Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 140 139. Comments on "I'm a Monk in Tokyo"

The book I recommend to you today is the runner-up in first order, which was put on the shelves on December 1st.

"I'm a Monk in Tokyo", author: Shimogezhe, level 1 author.

Category: Light Novel-Original Fantasy.

【Introduction】

Reborn in Tokyo, Japan, as a candidate monk in a temple.

Bai Shixiu only wants to read, chant, learn, enrich himself and spread positive energy.

But I didn’t expect that the peaceful daily life would always be disrupted by evil spirits and monsters.

As a last resort, Bai Shixiu rolled up his sleeves and picked up his Zen stick...

"Donor, it's time to get going!"

【Golden Five Chapters】

Chapter 1: A Little Monk in Tokyo. In Tokyo, the protagonist, Shiraishi Hide, is performing exorcisms. He eliminates a fire ghost with a single stroke of the Great Bright Light Palm, earning him ten thousand. Two years after traveling to Japan, everything has gone smoothly.

Chapter 2: Buddha only wants you to be happy. Being a monk in Japan is just a profession; smoking, drinking, perming your hair, playing rock music, getting married, and having children are all acceptable. The protagonist has temporarily accepted this identity. Although no system has descended upon him, he has learned the true teachings in the small, dilapidated temple, which can help him catch spirits and monsters.

Chapter 3: The rich life of a monk. The small, dilapidated temple survives thanks to the abbot's multiple side hustles. The protagonist, even as a child, was raised by the abbot. Now it's the protagonist's turn to work part-time as a demon hunter to support the abbot and the temple. However, he still has to go to school during the day. Only by studying hard can he truly understand the Dharma.

Chapter 4: Even monks love to learn. The protagonist is a top student, a high school student who has already begun self-studying college biology. He studies biology to understand the unexplainable, such as ghosts, demons, and other evil spirits. A female classmate tries to use the excuse of studying to get closer to the protagonist, but is ruthlessly rejected. Learning is more important. However, the Dean of Academic Affairs informs him of new developments in the exorcism case.

Chapter 5: This world shouldn't be like this. The person who asked the protagonist to exorcise a ghost died unexpectedly, which was very strange. Although the police did not bother the protagonist, the protagonist wanted to chant a mantra to help the deceased pass away and ask if the deceased's soul had any regrets. The protagonist currently has boundless magic power and is almost invincible, but he still strives to learn and improve himself. What a top-notch monk! I admire him~
【Brief Comment】

I've read "I'm a Swordsman in Tokyo" before, and I wonder if it's related to this book. I don't think so, because I found a lot of "I'm a Swordsman in Tokyo" series when I searched.

Recently I have been promoting various light novels, mainly because I am tired of urban and fantasy novels, and light novels have always been known for their imaginative nature.

This book is quite interesting.

The protagonist travels through time and space to become a potential Japanese monk. He loves learning, possesses boundless magical powers, and starts out invincible. He's somewhat similar to the bald Saitama from One Punch Man. He vanquishes demons with a single strike of the Light Palm, yet he still feels his moves are imperfect.

The protagonist works hard to exorcise demons and earn money to repair the temple, support the old abbot, and further his career. Since he's already in this profession, he naturally needs to study hard, improve his magical powers, and become a high-level monk. After all, in Japan, being a monk is a legitimate profession, with few taboos.

The old abbot, while seemingly unremarkable with his anime, comics, and videos, is undoubtedly a hidden master. After all, the fact that he's built a small, dilapidated temple next to Meiji Jingu Shrine and managed to survive for so long without being shut down is impressive enough. He can either hide his true strength under the shade of a large tree or fake it to scare ordinary people.

Asada, the shrine maiden of Suga Shrine, despite her noble status, is willing to befriend the protagonist, a resident of a dilapidated temple. Her passion for slaying demons and monsters remains undiminished despite her lack of strength. Of course, in the end, the protagonist is the hero who rescues the damsel in distress. The protagonist possesses clairvoyance and isn't attracted to the damsel's beauty, but rather the high reward for the mission.

The writing style of this book is quite fluent, the ideas are very clear, the rhythm is moderate, the slots are evenly distributed, and the reversals and imaginations are quite prominent. Overall, it is a good and light-hearted novel, currently ranked second in the light novel monthly ticket list.

【Make complaints】

Before this book was put on the shelves, it was not well-known in the light novel category and not many people recommended it.

This time, the book received 12000 first orders, with a subscription-to-book ratio of 6.7 (an unbelievably high ratio), surpassing my favorite supernatural author, Chunjie Xiaolong. Although this is partly due to the somewhat chaotic style of Xiaolong's new work, "Demon Coming," I still have doubts about the performance of "Monk." For an unknown level 1 author with 8 collections, according to the normal ratio of 10:1, 8000 first orders is a good number. Moreover, this book has no well-known wealthy silver alliances to reward it, only two alliance leaders, and the total number of fans is not very high. Furthermore, when the author arranged for additional chapters in his remarks on the launch, he actually emphasized the method of adding more chapters if the first order exceeded 2. For ordinary authors, this is something they dare not even think about.

The author's name is Shimo Pigeon. A "pigeon" is a name for an online writer who loves eunuchs. I wonder if this name reflects a reflection of his past writing career or a hope for his future.

All of the above is enough to confirm that this is a big shot opening a small account, or a big shot from an external site pretending to be a newbie.

Finally, some readers who have been following the book started to worry that the protagonist will soon catch all the monsters in Japan and will be unemployed; how long will the subsequent plot last and whether it will end badly, etc. This shows that there are still many readers who are very concerned about the development of the plot of this book.

【to sum up】

This is an interesting book.

However, in terms of imagination and hilariousness, there is still a big gap between it and "My Senior Brother is Too Steady";
In terms of diversity of style and depth of content, it is also inferior to "The Devil Comes".

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment!

I hope this book can go far.
【Cang's Ramblings】

This book won the Four Emperors in the 2019 "One Emperor and Four Emperors" Essay Contest, along with "The Ordinary Senior Brother".

I just checked the updates of this book and found that the author's account has been upgraded to level 4.

The word count stopped at 72, and the updates became more frequent, with one update every ten days.

At this rate, he is not far from becoming a eunuch.

Interestingly, he opened a separate chapter on January 7th and recommended three books.

"Let the World Feel the Pain from Now on", "Demon Spirit Protection Association" and "I Survived 999 Heavenly Tribulations".

At that time, I speculated that the author of these three books was a big shot from outside the site.

Now these three books and their authors have been collectively abandoned, becoming the "hidden funny points" in the light novel category.

The performance of these four books was very good, but none of them reached one million words.

After writing 600,000 words for "I Survived 999 Heavenly Tribulations", Lan Baitian opened "The Shocking Laughter Live Room" and wrote 100,000 words, but it has not been put on the shelves.

Now I have started "Fantasy Creatures Earth Startup Company", which has 3 words.

It is basically certain that he is dead!

Therefore, today's article is to warn all my author friends to be careful!
And my "Demon King of Collapse" is also facing this crisis.

So, while warning others, I am also warning myself.

Be careful!
(End of this chapter)