Is this novel interesting?
It was good, but not my cup of tea. The MC seems a bit effeminate, but no judgment here. In fact, I’m hoping he finds someone. Anyway, here’s a basic rundown without any major spoilers:
The MC is a very attractive guy who decides to give up on his dreams of becoming an idol because he feels he can’t go any further in that industry. Instead, he focuses on gaming and streaming, partly because his parents are quite wealthy. After a few years, he receives a call to review a game. When he agrees to the terms and conditions—multiple times, as it keeps asking if he really means to agree—he suddenly finds himself transported into the game. Apparently, being transported was part of the fine print, which makes him quite upset.
He tries to communicate with others and even attempts to call for help, but it doesn’t work because he has lost the ability to speak Korean. The system then offers him a choice between two attributes: his looks or his language skills. After much deliberation, he chooses to keep his language skills and gives up his good looks. He ends up as an average-looking guy and participates in a game show that scouts for new talent. The MC accepts this new reality and, as a result, gains a lot of attention due to his mysterious background, which is tied to the previous owner of his body.
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Okay, so… it’s been some time since I’ve read this one, so bear with me. It might a long one, so bear with me. So, should you read it? Short answer: yes , but only if really like fluff and only if you are REALLY into cute animals doing cute things. Personally, I’ve felt like romance was kind of underwhelming and it might as well have been story about MC and his mentor, and not the story about two lovers. I’m also still wondering why was there a need to make two AIs secondary couple… like, it was so strange and kind of unnecessary? Well, anyway, I didn’t regret reading this story, but I will most probably never re-read it… also, I tried to read extra chapters, but then I gave up mid through the reading lol, so there is that.Long answer: this whole comment . So, let me start with the good things… the translation is pretty good, author is really good with explaining what is happening and describing the scene, generally characters are pretty likeable, MC in his animal form is super adorable. Also, I guess it’s cool that both MC and ML are really into each other, there is no drama, no second ML or anything like this, those two are in love and don’t need anyone else, so, if you’re looking for something super fluffy that won’t make your head hurt (light romance part), then it’s for you. On the other hand… I will be honest, I’ve had several personal problems with some moments, and I really want to talk about them…In general, this story is more about MC using his carving skills that he wasn’t able to use in his previous life that it is a love story. I don’t know how to explain it, but majority of the story is about MC’s craftsmanship, while the love story in the background (don’t get me wrong, it’s very prevalent, but in my opinion, it’s not the main focus). And maybe because of that I have some problems with the ML… I don’t know how to explain it, but in my opinion, he doesn’t have that much of a personality, you know? As in, yes, we know that he is very attractive, very strong, very influential, very rich and very loving, but let’s be honest, this is literally every ML in any kind of (romantic/romance) media ever. I love the fact that he adores MC, but honestly, the more you think about it, the stranger his love looks like. He finds this (what he assumes) baby that helps him out, then he finds out (I’m sorry if I’m wrong in the chronological sequence, as I said, I’ve read it some time ago) that this “child” is actually a young adult who was abandoned to die because of his mental problems (before MC remembered his past life, he was basically an adult with a mind of a very small child), yet from the very beginning ML starts to like MC, even though they can’t even talk (as MC is stuck in the body of a little animal and he still can’t talk). In general, I guess, it’s fine, because there is nothing really happening until later in the story, but it’s still might be little strange for some people. ML supports MC in everything and that’s cool, but don’t forget that ML is in the military and is very busy, so he can’t spend so much time with MC. So, when MC finally is able to turn into human, I guess from the readers perspective it’s kind of strange that they literally want to f’ck each other from the get go… honestly, I don’t know how to explain it, but the whole time I was reading I felt like the romance part was pretty underwhelming, and because ML feels so flat (he is like a pretty paper cutout, I guess) I just wasn’t able to feel anything for the main couple. This story is more interesting as MC’s journeys to becoming carving master, not as story of two people meeting and falling in love. Also, as personal pet peeve of mine, became really old really fast how often author would talk about how “adorable” and “cute” MC is… like, we get it, he is a cute little animal, but maybe because I’ve read the whole thing in one reading, it was really annoying to see MC’s cuteness mentioned practically every goddamn chapter. In general, I DO believe it’s a good story for a day or two. There is not much drama going on, main couple is absolutely in love with each other, no rape/dub-con (MC is REALLY thirsty for ML lol), in general the cast of characters is pretty likeable, though you might expect the same cliches as you seen in every Chinese romance story (shitty family on MC’s side, a lot of jealousy from background no-names, MC is extremely overpowered, not physically, but with talent vice and some other things). I think you will really enjoy it if you want to read something to relax and to turn off your brain to, sadly, when I was reading this story I wasn’t really in the mood for any of those things, I guess? But yeah, in general in good. I’m still confused why would they make two AIs second couple and even give them a “child”, but oh well… it may not be for me, but it maybe something you would like, lol.
Then i guess i am dumb or u are just genius .
Nah it's alright mate. We all have our own preferences. transmigration novels tend to portray a hero mc or an anti hero mc which is quite unrealistic. I mean if someone has the knowledge or knows the future of a world chances of him being evil is way lot more than good. Anyways before I get side tracked maybe that's the reason why it was only about the mc since the readers might feel bad about certain characters if they get more screen time. We don't need to know more about them when they are only gonna suffer at the hands of the mc. I think it was a smart idea.
i was reading the comments and they say that the translation was uhm not that good , i was really shocked since i didnt notice any bad translations ( maybe i am immune to bad translations lol)
ALSO this is actually really good
i didn't really have lots of expectations from this BUT ITS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD
Is there any other novel where the Mc is divided? The concept is so cool that it doesn't get tiring, and yes, Negary really brings back memories of Amon
What are the requirements to obtain such things
This novel reminds me of "Superstar of Tomorrow" which has the same setting: mc originally came from the apocalypse but died before it passed, the he reincarnated into the modern future days where he reignited his passion for music and started performing outstandingly. There's no shitstem bs, mc is also very mature and cunning, op af due to being a veteran and also extremely talented in music. Although that novel is very opposite to this simply because it has no romance whatsoever.
It is one of my favorite novels with musical theme, and this one might just be added to the list.
manga is japanese comic essentially..
It’s been 2 fricking months
Transalator might have dropped