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Review of Soukou Akki Muramasa

SubjectSoukou Akki Muramasa
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Vote: 4
forever-here on 2021-09-15
Reviewwhy does this vn have high votes? okay okay time to give this one a low score.

just reached chapter 2 and I'm on the verge of dropping it.

worldbuilding/setting: decent. it has a world to work on. that's about it. it's built around tokugawa/meiji era if that make sense. or as the game puts it, it's in a fictional timeline where "greedy tokugawa" reigned instead of the meiji era. okay I don't know much about their history so I'm pulling my ass here but hopefully you get the point.

believeability: except there's this ridiculously overpowered tech soldiers that just preys upon the weak. let's just call them for what they are: gundam. they have gundam powers but they still rely on slave labor to coal mines or some shit? really? this is exactly the point where I'm like "oh my god you didn't just give me that backdrop in chapter 2". again, on the verge of dropping.

story: chapter 1 is, well, decent. has pacing issues definitely. it gets really boring when the writing decides that it will drag itself for no reason. but then chapter 2 rolled in and it had nearly the same formula as chapter 1. i hate using this analogy but it's like those nba2k or asscreed game where its literally the same, just re-skinned.
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#1 by Edumitsu
2021-09-15 at 19:50
< report >If you aren't dropping it, wait until you finish it before writing a review, maybe your opinion will change. If you're dropping it, I dont think it counts as a full review.

And well, yes, the pacing can be slow at times, and I can understand that people won't like it, so no comments there.
#2 by flvbycjctnheheh
2021-09-16 at 03:14
< report >Bruh, the novel highest rated by you is some no-name 2200th place in the overall rating. It's as if you determine your scores by randomization. You also liked Root Double, one of the most dragged out VNs out there, but can't read two chapters of action-packed Muramasa. Okay, you be you.

Chapter 1 and chapter 2 are completely different and even have a different MC. They are as "the same" as the episodes in Mushishi or House. It's the same as saying that House is a trash series because in each episode there's an ill patient and then there are doctors finding the reason behind it. Lol.
#3 by forever-here
2021-09-16 at 04:29
< report >^ root double was not without flaws but the pacing is decent.

also muramasa is action-packed? bruh... the fight scenes ARE a drag. kind of like dias irae. too much prose and every time it tries to describe something I feel like I get this huge pause from said action.

oh right about my highest vote: i did said in my review that its totally biased. it's just that it's a great contender for its time where translated VNs are few and far between.
#4 by drup-up
2021-09-16 at 13:15
< report >>they have gundam powers but they still rely on slave labor to coal mines
It was explained btw
#5 by forever-here
2021-09-16 at 20:28
< report >^ please spoil it. I don't want to read for 15+ minutes just to get to see the reveal. I'll decide after that.
#6 by nano201102
2021-09-17 at 04:24
< report >As #4 has stated it was already explained back in chapter 1. Tsurugis are expensive to manufacture so they aren't just provided to everyone, so they're only given to soldiers and privileged families. Pay more attention next time before giving redundant criticisms.
#7 by forever-here
2021-09-17 at 05:05
< report >>expensive
>can be mass produced

yeah because slave labor produces much more than automation and having infrastructure. dropped for real.
#8 by flvbycjctnheheh
2021-09-17 at 05:13
< report >@7 Lol, dude. You need to get your facts straight. Slave labor is actively used EVEN NOW, yeah you heard it, IT'S STILL USED because it's cheap. For example, it's the source of prosperity in the United Arab Emirates, one of the richest countries out there. It's built on modern slave labor.

Also, tsurugi's aren't automatons, it's not the technology that can be used for expanding the infrastructure, it's not some sort of "sci-fi technology", it's closer to magic. The events in Muramasa happen in the alternate first half of the 20th century, back then battle tanks and fighter aircrafts already existed IRL, it didn't change the fact that slave labor was still actively used by most countries. Because to make an infrastructure that works on its own takes at least 50 years of peace. Making tanks and win wars is more important.Last modified on 2021-09-17 at 05:14
#9 by nano201102
2021-09-17 at 06:37
< report >#7 Bro just because tsurugis can be mass produced does not mean it's not expensive, tanks and armored vehicles can be mass produced, but are they cheap and are used for labor? Hell no.

Also, Muramasa takes place in the 40s where war is very common, so while it may be possible for tsurugis to become more commonplace in performing menial tasks, it would not be for many more decades at least, and that's IF they are able find a way to cut the manufacturing costs. Making tsurugis for war should be the priority instead of wasting resources on issues that could easily be solved with just slaves and workers. This also reduces the chances of an uprising happening.Last modified on 2021-09-17 at 06:42
#10 by drup-up
2021-09-17 at 08:49
< report >My point was meant to be that Nagasaka was out of funding and ignored by bakufu, but this will work too
#11 by kikey
2022-12-23 at 10:51
< report >Why is every bad review just a speedreader whining why their hot take isn't what exists in the VN?
#12 by VNapostle
2023-07-30 at 20:53
< report >Lol #11 I totally agree. I just finished Kanae route and am moving on to the Ichijou route and it is already blowing everything else I love out of the water with its quality. I’m loving it and the only reason I can see someone HATING it is if they went into it already deciding they were gonna hate it. On the one hand, I agree with #1 that not everyone will LIKE it, but I really cannot see someone saying it is this bad. 6/10 maybe I could understand but a 4?!
#13 by yusifakhayev
2024-01-24 at 03:36
< report >Your critique is so brain-dead that it actually made me laugh.

The fact that you think there's no material cost to mass-produced goods - or that some goods don't have significantly higher material cost than others - immediately disqualifies any opinion you give about how "believable" Muramasa is.

You should try to get a better grasp on reality before offering useless takes on media.