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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per lineMain story: 516 Chapters (Completed)
Epilogue: 35 Chapters (Completed)
Extra: 175 Chapters (Ongoing)
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA).
Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amus**ent of god-like “Constellations.”
After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.
He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before.
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وجهة نظر القارئ كلي العلم
มุมมองนักอ่านพระเจ้า
อ่านชะตาวันสิ้นโลก
全知的な読者の視点から
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I won't talk about good or bad points - I feel like people should just give it a try. Decide for yourself whether it's your cup of tea, but worry not - the ending won't disappoint!
A good post-apocalyptic Korean novel written in 2018.
Well structured, but maybe a little too fast paced. Mostly logical plot developments although not well planned. World building and system mechanics are ok, not great. Decent cast of characters.
Nothing mind blowing or entirely new, but sometimes you don't need novelty to be original. PREMISE
A sincere avid fan of a failed 10-yr apocalyptic webnovel finds himself confronting it as the novel world crashes into his reality. Armed with only some foreknowledge, he must use his newfound abilities to uncover the mysteries of the novel while leading a band of other survivors. COMMENTS (1) Lack of novelty... but core concepts are well executed
Other reviewers have noted that the author borrows from earlier successful novels/movies:
Reincarnator (2015) -- Apocalyptic scenario of humans being put through the grinder by various gods, cruel dokkaebi administrators playing the role of game masters
The Tutorial is Too Hard (2016) -- The pro-gamer protagonist (Yoo Jonghyuk) + numerous gods with various personalities emoting rather than speaking
Train to Busan (2016) -- Apocalyptic zombie scenario showcasing the ugly side of humanity, especially the hierarchical structure of Korea society.
The Ultimate Evolution (2011) -- Dimensional travel to movie worlds!
Stranger than Fiction (2006) -- Blend between reality and fiction when a regular guy finds out he's the protagonist in an author's work
-- A violent anti-hero novel protagonist is much more in vogue than a pure-hearted messiah. It's already 2018! Nobody looks for Captain America anymore!
-- The in-novel novel's (getting a headache with the meta) premise is that it's all a messed up intergalactic reality gameshow sponsored by a multitude of gods. So several mechanics makes sense as a gameshow element. Think of it as "The Running Man" film (1987) . There's also a lot of cultural context given the popularity of livestreaming in Korean entertainment industry.
-- Multiple gods pitting their powers through sponsorship of humans makes much more sense than a single insane god that created a death game just to see humans fight. (2) Tons of golden meta critiques / self-deprecating humor by MC as a novel transmigrator This is what you HOPE to see when an MC breaks the fourth wall and enters a "novel" universe. But hardly ever happens in most similar genre novels.
"I often thought about it. Why did so many predictable villains appear in post-apocalyptic stories. It must be the laziness of the authors to think that crimes such as r*pe or theft would occur indiscriminately in such a situation. If the real destruction came, wouldn't humans act more rationally than they thought?" -- in response to when random people first demanded MC hand over his food, rather than immediately resorting to violence
A masochistic god called "Monarch of the Small Fries" that enjoys sponsoring weak baddies just to watch them get crushed by others. Think of every dumbass face-slapping villain in every novel out there.
"But if this person doesn't die, we will die. We are definitely alive but this guy is just a character!" -- spoken by one of the novel characters after entering another movie world
Introduction of False Prophets, basically other readers of the novel who didn't read as far as the MC and were thus manipulated/killed... a meta joke by the REAL author for fans not to abandon reading his work halfway
"Plagiarism is about not wanting you to know the original, a parody is more fun if you know the original while a homage wants you to know the original... we will be making a homage." -- spoken by MC Dokja when they have to create a fake novel to lure out an enemy
The MC Kim Dokja is a typical bored young man (mid 20s?). He's enamored with webnovels and geeks out at the chance to interact with his favorite author. I find that incredibly meta... every reader in this community can probably relate with the MC somewhat. It's precisely because Dokja's JUST a fan/reader and NOT an author, that his immersion into the new apocalyptic world is more authentic. He doesn't have awkward relationships with the characters as their creator, he just wants to use his knowledge to make the best of the situation. Dokja has no OP editing powers, only a basic skill to identify novel characters that actually exist in real life. That's an interesting dynamic since Dokja now has REAL AND BELIEVABLE AGENCY. He has competition, his actions have butterfly-effect consequences, and he's not just passively going along with a linear storyline unlike most other novels. Think of it like a sandbox open world. It's a constant challenge since he has to predict all possibilities to survive. Because it's an integration of novel mechanics with reality, there are no problems with anthropomorphism. Novel "characters" are real living people, and Dokja has to take that into consideration. At the same time, it's clear that the Dokja takes the time to reflect on his circumstances. He shows genuine regret and distaste for the novel. He wishes it was all just a nightmare he could wake up from. His life is affected, his family is affected, innocent people are dying. That's the rational response you'd expect from a novel transmigrator, not the nonsensical "holy sh*t this is amazing and fun!" attitude. But this novel has it's own faults too.... (4) So-so World Building Using "Overlord" as the gold standard...
-- Relatively detailed real world environment, but not well used.
If you check the location maps it actually makes sense. But would've been better if characters made good use of the urban environment to resolve situations and not just pointlessly power up and kick ass.
-- Decent use of Show-Don't-Tell writing style, but too many system elements introduced suddenly.
MC encounters various situations that necessitate brief exposition, but there are just way too many of these that don't really matter.
-- Average stats are emphasized (i.e. "my average stats are 50 so I should kick your ass since you're only 30!"), seems like speccing in one stat is pretty pointless. MC constantly just powers up EVERY stat at the same time.
-- Equipment below S rank doesn't seem to be important. Not sure what's the point of bothering with E - SSS grades when MC and his band jumped straight to S ranks.
-- Many gods/constellations are cleverly based on historical deities with unique modifiers (Sun Wukong, ArchAngel Uriel, etc). They have personalities and motivations that match their various human beneficiaries/incarnation. Humans are not just good and evil.
But the sudden introduction of hierarchies amongst the constellations don't make sense. Then there are wannabe-constellations (aka Guides/Heroes) that suddenly appear as well. Feels like author didn't think it all through at the beginning.
(5) Side characters could be better
None of those annoying side characters that revolve entirely around the MC (Kim Dokja).
All side characters have unique personalities, backgrounds and skill sets that were nicely developed for first 50 chapters but drops off afterwards. Only the original novel protagonist Yoo Jonghyuk is interesting since he's no boy scout. (6) Other Issues -- MC Kim Dokja's initial setup (as an unsuccessful new employee) doesn't gel well with his new role as a cunning novel "transmigrator". Even with foreknowledge of the novel, everything seems relatively trouble-free. Dokja seems to have adapted a little too well and too fast.
Unsure if this is a side effect of the abilities he gained as a transmigrator ("Fourth Wall") since it wasn't explicitly mentioned.
This could've been easily solved if the author had set him up as either a brilliant but bored employee who can't muster up enthusiasm at work, or a rabid fan that analyzed all possibilities for the novel while reading it. The latter option makes more sense.
Else it's hard to believe Dokja's actually that clever to memorize the details of the novel and formulate all of his schemes on the fly. -- Unfortunately some annoying plot armor/skills are randomly introduced when MC is in trouble..
-- the Bookmark ability that allows Dokja to copy novel characters skills for a limited time
-- access to cheat-like inventory through the Dokkaebi Bihyung
-- as with the initial point, MC gets too smart too fast and comes up with ingenious solutions on the fly
-- the Fourth Wall ability seems to do almost everything.. prevent mind-control, immunity to hallucinations, detection, etc.
-- The AND-THEN-THIS-HAPPENED plot development is annoying. As earlier reviewer @OneChompMan mentioned, although it's fairly logical, it's also sudden and unexpected. Author likely didn't storyboard very far and is making up stuff on the fly. e.g. Situation A/B/C/D/E (a new disaster, a cataclysmic event, a random boss) suddenly happens after the conclusion of a previous event, and we're told that the MC and all of the False Prophets already knew this, and the author just glosses over that fact.
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- The story is about our protagonist, Kim Dokja's, favourite webnovel coming to reality. He gets caught in it and finds himself facing the events exactly as they happened in the webnovel he reads, he also meet the characters from the webnovel itself. The said webnovel, [Three ways to survive in a ruined world] was not very popular and he was the sole remaining reader by the time the last chapter came out.
Due to the story and settings of this story, I think a warning for its contents is appropriate:Deaths, mu*der, violence, gore, r*pe, cannibalism, s*avery and other apocalypse story bread and butter.
At first I didn't like that he was able to quickly acclimate himself to the sudden otherworldly events that takes place at the beginning considering that he is supposed to be very 'average', until we were given an explanation for it in later chapters that I could accept it.
However, I would not deny the chemistry between the two. It's kinda disappointing this isn't a bl novel to be honest.
As expected of a paid translation, the work is good. I just wish that the website would at least hire a proof-reader because there is quite a lot of spelling errors.Update: some fans are raising their concern regarding how badly the official novel is mistranslated in a lot of parts. (Ie; Yoo Jonghyuk's name is actually Yoo Joonghyeok, dialogues changing meaning, etc) so keep this in mind! I think this is very important considering that this is a paid work. I hope webnovels do something about it in the future because their translation is the only source for the western fans.