City of Witches

A fantasy novel that is very good and especially has insane potential, give it a go !!. Sadly ruined by one point of the story, the fact that it's r18. It's genuinely sad that such a good story has this tag and thing in it, I don't know if the author put this in as fan service because he was scared it wouldn't attrack people but it literally ruins the novel sometimes. There are too many seggs scenes, they are way too long, they sometimes involve r*pe, personally starting from chapter 50 I did something I usually never do which is that I literally started skipping whole chapters because it was just useless seggs in it. Very very annoying. The premise of the story is original and very good, the novel clearly has a slow start with things getting very interesting with the fight in the Mountain against the beast. That fight was fire. Siwoo is a very good main character that clearly has his own goals and is not submissive, Ive seen some people complain about the fact that he was when he literally cannot do anything about it and can't just kill himself by offending witches at the start. Also saying this when the scene with Amelia happens plus his fight with the witch that came back happened as well doesn't make sense. The scene with Amelia is peak, it's very good cause Siwoo is finally honest and doesn't force himself to not care and when you read it as a reader it's also very good because you feel his hatred perfectly and root for him all along, very very good moment. Another thing is that Siwoo is very cool and epic as an MC and you see that very well with the fight against the witch that came back, he literally sacrificed himself for his friends, the fight is very intense with him getting stronger and stronger and you really feel danger for him, when he's in the face of death and tells the witch to go f*ck herself while doing a middle finger it was cool asf and very epic so yeah Siwoo is goated. I personally stopped reading when he got his memories off but might continue it soon. Someone pls tell the author to stop the seggs cause this novel could genuinely become peak

Context (I made a few assumptions to stay on topic): 140 chapter, introductory arc. Earth, our days. MC finds himself in the hidden space of our world, where he become a slave in a matriarchal community. However, he does not agree with this enslavement and imprisonment, secretly planning to escape. The setting contains magic that only women can possess, but MC successfully learns their magic, secretly, of course. Five years pass, where the story begins. Throughout all 140 chapters, the following thoughts flash in his head: “I want freedom” “I want to return to my homeland” “I want to see my parents”, which describes his key determination. Further, through some actions, fights, dramas and other plot MC manages to return home. Ending chapters. The following is described; how he missed his native food, native air, native sky. How he sits down on a bench to eat juicy chicken and cola. He sits and eats, looking at the sky and remembering how he spent his slavery, what feats he accomplished, what girls he f*ck*d. In the last chapter he returns to his parents. To the grave of his parents. *** Comments on the last chapter (from russian branch): [So it turns out his parents died! I thought they were still alive. Then in triplets I don’t understand his desire to meet them. ] [Are you *d**t? Or is it just rofl? It isn’t funny at all. ] (I’ve found a whole bunch of comments of this kind here and there. After reading people don't understand the motivation of MC. Like, why the hell did he even return?) [What exactly you misunderstand? Is the desire to visit cold troupes in a ground so sublime?] [What does this have to do with, I’m talking about “his parents died”, it sounds disdainful, I dont get what you want to say. ] *** As the plot progresses, MC puts his safety on the line to save his old acquaintance. Who just cheated him out of money (chapter 8, at this moment a lot of people dropped out novel, not forgetting to complain about the extreme stupidity of what was happening). Then he is offered a chance to free himself in exchange for the life of his woman-big-boss, his enemy. But he refuses. He make friends with twins from the most noble family. And then, risking his life, he saves them. Twice. This kind of human kindness is accused by others for stupidity and idiocy like something bad, and it is criticized in the comments as the only one flaw of this novel. If you don't like kind MC, go read smth like Reverend Insanity and don’t make a fuss here.

Drop at chapter 8. The mc is submissive type. He help a guy who scamming him for the pass 5year with his hard-earn money that he work for 12h+ a day. He save the guy by reavealing his secret ability which will make him a test subject/plaything if the witch find out and he's doing it infront of a witch. Not to mention he come with bullsht that the scammer should live cuz it doesn't fair to kill guy bla bla. While mf act all arrogant infront of a witch who could kill him with 1 finger. And become submissive for the guy who scamming him. There are more horrible thing he do but ill stop here

After reading whole story( all the available 143 chapters ) I would say this novel is a beautiful mess. Like there are lot of unnecessary lusty parts and less magic descriptions, how magic works and how are the power ranking works. . . The magic progress of mc is not properly described. Like how he could use magic after he woke up. Why there is so much emotional mess. . . why bodily fluids include only f**king and kissing not something in line with blood. . . why mc is acting like a cracked up computer in his consciousness. . . well so many unexplained plots. . . the world around mc is also not depicted clearly like what kind of witch world mc is in and why he can't find anything in library about world. There culture or how far they developed. So many things to explain but left untouched. . . so I am a bit dissatisfied.

The novel starts off in a weird location and then proceeds with what you expect. The author honestly adds too much of it in the first 100ish chapters, but still slowly develops the plot. Finally, after 100 the plots starts moving and you actually get to enjoy to story with respect to his character development. I would say this novel gets good after the first hundred chapters because of the focus on not just the main characters development but also the side characters like the elemental witch and the op sword witch. Honestly, I find the world that the author built is really interesting which enough detail to formulate mental images. However, the direction the author took it in, seggs, is kind of sad for me personally due to the amazing fights, world building, and character building. Now, after passing chapter 400, it does get repetitive again but the characters and world in enough to keep reading the book occasionally. Overall, I would rate the book 4 out 5 because I personally would have enjoyed less seggs and more of him actually exploring magic and the author putting more detail into it and expanding the depth of the story.

One of the few novels I've braved the MTL on. As others have said, first 80~90 ch are just setting the stage for the remaining 1k+. Mc is a broken man and makes some d*mb*ss choices at the start, these choices are the result of the author trying to realisticly write their characters rather than have some edge lord power fantasy. IF you are looking for some power/revenge fantasy, keep searching. R-18 scenes beyond the first 100 ch are an entirely different vibe (and less frequent). Overall the novel does a good job building its world and progressing its characters through various mental states and struggles. I highly enjoyed it and recommend it.

Incredible, especially so for R18. Great worldbuilding, character development. Not the biggest fan of the . . direction taken on ~110. At least there are thousands of raw chaps. No. it is not arrogant / op mc, at least for now. Main Character is written perfectly -- how would you react in his situation? Be realistic.

Even though this novel only has 90 chapters rn but it's enough from me tell you that this is the best sm*t novel I have read and i have read alot like seriously alot of sm*t novels but this one tops the charts. Writing style of the author is on par with best of novels out there . Characters feels like real human being. All female characters are well written and aren't in the story just cus they have a p*ssy but rather they are the best part of the story. World building is amazing too. Story seems promising to me . . . The only problem some might face is read through the prologue without dropping but if u can then you are gonna enjoy this novel for sure

it's too early to judge i think , plot hasn't even started yet . so review is like don't believe in summary it's not really accurate. mc could have lived a good life if he was not a woos . story is OKeish like nothing 'gone too far moments mc is smart but too naive (deredere) . good read for free time

It's a harem and R18 novel, so I didn't expect much, but it really surprised me. Building a perfect world and a really good power system and the female characters have their own thinking and their personalities, not just empty characters. The novel also has very beautiful fights, and the magicians in the story are crazy researchers. I saw hundreds of positive reviews about it on Korean websites, and after reading more than 600 chapters, it was a really great novel