Name: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 1
ISBN: 9781685793326

Motoo Nakanishi

Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 1

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When it comes to rating books or shows, I don't like to do it. Instead, I like to spew out my thoughts about it. Everyone has different opinions! If I like a book, it doesn't necessarily mean someone else won't like it. And if someone happens to see a poor rating on a book that I specifically didn't like, it might turn them away, so I am here to write a review that will hopefully let people know if they will or will not like it.

Sword of the Demon Hunter was a great read for me. There are a few reasons why. I loved the flow of the writing. This was not difficult to read. It was very smooth and easy to understand, and there were no rhymes or twists and turns to the vocabulary that made you want to tear at your hair trying to figure out the metaphor--not that novels like this are inherently bad, but it does allow for an easy read to a book if things are short and sweet. And this book was short and sweet (at least with its wording).

The characters that Motoo Nakanishi created are wonderful. I always like it when an author throws in a character that is bad, but you can't help but like, and a character who is good, but you can't help but hate (and ohhh, you know damn well that you should like them, but you can't help but get irritated and roll your eyes when they show up!). This book had both of them. 

I disliked some characters, but I did not hate. My difference is that if I dislike a character, they are well-written, but just very against my beliefs and morals. But if I hate a character, I don't like them or how they were written. Motoo Nakanishi made characters that were dislikeable, but they were not written in a way they were to be hated. He did very well! The characters all stuck to their emotions and personalities. They were true and had unique little touches to them.

Our main character, Jinta, is a very, very devoted man, loyal, and true to his word. He is serious and strong, and at the same time, he doesn't believe he is any of these exceptional traits. Lord please take the confidence that Gege Akutami has and give it to Jinta. I love Jinta! He is such a great main character. I'm really excited to see how his character is played out, especially after what happened in this first book.

This book has twists and turns. Some were easy to see, but some weren't. Maybe it's just me, but sometimes I didn't see something coming, and it was shocking. I knew a couple times I had my hand slapped over my mouth.

Even the ending, though made me grit my teeth and shed some tears, was nice. Because of story events, it takes you all the way to the future where the next book will continue. Once that is all said and done, leaving the mark for the start of book 2, it goes back to some nostalgic moments for Jinta and recaps two events in his childhood that brought together some things in the first half. I liked it; it was a nice and sweet touch, and definitely hurt a bit after all was said and done.

The book surrounds Demon Hunter Shrine Guardian Jinta who is protecting Byakuya, a princess of a village who holds hope and light to them. She also happens to be his childhood friend whom he is deeply in love with. With him is his sister, Suzune.

There is one thing about this story that irked me. Suzune's feelings toward Jinta. She is...just not normal. Her words being something along the lines of wanting to be a woman for Jinta, not a girl. Yeah...thankfully, with the events that play in this book, this is spun in a different direction because Jinta is not a weirdooo. This irk is only really bad for 2-3 out of 255 pages when you get a POV from Suzune.

But anyway! If you like stories with good characters, angst, found family, death, nostalgic moments, requited unforbidden love (nothing weird in this sense, just it didn't work out...you'll see, it's sweet and heartbreaking at the same time)--anywho, this story has quite a bit to offer, and I personally think it's a good read!

Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 1

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