I went in to this without hearing/reading a lot of the comments surrounding the recent anime adaptation airing. The premise sounded dumb enough to be entertaining, but it is the complete opposite.

The non-stop joke of Mamako being this overly doting mother who is over-powered and constantly outshining her son was just thrown in your face way too much. Not to mention how much of a ditz they make her. It's just so overdone, I was wondering if I would even bother to finish it. Halfway through I had to make a decision to DNF, or just power through. I regret not choosing DNF.

Masato isn't a bad protagonist, and Wise is your typical tsundere, but done pretty well. Sadly like I said, Mamako just made me constantly wish I could have this book over with. The author needs to learn what the word moderation means. When every page or two is yet another joke about how awkward it is for Masato to deal with his mom, it's just downright annoying.

Don't read this, there are better light novels out there.

What a ridiculous premise for an isekai. Reborn as a vending machine, and all I could think was how this can't work. I was wrong, as it works really well. It takes the ridiculousness of the idea, and runs with it. It's funny, a bit informative about what you can find in vending machines in Japan if you've never been (like myself), and endearing. I didn't expect coming away from this and wishing I had the next volumes at my disposal to start reading right away, but I truly wish I could start the next one now. So I'll definitely be acquiring them soon.

It's a pretty decent manga with a decent enough mystery behind the people who catch fire. It's just not hitting on all notes. The character tropes have all been seen before in other manga, so no surprises there.

I have 10 volumes from a Humble bundle, so I'll continue it for sure. No rush at this point though