. He completely disregards all life not directly related to him, or unlikely to influence his life, or the lives of those affiliated with him. While I don't think these things automatically means he's a bad character quality wise, but with the already poor writing, it feels like a magnifying glass that amplifies the size of the overall poor quality of the series. As he seems like an uninteresting character as he shows almost no genuine concern for his supposed lovers or children, and when he does, it looks and feels extremely superficial and contrived. Which reminds me, it seems like half the people related to him are suffering some perverse Stockholm Syndrome. They all seem to love him even though he is technically their enslaver. Yea he gives them the opportunity of freedom, and "protects them", but he sure as hell has done nothing to earn their love.

Number 3: The world system. The world in which Rou lives is like a game, in which levels and jobs are extremely prevalent to both monsters and humans, I won't go into depth of the system mainly because it was never explained as well as it could and should have. Yes, the system regarding the world, namely the "Book of Psalms" or what ever has had minimal memorable explanation, and translation in regards to those specifically has either been poor at best, or simply incomprehensible in the English language. The world system when translated to English makes very little sense, and seems extremely gimmicky and unnatural. Honestly, I don't like when this kind of system is put into a reincarnation / isekai series unless it is a genuine game. It feels gimmicy and makes the world seem less natural unless executed especially well, the Slime isekai I mentioned earlier is no exception.

Number 4: The story, or rather lack of. There is zero story, and zero plot. It's only about Rou's and his group's "growth", aside from that, the stories are episodic, which can easily be good, but this series drones on and gets repetitive real damn fast. And as mentioned in the first complaint, a vast majority of the "plot points" feel extremely contrived, and like the world was edited to fit his needs simply because the author was too shit to remember them, or insert them fluidly or naturally.

Anyways, my actually scoring for this series are as follows:

Story: 1
It's pathetic really, it's just Rou fights this, gets stronger, then fights an even bigger thing and gets stronger. Oh and picks up a new harem member or kid along the way. I'll be somewhat fair and say, it is very difficult to stay interesting as an episodic series. Keeping the reader's interest is no easy task or at least readers who have no particular attachment to isekai.

Art: 6
Average, the art in the story are what you'd expect from most light novels. I will grant that the covers are usually quite well done.

Character: 1
A total joke, none of the supporting characters have any depth, and Rou struggles to feel two dimensional, let alone three.

Enjoyment: 1
At first, for the first give or take 50 chapters, I enjoyed it, seeing a character get strong from the ground up as well as develop their environment, but it quickly fell into repetition and lost it's appeal. It's also very hard to make short term growth feel realistic or genuine as very few things in human life provide such a degree of instant gratification.

Overall: 1
It's a nice concept, but poor in execution, especially in character, writing style and story... Whoops, that's everything.

PS, NO ONE GIVES A SHIT WHAT THE FOOD TASTES LIKE, MY GOD, FUCK OFF WITH CONSTANT RECOUNTS OF HOW AMAZING EVERY SINGLE YOU EAT TASTES, NO ONE GIVE A DAMN!
Rant aside, it's always the same thing, this thing tastes better than the last thing I ate, but it has a different texture.

Re: Monster is definitely one of the most enjoyable novels I have read in a long time. Firstly I should mention that the writing style is similar to a diary and everything is viewed in first person. Dialogue we see is few and the readers only view characters as the way Rou perceives them (Most of the time)... can also be certain instances where we get POV of others but it is few. With that said besides Rou we don't get much of other characters but I still really like Rou and his power so it is fine for me but if you don't like the cold calculating anti-hero type then avoid Re:Monster. Next is the story and in this novel it takes an approach where there isn't one huge goal but more of whatever the MC feels like doing he will do, you might think that gets boring but his antics are one of the best parts (without spoiling much I will just say he is very greedy and always wants to improve his abilities and position in the new world. Examples being going into a fight he only believes he has a 30% chance of victory just because he wants the abilities of the monster or using addictive lotion on nobles so they always have to come back to his massage shop...) There is sex in this story but it isn't descriptive and he also has several wives so warning for the people who don't want that. Art isn't very involved as it is a novel but a manga version of this is out and it is done pretty nicely. I would recommend this to people who are looking for a story about a character who starts at the bottom and travels to the top.

Now for the flaws as I did have a few I want to mention. Firstly is like I said earlier how it is all written like a diary, it is definitely a double edged sword and it makes me feel less connected to other characters. Secondly is the fact that it has great story potential but it isn't used to its fullest and what I mean is how he was reincarnated and his blessing by a greater god. They aren't delved into much even by day 190 (vol 5) so guys who like epic stories definitely will dislike the feeling of such wasted potential. I had a few other issues but none worth mentioning.

Conclusion is that I really enjoy it and will continue reading as long as it keeps going. I also want to mention since bakaupdates (the site most people know of) doesn't update when new chapters are translated and I don't know why. On the wiki you can read all of volumes 1-5 in english that was translated by Pacem community translations. For the hardcore fans of this series who are looking for some like it I would also recommend checking out Royal Road Legend or Japtem as they have hundreds of Fanfics just off this novel, which isn't surprising as the world concept is epic!

What happens when you let a teenage otaku suffering from chuunibyo, write his own light novel? Re:Monster would be that answer.

Well I'm not sure if it is a kid who wrote this mess of a novel but it definitely matches the storytelling that one of my younger cousins would come up with when they were in their early teens.

Re:Monster is another fantasy/re-incarnation tale that I've just started reading having come across this series as recommendation after reading Gun-Ota, Mushoku Tensei and Souen no Historia(novels that also have re-incarnation as a theme).

So going back to my first sentence, Re:Monster really feels like a kid had wrote it and the story-telling itself feels like a copy of a walkthrough you'd find at GameFAQ/dot/com(no...seriously). Everything is narrated like as if the main character was in a game(even though he isn't) and the way he levels up is so stupid that if this was actually a game, the game company would have gone bankrupt before end of volume 1.

One of the reasons why I rate this series poorly is due to that; no matter how much you try to paint the MC as a hero(or anti-hero) or even a villain, he is anything but due to having no plot and the repetitiveness of his antics has pretty much gone stale by volume 2. To make matters worse, he has a harem of (human)women suffering Stockholm-syndrome who is meant to be in love with him. I won't go in to detail so as not to spoil for any potential reader, but one thing I will say is that that part of the series felt like I was reading hentai for a moment. Like really...

Anyways...back to the review; Re:Monster is not recommendable for all. Some may like it or are only their for the M18+ moments but to be honest, even those occasions are dry after his second time.

Overall Rating: 3/10

Once upon a time, there`s 3 manga that stoods out as related to "Goblin".

Goblin Slayer, Tenshi Slime (read more then you know why), and Re:Monsters. (The Killer, The God, and The Leader)

Re:Monsters is another isekai manga (which has been way too many), that reborn into a lowest rank. Goblin, well that sucks.
Soon after that, MC had an ability to gain skills and stats just by eating "anything". Yes "anything". But after that, they can evolved into more higher rank, just like games.

Aside of character, Rou, which is MC, is quite OP character, likeable. As well as the side character, Kichi and E. Further character would be a captured humans but since everyone said, its a typical harem bs manga, but i tend to ignore. Others were a typical cliche character.

Main majority is too many character to explain with, but of course thats normal for a whole lead of Goblin army. And also since its a Mature manga,there`s no problem with violence, gore and probably might be a lot of hentai (i mean not really visual, but there`s a LOT in just 28 chapters.)

I don`t know about "where-do-i-progress" kinda manga, but as I said, I still enjoy reading it till now (even though most of translator dropped). Recommended.

This review also contains spoilers.

This review is just my ramblings, but if you can get value out of my word salad, then that's cool. And as always, don't take this as an objective critique of the material.

Story - 3 (Poor)

It's your standard run-of-the-mill isekai: the MC gets sent to another world for no reason whatsoever (with no real reason for even putting him there, it's just a mechanism to advance the story) and he proceeds to build a flourishing society. Plot points and characters are introduced seemingly to advance the plot and are done so very inorganically.

There is no effort put into the isekai mechanics at all, we just have to accept that the MC has this insane ability and can grow exponentially with no downside. The guy is overpowered and faces no challenges that are convincing to the audience.

The one thing interesting was the relationship between the tank character and the MC. The author drops hints that there is some tension in their relationship (finally!) but I didn't read far enough to get to any resolution of that plot point.

Art - 5 (Mediocre)

At the very least, the art is okay. It's by no means beautiful, but it does the job. Lots of blank and boring backgrounds too, there's no real attempt to establish any kind of geography: they're just in some kind of forest. Panelling is boring and there's not really any interesting perspectives in there. It does the job to satisfy the plot.

Character - 2 (Dreadful)

The MC is the absolute most perfect human being both in personality and in specs. There is no nuance to his character at all, the one character flaw that he has is that he's ruthless to insubordination but even in this case, no-one judges him poorly for it. The guy literally tortures people from his society and forces them to watch throughout the whole night to "prove a point". This would be interesting if it weren't for the fact that this seemingly has no consequence. Everyone just accepted it, no-one expressed their dislike for it, nope, torture is all a-go on the isekai-train!

The supporting cast are nothing to write home about either. They're all your typical tropes: you have a muscly tanky dude, you have the childhood friend, you have the quiet brooding type but perhaps the worst characters of all are the prisoners of war, who inexplicably fall in love with the MC. All five of them.

I could go on, but I fear that that I may be critique the tropes in isekais rather than an actual critique of the material.

Enjoyment - 6 (Fair)

Despite all this, if you are actually looking for a wish fulfilment power fantasy then this does do the job. The character designs are ok, there are some cute girls and there's a lot of implied sex but don't go for this if you're looking for smut. It's fairly tame in that regard.

Conclusions - 3 (Poor)

With all that being said, if you're willing to turn your brain off and watch this overpowered MC tenderly love his harem and face no challenge whatsoever as he grows in power exponentially, then this is the one. However, the isekai mechanics are executed poorly, the characters are paper thin and the setting is terribly banal. I'd like to believe there are better isekai out there that do all this better.

Honestly simply an excuse for someone with a rapey mentality to create a context where there is another world that justifies it perfectly and anyone who is not a female or not part of the MCs slave group does not exist. Still read quite a bit to see if anything ever changes. Nothing did

If you have a lot of time and given we all Do have enough of it to read every isekai that has ever come out so far, then this might be slightly worth it. But to be safe try putting this towards the end, just before all the cultivation and princess/ceo/daughter stuff one should not be ever going into

1st ever review since I wanted to explain my sadness at a possible amazing story with interesting ideas, especially since you don't often see ones from the monsters perspective, but after a short while its just a cycle of:
-I'm amazing
-Get skills
-Get women
-Get stuff
-get better

again and again.


Just a wish fulfillment fantasy that has one of the most OP MC's. There is no tension, you always know he will do everything right and perfect.
All this is over just a few months, ridiculously fast.
Random backstory about future...mutant..stuff? Not really explained other than to give him a vague reason for being so OP.
He must have 50 different 'trump cards' he could pull out.
Also the writing is god awful. Diary format as explained by the others, but it just weakens it further. Everything I do everything awesome and everyone loves me. Lots of gimmicks for lazy writing, and its so stale, it went from interesting to just wondering how much more OP he'll get.

One thing that's not too bad is the art, though that's not usually to hard to find these days. At least the author was able to profit from the recent "Isekai" trend.
Those who call this wonderful either have the mindset of the author or haven't been exposed to much good content yet.

This was very disappointing. It had a good idea and seemed to be going well however the mc became far to powerful to quickly outpacing the interactions he has with possible opponents. Many things I was looking forward to initially such as actual conflict and depth building with humans turned out to be nothing and it feels like the story devolves as it continues. In addition I did not see a harem tag when I started this manga but it is needed considering that is now 80% of the mangas motive. If your looking for harem with no depth then this is a fine manga to read however I stuck with it hoping that it would turn into something with deeper aspects and it continues to go further away from that.

One of the most cringeworthy shit shows I've read in awhile. Themes of Torture, Rape, Slavery, Unnecessary Nudity, etc are all prevalent and the norm in this manga. It might as well be listed as fantasy childish murder porn. Terrible writing, horrible leaps of logic, empty character progression and zero background context. Some vague mentioning about a previous life where the MC had psychic powers and was stabbed? Beyond that, nothing.

This Harem shitshow has a strange kind of reverence for torture and rape. It's honestly very disgusting how they present various gore porn immoral acts in a lighthearted and silly way. It's like, "Haha I'm flaying this guys skin for info but rly just to make an example for others and keeping him alive as long as possible to maximize his suffering! Hahahaha.. So anyways.. FAN SERVICE BOOBS HAHA GONNA RAPE SOME BITCHES! OH IT'S NOT RAPE IF I DRUG THEM FIRST KAY?! HAHA! Ok back to leveling up gaiz! REMEMBER DON RAPE DA GIRLS CUZ IT'S IMMORAL KAY?!" Followed by more fan service, murder porn, intellectually devoid dialog and more murder porn.

Besides that? What other sins does this shit show exhibit?

#1. HORRIBLY choreographed fight scenes. Like true garbage tier. Close ups of faces shouting their shallow motivated catch phrases with zero background art. The first real large battle against a huge army (1000+) has a few boulders run over two knights and a captain struggling behind the now encircled invisible opposing army. The MC's companions that the show has focused on building up to be strong? Literally one or two pages showing them ready for battle and then nothing. No fight scene. No intensity. Boring garbage. Thousands of soldiers against garbage goblins and it feels like they were fighting stick figures with toddler brains. My little cousin could choreograph a better doll fight than this.

#2. Rehashed mundane theme. It's basically a poorly written shit version of Overlord and similar tales.

#3. The plot is riddled w/ fan service/borderline porn but no actual substance or progression. (Redundant I know)

#4. The dialog and thoughts of all characters are as shallow and uninspiring as the overall story itself. The MC barely questions his reality and there is zero context to his persona in his previous life outside of a strange reference that he was psychic. ??? Wtf? Ok... elaborate? Is there a prequel to this shit show? Please god say no.

#5. Glorification of rape and objectification of women on a level that is simply absurd.

#6. No fucking logic. The world somehow has meta knowledge of "classes" and "abilities" and other rpg elements like levels. Wtf? Is it a game then? Is there no questioning any of this stupid shit?

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. Because death is simplify a painful truth.

Re:monster is a manga by Kanekiru Kogitsune who came up with a new concept we never experienced before. Leave the hero, knight, and savior concepts behind. Those were the elements that actually made the manga pretty good to read as it not cliché like a main character acting as the savior. Yes, the manga bring out a monster as main protagonist. They main focus is Rou who is more a monster than a hero or knight.

Story
The story is about Tomokui Kanata who is gifted with esper ability. One night, Kanata is killed by a stalker and being re-incarnated as a goblin. Goblin class is the weakest and lowest class in the created world. This magic world is where also exist other species like orcs, elves, humans, and much more monsters. His memories as a human with the esper ability remained with him. Given a new name as Rou by eldest goblin, he is determined to live his life to the fullest this time. You will read this as the story will show you new path to adventures.

Art
Pretty well drawn. Not a masterpiece but also not the worst. I would consider it above average actually.

Character
Rou is actually a unique person blessed with esper abilities. He also kindhearted besides a little cold attitude towards the others as first. You maybe will realize this at the goblin nest as shown that at first, Rou doesn't actually care if the other goblins are dead or not. Soon, He develops enough softer heart as he won't let any of his comrades and friends to die. He also can be quite cruel if someone tries to oppose him and shown sight of rebellious. His abilities and power seem to develop and become stronger each time as story goes on. His current self is strong enough wipe out an ogre and orc class without any problem.

Enjoyment and Overall
I kind of enjoyed this manga after all. I love it though. Waiting for more chapters to come out. The story is quite interesting with a good plot to lead the manga. It will be no surprise though if the manga get adaption into anime. I probably will wait for it, because it's worth waiting.

I actually guiltily liked this story a lot, at first at least. The main character is OP and kind of whats to kill everything he comes across in the beginning (besides other goblins) and then it devolves into a everybody wants his d*ck.

My main issue *spoilers*

is that he goes from sort of helping the human women in the beginning be free from being breeders and sex slaves of the goblins to keeping a bunch of elves and others for the same purpose. Except it’s all ok because drugging them to the point where they beg for sex makes it consensual, like drugging and coercing someone into asking for it suddenly makes it ok. I’d honestly have less of an issue if he didn’t try and justify it, impairment and/or captivity = no actual consent can be given.

The manga is plain old wish fulfillment and its pretty fun when reading for that, I just couldn’t let go how much the above bothered me and it kinda killed my want to continue reading.

Finally a manga that breaks out of the mainstream "human" hero/antihero genre, and lets us focus on a monster as main protagonist.

RE:Monster is a fantasy RPG manga that centers on Goblinrou as the main protagonist,
a human reincarnated as a goblin. He has to learn the harsh life of being a monster and evolving to bigger hights as he gains that valuable exp.


Story: 8

The story in itself is a bit mainstream like most rpg genra these days, one that would be closest to this one would be the mangsa "The Gamer" for the RPG element and "Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu" for the reincarnation part. But in in its base it still a story of a growing monster.
It has mature elementes with killing and suggestive themes. So it is a shounen manga tipping over to seinen.

Art: 8

Pretty good art, not much else to say about :3.

Character: 9

The MC himself has a interesting backstory, which hes reincarnated self benefits from.
He bends over the tactical/calculating personality, typicaly keeping his cool and only does stuff if necessary. The rest of his flock start a bit monotone, but begin to get more personality after a while.

Enjoyment: 9

I really enjoyed reading this manga and can not wait til the next chapter comes out.
Since it is hard to find manga with monster protagonists. Those who like monstergirls might enjoy this just for the monstergirls aswell. :3

Overall: 8.5

Overall a must read for those who want to taste something else then your average human protagonist, and love fantasy/ RPG mangas.


Hope more people enjoy this manga.

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Neopriest

fantasy light novel re:monster

i read three volumes in this novel I'd say this one is really good. It takes on a new way of narrating (which might not please everyone) that gives insight into the story as if you're actually reading the MC, Rou's diary. Due to that, it's quite repetitive at times, but that makes more sense than that something new and unique would happen each and every day! I mean, most novel include long time skips, because of that limit, but since this novel is meant to resemble a diary, there'll always be an entry, even if it's sometimes really short, or really ordinary.

story
Tomokui Kanata has suffered an early death, but his adventures are far from over. He is reborn into a fantastical world of monsters and magic—but as a
lowly goblin! Not about to let that stop him, the now renamed Rou uses his new physical prowess and his old memories to plow ahead in a world where consuming other creatures allows him to acquire their powers.

The good and the bad thing is you feel like you're planning a game more ability and skills

Three things is greet in this novel
First thing is the mc Rou he thing about just himself

Second is bloody and evolution of mc and the other Character

Thread i like the side of harem
Mostly everyone hate this side and the Mature
The novel had sex in the story
Finally sorry for this short review
But give that novel chance and read it maybe the volume 1 a little boring because the ability

To begin with, I think MAL should put mediocre as #4 and decent as #5 when it comes to rankings.
Anyway! First review for this Manga in 2017.
Imagine a really cool premise, but an author that allows the protagonist to become ridiculously overpowered for no real reason. Imagine a manga without any threats or suspense. Imagine a manga where there was decent character buildup in the beginning, but during the later chapters it just turned into ramblings about "training" and completely one-sided battles.


*minor spoiler*
Oh, there's also a harem. Did I mention the harem of girls who love the protagonist only because he's the leader? Did I mention the elven sex slaves who join the ranks and forgo their grudges because of "training"?
*Spoiler over*


This is a manga with an interesting premise, but a lackluster story developed by the author.
There is no character development.
There is no suspense or chance for enemies to even challenge the protag.
There is no surprises, twists, or great plot points.
It's just a mediocre story about a guy who kills stuff and gets women.

Don't get me wrong...

After reading 29 chapters, I've had an enjoyable reading experience so far. After leaving the manga scene for about a year, I was instantly drawn to this series and glad I picked it up. From day one I was sucked into the story, and by day two I was annoyed that I had to wait for the next update the following month.

Re: Monster appeals to the rpg gamer genre. The concept of the manga has been seen in several other series: the protagonist dies in another life and reincarnated in another. The story dives into the daily events of his new life in a world that he strives to make use of to the best of his ability. Although the concept is not original, the author of this manga does a notable job in bringing something new to the table that I personally have not seen in detail yet. The series introduces a thorough ranking system. Simply put, if a certain character reaches a certain level cap he or she can choose to rank up to the next class. Not only is this system intriguing, but also helps move the story at a steady pace.

Every manga, no matter how good it is, has some kind of flaws. The amount of detail that Re: Monster puts on a page can seem somewhat overwhelming to those who tend to glance over the smaller details. However, that is something insignificant compared to the main problem I find with this series.

It is right for this series to have the mature tag as there will be several panels that may not seem appropriate for a younger audience. The major fallacy that lies in the manga is rooted in the sexual encounters with the lower class of the mangaka's created society. In this society, there are slaves. The problem isn't about slavery itself, but how they are treated in a particular manner. These individuals are drugged and eventually give in to their oppressors. The main character tells his followers that when these drug-induced individuals "consent," it is okay to interact with them for pleasure. The issue in this is that this author's perception of consent is horrifically distorted. Understandably it is a work of fiction, but the message that it emits to readers is that it is okay to have a sexual encounter with someone who is in an intoxicated state.

I will undoubtedly continue to follow the series. The good qualities of Re:Monster undoubtedly outweighs the bad. However, it is worth pointing out the conflict that arises between what is socially acceptable in the story and what is acceptable in reality. Readers like myself can be internally conflicted between this very issue. Therefore, the addressing of it helps ease this conflict and hopefully allows us to continue the incredible experience that this series provides to readers.

This entire manga is basically told in a slice of life manner but in a fantasy setting with some video game aspects. As you read through the manga, you’re experiencing Rou (Protagonist) living out his life in this new world, crafting weapons & armor, cooking, killing monsters.
Personally, I cannot stand the slice of life since I find it boring as it tells you mundane daily experiences of the protagonist. Unless we’re talking about well written comedy, e.g. Grand Blue, Danshi Koukousei, I’d usually say no to most slice of life.

One thing to NOT expect in a slice of life is a story as they usually do not have one. And this manga lacks a story, it does not go beyond telling you the things Rou does daily. Having read over 30 chapters, it still felt that wasn’t any plot that was going anywhere.

The second problem I had with this is the characters. Rou was made to be overpowered and everything is pretty much handed to him. All enemies are defeated one-sidedly and gets the girl easily. All these made it seem like the manga simply exists to fulfill the author and male readers’ fantasy. With me being a Shounen Action manga fuckboy, I find joy in seeing protagonists becoming stronger as they overcome trials and difficulties. In this manga, however, it’s the opposite of that. Rou doesn’t really struggle in any way which really takes out the stakes in the fights that are supposed to make the fights exciting.

The characters also lack personality. This is best simplified in describing his harem. I would describe them all with “acts cute, adores Rou, gets jealous over him”. There really isn’t anything distinct between the members of his harem. Moreover, every character just felt uninteresting as they felt generic. This applies to the protagonist as well, there wasn’t much to Rou’s personality, which made him feel like a blank slate, thus making easier for readers in picture themselves in Rou’s shoes. Ever wondered why certain hentai protagonists are faceless? They’re to be blank slates for you to imagine yourself being the protagonist. And this manga does well in creating a blank slate protagonist without much personality.

Overall, if you’d like to fulfill your fantasy of becoming an overpowered hunk of muscle who gets all the girls and form a harem. This is the manga for you. If you’re looking good story telling and well written characters, you’re looking in the wrong place.

The concept itself is pretty fascinating, but unfortunately is a concept that already been seen. The only twist that I found fascinating is that the main character reborns as pretty much the weakest creature you can find in standard rpgs. It also has an interesting evolving system that would equate itself to a normal ranking system.

He is an OP character, so there hardly isn't any challenge for him. He usually saves his moves as the last trump card.

However, his development overshadows other characters completely. Quite dissappointing. Mi and Kichi weren't that bad, since they were there in the beginning, but in the end it turns into a half-baked harem, with characters that were just.... there.

My greatest regret is that he wasn't born as a kobolt. Note that Kobolts are dog humanoids, so naturally they're cute. Would have been 10x better.

Otherwise, the MC has cool character designs that even I can't deny.