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▶Summary and recommendation: -----------------------------------------------------------------
This is a power fantasy isekai adventure with a female protagonist.

There are a couple isekais with female protagonists, but most of them are not fantasy adventures. That makes his manga stand out somewhat. [I shall survive using potions] is a similar manga to this one. But I believe this is a few scores better.
I recommend this if the premise interests you.

▶Story: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Both this and [I shall survive using potions] are Power Fantasies with similar issues of scale. The protagonist's god like powers make them uniquely suited to solve all the world's problems, but the protaognist wants to live a peaceful life without getting unwanted attention.
This causes the focus of the series to often switch between slice of life low stakes situations, and world shaking events. Sometimes mid-arc. This switch between focus sadly means some subplots and character development is not given the time they deserve. Despite this, the story is quite engaging.

▶Characters: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The characters were surprisingly refreshing. While most of them are typical manga/anime tropes, the personality and situation of the main character makes them interact with each other in a unique way I have not seen before in Manga, Manhwa or Manhua.

▶Artwork: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The artwork appears quite bog standard at first, and I am not going to claim it isn't, but it services the story quite well and portrays emotions very well when it matters. The action scenes are also easy to follow, and quite spectacular.

Lastly, as a show with a female protagonist aimed at a female demographic, there is less chance for unecessary sexualization of female characters and children. and as of chapter 18, I have not seen any.

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It's a very steady slice of life isekai story.

Now mind you, if you want a grounded story, you'll probably end up disappointed. Both the narrative and Cayna, the MC, are constantly trying to live amongst the ordinary humans. But while Cayna keeps trying, the narrative keeps writing her in fairly detached way, so that her presence is more like a goddess descending from the heavens rather than another person living in Leadale.

A similar complaint can be made if you're looking for action scenes and power scaling and whatnot. In the few action scenes that exist, this manga leans way more towards the OP kind of power fantasy. Conflicts and battles are done in a flash the moment Cayna drops in. There are no challenge.

In that sense, the narrative's treatment of Cayna is unfortunate.

There's a fair bit of missed opportunity; her situation is actually pretty unique and emotional, but the story never settles long enough to explore that. Sometimes her personality ebbs abit too fast. One moment she's this friendly young girl and the next she's this butcher of souls. She also never got the chance to build an equal bond with the people around her; with most people usually either bowing in awe or curling in fear upon hearing her name.

Again, unfortunate, given how much of her character is based on her inability to do much outside Leadale. And very unfortunate, since basically Cayna's own character goal is neutered by the narrative itself.

But all of these felt like minor complaints. None of them affected much of my enjoyment. As a story, as a slice of life, it's pretty dang good. The story is slow and steady, and Cayna's progress to explore the world and live her second life is filled with sweet and humorous moments.

The cast of characters are all unique and colorful, and I appreciate that the manga tries not only to give some spotlight to the side characters, but also to give them some story importance.

Most importantly, I still end up caring a lot for Cayna. I want her to be happy, I want her to find out what happened to her, I want her to live well in her new world.

This is more than what I can say for a lot of isekai.

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