The Isekai Police: Hero Summonings are Overrated

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Kai Freeman thought it was a dream come true when a magic portal whisked him away from his terrible home life to an entirely new World of sword and sorcery to fight against the forces of evil as the prophesized chosen one.

Regrettably, he was brought back to reality when “The Isekai Police” crashed the party and informed him that it was all a sham. With the only other option being a trip back home, he instead chose to join this mysterious group as his ticket to a better life.

Brought to their headquarters, the teen is shown a world more bizarre and magical than anything he could have ever expected, with magic-powered arcades, a library with movies and TV shows from across the multiverse, and a whole bunch of weirdos who try to convince him that their peaceful way of living life is the best.

Will Kai’s desire for a second chance be bogged down by a bunch of cynical adults, or will they show him that there’s more to life than just fantasy alone?

Parallel Story (already completed,notnecessary to read first): https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/42012/the-isekai-police-aka-earths-advocates

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Vnator

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Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 149
Views: 67,977

Chapters(46 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

MystiqueRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
TL;DR: I enjoy this story and believe it's wonderfully written. The characters are realistic and the comedy is top notch. Worth the read in my humble opinion.
Style: The stories style is well done, if a bit of a slow burn. But the author is well aware of this and advertises it as such so it should come as no surprise. It is easy to read and understand, and has more than an ample amount of comedic relief justly earning it the Comedy tag.
Story: What a truly intriguing twist on a beloved genre, isekai. What if so many people got isekai'd that they formed a police force solely to look after all the unfortunate souls ripped from their home and forced to defeat Dark Lords by whatever ruler summoned them? Well you get a rather interesting tale of a boy with a mildly mysterious but hard past. Desperate for his chance to finally have his own adventure, and the many people trying to make sure he doesn't get himself killed before he has a chance to enjoy it. It's a well done an entertaining story I found myself utterly absorbed in.
Grammar: Top marks. Whenever I judge grammar in RR I look through the lense of knowing these people do not have access to professional editors. They have autocorrect and likely Grammarly and that will not catch everything. As long as the typos and grammatical errors are not so commonplace and egregious that I'm utterly ripped from immersion I do not mind them. The author is also very quick to address any issues pointed out, so 5 out of 5.
Character: My favorite part of any story, and also the most tricky thing to write. Yet Vnator is a true master at crafting realistic characters. These people feel like who they're advertised to be. The MC is a teenager, and full of all the bravery and naivety that comes with that age. He makes realistic choices for his age and experience. Which means sometimes he makes choices I, an adult, would not. And that's why jts good writing. Teens aren't all knowing super geniuses on average. They tend to act first think l
PotassiumRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have read and really enjoyed the first book of this series, posted as another fiction on this site, so I am really excited for this one! Still early chapters, but it looks promising, I hope it will be as entertaining as the first one. If you have read the previous volume, hop back in, if you have not, well, now you have two books to enjoy.
WeavervaleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Style 5/5 This author has the style I desire. The writing is clear and legible. Paragraphs happen and make sense. This seems to be a problem that others don’t often address but.. make it easy to read. This is a prime example of how to make sure the flow doesn’t interrupt your prose.
Character 5/5
Kai gives me a distinct sense of who he is! I understand what he thinks and why. This is very helpful so when he does something it makes sense for the character as well as the plot. This right here people! Show the characters wants and why they can’t get then, then at the same time… show what the character needs but won’t admit or is tightly held.
Shiela also has a smooth character voice and - i hear this a lot about my own work, but this is the first time that i write this- the world feels lived in. So we have that in common. There’s a section where shiela comments on how things usually are that makes character sense there and drives the point home.
Here’s an example of what I am talking about. From chapter 3
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“So are you going to eat that oatmeal?” asked Sheila, pointing towards Kai’s bowl. “It’s cooked in milk, ya know? Way better than the slop you’d find anywhere else that just uses plain water. Just take a bite, you’ll feel better, I promise!”
“Because it’s drugged?” asked Kai.
“Drugs?” asked Sheila confusedly. “Hold on, are you saying that just because of the way I color my hair?”
“N-no!” Kai quickly backpedaled. “I mean, that was my original theory when I woke up today, and why I don’t remember anything.”
“You thought you were drugged and dragged here by us?” Sheila ascertained with a single eyebrow cartoonishly cocked. “Who do you think we are, the Cheka or KGB?” She burst into a fit of giggles after making the comparison.
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Grammar/everything else 5/5
This is professional.
Turtles are different from TortoisesRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I will preface this review by saying that I’ve only read a couple dozen isekais, so I’m not very well read on the ins and outs of the genre, and my review could be influenced by that.
That said, let me get into this.
Grammar: The grammar is very good, and I didn’t come across any problems with it that I can recall while reading.
Style: The author has a decent way of writing dialogue, though it does feel forced a bit a times, and the prose overall is certainly not bad. However, neither one of those categories is done exceptionally well either, and the pacing is often dragged down by the tendency to dump large amounts of information out all at once, typically in the form of detailed explanations to the protagonist while nothing else happens.
Story: There isn’t much of a story, and there typically isn’t that much of a need for one in this type of slice of life novel. The progression of those slice of life elements themselves though is also somewhat slow, with a lot of the first nine chapters, long ones, still just being the protagonist being shown around and learning the very basics of everything.
Character: The Protagonist has a distinct personality, and what could develop into an arc over time. The side cast all have their own notable elements, and don’t feel like clones of one another thrown into the story without rhyme or reason at least. However, I don’t find any of them very compelling.
Andrew616Royal Road
★★ 2.0
I don't have anything in particular that i can pinpoint and say, "this is why I didn't like this story", but in general, I couldn't get into it.
The premise (there is a multiverse, and humans from earth are special and get summoned into other worlds to act as heros, but got sick if it so established their own government paradise to save all the other earth humans) was interesting. But the actual story fell flat, probably because of the world building.
The main character, Kai, didn't connect with me, I didn't like him much, and the world building could have been interesting, it talked about a bunch of worlds that could be cool, but instead we are dumped into TOAL.
TOAL a post scarcity paradise, where everyone has everything they need, amazing food, great accommodations, lots of fun entertainment, free education, a powerful military, and it's freely available to everyone! A true utopian paradise! but it feels fake. There is no depth to it, no explanation as to how any of it came to be, where the resources come from, no one mooches off the system, everyone just volunteers and gives everything they can freely, without fail...
I guess it all feels like a day dream rather than a fleshed out world.
And thus I lost interest.