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Release That Witch ( 放开那个女巫 ) is a chinese novel series written by Er Mu. The MC is basically a Chinese engineer who got his consciousness transfered in another world to the body of a prince after the said prince died. This world has a civilization akin to our middle ages but they have these beings called Witches which are just females with superpowers. Using his engineering skills and the help of the witches, he manages to transform an almost barren town into a fortress surrounded by an army with guns and cannons.

Release That Witch Synopsis

Cheng Yan transmigrated only to end up in a medieval Europe like world, becoming Roland, a Royal Prince. But this world doesn’t seem to be the same as his former world, despite some similarities. Witches are real and they actually can use magic?

Follow Roland’s battle for the throne against his siblings. Will he be able to win, even though the king already declared him to be a hopeless case and with the worst starting situation? With his knowledge of modern technologies and the help of the witches, who are known as devils’ servants and are hunted by the the Holy Church, he might have a fighting chance.

Now, let his journey begin.

Series Information

Author: Er Mu
Title: Release That Witch
Associated Names: RTW, 放开那个女巫
Type: Web Novel (China)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Mystery, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural
Rating: 4.8 / 5.0, 1521 votes
Status: 3 Volumes / 777 Chapters (Ongoing)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Qidian
Completedly Translated: No
Translator: Volarenovels
Epub: Wuxialand

Series Reviews

Release That Witch chinese novel reviews by novelupdates users..

Review by Mango Guy. Rating 5/5

Seriously,there is a reason why this novel is so hyped and popular. It has got a harem environment,but there is no harem. It has got magic,but not everyone has it. It has got a smart engineer transmigrated MC with NO powerup other than his knowledge from past world. And he does a fantastic job as the Lord of a town. The bad guy organisation is pretty dope. They are well made,with a hugely mysterious past. A lot of foreshadowing so far.. The characters are lovable. There is NOT much of comedy tho. There is plenty of science and other educational stuff tho.Also,the world's side characters are also very well made.

Plot:5

TL/Grammar:5

World Building:4

Characters:5

Potential/Consistency:5

Overall:4.8

Read it. It is worth it

Review by hukapan. Rating 5/5

Unlike typical Chinese web novels, which are usually centered around cultivation and power-ups, this novel is more like western fantasy.

The amazing this is that, even though it's a web novel, I get the impression of reading a finished book--the story flows really well for something that gets updated daily. I also find it refreshing that occasionally the story is told from other characters' perspective, unlike most other novels that are laser-focused on the main character.

Review by Daoist Last Wish. Rating 3/5

Strong Points:

Interesting premise.

Good beginning of the story, but looses steam around Chapter 100 or so.

Writing is generally good.

Play of politics is well depicted.

Weakness:

Author tries to be too smart, and dumps in scientific terms at random. He tries to depict manufacturing process in detail, but it just becomes tiresome to read all the pointless pseudoscience.

MC must have an IQ of 3000000000 bazillion. In his previous life he just had a desk job, and in this new life he is Chemist, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Enginner and a Great General, all in one.

Everyone on MC's side has a IQ of 200000 Million. Despite the fact that they are barely literate, MC's subordinates are grasping the knowledge that usually takes 10 years in mere 2 months!

Strange Things:

Only women can do magic. Feminist much?

MC is kick-starting mankind progress. What took 2000 years, MC is doing it in 6 months.

Review by kalkain

This is by far one of the best novels I have had the pleasure of reading, and trust me, I've been through almost all the top 50 novels listed on this website.

The premise of the story is a refreshing break from the other "cultivation focused" novels, and both the character and plot development are exemplary. It is far from the typical MC vs ridiculously arrogant enemies who get their comeuppance a few chapters down the road. In fact, it contains many deeper messages that I did not expect from this genre of fiction.

Review by beekyubi

There really isn't much that truly stands out. If you look at it from a kingdom building genre, it's dry and not remarkably interesting, but it definitely beats the ridiculous JP trope of 'Mayonnaise introduced to medieval fantasy, everyone falls head over heels'. The reason why it's actually dry is mostly because of the lack of the 'struggle' thus far.

Do you know how freaking hard it was to break the feudalism government? It took more than 600 years when it flourished in Europe. The entire idea of overthrowing the king-nobles-knights can be something grand, but when the MC starts to introduce new technology over and over again which makes light of the whole era, it immediately becomes weak as a story.

Now, the 'struggle' section comes in the form of witches and the political wars between the church-Roland's family. The witches are somewhat out there as a struggle for their freedom from religion and politics, but Roland pretty much takes that struggle out by force. The witches didn't achieve their freedom with their own hands because Roland handed them their freedom.

Based on these two alone, the MC has gone pretty close to becoming OP. It is convenient for him to constantly discover new witches with new powers to invent new upgrades. It starts to be a given that Roland will somehow succeed in defeating all his opponents through modern warfare weapons.

There's not much about achieving an egalitarian society, but more of a self-fulfillment state-owned authoritarian/monarchy play dabbling in socialism. I say monarchy because it seems like Roland wants an heir.

There is no revolution to see here, where the people cast out their serf status because they had the courage to do so, it is handed down by MC. Is it really that interesting to read that? Roland and his witches 'cure' the crowd from a magic plague, and they adulate him to the skies. It's all MC and about his witches again handing out solutions on a regular basis! This is absolutely boring me to tears and it goes on for 200+ chapters before I finally gave up and dropped the series.

Then about the wars. Honestly, what's the point? When you bring up the guns, I don't see ANY way how it's possible for his enemies to win. Guns literally changed warfare to make medieval swords and sticks pointless. He even has bunkers for his armies to use, for crying out loud. It's not even a delay or avoids melee fights strategy in the 1700s, it's bunkers from the 19-20th century. For the other parties to win, they either have to evolve into something ridiculous or use an overwhelming number of men to defeat Roland.

Speaking of which, I think I kind of lost it when witches upgrade their abilities. That's pretty much hitting some of the Mary Sue factors, but the main heroine is pushing it too much. She is an absolute genius that finished studying years of high school material in months, then invent new designs like steve jobs in sheer moments, while upgrading her magic powers non-stop and is a badass too. Did I mention she's really pretty?

Despite all the things that plague the series, it is ultimately a package that is better than the individual parts. At best I can say that it's an enjoyable read for many people because it has the overall package, at its worst it's fast food WN that is way overrated because it's appearing for the first time, especially as a Chinese WN.

Edit: For those of you who have already read this WN, I would suggest you to go to youtube "maoyuu speech" and compare between the (fake) scholar vs Anna. See the differences in storytelling and characters' depth.

Also, Maoyuu started off from a webnovel, so don't think that there wasn't a precedent before Release That Witch.