I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! vol 1 - I didn't like this one. The isekai set up where some evil entity isekais MC into some sort of Sci-Fi world but the entity destroyed his previous life and wants to destroy this one as well just doesn't sit with me. MC is a doormat manipulated by everyone around him for the benefit of his domain or to exploit him depending if the reader ought to like the particular character. There is also the dog that manipulates the strings of fate to the benefit of MC. Reader is not privy to the fights of some higher beings. For me the worst part was that the gratitude towards evil beings will destroy them. My worldview and my beliefs are to opposed against author's to continue reading.

I was hoping for high level of exploration of S-risks but there is nothing there. I should have dropped it after first chapter as my gut feeling was telling me to.
3/10

P.S. re-reading Bookworm part 2 as I have some sort of flu.

[–] brenticus 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think volume 1 doesn't get the tone right so it's a pretty rough read. It's hard to tell how serious the author is about the story. When I read volume 2 it was more obviously comedic. There isn't an amazing redemption or anything, but it became readable as a turn-off-your-brain dumb isekai.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Ah, that sort of tells me what I need to know. If it had started to get more serious with the empire building / character development I would've wanted to continue with it but if it just goes into comedy / gag bits then probably not for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't sound like I would like it either. I take it as a warning if I'll ever get bitten by the Sci-Fi bug.

Get well soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks. Today or tomorrow I will be fully recovered as majority of a previous week I spent in bed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Haha, I picked up vol 1 of that as well to check it out since I couldn't find much info about it. I feel like the only sci-fi ~~isekai~~ (I guess it isn't technically one, but I mean sort of close / fish out of water) I think is really good is The Galactic Navy Officer Becomes an Adventurer but both the LN and WN stopped years ago and never made it West afaik. I read Reborn as a Space Mercenary instead as at least that is still going, though it does have its own flaws. Evil Lord was definitelyyyyy not exactly my cup of tea though I'm not sure if I should completely write it off, I'd be at least curious where it's going with the antagonist isekai god stuff since I haven't seen that often in a story before... Oh well, besides Death Mage Doesn't Want a Fourth Time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

P.S. re-reading Bookworm part 2 as I have some sort of flu.

You haven’t got the devouring have you?