Gun-Ota ga Mahou Sekai ni Tensei shitara, Gendai Heiki de Guntai Harem wo Tsukucchaimashita!?

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Gun-ota, aka. the Japanese still don't know how to make short titles so don't count on me to fully rewrite it here, is, in itself, a manga with a lot of potential, and is somewhat friendly user, so most people should enjoy it.

Story- 6.5
(Note: the only reason I'm not putting a higher note is because the manga hasn't gotten very far yet, still gonna see how it unfolds) This story follows a young man named Lute, who is starting a nice career at a metal constructor, and everything is going well! He's made nice friends, his workplace is nice etc. that is until the ... poor kid gets stabbed multiple times in the chest (not too lucky huh?) by an unstable psycho who he had known when he was younger. He then revives, as a orphan, in a beautiful world with magic, demons, and half-human girls (hurray for animal ears!). There, he'll grow up with his childhood friend, snow, a white-haired fox girl (maybe he's lucky after all) and will live all kind of adventures! (don't look at me like that, I'm not here to narrate the whole goddam story).

Art- 5
Truthfully, this is the weak point of this manga. Some may say each artist has his own style, but this is a too low quality for a professional manga, but, the story is so fun you'll quickly forget it, and it gets better each chapter anyways.

Characters- 6
The two MC's are actually very well done, while instead of having the usual tsundere as the FMC, you have snow, the new definition of overly-attached girlfriend, without being a psycho nonetheless (damn, you so lucky lute). Lute, on the other hand, has been done quite specially, the character, even as a baby or child, has kept his consciousness of an adult, from his previous life, he's, in that sense, way more mature and is asking some questions you'd never hear from a child, which is, in my opinion, a very interesting concept.

Enjoyment and overall grade: 6.5
Like I said earlier, this manga has a MASSIVE amount of potential, but the author has barely started so we'll have to see how it evolves. This kind of story can be compared to another rather known series, GATE, with very similar concepts (modern weapons in ancient world, action and a bit of romance, comedy, harem ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), etc.) if you like this kind of story this manga is made for you, if not, well, you may keep scrolling.

First, I must say I do not usually drop any title I have started, but this one managed to get me do it (After I read the first 26 chapters). Also, excuse my poor english, if you find any gross mistakes in my grammar or orthography.

Now to the point:

This is a power fantasy of a manga, where the main character is just awesome and everybody loves him. This is not an uncommon thing, as anybody who has read some Isekai manga surely knows, but this one I found particularly dumb and dishonest.

The art is decent (Not very good tho), but the characters and ... plot are just... not good. And let's not speak about the treatment of the female characters of the story by the MC. I do not like to add modern politics and stances to my manga, because I understand Japan is a very different culture that my own, and many times manga covers very different societies and temporal eras, but this is one of the first manga to make me cringe because of the representation of female characters.

Seriously, not good. If you want to read some isekai just to let your mind wander off, I'd recommend Isekai Kenkokuki, Botsuraku Youtei Nanode or Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami, instead of this filth.

I have to say that this is the only manga that I have ever dropped. If Gun-Ota was just bad I think I'd have an easier time reading it but the problem I have with Gun-Ota is that it had something good going and managed to completely ruin it by forcing in generic isekai tropes.

As the title and tags imply this is a harem manga, and usually I don't have a problem with that, but in Gun-Ota's case it actively detracts from the story. In Gun-Ota the main plot seems to be the romance and the subplot is the MC's desire to go on a ... journey and save people to atone for his past life. The story and writing aren't masterpieces but for the first 10-11 chapters I honestly enjoyed it. (Spoilers ahead) the MC spends his time growing up and developing a relationship with his first love interest while honing his skills in gunsmithing until they are both adults and ready to leave the place they were raised. Unlike your usual MC the man even acted on his feelings and proposed to his love interest.

The problem comes afterwards when the authors decide it's time to start shoehorning in the harem aspect. The MC goes through his adventures, collecting new wives while helping people out and completely trivializing all the emotional development and growth that came out of the first 10 chapters as it starts to seem like any girl with a pulse will be his bride.

All in all if I were to rate only the first 10 chapters of Gun-Ota I'd give it a 7/10 or an 8/10 but as a whole I'd give it a 4/10, as the good beginning makes the mediocre middle even more distasteful. I would only recommend this manga if you simply want to enjoy some mindless harem action.