Deathblade
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I'll go ahead and be the first review. Yay. Below is my original review after having read 12 chapters, and after that are updates as I've gone further.
First let me say I was excited to see an actual WUXIA novel on Wuxiaworld. And yes this is actual wuxia. Not xianxia, cultivation, xuanhuan, etc.
Translation quality: Very good. There are some things I would handle differently, but overall I give it a thumbs up. Smooth and very easy to read.
Story and characters: It's hard to say after only 12 chapters. Up to this point, everything is still being set up. I really have no idea what the larger plot will be. The MC is mysterious to the point where I feel like I know nothing about him. He has a few interesting traits. I assume we will learn more about him going forward. Supporting characters so far have not had enough time to become relevant.
Action scenes: Cool so far.
Overall opinion: I'm enjoying it. I get the feeling it's going to take a good 20-30 chapters, maybe more, before the story really gets going. It's a recommend from me, at least so far.
UPDATES
Chapter 24 - Up to this point, everything from above is mostly the same. The biggest change is that there is now a lot of detail going into some of the supporting characters. In fact, there are multiple chapters where the MC (he is the MC, right...?) is not present, and everything is from the POV of supporting characters. I still don't know if there is some sort of overarching plot, but there are hints there could be. There are some points in which dialogue or plots points seem forced or, at least, not very well thought out. For instance, here is a summarized bit of dialogue:
Cool swordsman: "What makes you think I would ever help you??"
Hot female martial artist: "Because I couldn't find anyone else to help me.
Cool swordsman: "I will indeed help you."
..... Okay..... Anyway, I can forgive those kinds of things. I'm still reading and looking forward to more chapters.
First let me say I was excited to see an actual WUXIA novel on Wuxiaworld. And yes this is actual wuxia. Not xianxia, cultivation, xuanhuan, etc.
Translation quality: Very good. There are some things I would handle differently, but overall I give it a thumbs up. Smooth and very easy to read.
Story and characters: It's hard to say after only 12 chapters. Up to this point, everything is still being set up. I really have no idea what the larger plot will be. The MC is mysterious to the point where I feel like I know nothing about him. He has a few interesting traits. I assume we will learn more about him going forward. Supporting characters so far have not had enough time to become relevant.
Action scenes: Cool so far.
Overall opinion: I'm enjoying it. I get the feeling it's going to take a good 20-30 chapters, maybe more, before the story really gets going. It's a recommend from me, at least so far.
UPDATES
Chapter 24 - Up to this point, everything from above is mostly the same. The biggest change is that there is now a lot of detail going into some of the supporting characters. In fact, there are multiple chapters where the MC (he is the MC, right...?) is not present, and everything is from the POV of supporting characters. I still don't know if there is some sort of overarching plot, but there are hints there could be. There are some points in which dialogue or plots points seem forced or, at least, not very well thought out. For instance, here is a summarized bit of dialogue:
Cool swordsman: "What makes you think I would ever help you??"
Hot female martial artist: "Because I couldn't find anyone else to help me.
Cool swordsman: "I will indeed help you."
..... Okay..... Anyway, I can forgive those kinds of things. I'm still reading and looking forward to more chapters.