I have once again saved the kingdom of Sorreyal from a nefarious plot, but the job’s not over yet. The Duke of Edinburg thinks that he can escape justice, but he’ll soon learn he can’t outwit the God of Time. So, it’s time to have a Duke Hunt, and I’ll find the cowardly weasel, even if I have to get through all his sons first.
A Fun but Predictable Hunt for Fans of the God of Time
If you've made it to Book 6 of The OP MC series, you know exactly what you're getting. Sebastian, the "God of Time" with the power to create save points and redo any situation, is back for another round of power-fantasy action. This time, he's on a "Duke Hunt," chasing down a fugitive noble who's escaped the king's justice. For series fans, it's another helping of the same reliable formula: fun, fast-paced, and entertaining, if you don't think about it too hard. For newcomers or those feeling series fatigue, this might be where the repetitive cracks start to show. I'm giving it a 3 out of 5 stars.
Key Themes The Morality of a "God" and the Pursuit of Justice: The central plot is a manhunt for a traitorous duke. The book explores Bash's self-appointed role as an agent of justice, but with his absolute power, there's no tension or moral ambiguity. His victory is a foregone conclusion, framing justice not as a struggle but as a simple, inevitable task for an overpowered protagonist.
The Monotony of Perfection: Bash's time-loop power, the series' core gimmick, is starting to feel like a narrative crutch here. The theme of endlessly repeating scenarios to achieve a perfect outcome has lost its novelty. As one reviewer noted, the book rehashes an almost identical event from Book 5—a camp ransacking requiring a reset—which feels like lazy filler rather than meaningful plot progression.
Found Family (and Expanding Harem): As always, a key theme is the deepening of bonds with his inner circle. This book concludes with his long-awaited wedding, providing a satisfying personal milestone. However, the expansion of his circle continues in a very formulaic way, with a new female character being obviously telegraphed as the next harem member with zero meaningful development in this installment.
Character Analysis Sebastian "Bash" (The God of Time): He remains a static, hyper-competent protagonist. His defining traits are his arrogance and his 100% completionist attitude. There's no real introspection about the psychological toll of his power—a thread dropped since the first book—making him feel more like a vehicle for wish-fulfillment than a complex character.
The Harem (Elora, Mahini, Eva): Their role is stable: loyal, supportive, and admiring. They get some action but primarily exist to bolster Bash's ego and achievements. Their development is minimal.
New and Returning Side Characters: The introduction of Ako Gray, a shapeshifting cat wizard, is a point of contention. The friendship feels "forced" and sycophantic, with Bash oddly seeking his approval. The fugitive duke and his sons are simplistic plot devices, conveniently placed for Bash to find, making the "hunt" feel less like a challenge and more like a checklist.
Writing Style & Pacing Logan Jacobs's prose is straightforward and functional, focused on keeping the story moving. The tone is light and boastful, perfectly matching Bash's own perspective. The pacing is brisk, making it an easy, quick read you can finish in a couple of sittings.
However, the pacing of the plot is where many readers, myself included, felt the strain. The story structure is notably uninspired. The "duke hunt" plays out with a series of overly convenient encounters, robbing it of any sense of genuine investigation or struggle. Furthermore, the over-reliance on the reset mechanic to solve minor problems, alongside repetitive intimate scenes noted by some readers, can make parts of the book feel like filler on the way to the foregone conclusion and the wedding at the end.
What I Liked & Disliked Liked:
Satisfying Series Milestone: The wedding provides a nice payoff for long-time readers who are invested in Bash's personal life.
Comfort-Read Formula: If you're in the mood for a no-stakes, action-and-adventure power fantasy, it delivers exactly that. It's an "entertaining read" and a "satisfying quick read".
Mindless Fun: When you accept its simple terms, the book is undeniably fun and engaging in short bursts.
Disliked:
Severe Repetition and Lazy Plotting: The recycled ransacking event from the previous book is a glaring example of a lack of fresh ideas. The plot progresses through sheer convenience, not clever writing.
Static Characters: Bash learns nothing new about himself or his power. The romantic subplot with a new character is all tease with zero development in this book.
Editing Slip-ups: One review pointed out a confusing error with Bash's save point mechanic in Chapter 13, which can pull a reader right out of the story.
Conclusion & Recommendation The OP MC 6 is a quintessential "for fans only" installment. It doubles down on everything that defines the series, for better and worse.
You'll enjoy this book if: You're already invested in Bash's journey and enjoy the series' specific blend of time-loop power fantasy and harem elements. You're looking for a light, fast, and undemanding read that offers a nice personal milestone for the characters. You should skip this book if: You're new to the series (start with Book 1), or if you felt the formula was getting stale in Books 4 or 5. If you need tight plotting, character growth, or any narrative tension, this will likely be a frustrating read.
Final Verdict: A solid 3/5. It's the literary equivalent of comfort food: familiar, satisfying in the moment if it's what you're craving, but not particularly nourishing. I'll continue with the series out of loyalty, but I truly hope future books break the predictable mold and reintroduce some actual challenge for the so-called God of Time.
There is not much to this story, but is a continuation of the first 5 books. The MC is a simpleton who has unlimited power but just nothing more then to be the center of attention. It's hard to read at times but it is what it is, a simple story with a cool concept and world.
Haven't actually written a review for this series since the first book. The problem with this is that it's become boring. Work through a series of tenuously connected events as they meander towards a larger goal, eventually accomplish said larger goal, and call it a book. Throw in resets here and there to make use of Bash's power. This is the pattern that all of these novels have followed, more or less. This book and the previous one actually have the gall to rehash what is practically an identical event - within the first half of the book, the group ventures off to do a task, and return later to their wagons/camp to find it has been ransacked. This causes Bash to reset, and then ambush the thieves through multiple attempts. This almost literally exact scenario happens in both book 5 and 6. It's ridiculously lazy, and its greatest crime is that it doesn't even add anything of substance to the overall plot. It isn't some larger scheme at play - they're simply two different sets of random and completely unrelated thieves who are defeated, and then the group move on, with this event never to be thought of again. Nothing but filler.
The overall structure of the plot is uninspired and lazy. This book focuses on the manhunt for a fugitive duke. Sounds like it could be interesting, but how does it play out? [Spoilers follow, but trust me when I say you really are not ruining much by reading this ahead of time.] What do we do, what do we do. Let's travel in that direction. Oh hey one of the duke's sons just so happens to be in the first town we come across, what a serendipitous occasion. Let's kidnap him and interrogate him for information. (And of course, there's a healthy dose of resets involved.) Ok, we found out about his other children, and it turns out of them is in another nearby town! How convenient! Let's go there, and extract info from him as well. Now there's two children left - the eldest, and the bastard. Hmm, which one should we go after next? Let's sleep on it. Oh, hey, the cat man friend (more on him in a bit) disappeared, where did he go?? Now we have to wait for him. Oh, hey, the cat man returned, and he brought the bastard to us, how convenient. Now we go to the secret bunker we learned about from the bastard, capture the duke, and bring him back to face trial. All of which happens without any resets at all, because the author just wants it to be done. Top it off with the wedding that's been mentioned throughout this novel (and half of the previous one) which gets blitzed through in a mere handful of pages, and then even cut a sex scene short at the end, because fuck it, we're out the door.
A fairly major grievance I have is the fact that, starting in the previous book and thoroughly hammered upon in this book, Caelia is obviously going to be added to Bash's harem. But zero actual progress or interesting characterization is made in that relationship. There is flirting here and there, and Bash thinks to himself how badly he wants her, but he must be patient. This happens (with those exact same steps) literally dozens of times. But, guess what, there is absolutely no payoff by the end. All of the mentions of it were next to pointless, seeing as nothing meaningful was added to the relationship, nor did it develop any. I guess I should've known better, seeing as she's on the cover of the next two books.
Next thing I have isn't really a problem, but more of a "...why?" A staple of the harem genre is forced male friends. To be fair, most (if not all) relationships could be considered "forced" in these types of novels - measured development is not usually a strong suit. But, in the case of the harem, that's what you come here for, so a certain level of disbelief is to be expected. But I never understand why there's also so many forced male friendships. Why are all these men so ready and willing to be friends with the protagonist, to the point of being a sycophant? It's just weird. And it always happens quickly, because they know no one wants to read a nuanced development of a male-male relationship in one of these stories. Anyways, the focus of the forced male friendship in this novel is Ako Gray, the shapeshifting cat wizard. He was introduced in the previous book, and Bash became so enamored with him (for some reason) that he asked Ako if he wanted to come along on the journey. This isn't overly weird - there's already been some way-too-eager male friends in this series. But Ako is kind of on another level of weird. Bash is so intrigued and captivated by this cat dude, that he's constantly asking him questions and seeking his approval, and resets a number of times in order to make himself seem more impressive in Ako's eyes. It's just fucking weird. Additionally, Ako's powers have no clear scope, and as a result he always seems to have the right skill or ability for the situation. I don't see what possible purpose of having a male character that is not the protagonist being so powerful in one of these series is. Ako is so detailed, and propped up by the rest of the cast, that I wonder if he's someone's fursona that the author inserted into this story. It all comes off as very odd to me.
I remember in the first book, when Bash was first discovering and testing out the range of his powers, there was a moment when he worried about the toll on his mental health it could take, and possible implications of that. And a couple of times throughout that book, when Mahini was killed and Bash reset, it was brought up again. I thought that could potentially be interesting, to have to deal with potential problems that resetting might cause one's mental health or perception of the world. But it hasn't been mentioned once since. He resets thousands of times, without a single care. Just another example of how this series has become lazy and dropped the ball.
Well, that was certainly more than I expected to write. I like the harem characters of this series, but everything else about it is so lacking. With just a bit more effort put into it, the series could be so much better. Alas.
I really enjoyed the story. Sebastian is a little arrogant, but he isn’t quite a self-declared god.
However, an editor needs to pay better attention to the details. In Chapter 13, Bash tells us he set a new save point as the party entered Ardmore. This, it’s very confusing when he resets and is starting the day from the beginning again. If this is some sort of indicator that his abilities don’t work like we think, it needed more emphasis; if it’s simply a mistake, it should have been noticed in the editing process. I don’t expect authors not to make mistakes, but I do expect their publishers and editors to make more of an effort to catch them. If Mr. Jacobs is self-publishing, I encourage him to have someone reading to notice flaws like this so they can be corrected.
Another amazing entry in a truely epic and amazing series. The attention to detail paid to events and actions is remarkable, but it's the fun antics of Bash and his group that always get a laugh out of me. And it helps with his gorgeous companions and the acceptance of his oddities.
Always looking forward to the next with these books!
Being the God of Time is cool, but being the God of Sex can be cool too. When a very evil Lord breaks out of the Kings jail, who gets the responsibility to bring him in? Yep his most hated enemy, the God of Time. Ya the hunt is on!
Very fun read with new friends and a Wedding at the end, plus soon to be baby...
The mention of "God of this... God of that..." had finally emerged as a solid character trait for my reading; it became expected. So the Adventure(s) and Encounter(s) maintained a solidly good speed throughout this volume of Sebastian's story. Very well done. I look forward to more - either Bash's stories or others. Twas well done.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Bash has a lot going on, this time around. Not only does he have a runaway noble to apprehend, but he has a wedding to get to. His own. The story and characters were intriguing and engaging. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. This one is definitely worth the time.
As always this story is one incredible adventure after another! The characters and world are fascinating and it is non stop intrigue and action! I eagerly await the next one!
Of course it was another good adventure. I will say the adventure was rushed, I feel everything could have been longer but I understand the need for the fast pace with the wedding. Either way looking forward to more
This has been another great book written by Logan. It has everything you could ever want in a book. I will be anxiously awaiting book number seven in this series!!
Another delightful installment of the OPMC series. I truly enjoyed the addition if Ako but was a little disappointed with Caels... I guess that's a fine hook then, lol. I can't wait for the next adventure. Keep up the good work SIR Logan!
With so many series ending, this was a great find. I couldn't put this series down from book 1 to now. So many ways to take this story and I'm enjoying the adventures had. Highly recommend this series if your in search of one.
As always a very entertaining series!! First class adult fantasy, interesting action and enjoyable character interaction!!! I for one can't wait to see what comes next!