Free Life Fantasy Online
Free Life Fantasy Online
By Nenohi Akisuzu
Completed
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114 Chapters
4.06
36 Reviews
Free Life Fantasy Online… a.k.a. FLFO. Tsukishiro Kotone receives this game as gift from her little sister and starts playing. The character’s race she has selected was… one of “Inhuman” races for enthusiasts. A race said to be bad even among Inhuman races that are known to be difficult – a Zombie.
CH 21
I was interested in this story after hearing that it fixes so many problems that were present in OSO, however after reading ~20 chapters of FLFO the sad reality is that it trades some problem for other (more obnoxious) problems.
The main problem I had with OSO was the MC himself and the story, FLFO seems to "fix" this by making the MC even more bland and forgettable. I mean I've read the first 20 chapters and the MC never actually expresses a personality or an original thought the entire time.
The World of OSO in general made sense as a game world, the world of FLFO on the other hand, makes no sense at all.
Things such as:
  1. Spoiler
    • Why in the world does the MC randomly get so dead set on su*cide exploring past her level? (Aside from the story really forcing the first evolution to be EX)
    • How in the world does the MC suddenly get top tier cooking skill levels in only a couple days? Despite the fact that non-player cooked food is apparently horrendous? (e.g. The demand should be high, and no, the "lack of ingredients" thing makes no sense either)
    • How does the MC with no apparent gaming skills or history with games, suddenly have top tier server wide power level? (And no, the "zombies give lots of exp, but players don't like them" is laughably terrible as an excuse, and her ability to 100% always parry everything for free with automatic counter damage is beyond dumb)
    • Or how does a basic parry skill allow you to straight up take no damage from world event raid bosses? When the same attack one-hit-KO's entire squads of players only seconds earlier?
    • How does the mob players comments make any sense? They're randomly jacking off just from seeing her walk past them in town... Just... What? From all the illustrations the exposure level of her dress is quite low. Is every other female in that world a washboard?
    • The player population is also non-nonsensical, apparently there are only 3 total non-human race players in the entire game, the story only mentions the existence of less than 10 crafters in the game, the players are also shown as being unable to clear the surrounding field bosses, but somehow, at the same time, the world event suddenly has over 10, 000 players participating?! Where the f$#@ are all these people normally?!
    • The NPC sentience level is more disturbing than "realistic". If they had as much awareness as necessary to have the conversations shown the novel, the world would be in utter chaos, permanently.
    • The story seems bent on making the MC both the cute ignorant happy-go-lucky chill type, when also trying to make her a top-tier power level character that many world events will revolve around (e.g. Making her the only "royal" type). These points conflict a lot.
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2023-07-17
CH 47
Starts off interesting but it's starting to really get dull especially in the most recent chapters, so I'm struggling to keep motivation on reading it further. Part of it I think is due to the author or translator switching between present and past tense every other paragraph which really screws with me.
In any case, let me talk about some of my complaints.
The main problem I have with the series is that the more I read about Anastasia, the more I think she's a Mary Sue or close to it. She's described as really pretty, everyone likes her, she's extremely strong in combat, she has a unique race that only she can have, a super amazing cook and more.
Most of it is really me not liking how she focuses most of her time with cooking and now also crafting and somehow still being considered one of the most powerful players in combat. It really spits on the efforts of these players whom focus all their time grinding fighting related skills and yet being inferior to this literal casual player.
For all the faults of Only Sense Online, it's made really clear there that Yun can't really compare to players that focus all their time into fighting... in fighting . This is not the case here and I really hope that as time passes in the story, Anastasia will find her bullsh*t 'parrying' that somehow negates ALL DAMAGE not working anymore. But I doubt that'll be the case since there were several cases where said BS parrying got upgraded.
However, there ARE interesting points in the story, especially early on which drew me in.
It's just that such interesting things like 'Immortal' players have to overcome dying in sunlight by grinding their regeneration skills or the threat of the starter town losing supplies by being cut off from other towns seemed to disappear after a certain point.
There's really no real goal that Anastasia has aside from grinding for skills and their levels at the moment which really shows in a bad way.
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2023-07-17
CH 6
A very pleasant surprise.
This will be my first review that I'll be writing on this site, I stumbled across this novel when the translator did a mass release alongside another novel that I've been following from them.
At the time I didn't have anything else to read so I thought I might as well check this out expecting it be just another wholesome VRMMO-theme similar to OSO (Only Sense Online) And the alike.
But after reading the available chapters I was caught off guard, I'm enjoying the setting and atmosphere that this series has going for it and I found myself chuckling at the small gags and dialogues between the characters.
Currently there's not many chapters translated but I will be following this series onwards, and I encourage you to do the same.
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2023-07-17
CH 108
I'm going to start by saying I've never written a review on NU before. I think the novel is great, and is definitely a very fun, lighthearted, and comedic novel.
I'm just going to do this by listing off pros, cons, and stuff that is kinda neutral. I have also read part of the RAWs (up to the listed chapter 104).
Pros:
Novel has a very good Mythological and story background, the details are not some I've seen a lot of elsewhere. The Mythology is very creative, and the story premise starts differently for a FDVRMMO novel.
Novel has pretty good comedy interactions, be it interactions between players, players and npcs, or just between the npcs. Comedic actions are good too, funny stuff happens to people and there's a lot of funny accidents.
Novel is not afraid to be suggestive of bad topics (R-18) but it NEVER uses them in a bad context (like suggesting that it has happened), it only suggests it could happen (with consent) and offers ways to stop it from being forced in the story.
Cons:
Novel spends WAY too much time describing crafting. The novel is a FDVRMMO novel, it is not a purely crafting based novel, so too much detail is not fun, especially for people who don't like crafting novels.
Novel MC is too emotionless, almost like she has no interest in anything other than her crafting, beauty, or family.
Novel MC is pulled around by her environment most of the time, she hardly makes her own decisions and she is mostly reacting to what happens.
Novel MC is almost like a real life superhuman, her reflexes and responses aren't realistic, they make the reader painfully aware she's fictional.
Novel gives everything to the MC easily, other than the beginning of the novel, she doesn't seem to need to work too much for anything. I know this IS supposed to be a light and fluffy novel, but it gets boring just watching everything happen like she is being delivered pie from the sky.
Novel does not give enough content with actions or scenarios involving the privileges she has gained, the authority that is given, and we don't see any action with it, other than a few short times, and a single long instance (and if I remember right it happens in a single chapter).
Novel is too quick to discard or change things, almost like the author is not thinking of the reader when writing, and that the author is writing without a plan, things can just disappear permanently without notice, and makes it hard if you liked certain things.
Neutral aspects:
Novel MMO info can be VERY detailed, some people like this, and others are not happy with this, having info about a MMO thats not playable, deeming all these mechanics unnecessary.
Novel MMO has a lot of mechanics that aren't realistic, some people will think this is ok, as its not a real MMO to begin with, and as such doesn't matter, and others think it has to be realistic as it doesn't make sense otherwise, and is a flaw in a story.
All in all, I enjoyed the novel VERY much (and am still waiting for more chapters), but the novel still has its flaws to fix in order for it to be rated 5 stars.
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2023-07-17
CH 1
Finally someone translate this series!
The story was very enjoyable, stress-free, no conflict no conspiracy (for the players, for NPCs maybe yes), the characters were all interesting, and unique game world setting.
Just give a read!
Spoiler
The unique game setting here was Cthulhu myth almost everywhere plus another common fantasy elements. The vice chief god here was goddess Stella (Yog-Sothoth) who rule over all outer gods/beings (?) in the abyss. And the protagonist (Princess-sama) for now was the only one among the players who meet goddess Stella in person (?) because the protagonist evolved from zombie > ~> immortal princess > ~> low rank outer beings (and now in the newest raw chapter she is preparing for evolve again) waiting new raw chapter.
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2023-07-17
CH 22
Alright listen I'm all down for a chill down to earth novel with some cooking and chatting but this is s*upid.
World building is slow which I don't mind, Actual game mechanics are tr*sh and nonsensical. The author gives us almost no details about skills unless it's convenient. Actually speaking of convenient of course the racial spawn has a secret area that's easily found by a casual playing school girl and of course she su*cide rushes it for days searching for stuff and of course she succeeded and gets a god tier evolution path and of course she comes back after evolving and gets a god tier weapon and armour set that never breaks and will always be relevant. As an MMO 'game' that kind of game breaking bullsh*t is unacceptable but the author explains it away as "the management just felt like it lol".
The entire premise of leveling is to get stronger, specialise and upgrade wherein our protagonist gets top tier equipment in THE STARTING LOCATION. Also a quick rant on the character creation, so let's see, alright gotta scan your measurements and you can only modify it by 5cm K, but you can also play as inhuman characters like a slime (lol) or a horse (lol). No, why can you not completely change your character but you can play as a sexy radish (I'm not joking) it's s*upid and makes no sense. In fact everything wrong about the game world is thrown at management "management got too into it so there's a lot of inhuman races" is lazy writing and terrible design
I suppose I should write some positives too, the character interactions are lighthearted and somewhat enjoyable (not you 'peak AI technology') the translation is pretty decent and the idea behind this novel is great but poorly designed.
All together the novel is bad, the whole system has huge plotholes, though the story is chill there is too much cooking and fights are very predictable.
I would not recommend this novel to anyone that actually plays games or likes to understand what they're reading. If you Must read this turn your brain off and turn your eyes from things you don't understand
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2023-07-17
CH 15
If you're an Only Sense Online fan, chances are you're gonna like this. Since the two series are very similar I'm going to be making a lot of comparisons between the two. Krytyk's got it pretty much spot on in one of their posts in that it's like OSO but without the flaws.
The series strikes a good balance between the crafting parts of the game, the battles, the events, and the real life aspects. FLFO is mainly slife-of-life in that the characters are just a bunch of people having fun playing games, unlike other gaming stories with a serious take on the genre. Even when large events are taking place the dialogue feels much like if you were in a guild or playing an MMORPG. Our female lead, Anastasia (a.k.a. Princess), is pretty overpowered in every aspect. She has a race exclusive to herself, she's smart, she's a high level cook, she's strong, and she's a graceful beauty with F cup breasts. While Anastasia is strong, I'd say her strength is more within top 10 or 20 strongest players rather than Overgeared Grid's level of OPness. So yeah she is basically a Mary Sue but it's not to a ridiculous level.
Compared to OSO there's no gender misunderstandings, no cheap romantic subplot, and the biggest plus to me is that the MC's little sister doesn't steal the spotlight (I hated Myu in OSO and I know I'm not the only one). Add to that Krytyk's amazing translations and I'd say you got a story worth reading.
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2023-07-17
First things first, I enjoyed FLFO enough to pick up and finish the translation.
Now then, there are a lot of reviews from folk who only read the first 20 or so chapters complaining about too much focus on cooking, which is reasonable to a point. A focus on crafting will appeal to some more than others, and there is a lot of it early on. It would be a shame to give up on it even if you are not fond of the crafting though.
The story opens up a lot as the protagonist decides to try more things and start exploring. There's no great, world shaking plot. Not much in the way of characters changing due to life altering experiences. But that's fine too, sometimes. It's a story about a bunch of gamers enjoying an interesting game.
It has its slow moments, but for the most part, it's fun, relaxing, occasionally a bit weird and generally enjoyable.
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2023-07-17
CH 37
Don't listen to that incorrigible stick in the mud over there. FLFO is a light hearted FDMMO novel with no added components. It reads something closer to Genocide Online or Small Village Tridente. Overall it's a fun, not too serious time.
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2023-07-17
CH 91
The author is probably having a good time writing this, as each chapter is pretty much an imagined day of playing a really good futuristic mmo.
As a reader, sometimes things are explained in too much detail. But I grew to like cooking/alchemy being explained in depth. There's a couple of early chapters where cooking takes up about 6 chapters in a row, which grew stale, but the author seemed to strike a good balance later on.
There isn't a whole lot of plot going on, just slow MMO progression, explanation of systems and revealing of world lore + changing combat styles slightly.
There aren't really any rivalries between the players, or anything that would bring more action in.
This truly is the daily quest of web novels. Binging up to chapter 88, the pacing was a little slow but deserved with the amount of detail fit in, but I have a feeling it might end up dragging and i'll end up dropping it if I read as the chapters are released.
If you're the target audience, you'll have a good time. The translation is very good, and the setting is interesting.
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2023-07-17


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