Revenge of the Soul Eater: Cast Out as a Weakling by My Sword Saint Father Volume 1

Revenge of the Soul Eater: Cast Out as a Weakling by My Sword Saint Father #1

by Gyokuto, Perry Logan (Translator), Yunagi (Illustrator)

Sora Mitsurugi’s life isn’t going as planned. Disowned for incompetence by his renowned Sword Saint father, dumped by his fiancée, and banished from his island home, he sets off to prove himself as an adventurer on the mainland. But when his new so-called-comrades deceive him and use him as bait for a dangerous monster, he finds himself on the precipice of death. Just before his demise, a raging power courses through his body and he is reborn as the legendary dragon, the Soul Eater! Now, with his newfound strength, Sora is out for revenge!

Genres: Fantasy

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2025

Reviews

[Alexander Albin · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Slight Spoilers] Rough start but decent first book

I'll try to keep it vague to avoid spoiling too much...
I realize this is a first book so it is hard to gauge how the series will be in the long run and leans a bit heavily on tropes, but overall I enjoyed it. The beginning was a bit too mopey for me and I worried I'd have to drop it before finishing, but once you get past the setup it develops well enough. I didn't mind the "hard worker that fails to grow until x reveals his immense power" trope. I don't mind some of the other characters not supporting him or following him "because they see his hard work" because that trope is a bit overplayed. However, when basically EVERY other character acts like a heel towards him you start to wonder if he simply has a victim complex coloring his perception or if he has done something to deserve it. Either way not great. Hopefully their will be more positive relationships in the future which did seem to be developing towards the end. I look forward to the next book.

[MyDoRyS · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is very dark and I loved that the MC was a total ass since the beginning but I wish the MC had just killed whoever he wanted revenge on.

I did not like the whole keeping the hostages for "soul eating". And all the sexualization of females. It needs to be marked as HAREM. I felt those characters were a waste of space and unnecessary; the story, which was a great idea, just crashed and burned. I wish the story focused more on vengeance and killing monsters to gain power. Rather than a poor adventure story with sex.

Dropping the series. Not what I expected. On to my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!