bulmabriefs144
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My story is a series of short vignettes, kind of like a Dragonlance anthology, each story is more or less self-contained, yet adds to the mythos.
I like "Sick Girl" and "Well of Souls" chapters, but then I get to "Isekai".
I don't like Isekai at all. It's deconstruction of the isekai genre, where this guy gets hit by a truck and expects to have "cheats" and a "harem", and the Reaper involved is like "you wouldn't last 5 minutes in this sort of world." Basically, it's a commentary on a generation that expects everything to be rewarded for having an ordinary life ("you were a high school student that couldn't cope with that, it's a horrible life, so now you get a prize" mentality). It's short and sweet like the others, but I found it overly preachy. I'm considering removing it and putting something else in.
The question is, what? The Reapers are a sort of supernatural "people" who do backstage reality work. I have them participate in everything from wars to the world blowing up to religious events, though part of what I was going for here was thirteen chapters from a very slice of life perspective. So, if I get rid of this chapter (which I probably will, because people get to here, and just stop reading), I'm honestly not sure what to put in.
Can people help me brainstorm? What would you like to see a chapter about?
I like "Sick Girl" and "Well of Souls" chapters, but then I get to "Isekai".
I don't like Isekai at all. It's deconstruction of the isekai genre, where this guy gets hit by a truck and expects to have "cheats" and a "harem", and the Reaper involved is like "you wouldn't last 5 minutes in this sort of world." Basically, it's a commentary on a generation that expects everything to be rewarded for having an ordinary life ("you were a high school student that couldn't cope with that, it's a horrible life, so now you get a prize" mentality). It's short and sweet like the others, but I found it overly preachy. I'm considering removing it and putting something else in.
The question is, what? The Reapers are a sort of supernatural "people" who do backstage reality work. I have them participate in everything from wars to the world blowing up to religious events, though part of what I was going for here was thirteen chapters from a very slice of life perspective. So, if I get rid of this chapter (which I probably will, because people get to here, and just stop reading), I'm honestly not sure what to put in.
Can people help me brainstorm? What would you like to see a chapter about?