This story is a massive disappointment, i'm not sure if i was spoiled by other translators who selected better stories or what, but i expected a lot more from a korean novel. In my experience they are usually better written then chinese ones and shorter, being shorter is usually what helps them because the author doesn't repeat the same plot points every arch to pad the word count. The story start is pretty weird, we are introduced to the main character and a villain whose action are baffling. The mc "luckily" manages to return to the past, he's now got a FULL YEAR before the game starts and he pisses it off. From what it's described he does nothing other then finding a very important location in the first few days, only to leave it and do nothing for the rest of the year. He doesn't try to maybe, i dunno, find and kill the guy who he hated so much before, try to connect with figures who are going to become deities or possibly very strong allies in the future. He could have reincarnated within a few days of the start of the game and the story would still be the same while leaving the readers with less doubts about the author and protagonist intelligence. Now we get to the juicy part, he gets to the location he scouted a year before and becomes the first to transition to the new deva mode. He gets a pretty sweet +200 stats bonus for every aspect of his character and proceeds to tell the reader that such a huge bonus, even higher then what he expected, would definitely propel him to the ranks of the top devas. It actually makes sense since reaching such stats would apparently take a year or two. That would have been a good point where the author should have stopped the *beep* plot armor and sent the mc into the wild, but nope. The protagonist has not enough of a leeway so we get another stupid scene where he "totally randomly" gets a whooping +1000 stats in each attribute. That results in the mc having now better stats then what he achieved in 7~11 years before the reset while still being a level 0. He's now ready for adventure, the revenge is probably forgotten for now but i'm pretty sure we'll meet the antagonist later in the story where he proceeds to trounce the mc anyway or gets blasted for sins he has not yet or may not ever commit. Anyway the protagonist finds a low level dungeon he goes in and is immediately confused, apparently in 12 years of surviving in the "hellish" world he never learnt how to fight or think since he fights like a toddler who just learnt he has arms. I should stress that the basic stats for a normal lvl 0 deva is 20 across the board, our mc has 1200 in each, by all rights he should be having trouble just moving without having spent some considerable time adapting to such absurd stats. He should be having fun and being mildly frustrated trying to take a few steps without accidentally breaking the sound barrier. The power level is so high he should atomize anything that he touches, especially low level mobs that have their name preceded by the word "weak". He kills them easily enough but apparently the stats are meaningless since he only manages to crack some skulls and he's considerably astounded by the fact. One last thing that really baffles me is the protagonist choice of future development, apparently being adaptable is stupid? He's got stats that could lead him down pretty interesting development paths but he's going to throw such an advantage away and just focus on being a melee class. Really? The argument for why he should go down that road it's pretty flimsy too. Anyway avoid like the plague unless your favorite decent korean author pissed you off. If that's the case, read this and you'll understand that the tiny mistake that upset you is not that big a deal when compared to this burning pile of trash.
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LIKEI endured such a sacrifice so that pure minds like yours wouldn't have to face it... i'm weeping in sadness, my efforts were in vain... i couldn't save you...
zaiziua:TOO LATE!!!!!!! I've READ IT(my rational brain is crying)
Neveryoumindme:I endured such a sacrifice so that pure minds like yours wouldn't have to face it... i'm weeping in sadness, my efforts were in vain... i couldn't save you...
Neveryoumindme:I endured such a sacrifice so that pure minds like yours wouldn't have to face it... i'm weeping in sadness, my efforts were in vain... i couldn't save you...
before this i did not believe in saints but you have truly become my savior thank you for your sacrifice
Neveryoumindme:I endured such a sacrifice so that pure minds like yours wouldn't have to face it... i'm weeping in sadness, my efforts were in vain... i couldn't save you...
What a long review but i don't regret reading it!! A novel were the mc is suposed to be inteligent but his decisions are at the level of a 5-7 years old child is on my list of hated novels. Add to that power that can split the earth but barely kills weak monsters and i'm out! Thank you for the sacrifice, may your brain rest in peace.
I feel my positive karma raising... maybe it will one day make up for my sins. I really shouldn't have dared those people to read that terrible novel all those years ago...
Raskaro:I was saved from another trash novel, you ,my friend, is a true saint!
Ty..I'm not reading it then... I just thought of wasting my precious time in this.., 👍.., but now I'm not goin to
Neveryoumindme:I endured such a sacrifice so that pure minds like yours wouldn't have to face it... i'm weeping in sadness, my efforts were in vain... i couldn't save you...
I can see it, your future timeline is filled with light and happiness now. You made the right choice.
alucard13:Ty..I'm not reading it then... I just thought of wasting my precious time in this.., 👍.., but now I'm not goin to
I am going to have to disagree. This novel is very different from the others of the genre 'come back to the beginning of the game and do better'. The MC is not a strong person mentally. He is the regular Joe Smoe who gets a break and figures out how to exploit it, but keeps screwing up. Unlike too many people he recognizes his deficiencies and tried to do his best. There is a song called, 'Making the Best of a Bad Situation' that covers this scenario.
I'm happy for you. Personally i don't feel like wasting time reading a story where the author is incapable of using logic or keeping facts straight.
Green_Sky:I am going to have to disagree. This novel is very different from the others of the genre 'come back to the beginning of the game and do better'. The MC is not a strong person mentally. He is the regular Joe Smoe who gets a break and figures out how to exploit it, but keeps screwing up. Unlike too many people he recognizes his deficiencies and tried to do his best. There is a song called, 'Making the Best of a Bad Situation' that covers this scenario.