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星際國家昂格藍德帝國──出生在治理邊境行星的伯爵家、以小小年紀繼承了伯爵之位的黎恩，其實是一名轉生者。他省思了前世因為過於善良而屢遭壓榨的人生，決定在這一生成為掠奪他人的「惡德領主」，打算讓人民陷入水深火熱之中。然而──
「這種鳥不生蛋的地方，連一滴油水都擠不出來啊!!」
他所繼承下來的領地，是一片荒蕪到讓人不忍行惡的廢土！為了讓人民承受得起自己的壓榨，黎恩決定先為領地打造繁榮的基礎。而他雖然硬是擺出惡德領主的樣子，但不知為何，人民卻反而對他愈有好感……!?
以惡德領主為志向，卻不知為何被當成名君崇敬的會錯意領地經營譚，就此開幕!!
「這種鳥不生蛋的地方，連一滴油水都擠不出來啊!!」
他所繼承下來的領地，是一片荒蕪到讓人不忍行惡的廢土！為了讓人民承受得起自己的壓榨，黎恩決定先為領地打造繁榮的基礎。而他雖然硬是擺出惡德領主的樣子，但不知為何，人民卻反而對他愈有好感……!?
以惡德領主為志向，卻不知為何被當成名君崇敬的會錯意領地經營譚，就此開幕!!
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June 23, 2022
Other than the MC H being kinda gross with his AI “doll”, not a bad read. Picked up the second one and will read it later. 4, pleasantly surprised, stars
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June 30, 2024
I thought this light novel looked interesting. I'm always on the lookout for different sounding light novels and this one seemed to fit the bill.
Middle aged guy with a kid who was cheated on and divorced gets isekai'ed by an evil entity only know as "The guide" with promise of a better life but really wants to feed off his negative emotions and sadness. I think this is a pretty cool idea in itself. You hardly ever see a reincarnation isekai where the main character is sent somewhere by an evil character rather than a good force like a god or something and it's cool how the one who isekai'ed him is essentially the recurring villain (even if the MC doesn't know he's a villain)
MC decides in his new world that he'll be an evil overlord since his last life when he was nice went so terribly. However, along the way his "evil" attempts come out in ways that actually benefit people.
The story itself while definitely having comedic moments actually has some violence in it. There's quite a bit of death in certain scenes and threw me off at first. It isn't BAD because of this persay, but it definitely threw me off. On his journey he has his robot maid Amagi and his butler Brian to help him out.
He has been given a terrible planet to rule over by his parents with a huge debt and bad morale with the people. The first volume is essentially him turning this stuff around. It's almost like a MUCH darker version of "Tearmoon Empire" and i have to say, i kind of dig it.
MC is fine. I actually don't have a lot negative to say about him. He's terrible at being a villain and definitely does more heroic stuff than villain, but he IS merciless with executions and such. So i don't know if i'd call him a hero. He Definitely falls more into the "Anti-hero" position than anything else. and sometimes that's fine.
The world itself is interesting enough with sci-fi elements like mechs but also magic. so it's kind of a fusion of both which is always cool.
The characters in all are fine, i really have no problems with any of the side characters (the butler Brian can be quite funny at times) and the fact that one of his goals, having a harem, is not only not shunned by the robot and his butler, it's encouraged. Which I think is actually pretty funny.
All in all, having fun with this one and will continue on. First volume wasn't bad and interested to see where they go from here. 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
Middle aged guy with a kid who was cheated on and divorced gets isekai'ed by an evil entity only know as "The guide" with promise of a better life but really wants to feed off his negative emotions and sadness. I think this is a pretty cool idea in itself. You hardly ever see a reincarnation isekai where the main character is sent somewhere by an evil character rather than a good force like a god or something and it's cool how the one who isekai'ed him is essentially the recurring villain (even if the MC doesn't know he's a villain)
MC decides in his new world that he'll be an evil overlord since his last life when he was nice went so terribly. However, along the way his "evil" attempts come out in ways that actually benefit people.
The story itself while definitely having comedic moments actually has some violence in it. There's quite a bit of death in certain scenes and threw me off at first. It isn't BAD because of this persay, but it definitely threw me off. On his journey he has his robot maid Amagi and his butler Brian to help him out.
He has been given a terrible planet to rule over by his parents with a huge debt and bad morale with the people. The first volume is essentially him turning this stuff around. It's almost like a MUCH darker version of "Tearmoon Empire" and i have to say, i kind of dig it.
MC is fine. I actually don't have a lot negative to say about him. He's terrible at being a villain and definitely does more heroic stuff than villain, but he IS merciless with executions and such. So i don't know if i'd call him a hero. He Definitely falls more into the "Anti-hero" position than anything else. and sometimes that's fine.
The world itself is interesting enough with sci-fi elements like mechs but also magic. so it's kind of a fusion of both which is always cool.
The characters in all are fine, i really have no problems with any of the side characters (the butler Brian can be quite funny at times) and the fact that one of his goals, having a harem, is not only not shunned by the robot and his butler, it's encouraged. Which I think is actually pretty funny.
All in all, having fun with this one and will continue on. First volume wasn't bad and interested to see where they go from here. 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
December 6, 2022
This one.. hurt my brain a little. I dont normally like quite this type of absurdist comedy, but as a friend described this book can accurately be described as "Task failed successfully." Its absurd, and silly, and a very unique take on an Isekai that I havent really seen before. The "trying to be evil, but being good is more efficient" trope isnt one you see played like this very often and it was good for a quick read and a pallet cleanser.
The translation is.. average. Nothing special here but its still better than google translate by a good margin, and the jokes mostly translate.
Also, so far im not 100% sure if this is going to go full harem or not. Because thats clearly what the main character has in mind contrasted with how it plays so hard on the reversal of expectations im not sure if this is going to play to genre or not and im actually curious in reading onward at least to see if it happens or not.
Similarly the author so far has a pretty good track record of taking really silly concepts, and having fun with the loophole abuse via competent protagonists to make a unique story.
The translation is.. average. Nothing special here but its still better than google translate by a good margin, and the jokes mostly translate.
Also, so far im not 100% sure if this is going to go full harem or not. Because thats clearly what the main character has in mind contrasted with how it plays so hard on the reversal of expectations im not sure if this is going to play to genre or not and im actually curious in reading onward at least to see if it happens or not.
Similarly the author so far has a pretty good track record of taking really silly concepts, and having fun with the loophole abuse via competent protagonists to make a unique story.
September 10, 2021
An Unintentionally Good Villain
This is a really great read. A revenge story where the MC's life of "always being victimised" comes to an end and he's reborn with the intention of becoming an evil lord. That's all it is, though, an intention. Upon his rebirth he discovers the place he has been given governance over has already been bled dry, and finds himself working instead to restore the territory and escape his astronomical debts, leading him to be seen as a wise ruler and a "true noble" in an humorously ironic contrast to his expectations.
His poor reputation leads him to be swindled when looking for an instructor, but even that can't stop his path to becoming the heroic knight he's meant to be... wait wasn't he becoming an evil lord??
A comical read with exciting prospects for further volumes.
This is a really great read. A revenge story where the MC's life of "always being victimised" comes to an end and he's reborn with the intention of becoming an evil lord. That's all it is, though, an intention. Upon his rebirth he discovers the place he has been given governance over has already been bled dry, and finds himself working instead to restore the territory and escape his astronomical debts, leading him to be seen as a wise ruler and a "true noble" in an humorously ironic contrast to his expectations.
His poor reputation leads him to be swindled when looking for an instructor, but even that can't stop his path to becoming the heroic knight he's meant to be... wait wasn't he becoming an evil lord??
A comical read with exciting prospects for further volumes.
December 23, 2021
Review Summary
I must admit to being biassed towards these types of stories.
I love stories featuring a poser playing at a stereotypical edgelord, but who would only go as far as hurting stereotypical villains. A self-indulgent protagonist in a self-indulgent story who is, in essence, harmlessly horsing around. The world treats it seriously but the protagonist does not.
With that disclaimer out of the way:
“I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Vol 1” is an underdog story set in an isekai (other world) that relies on the juxtaposition between the protagonist’s and the world’s point of views — and a few absurd situations — for its comedy.
I was thoroughly entertained by his fumbling towards becoming an evil lord as his morality and aimlessness got in the way of his ‘evil’. He’s mostly just a lord, as a result, and an incredibly competent one at that.
If you like this type of story as much as I do, the boring prologue and overly straightforward storytelling become trivial flaws as you follow Liam’s ascent to “evil” lordship.
Boring, Misrepresentative First Pages
But wait! Before we get to the fun part, let me tell you about the mind-numbingly boring first pages.
The book begins with an overly dramatic introduction of a one-dimensional evil lord; the protagonist. It tries too hard to sell you on the immorality of its main character.
He gleefully kills tens of thousands by his own hand and revels in trampling over those weaker than himself.
Even if his careless decimation of lives didn’t immediately kill my interest in the book, the trite exposition would have.
It is stated plainly, again and again, that this protagonist is evil, that he is lord over his domain because of some reasons. It is overplayed and drags on a few pages too long.
When I first started reading, I dropped it within the first 3 pages.
“Yet another “morally grey” edgelord’s power fantasy,” I had thought to myself. “What a waste of money.”
I returned to it a month later and I’m happy to report that it’s actually the exact kind of book I wanted when I first bought it; a poser who plays at being evil, but fails spectacularly.
But wait! Before that, there’s more inelegant exposition to get through.
In the exact same artless directness as the first pages, the Guide is introduced. A suspicious character from the get-go, the fathomless man is unceremoniously robbed of all mystique as he rambles about his motivations and personality aloud for all readers to read.
Decked out in black garments that hide his features and equipped with blatantly sinister laughter, it is painfully obvious that he is meant to be an evil god, yet the introductions just keep going.
It is, in a word, cringe.
Fortunately, it eventually ends and we get to the fun part.
The Fun Part
Now forget the very beginning when you learnt of the protagonist’s atrocities.
The protagonist has reincarnated from an unfair life of deceit and betrayal to a new life as a 5 year old lord of an entire planet.
However, there are many caveats to his premature lordship.
It soon becomes apparent that the Guide has dumped him onto an impoverished and underdeveloped planet — its upper echelons corrupt and wasteful. Desperate to escape their debt and domain, his parents had sought permission to foist all responsibility unto their underaged son — and succeeded.
Ignorant of the Guide’s and his parents’ machinations, the young lord, Liam, smugly takes his post.
The first order of business is to immerse himself in a pod for a year in order to install most of the necessary education into his brain. Meanwhile, he entrusts the planet’s administration to his extremely intelligent, personally customised robot maid.
Yes, he has a conveniently intelligent and customised robot maid.
Yes, there exist convenient devices to install knowledge.
Each convenience is given its rational handwaving and world-building background, so don’t sweat the details — especially since the Guide “generously” reincarnated Liam into this world.
After one year in the education capsule, and with his butler’s and his robot maid’s counsel, he comes to the conclusion that he needs to reform and develop his planet. Before he can exploit his citizens as evil lords should, his citizens first need to be exploitable.
So he does just that; gradually transforming his domain into a wealthy planet free for him to exploit.
His prospering domain infuriates the Guide.
When Liam expresses a desire to train and attain physical power, the Guide is all too happy to influence events against him.
A dubious katana-wielding instructor is soon found, one who inspires childlike wonder in Liam with his signature technique. Through a combination of martial arts basics, competent acting and simply watching free instructional videos, the conman is able to keep up appearances for years — at least to Liam.
But here’s the kicker: Liam actually learns and improves dramatically under his instruction. Much to the frustration of the Guide, Liam and his planet keeps thriving.
Despite the Guide’s malevolent intervention, Liam’s life only gets better and better. With every one of his schemes, Liam comes out on top ever more grateful than before.
It could even be said that the Guide was instrumental in Liam’s success.
You love to see it.
It is deeply satisfying and amusing to see a deadly powerful and malicious being get upended by an unexpectedly oblivious and earnest person.
A Decent Man’s Idea of Evil (He has no idea)
It is easy to forget that Liam was boiling over with resentment when he first died, given how easily enamoured he was with the opportunity to live a freer and happier life. Although he never forgets his past life completely, it is mostly put on the back burner.
Instead, the juxtaposition between Liam’s self-image and his public image comes to the forefront and gives the book an amusing, sometimes absurd, tone.
In addition to Liam’s accidental destruction of the Guide’s schemes, Liam is often under the false impression that his evil deeds have earned him notoriety with his people.
As Liam relishes in smug self-satisfaction, our point of view switches over to someone he is lording over, where we find that many are praising him for his virtue.
This comedy routine amuses me to no end as Liam keeps finding new ways to be “evil”, but failing wonderfully in every way — whether because he’s comparatively humble in this world of conceited nobles or because he is unable to shake his sense of practicality amidst all the decadence.
Liam is earnest, and it is fun to see that his decency always overwhelms the resentment from his unjust past.
Although I didn’t find the jokes hilarious, they maintained a levity that made the book fun to read. I was engrossed in Liam’s story to see where his brand of “evil” takes him, and to see how revered he becomes along the way.
Writing that Accentuates the Comedy
Since the book switches the point of view for the sake of comedy, the writing is not subtle, often spelling out the absurdity of the situation. Liam is so completely competent at being a noble, he ends up seen as anything but evil. In spite of his best efforts, he’s bad at being bad.
It’s ridiculous, it’s funny, and the writing enhances that.
The author, Yomu Mishima, paints Liam's silly evils smugly — his self-assuredness emanating from the pages and carrying over to the next passage. When we switch perspectives, it is easy to picture Liam grinning wickedly as the other party looks on in confusion, admiration, or any number of emotions except fear or anger.
Barring the rocky prologue, the author doles out exposition judiciously and swiftly; only pausing the action as is relevant.
Exposition is also often written as Liam’s inner monologue, who interjects with his own non-evil observations and feelings, giving a bit of flavour to what may otherwise be bland text.
Granted, this book’s prose is not particularly colourful or especially elegant. However, given the genre and the characters involved, flowery and highly descriptive language may actually detract from the tone it’s going for.
I Highly Recommend This
If you love stories with a puerile protagonist playing a pretentious and “cool” villain, you’ll love this too.
It’s a comedy of two opposing viewpoints on the same world. An amusing story where the protagonist wants to be evil out of spite but fails miserably. It’s mostly a fun time reading about Liam accidentally making a happy life for himself and others after a tormented past life.
If what I’ve described sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend pushing through the rough introduction and reading “I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Vol 1”.
I must admit to being biassed towards these types of stories.
I love stories featuring a poser playing at a stereotypical edgelord, but who would only go as far as hurting stereotypical villains. A self-indulgent protagonist in a self-indulgent story who is, in essence, harmlessly horsing around. The world treats it seriously but the protagonist does not.
With that disclaimer out of the way:
“I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Vol 1” is an underdog story set in an isekai (other world) that relies on the juxtaposition between the protagonist’s and the world’s point of views — and a few absurd situations — for its comedy.
I was thoroughly entertained by his fumbling towards becoming an evil lord as his morality and aimlessness got in the way of his ‘evil’. He’s mostly just a lord, as a result, and an incredibly competent one at that.
If you like this type of story as much as I do, the boring prologue and overly straightforward storytelling become trivial flaws as you follow Liam’s ascent to “evil” lordship.
Boring, Misrepresentative First Pages
But wait! Before we get to the fun part, let me tell you about the mind-numbingly boring first pages.
The book begins with an overly dramatic introduction of a one-dimensional evil lord; the protagonist. It tries too hard to sell you on the immorality of its main character.
He gleefully kills tens of thousands by his own hand and revels in trampling over those weaker than himself.
Even if his careless decimation of lives didn’t immediately kill my interest in the book, the trite exposition would have.
It is stated plainly, again and again, that this protagonist is evil, that he is lord over his domain because of some reasons. It is overplayed and drags on a few pages too long.
When I first started reading, I dropped it within the first 3 pages.
“Yet another “morally grey” edgelord’s power fantasy,” I had thought to myself. “What a waste of money.”
I returned to it a month later and I’m happy to report that it’s actually the exact kind of book I wanted when I first bought it; a poser who plays at being evil, but fails spectacularly.
But wait! Before that, there’s more inelegant exposition to get through.
In the exact same artless directness as the first pages, the Guide is introduced. A suspicious character from the get-go, the fathomless man is unceremoniously robbed of all mystique as he rambles about his motivations and personality aloud for all readers to read.
Decked out in black garments that hide his features and equipped with blatantly sinister laughter, it is painfully obvious that he is meant to be an evil god, yet the introductions just keep going.
It is, in a word, cringe.
Fortunately, it eventually ends and we get to the fun part.
The Fun Part
Now forget the very beginning when you learnt of the protagonist’s atrocities.
The protagonist has reincarnated from an unfair life of deceit and betrayal to a new life as a 5 year old lord of an entire planet.
However, there are many caveats to his premature lordship.
It soon becomes apparent that the Guide has dumped him onto an impoverished and underdeveloped planet — its upper echelons corrupt and wasteful. Desperate to escape their debt and domain, his parents had sought permission to foist all responsibility unto their underaged son — and succeeded.
Ignorant of the Guide’s and his parents’ machinations, the young lord, Liam, smugly takes his post.
The first order of business is to immerse himself in a pod for a year in order to install most of the necessary education into his brain. Meanwhile, he entrusts the planet’s administration to his extremely intelligent, personally customised robot maid.
Yes, he has a conveniently intelligent and customised robot maid.
Yes, there exist convenient devices to install knowledge.
Each convenience is given its rational handwaving and world-building background, so don’t sweat the details — especially since the Guide “generously” reincarnated Liam into this world.
After one year in the education capsule, and with his butler’s and his robot maid’s counsel, he comes to the conclusion that he needs to reform and develop his planet. Before he can exploit his citizens as evil lords should, his citizens first need to be exploitable.
So he does just that; gradually transforming his domain into a wealthy planet free for him to exploit.
His prospering domain infuriates the Guide.
When Liam expresses a desire to train and attain physical power, the Guide is all too happy to influence events against him.
A dubious katana-wielding instructor is soon found, one who inspires childlike wonder in Liam with his signature technique. Through a combination of martial arts basics, competent acting and simply watching free instructional videos, the conman is able to keep up appearances for years — at least to Liam.
But here’s the kicker: Liam actually learns and improves dramatically under his instruction. Much to the frustration of the Guide, Liam and his planet keeps thriving.
Despite the Guide’s malevolent intervention, Liam’s life only gets better and better. With every one of his schemes, Liam comes out on top ever more grateful than before.
It could even be said that the Guide was instrumental in Liam’s success.
You love to see it.
It is deeply satisfying and amusing to see a deadly powerful and malicious being get upended by an unexpectedly oblivious and earnest person.
A Decent Man’s Idea of Evil (He has no idea)
It is easy to forget that Liam was boiling over with resentment when he first died, given how easily enamoured he was with the opportunity to live a freer and happier life. Although he never forgets his past life completely, it is mostly put on the back burner.
Instead, the juxtaposition between Liam’s self-image and his public image comes to the forefront and gives the book an amusing, sometimes absurd, tone.
In addition to Liam’s accidental destruction of the Guide’s schemes, Liam is often under the false impression that his evil deeds have earned him notoriety with his people.
As Liam relishes in smug self-satisfaction, our point of view switches over to someone he is lording over, where we find that many are praising him for his virtue.
This comedy routine amuses me to no end as Liam keeps finding new ways to be “evil”, but failing wonderfully in every way — whether because he’s comparatively humble in this world of conceited nobles or because he is unable to shake his sense of practicality amidst all the decadence.
Liam is earnest, and it is fun to see that his decency always overwhelms the resentment from his unjust past.
Although I didn’t find the jokes hilarious, they maintained a levity that made the book fun to read. I was engrossed in Liam’s story to see where his brand of “evil” takes him, and to see how revered he becomes along the way.
Writing that Accentuates the Comedy
Since the book switches the point of view for the sake of comedy, the writing is not subtle, often spelling out the absurdity of the situation. Liam is so completely competent at being a noble, he ends up seen as anything but evil. In spite of his best efforts, he’s bad at being bad.
It’s ridiculous, it’s funny, and the writing enhances that.
The author, Yomu Mishima, paints Liam's silly evils smugly — his self-assuredness emanating from the pages and carrying over to the next passage. When we switch perspectives, it is easy to picture Liam grinning wickedly as the other party looks on in confusion, admiration, or any number of emotions except fear or anger.
Barring the rocky prologue, the author doles out exposition judiciously and swiftly; only pausing the action as is relevant.
Exposition is also often written as Liam’s inner monologue, who interjects with his own non-evil observations and feelings, giving a bit of flavour to what may otherwise be bland text.
Granted, this book’s prose is not particularly colourful or especially elegant. However, given the genre and the characters involved, flowery and highly descriptive language may actually detract from the tone it’s going for.
I Highly Recommend This
If you love stories with a puerile protagonist playing a pretentious and “cool” villain, you’ll love this too.
It’s a comedy of two opposing viewpoints on the same world. An amusing story where the protagonist wants to be evil out of spite but fails miserably. It’s mostly a fun time reading about Liam accidentally making a happy life for himself and others after a tormented past life.
If what I’ve described sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend pushing through the rough introduction and reading “I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Vol 1”.
January 3, 2023
finished this new years but just didn't track it, woops. It does feel like when you read one generic light novel you've read them all but ive probably enjoyed this one more than i should. characters ? meh, story ? meh, comedy ? its alright. if you're just looking for an isekai lightnovel this is one of them of all time.
January 21, 2023
This was a fun read and I find myself going to Light Novels more often lately (instead of litrpg by western authors) when I want to read something light and entertaining but don't want to risk a dud experience. I've read a few mid-tier light novels, but never one that I disliked.
Anyone familiar with the Trapped in a Dating Sim series will recognize a lot of the tropes here. It is the same author after all. You've got the main character who is reincarnated into a new world with his old memories and chooses a persona that makes sense based on his idea of his role in the new world. He has a trusty artificial intelligence sidekick, ends up piloting an older model power suit that's out of fashion but more sturdy than the trendy new models, and ends up helping the people around him despite trying to be what he considers a villain.
In comedic fashion, the MC ends up accomplishing the opposite of everything he intends, but manages to remain in denial. In this story, you have a guy who was used as a scapegoat and fired by his corrupt boss and cheated on and divorced by his wife. He died from overwork wondering what he did to deserve all of these things and takes a Faustian Bargain to be reborn in a universe with a magical intergalactic empire. He decides to become an Evil Overlord, but only knows how to achieve it from what he's seen on tv and ends up becoming a powerful member of the aristocracy loved by all of his people.
I really enjoyed the author's low-key humorous moments and I'm curious to see where he takes things in the second book.
Anyone familiar with the Trapped in a Dating Sim series will recognize a lot of the tropes here. It is the same author after all. You've got the main character who is reincarnated into a new world with his old memories and chooses a persona that makes sense based on his idea of his role in the new world. He has a trusty artificial intelligence sidekick, ends up piloting an older model power suit that's out of fashion but more sturdy than the trendy new models, and ends up helping the people around him despite trying to be what he considers a villain.
In comedic fashion, the MC ends up accomplishing the opposite of everything he intends, but manages to remain in denial. In this story, you have a guy who was used as a scapegoat and fired by his corrupt boss and cheated on and divorced by his wife. He died from overwork wondering what he did to deserve all of these things and takes a Faustian Bargain to be reborn in a universe with a magical intergalactic empire. He decides to become an Evil Overlord, but only knows how to achieve it from what he's seen on tv and ends up becoming a powerful member of the aristocracy loved by all of his people.
I really enjoyed the author's low-key humorous moments and I'm curious to see where he takes things in the second book.
December 25, 2021
Outsmarting the devil by way of the benign. Saving the galaxy from bloodthirsty pirates with a little bit of luck. Amassing allies equally heartfelt and tenacious due in large part to naïveté. Liam Sera Banfield is the heavily indebted heir to a tiny planet on the outskirts of the Intergalactic Algrand Empire. I'M THE EVIL LORD OF AN INTERGALACTIC EMPIRE #1 is one guy's eager attempt to turn House Banfield into something respectable. If, perchance, in doing so, the Banfield name becomes synonymous with fear, lust, greed, sensational violence, and wealth beyond compare, then why not. It can't be that difficult to become an evil lord can it?
Master Liam is thrust into a mishmash of enviable and unenviable predicaments. Abandoned by his parents at age five? Bad. Bequeathed the title of Count and a whole planet to rule on his own? Good. Zero political retainers, knights, and qualified men at arms? Bad. A motherly android girl, named Amagi, and a reliable old butler, named Brian? Good. EVIL LORD #1 is the ultimate novel about a man in dire straits making the best of a crappy situation. Liam desires to trample the weak and make his name feared and respected throughout all of the cosmos. However, to do so, he must first get his house in order. Debts to the empire. Regional construction. Consolidation of the defense armada. The more and more Liam learns of the intricacies of ruling his own planet, the farther and farther down on the to-do list goes the quest to become an evil lord.
A handful of light novels thrive on pursuing the counter-expectational; that is, encouraging the reader to root for the protagonist, but counter to the narrative, in spite of the obvious storytelling clues dictating the story's apparent progress. Liam, spurred by the deceit and ego of others in his past life, desires little more than to turn things around and to trod on the weak and innocent in his new life. His rage is genuine and his intuition for what qualifies for worthy vengeance is good enough, if imperfect. It also turns out that Liam has a mind for high-level statecraft. He's good at assessing layered situations, aggressively pursuing rational solutions, and standing unafraid in the face of mounting difficulty. Liam doesn't quite realize it yet, but his new philosophy isn't to pursue ego at the cost of others' happiness, it's to guarantee a better life for anyone and everyone capable of making a difference. He is, in short, very busy en route to being "evil" (Liam: "Is it really this hard to be an evil lord?" p. 193).
EVIL LORD #1, for the most part, delivers. One shouldn't read into the book's loglines too closely. "Evil" is a shifty, ineffectual term, and the novel's sense of scale and statecraft orientation is so awkward (and awkwardly massive) that the title's various storytelling tropes and oddities rarely appear as such. For example, in this universe, humans are slow-aging, living to be several hundred years of age (e.g., Liam looks like a 13-year-old boy by age 50). It's an interesting factoid that receives little to no formal explanation. How, indeed, would one go about living his life, as the ruler of a planet, knowing he had centuries to make it his own?
For another example, one might dig into how or why a whole planet could be inherited by a five-year-old child. The political shenanigans behind the ordeal are awkward and forced. But then again, this is also a universe with redundant imperial weapons manufacturing facilities, highly adaptable artificial intelligence, and innovative technology for intergalactic transport and regenerative medicine. A bit of gnarly red tape should come as no surprise.
This novel also rests rather comfortably in the niche array of titles that dabble more in the domestic sphere than they do in the areas of protracted action and adventure. Readers who want Liam to ram his understaffed armada down the throat of the empire will be sorely disappointed. Instead, readers will get a naïve and shifty, brooding teenager who is too smart for his own good. He can't smash the empire because his armada is in derelict shape. And he can't build up his armada because he doesn't have any money. And he can't accumulate any wealth until he manifests a serviceable world economy. And so on and so forth. This is how EVIL LORD #1 often goes. Liam is always three or four degrees off-center of what he truly wishes to do; he is abruptly sidetracked, and ultimately finds satisfaction in each minor achievement along the way.
The guy wants to grow stronger, so he recruits a swordsman he doesn't realize is a stone-cold charlatan. However, because Liam is such an earnest student, he shows impeccable growth despite his instructor constantly feeding him absolute nonsense. Similarly, the young count desires to make an outdated and oversized mobile suit his vanguard mecha. And yet, despite the fact that the old tech requires numerous repairs, adjustments, and sweet nothings from an attractive mechanic, Liam's earnestness turns the lumbering old suit in an undeniably deadly force. Again, this is how the novel goes. What begins as a timid inquiry into something serious, even macabre, twists its way into the peculiar and the humorous. Because, it would seem, even for an aspiring evil lord, nothing ever really goes as planned.
Master Liam is thrust into a mishmash of enviable and unenviable predicaments. Abandoned by his parents at age five? Bad. Bequeathed the title of Count and a whole planet to rule on his own? Good. Zero political retainers, knights, and qualified men at arms? Bad. A motherly android girl, named Amagi, and a reliable old butler, named Brian? Good. EVIL LORD #1 is the ultimate novel about a man in dire straits making the best of a crappy situation. Liam desires to trample the weak and make his name feared and respected throughout all of the cosmos. However, to do so, he must first get his house in order. Debts to the empire. Regional construction. Consolidation of the defense armada. The more and more Liam learns of the intricacies of ruling his own planet, the farther and farther down on the to-do list goes the quest to become an evil lord.
A handful of light novels thrive on pursuing the counter-expectational; that is, encouraging the reader to root for the protagonist, but counter to the narrative, in spite of the obvious storytelling clues dictating the story's apparent progress. Liam, spurred by the deceit and ego of others in his past life, desires little more than to turn things around and to trod on the weak and innocent in his new life. His rage is genuine and his intuition for what qualifies for worthy vengeance is good enough, if imperfect. It also turns out that Liam has a mind for high-level statecraft. He's good at assessing layered situations, aggressively pursuing rational solutions, and standing unafraid in the face of mounting difficulty. Liam doesn't quite realize it yet, but his new philosophy isn't to pursue ego at the cost of others' happiness, it's to guarantee a better life for anyone and everyone capable of making a difference. He is, in short, very busy en route to being "evil" (Liam: "Is it really this hard to be an evil lord?" p. 193).
EVIL LORD #1, for the most part, delivers. One shouldn't read into the book's loglines too closely. "Evil" is a shifty, ineffectual term, and the novel's sense of scale and statecraft orientation is so awkward (and awkwardly massive) that the title's various storytelling tropes and oddities rarely appear as such. For example, in this universe, humans are slow-aging, living to be several hundred years of age (e.g., Liam looks like a 13-year-old boy by age 50). It's an interesting factoid that receives little to no formal explanation. How, indeed, would one go about living his life, as the ruler of a planet, knowing he had centuries to make it his own?
For another example, one might dig into how or why a whole planet could be inherited by a five-year-old child. The political shenanigans behind the ordeal are awkward and forced. But then again, this is also a universe with redundant imperial weapons manufacturing facilities, highly adaptable artificial intelligence, and innovative technology for intergalactic transport and regenerative medicine. A bit of gnarly red tape should come as no surprise.
This novel also rests rather comfortably in the niche array of titles that dabble more in the domestic sphere than they do in the areas of protracted action and adventure. Readers who want Liam to ram his understaffed armada down the throat of the empire will be sorely disappointed. Instead, readers will get a naïve and shifty, brooding teenager who is too smart for his own good. He can't smash the empire because his armada is in derelict shape. And he can't build up his armada because he doesn't have any money. And he can't accumulate any wealth until he manifests a serviceable world economy. And so on and so forth. This is how EVIL LORD #1 often goes. Liam is always three or four degrees off-center of what he truly wishes to do; he is abruptly sidetracked, and ultimately finds satisfaction in each minor achievement along the way.
The guy wants to grow stronger, so he recruits a swordsman he doesn't realize is a stone-cold charlatan. However, because Liam is such an earnest student, he shows impeccable growth despite his instructor constantly feeding him absolute nonsense. Similarly, the young count desires to make an outdated and oversized mobile suit his vanguard mecha. And yet, despite the fact that the old tech requires numerous repairs, adjustments, and sweet nothings from an attractive mechanic, Liam's earnestness turns the lumbering old suit in an undeniably deadly force. Again, this is how the novel goes. What begins as a timid inquiry into something serious, even macabre, twists its way into the peculiar and the humorous. Because, it would seem, even for an aspiring evil lord, nothing ever really goes as planned.
July 14, 2021
One of the most fun reads I've had recently, the story and the world developed in a very cool mix of fantasy and sci-fi to make a great little story.
The story involves "Liam Banfield" an average single father abused by his ex-wife on Earth in modern day Japan, a man who worked himself to death to pay things that she forced upon him and didn't care about. He's given the opportunity by a seemingly benevolent god to be reincarnated into a new world where he won't have to face problems like he did in his current life anymore.
Little does Liam know though that this strange being is actually a monstrous devil that wants to ruin his life a second time over, having been the reason why Liam's wife left him in the first place.
In that story, we get all the classic cliche's done, fantastic space opera battles, amazing skills developed and lovable secondary characters that are introduced, but honestly, the main selling point for this has to be the second main character of it, the maid Amagi.
She's an Android that was purchased by the Banfield family to care for Liam after his shitty parents forced all their debts on him at age 5 (yes really) and becomes the caretaker for Liam as he grows up, it's clear that there's going to be a "I love him" developing from it as the ending of Volume 1 shows this pretty easily and I'm all for the idea of "I don't care you're a robot, I love you too" plots as it's just saccharine enough to give me diabetes and I love those types of cheesy plots.
The best part of this story though has to be the plot of Liam trying to be an evil overlord and just being a good guy, thinking what he's doing is manipulative and evil while just going "yeah, I'll take on massive debt and problems, because LATER MWAHAHAHA!" it's so funny to see those kinds of characters do stuff, especially as its the inverse of other tropes like done in stuff like HameFure where the main character has to try and NOT be evil as they are in that role and know what it ends up as.
All in all it's a fantastic little read, there's tiny issues here and there like I'd have preferred that the Alchemy Box not be revealed to be the thing it is until later, because with it his money troubles are over and I wonder what that'll look like in the end.
But it's a solid funny light novel and I absolutely love it.
The story involves "Liam Banfield" an average single father abused by his ex-wife on Earth in modern day Japan, a man who worked himself to death to pay things that she forced upon him and didn't care about. He's given the opportunity by a seemingly benevolent god to be reincarnated into a new world where he won't have to face problems like he did in his current life anymore.
Little does Liam know though that this strange being is actually a monstrous devil that wants to ruin his life a second time over, having been the reason why Liam's wife left him in the first place.
In that story, we get all the classic cliche's done, fantastic space opera battles, amazing skills developed and lovable secondary characters that are introduced, but honestly, the main selling point for this has to be the second main character of it, the maid Amagi.
She's an Android that was purchased by the Banfield family to care for Liam after his shitty parents forced all their debts on him at age 5 (yes really) and becomes the caretaker for Liam as he grows up, it's clear that there's going to be a "I love him" developing from it as the ending of Volume 1 shows this pretty easily and I'm all for the idea of "I don't care you're a robot, I love you too" plots as it's just saccharine enough to give me diabetes and I love those types of cheesy plots.
The best part of this story though has to be the plot of Liam trying to be an evil overlord and just being a good guy, thinking what he's doing is manipulative and evil while just going "yeah, I'll take on massive debt and problems, because LATER MWAHAHAHA!" it's so funny to see those kinds of characters do stuff, especially as its the inverse of other tropes like done in stuff like HameFure where the main character has to try and NOT be evil as they are in that role and know what it ends up as.
All in all it's a fantastic little read, there's tiny issues here and there like I'd have preferred that the Alchemy Box not be revealed to be the thing it is until later, because with it his money troubles are over and I wonder what that'll look like in the end.
But it's a solid funny light novel and I absolutely love it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 31, 2021
This is the second Japanese light novel I've read, and it was a mixed bag. It was in the "isekai" genre (according to Wiki: they "revolve around a person/people who is transported to and has to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, planet or parallel universe. This plot device allows the audience to learn about the new world at the same pace as the protagonist.")
I liked the concept - a man who struggled and died young in the human world, reincarnated with memories intact by a seemingly helpful "guide." In his new world, he was the master of an entire planet. "No more Mr. Nice Guy" was his attitude, but being evil did not come naturally to him and was easier said than done:
- What's the point of stomping on his down-and-out subjects? He'd better improve their lives first.
- What's the point of an "evil lord" having a harem when just about all women would willingly join it? Besides, they don't suit his earth-acquired sensibilities. Better drop the whole idea.
- What is the point of excess luxuries? Wouldn't it also be considered an unnecessary luxury to send his subjects on study abroad programs? Then they might just come back more in tune to his taste in art and fashion.
However, I didn't really like the execution. Maybe the translation wasn't 100% successful, but the main problem was that the book was too repetitive. I suspect that this is because it started as a web novel. If it was in episodic format, with new episodes published over a longer period of time, repetition would be helpful. But in book format, it was just annoying.
I don't plan on continuing with the next 3 books in the light novel series, but I did become fond of the characters. Maybe I'll end up giving the manga a chance (or, if I'm lucky, it will be made into an anime).
P.S. The author Yomu Mishima is a mystery. No information on age, gender or background that I could find.
I liked the concept - a man who struggled and died young in the human world, reincarnated with memories intact by a seemingly helpful "guide." In his new world, he was the master of an entire planet. "No more Mr. Nice Guy" was his attitude, but being evil did not come naturally to him and was easier said than done:
- What's the point of stomping on his down-and-out subjects? He'd better improve their lives first.
- What's the point of an "evil lord" having a harem when just about all women would willingly join it? Besides, they don't suit his earth-acquired sensibilities. Better drop the whole idea.
- What is the point of excess luxuries? Wouldn't it also be considered an unnecessary luxury to send his subjects on study abroad programs? Then they might just come back more in tune to his taste in art and fashion.
However, I didn't really like the execution. Maybe the translation wasn't 100% successful, but the main problem was that the book was too repetitive. I suspect that this is because it started as a web novel. If it was in episodic format, with new episodes published over a longer period of time, repetition would be helpful. But in book format, it was just annoying.
I don't plan on continuing with the next 3 books in the light novel series, but I did become fond of the characters. Maybe I'll end up giving the manga a chance (or, if I'm lucky, it will be made into an anime).
P.S. The author Yomu Mishima is a mystery. No information on age, gender or background that I could find.
June 4, 2024
I wasn't expecting great fiction when I picked this book up. I thought it would be another mid to low end isekai adventure where I could just travel along with the protagonist while they enter an overpowered sci-fi world and do the isekai protagonist thing.
Well, I was wrong, kind of.
First off, science fiction isekai. There's something I have only seen a handful of times, and I have to say, it's handled quite well. While the author went the route of starting the protagonist off as a baby, he uses the tech level to quickly advance that, while also helping to world build, which works surprisingly well.
Second, yes, the protagonist is overpowered, but not in your usual manner. They have someone looking out for them against a dark entity that keeps trying to mire them in misery. Sure, the protag gets some pretty killer abilities, and manages through the help of others to do good rather than the evil he wants to do, which is kind of a nice storyline to follow.
I am also a fan of someone using old school tech mecha vs the newer, smaller, lighter mecha of the time. (something I did for a Robotech RPG I played in with my friends as a kid. I had the gen 1 veritech while they all had invid invation level mechs)
All in all, this was a pretty good read that I rather enjoyed. The plot wasn't overly complex, the writing was pretty good, and the story was rather pleasant to read. I liked the characters, even the less than positive ones, and the next book is shaping up to be a good one.
So yep, pleasant surprise on my end and I look forward to reading more.
Well, I was wrong, kind of.
First off, science fiction isekai. There's something I have only seen a handful of times, and I have to say, it's handled quite well. While the author went the route of starting the protagonist off as a baby, he uses the tech level to quickly advance that, while also helping to world build, which works surprisingly well.
Second, yes, the protagonist is overpowered, but not in your usual manner. They have someone looking out for them against a dark entity that keeps trying to mire them in misery. Sure, the protag gets some pretty killer abilities, and manages through the help of others to do good rather than the evil he wants to do, which is kind of a nice storyline to follow.
I am also a fan of someone using old school tech mecha vs the newer, smaller, lighter mecha of the time. (something I did for a Robotech RPG I played in with my friends as a kid. I had the gen 1 veritech while they all had invid invation level mechs)
All in all, this was a pretty good read that I rather enjoyed. The plot wasn't overly complex, the writing was pretty good, and the story was rather pleasant to read. I liked the characters, even the less than positive ones, and the next book is shaping up to be a good one.
So yep, pleasant surprise on my end and I look forward to reading more.
September 13, 2021
A man who died after a miserable life was offered the chance to reincarnate on a new world with spaceships and magic. Now Liam Banfield, son of a Count, ruler of a planet, he is determined to be one of the oppressors and not one of the oppressed. But Liam isn't very good at being evil . . .
This is a misunderstanding comedy, primarily focusing on the difference between what Liam wants and thinks versus what he's actually doing, which is causing everyone around him to revere him as a moral and upright lord. He's got this idea about what evil lords ought to do, but between his robot maid Amagi and his own disinclination towards larger vices, he never quite makes it there.
I do enjoy the story as a whole, especially the Guide. The Guide feeds on misery, and inadvertently creates his worst nightmare in Liam, who is forever grateful to him. Everything the Guide brings into his life to destroy him ends up working to Liam's benefit---and mostly because Liam is always thankful (there is also, in small part, the spirit of his former dog to thank, as well as the Guide's ability to read Liam's TRUE thoughts tripping them both up).
Honestly the only downside is the groping. Liam just can't keep his hands off his maid robot, and there are also some unfortunate incidents with a visiting sales woman who is so desperate to close a deal she's throwing herself at him. But of course the story goes out of its way to encourage him to make a really large harem---so it's unlikely this aspect will ever improve.
Overall, this was mostly a fun read. I rate this book Recommended.
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This is a misunderstanding comedy, primarily focusing on the difference between what Liam wants and thinks versus what he's actually doing, which is causing everyone around him to revere him as a moral and upright lord. He's got this idea about what evil lords ought to do, but between his robot maid Amagi and his own disinclination towards larger vices, he never quite makes it there.
I do enjoy the story as a whole, especially the Guide. The Guide feeds on misery, and inadvertently creates his worst nightmare in Liam, who is forever grateful to him. Everything the Guide brings into his life to destroy him ends up working to Liam's benefit---and mostly because Liam is always thankful (there is also, in small part, the spirit of his former dog to thank, as well as the Guide's ability to read Liam's TRUE thoughts tripping them both up).
Honestly the only downside is the groping. Liam just can't keep his hands off his maid robot, and there are also some unfortunate incidents with a visiting sales woman who is so desperate to close a deal she's throwing herself at him. But of course the story goes out of its way to encourage him to make a really large harem---so it's unlikely this aspect will ever improve.
Overall, this was mostly a fun read. I rate this book Recommended.
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January 26, 2022
I bought this book on kindle, and read it over the course of one day. It's a quick read, and acceptable. There isn't much depth to its characters, and the story is pretty much the standard power fantasy that has come to dominate isekai light novels over the last few years.
Even so, I don't regret buying it, and I did enjoy this quick read.
In summary, the main character led a very awful life, betrayed by his wife, friends, and coworkers. Saddled with debts not his own, he was overworked, and died young. (All of this is designed to get the reader to feel sorry for the protagonist.)
It is revealed that the unfortunate events in the protagonist's life were orchestrated by a being called "The Guide," who feeds off negative emotions (hate, regret, shame, despair, ect.) Following his death, The Guide had the protagonist reincarnated in another world, as a noble to a impoverished noble family in a galactic empire), with the goal of seeing the protagonist fall into despair again.
Events quickly transpire, and the protagonist finds himself as the lord of the entire planet, and sets about trying to fix all the problems in his realm, so he can fulfill his own dream of being an evil tyrant and exploit his people; basically, he wants to lift his people up, just to exploit them. But he's never able to actually exploit his people, and they only think he's a wonderful noble.
Even so, I don't regret buying it, and I did enjoy this quick read.
In summary, the main character led a very awful life, betrayed by his wife, friends, and coworkers. Saddled with debts not his own, he was overworked, and died young. (All of this is designed to get the reader to feel sorry for the protagonist.)
It is revealed that the unfortunate events in the protagonist's life were orchestrated by a being called "The Guide," who feeds off negative emotions (hate, regret, shame, despair, ect.) Following his death, The Guide had the protagonist reincarnated in another world, as a noble to a impoverished noble family in a galactic empire), with the goal of seeing the protagonist fall into despair again.
Events quickly transpire, and the protagonist finds himself as the lord of the entire planet, and sets about trying to fix all the problems in his realm, so he can fulfill his own dream of being an evil tyrant and exploit his people; basically, he wants to lift his people up, just to exploit them. But he's never able to actually exploit his people, and they only think he's a wonderful noble.
September 3, 2021
Got halfway through Volume 5 and then slothtranslations didn’t have any more chapters done.
This is dictated, so please pardon spelling errors.
Characters 3/5 I liked them
The main character is very well done and lifelike, in that comedic, caricature-ish way. The other characters are one dimensional, but still rather interesting. At least interactions between characters are interesting.
World 1.5/5
The world building is not the focus, but was rather a letdown. The world itself is interesting, combining the fleet battles of legend of the Galactic heroes, the mobile suits from Gundam, and the SDF from Macross. thankfully things like battles are skimmed over and not told in much detail. However, relevant facts are often missing or told late in the story, which lens itself to an artificial feeling while reading.
Story 2.5/5 I liked it
It was funny and mildly interesting, but nothing to write home about. After my translation source didn’t have any more chapters, I didn’t even bother looking for more on other sites, which should give you an idea of how engaging the story turned out to be. Much of my enjoyment is probably just because this is the first decent JP novel I’m reading in a while, and it’s also a comedy, which I haven’t read in a while as well.
This is dictated, so please pardon spelling errors.
Characters 3/5 I liked them
The main character is very well done and lifelike, in that comedic, caricature-ish way. The other characters are one dimensional, but still rather interesting. At least interactions between characters are interesting.
World 1.5/5
The world building is not the focus, but was rather a letdown. The world itself is interesting, combining the fleet battles of legend of the Galactic heroes, the mobile suits from Gundam, and the SDF from Macross. thankfully things like battles are skimmed over and not told in much detail. However, relevant facts are often missing or told late in the story, which lens itself to an artificial feeling while reading.
Story 2.5/5 I liked it
It was funny and mildly interesting, but nothing to write home about. After my translation source didn’t have any more chapters, I didn’t even bother looking for more on other sites, which should give you an idea of how engaging the story turned out to be. Much of my enjoyment is probably just because this is the first decent JP novel I’m reading in a while, and it’s also a comedy, which I haven’t read in a while as well.
June 28, 2024
This story is about one man. At first, he has everything that he wants but one day his wife doesn't want to stay with him anymore so they break up. He has to work a lot to find money for his kid and his wife that already broke up. He works too much so now he gonna die but it has one guy comes to help and shows a video of his wife and another man talking so he wants to get revenge. Before he dies the mystery man lets him choose 3 worlds that he gonna born again he chooses a world that has a robot. next, He was born in the world that he chose that world has more technology so he is so happy he says that in this world I will be bad because last world he be good and nothing happens (actually in this world he is still a good people).
I like the robot in the back because it is so cool the name is Avid it is a good robot. It is a robot that is used to fight.
I like that it is so exciting when they fight and when it is a normal story is funny. This story is funny but at first, it will be boring.
I like the robot in the back because it is so cool the name is Avid it is a good robot. It is a robot that is used to fight.
I like that it is so exciting when they fight and when it is a normal story is funny. This story is funny but at first, it will be boring.
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February 6, 2022Good concept, poorly implemented.
A good idea and concept for a story. Nothing original, as it has been done before in some other good stories. The problem here is that the ideas are poorly implemented. The worldbuilding is bad, a miss match of ideas glue together in a way that doesn't make sense. Another big problem is the idea of having a 50 years old that is considered a minor, the idea of time in this world is not good at all. The protagonist goals and personality are just bland and doesn't make sense most of the time. A poor story, poor characters and too many different ideas that are all over the place.
A good idea and concept for a story. Nothing original, as it has been done before in some other good stories. The problem here is that the ideas are poorly implemented. The worldbuilding is bad, a miss match of ideas glue together in a way that doesn't make sense. Another big problem is the idea of having a 50 years old that is considered a minor, the idea of time in this world is not good at all. The protagonist goals and personality are just bland and doesn't make sense most of the time. A poor story, poor characters and too many different ideas that are all over the place.
September 3, 2025
Yomu Mishima has certain themes that he's obsessed with, mostly mechas, magifantasy, nobles and maids, that I too can appreciate. I'm glad he dropped the feminist matriarchy of the previous setting to focus entirely on noble politics. The giant size and scope of everything reminds me of Buddhist Sutras, that exaggerate scope and size to draw attention. The only issue with this first volume is that it features too little fanservice scenes with the Robot Maid, and only introduces the second heroine towards the end. She's also implied to have survived horrendous rape, which is gross.
November 29, 2021
Entertaining and unique novel that's fun to read!
Quite a fun and enjoyable read! I've encountered a few novels dealing with transportation to or reincarnation in other worlds, but this is rather unique with its combination of a science fiction galactic Empire AND the inclusion of magic.
The characters are fun and the antics are highly entertaining to read about.
I'd highly recommend!
Quite a fun and enjoyable read! I've encountered a few novels dealing with transportation to or reincarnation in other worlds, but this is rather unique with its combination of a science fiction galactic Empire AND the inclusion of magic.
The characters are fun and the antics are highly entertaining to read about.
I'd highly recommend!
January 22, 2022
This is a good isekai to read and get addicted to whether you are waiting for another series to come out or just need something to do to pass the time. The main character is interesting he is different from other isekai protagonists but he still has some of the same troupes in that he is dense but this one actually works towards trying to be the strongest whereas others just get lucky with their op strength.
March 4, 2023
I after you’ve read alot LNs you’ll get ones like this the story takes the abruch if a serious MC trying to achieve his goals(in this case become an evil lord) do because misunderstand and cultural differences it makes his action comical to the reader.
I also know this story usn’t for everyone has it’s easy to dislack such story types thinking the MC is dumb or the author throepws plot devices left in right but the story isn’t meant to be taken seriously it’s meant to be laugh to injoy.
I also know this story usn’t for everyone has it’s easy to dislack such story types thinking the MC is dumb or the author throepws plot devices left in right but the story isn’t meant to be taken seriously it’s meant to be laugh to injoy.
October 29, 2025
As a Sci-fi manga it might actually have some potential as it mixes and mashes a bunch of genera in a blender. I like the idea of a guy so terrible at everything he does, and seemingly karmatically cured to do the exact opposite of what he, or others intend to do, could have fun pay-offs in the future. I'm less sure about all the boob-grabby exposition, but maybe that will get worked into the plot too somehow...
November 4, 2021
Interesting take on the genre
I enjoyed this idea of a normal guy who gets trodden on in his life, dies and gets reborn as a noble only to find hes indebt but everything he tries as he thinks hes an evil villain ends up making more money and helping those around him .
I hope he gets his harem in book 2 and that he realizes that being evil just makes everbody love him more.
I enjoyed this idea of a normal guy who gets trodden on in his life, dies and gets reborn as a noble only to find hes indebt but everything he tries as he thinks hes an evil villain ends up making more money and helping those around him .
I hope he gets his harem in book 2 and that he realizes that being evil just makes everbody love him more.
January 27, 2024
I don't know the last time I laughed this hard at a book.
Liam is a good person at heart so when he sets out to become an evil lord it just doesn't work out. Along the way, he does immeasurably good deeds for those around him and accidentally overcomes every obstacle that is set in his path.
This one is a bit ecchi, but I still enjoyed it despite that. Looking forward to the other volumes.
Liam is a good person at heart so when he sets out to become an evil lord it just doesn't work out. Along the way, he does immeasurably good deeds for those around him and accidentally overcomes every obstacle that is set in his path.
This one is a bit ecchi, but I still enjoyed it despite that. Looking forward to the other volumes.
November 2, 2024
Really really really funny. But please for the love of god can he stop being so unable to do things that actually make him happy like let him enjoy himself, he’s either unhappy because he isn’t being evil or eh it’s a whole thing. Just come on. I did laugh out loud a few times. “The Way of the Flash” indeed lol.
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August 24, 2025
First book in a fun series were the our main character acting normally grows his inherited planet. He gets a Android Maido that is incredibly efficient and helps him rule. His butler is also the worrier in the team. But he still thinks he will be evil in this life. But keeps doing the logical and good things that make him a good ruler.
September 16, 2021
Amazing!
I've read the authors other work (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs) so I was already hyped for this but it just blew me away! I love this world and Liam is a great protagonist. Count me in for the next volume!
I've read the authors other work (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs) so I was already hyped for this but it just blew me away! I love this world and Liam is a great protagonist. Count me in for the next volume!
October 18, 2021
Great story, can't wait for more adventures :)
Really liked this story overall. Loved the way the author plays with perception. If you like isekai, space, action and some possible romance, I totally recommend. Also great job on the art. It really fit. :)
Really liked this story overall. Loved the way the author plays with perception. If you like isekai, space, action and some possible romance, I totally recommend. Also great job on the art. It really fit. :)
December 28, 2021
A very quick, fun read. I thought the premise was pretty hilarious, having a character trying to be evil and only becoming more beloved and heroic (without even realizing it). Can’t wait for the next volume.
August 6, 2022
Entretenido
Básicamente, un hombre esmerado y relativamente benigno, que cree que quiere ser malo, pero no, no tiene idea de que es maldad.
Bastante divertido, solo que llega a puntos en que te preguntas:
Porqué aún no entiende que ser malvado no es lo suyo?
Básicamente, un hombre esmerado y relativamente benigno, que cree que quiere ser malo, pero no, no tiene idea de que es maldad.
Bastante divertido, solo que llega a puntos en que te preguntas:
Porqué aún no entiende que ser malvado no es lo suyo?
April 2, 2023
Another reincarnated novel, now it's into a magical and science fiction world. A twisted plot, where the main character wants to be an evil lord but end up as a wise ruler. In this world, the lifespan is quite long.
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