Realm of Monsters by Frostbird

I don't get why this novels rating is so low, its an amazing novel and much better than the other garbage you see on this website.

--TAG REVIEW-- (contains somewhat vague spoilers) (posted as of 300-ish chaps)

Academy: MC attends a prevalent magic academy for the first few hundred chaps
Antihero Protagonist: Not exactly evil MC, but definitely a rule-breaker
Beastkin: Mainly refers to centaurs, which are intelligent but used as beasts of burden (MC treats them as people tho)
Character Growth: VERY slow MC character growth, but it does happen. Long-time readers will know what I mean
Dragons: Only important in later chaps
Dwarves: Fairly common race (there are racist jerks but not many)
Elves: As far as I know, this is mainly referring to drows (dark elves)
Goblins: Tribal-style, yet intelligent. Many people are disdainful toward goblins as a whole (MC has to deal with racism)
Magic: Interesting magic system, and pretty comprehensive in my opinion
Male Protag: Yes
Monster Girls: Orcs, Vampires, Lamias (barely), and Frost Giants exist. Not much of a harem if that is what you are looking for.
Monster Society: Not too sure on this one. Pretty much all (besides lamias) of the aforementioned races are pretty integrated
Non-human MC: This is kind of a plot point but yeah
Polygamy: It does exist in this world
R-18: A few suspicious scenes early on, but I think this is for the gore (of which there is a lot)
Ruthless MC: Heavily tied to his character growth. You insult his friends, he claws your eyes out (if you're lucky)
Slaves: MC is against slavery for the most part but it is somewhat prominent in the world
Strength-based Social Hierarchy: Oh heck yes
Vamps: yup
Weak to Strong: Most definitely

I love this novel, its real good

Story is alright, but the problem is the MC, he's too infuriating even if you're super patient, he's rash and never thinks before he moves, In a way the author did a good job on portraying a retard goblin MC, I'm sure his growth will be great.

Now, the problem is even if you're patient, there's still less than 300 chapters, if you've read annoying novels before I'm sure you'll know that stories like these might get good, but not early on, So I'd say it's best not to read this until there's like 500+ or even 1000+ chapters, since I seriously think it's worth it for now.

The R18 scenes aren't even that great if you're looking for that too, it was nice early in the chapters, but I think the author decided to censor that too in latter chapters, soo yeah, it's terrible in both worlds right now.

I still think there's some potential on this one, story-wise anyway, but it's too infuriating right now, especially with the amount of chapters and lack of distraction/fan-service, but more boring interludes and flashbacks mashed with drama instead, as mentioned by other reviewers.

That about wraps my two-cents on this story.

Review of 211 chapters. This novel is not bad in some places and absolutely terrible in others. First, about the good. The plot twists are good sometimes. Some of the adventures are interesting. The structure of the world is curious. The fights are good enough. Now for the bad things. In essence, it all boils down to one thing - the author's desire to create a drama. Oh no, not like that. Striving to create DRAMA! Because of this, the characters behave illogically and their emotions are in complete chaos. First, about the MC. He is a goblin who was despised for his weakness in the tribe. He came out of the forest, suffered from oppression in the city and had DRAMA. Nobody likes goblins and hybrids (children of different kinds). They don't like the goblin. They "pee on his head". Friends come to him, he builds relationships with them, and then what? They stopped "pee on the head" to the goblin. And then the goblin says "I am not worthy of such friends" and begins to "shit on his head." And then the goblin SUFFERS. Oh my god this is such a DRAMA. MC teacher Loh is also in drama. We are being given a story that she lost a student and is now devoting all of herself to "caring" for the MC. She hates her grandfather and mentions the lost student. So what's the reason? And here you think, "What the f#ck?" Grandfather also has DRAMA. This is illogical. O! And hybrids. Everyone hates and despises hybrids, but every f#cking romantic couple in the novel is a pair of different species, which will definitely f#cking be born a hybrid. What the f#ck?! I can understand soap operas. This novel shows a terrible job. This is not a soap opera - this is a waltz of idiots. MC at one point speaks like an ignorant child of 5 years old. Then - like a playboy. Then this is a sophisticated type who is ready to give smart advice on how not to suffer (how damn funny when he constantly "shits on his own head"). MC says to wife "I don't want you to be hurt." She replies, "It hurts me because you sleep with another woman." So, what is next? MC says "What? Why?" And with great pleasure he f#cks another almost in front of his wife. But he f#cking gives smart advice to others. The goblin who crawled out of the forest knows the words conceptually, bioluminescent, etc.

Can someone tell me if the MC is overpowered?

Hmmm... It has only two problems that is 'self-loathing' and 'inferiority complex'

Oh, man... Feels great that this novel has R-18 as the tag otherwise probably I d miss the hidden gem. It feels so refreshing to read from a monster's perspective. Yes, it has mood swings or rather lots of emotions but it makes the characters alive. Plus the plot/riddle regarding lots of things in this novel makes me really excited. Absolutely recommend to read this masterpiece!

Really good novel

A masterpiece , there is no other way to describe this novel , everything is so well connected , like everything , this is just waay above 95% of the novels out there , i have no idea why it's not that famous