Rebirth of Chen An

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The notorious firearms crime lord Chen Zhang An a.k.a Old Fox was placed under house arrest by the very successor he groomed.

He thus ended his own life with a bullet right in front of Lu Feng, only to open his eyes and realise that he became an obese, myopic, bucktoothed, broke and abandoned loser.

Well that loser is gone; let Uncle Chen teach you what it means to be a real winner in life.

Associated Names
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Chong Sheng Zhi Chen An
重生之陈安
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Seriously_Misspoken
Seriously_Misspoken rated it
April 10, 2020
Status: v2c143
Slightly frustrated since the rest of the chapters seem to be locked away and you need to make an account + earn points to access it. But from what I read, I was amused.

MC is a firearms dealer who kills himself because of his successor who imprisoned him. Afterwards he wakes up in an obese, ugly looking body, and starts rebuilding what he lost. Along the way he slowly collects himself a harem of good looking guys.

It's not the best book I've ever read. But it's cute. I didn't get... more>> bored with it, and if anyone has a way to read the rest of the chapters, please let me know. I'd love to finish this.

If you're looking for a capable MC who is quite sly, but also learns to have a change of heart, then I'd recommend this. Though the translations are a bit rough later on, it's still a good read. <<less
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Sliph
Sliph rated it
November 9, 2019
Status: c140
I'm only in volume two so I can't say that much yet but from what I've read so far, I can say it does a fairly good job at keeping you entertained. The author just doesn't do a very good job of portraying character development, for example, when the author attempts to express Chen An's vulnerable side, it's done in an unrealistic manner and it's hard to suspend your disbelief. The novel needs more constancy, especially with regards to Chen An's character. Elaborating more would be spoiler-zone so I'll just... more>> stop here.

I don't recommend this novel much but I think it could have a lot of potential if some of the glaring issues were fixed. <<less
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suwaa
suwaa rated it
May 11, 2019
Status: c69
It's okay story but not really give me a deep impression.

Overall my final rate is 4.0 no more no less. Because I like the translations.. I will give 5★

I like the characters development, it's not too fast nor too slow. I can enjoy it.

But the MC is... I don't know if he's too smart that making him s*upid or just dense or ignorant 山 (°=°) 山. For sure, I would give him space to relax. Poor MC must to survive over 4 gong that have personality of yandere.... more>> I just hope the ending is HE. MC's existence is already brought the yandere out of their closet (?). Lol <<less
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ErrorEra
ErrorEra rated it
January 21, 2017
Status: c15
I'm honestly not that into yaoi, but it's either the author or just due to the excellent translator, that the writing style is really enjoyable to read. :) A lot of the other novels I've been reading liked to cram a ton of "world building" at once and ends up not being that important nor understandable. I like that this story slowly hints and reveals things and the MC just feels very unique to me.
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tvo359
tvo359 rated it
January 7, 2017
Status: c13
I like the pacing. The story is moving with an interesting storyline, while keeping the information flow going in a nice pace. Looking forward to more.
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Noirceur602
Noirceur602 rated it
August 30, 2019
Status: v1c83
I loooveee it. I Love Viewfinder manga, true star, I love Rebirth of Cheng An, I love Mafia theme which has a sadistic streak in it. I want to do Cheng An too. Although I don't have the 'gear'.I guess I'm sick? Lol
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Mikleo
Mikleo rated it
April 30, 2018
Status: Completed
As one who had read both novels to completion: True Star is better.

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Spoiler

By leaps and bounds.

I just like Tang Feng's decisiveness and 'queen' persona better than Chen An's supposedly carefree attitude. I think those who said Tang Feng is repressed by the seme didn't read True Star to completion, because Tang Feng is anything but repressed, suppressed, or submissive. Even if he's the uke in his harem full of seme, he's like the queen that you don't want to piss off lest you get kicked out of his harem, asap.

... and he won't even care about it.

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Of course, that doesn't mean this novel sucks. It's the opposite.

Even though I first read this novel because of True Star, it does have its own charm.

Chen An's basically a rebirth story (like True Star), and yes...

Spoiler

It's a Harem ending. (Like True Star)

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Basically, if you liked the other novel, then there's a 95% chance that you will like this.

That's because the premise is the same, even some characters have the same personality. The only difference is that this novel doesn't focus on Showbiz. <<less
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Nostalgia21
Nostalgia21 rated it
January 31, 2018
Status: c38
So far the story has been really good and I look forward for more chapters. I like how bad ass and put togethet the MC is.

Spoiler

the story now is about to pick up. He's starting to pick up his gun trading business and groom Cheng Yang for the job. Interesting though how everyone is still after his ass even though he's in a mediocre body at bes. His appearance will probably get better at the stort goes.

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ResidentialPsycho
ResidentialPsycho rated it
December 14, 2017
Status: c69
This story is pretty entertaining so far. The MC cracks me up--pride is his middle name, and he won't let anyone tell him any different. He is obstinate to the point he kills himself. When he sees his new body, he immediately gets to work losing weight and getting his teeth straightened, even though he gets made fun of for having his teeth straightened at that age. He is quite funny. His pride is his strength because it gives him the willpower to do what he wants and carry though.... more>> Unfortunately, it is also his weakness because he takes up challenges he shouldn't too easily.... Such as drinking more alcohol than he should. He found out the hard way that his body has zero alcohol tolerance.

That said, there is a lot of fat-shaming, especially in the beginning. If you have any issues regarding your appearance or weight, you should probably avoid reading this series.

Aside from some interesting yanderes, there isn't much more to this series. The plot moves slowly and comes across as disjointed. Even though the MC is an arms dealer, there aren't any action scenes. It's not exciting. <<less
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Reader5149
Reader5149 rated it
March 13, 2023
Status: c144
Heres my honest review!

I actually liked it depite the others comments and reviews about it. After all, I'm only reading it to pass time so I basically just dont mind. It was also quite an interesting and entertaining read for me so ye.

What pissed me off though was the translation, it was hard to understand, not to mention the plot holes that was hard to ignore.

Alright, now lets start.
Who I am rooting to be the ML is actually Ivanov. I can see various reasons in each love interests on... more>> why they could possibly be the main ml. However, Ivanov is just really funny and cute. I can actually quite see his character development as the story progresses I actually thought that he had this 2nd ML vibe so I didnt really take it to heart that he could be the main ml. However, in the arc where they set sail on a ship. That changed my mind quite alot since I could imagine them being actually quite a nice couple, in short they actually quite look good together. My fav arc would be this arc in my opinion.

I would like Ivanov as the ML however, if my intuition isnt wrong, then among the other male love interests.. Lu Feng has more potential. Either Ivanov or Lu Feng, thats it. On the chapters I recently read, Chen An was abit annoyed when he saw Lu Feng faintly smile at others other than him. You can see Chen An's jealousy here (I think its also the first time that I saw hime jealous) I actually quite like Lu Feng too, his devotion and love and infatuation for Chen An is really genuine. I can understand his reasons abit, around chapter 140+ Lu Feng himself said that he was tired. I think he was tired at living and also tired of his love for Chen An that was full of his pain and guilt over the man, even though he didnt personally kill the MC, however, he blamed himself for it since he locked Chen An away in the island.

Honestly, can I be honest here?What is up with all the male love interests being so much younger than Chen An??First, theres his younger brother, then Ivanov, Lu Feng, Chen Yang, and that police (forgot his name) Not to mention that the story keeps referring to Chen An as the "old fox". Its a bit weird but yeh, I stated before that I really dont mind reading anything at this point.

There were also many clues and evidence that could lead to Chen An being the old fox since he didnt even bother hiding it even infront of his nephew and others and kept his personality (he ofcourse didnt mention that he was the old fox himself tho) but they just left it off as Chen An is like Chen Chang An. Chen Yang himself can only now question the sudden change when MC is not around but still decides to leave it.

The story is boring but when the male love interests comes in, its really entertaining. The talks about war and stuff like that in my opinion are just details that could add to the story, however, personally I'd much more prefer that the story should just focus solely on the romance. And yes, my review moreso consists of talks on who I think and like as the main ml.

However, I do think that the sudden change in the MC is abit questionable. He talked alot and planned on how he should revenge Lu Feng but now backs out just like that??I like this development but how did this old fox went from cold and serious to a man who teased and got jealous over something so little when Lu Feng smiled at others???I also did not expect he himself say to Lu Feng that he can be his Sugar Daddy.. Like what?????????Did his personally somehow got affected after spending a couple of months with Ivanov. Anyways, thats all, I do am planning to wait for new chapters to come out. Bye bye <<less
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Siphokuhle
Siphokuhle rated it
January 16, 2023
Status: Completed
The whole face slapping was a bit overrated and how everyone literally falls for MC.

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Spoiler

The successor's drastic personality change is over done. Let's not forget it was the same person who literally kidnapped MC, r*ped him and had a sick obsession towards him

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The whole thing with how the harem had an unexpectedly change in personality and all because of MC. Where is the character development plot? Where are the ups and downs of them wanting to be good and better people?

A lot of the plot was missing. The novel was boring, it looked like something straight out of a fanfiction at AO3. And then the author casually throws in time travel?! At this point I think the author was less motivated and forgot the original plot line.

Spoiler

Didn'tlike the fat shaming. When MC doesn't like the way he looks because he is fat. I get that the body he went into was of a guy who got dumped by a girl who didn't like his wheight, but MC wasn't obliged to also hate the body.

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I think a lot of transmigration novels number one and important step is always changing the way the body they've been reborn in. It may be their body after rebirth, but let's not forget it was originally not their body so in a way MC still fat shamed.

Can we stop with the normalising of r*pe victim falling in love with rapist. The way MC moved on so quick from that whole experience was impractical.

If writing about these types of topics like r*pe or abuse, at least make an effort and do research on those topics. No r*pe victim will wiling and happily get back with their rapist. I don't care even if you've once hurt the rapist. The is no excuse for Rape.

Honestly I didn't even see MC healing. No matter who you are or what you do, r*pe leaves a deep impact on people and you don't just recover or act like nothing happened.

Spoiler

Only character that I liked is the police office. He was the relastic one. It's normal to become infatuated with someone who looked like your past lover or someone you loved, but they didn't return your feelings. At the end he finds out who the real MC is.

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Can we talk about the Nephew. Like what the matter with authors normalising in*est. 'My uncle lost wheight and is no longer depressed' I wanna f*ck him.

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Most of the novel personally was just dragged out for the sake of writing. Nothing interesting happened. It seems like everyone falls in love with MC if MC doesn't like then you're a perfect and have a shitty personality.

Some of the 'villainous' characters, their personalities was overboard considering the whole novel was just tame and nothing crazy happened.

Spoiler

The time travels shows how the two Western and Eastern side where enemies in the past and they've all been saved by the charms of the MC, bullsh$t

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The MC was portrayed as a notorious crime lord and all of the sudden he is a damsel in distress. The was a lack of scenes that really portrayed the 'Notorious Crime Lord'.

Fanfiction:👍. Novel: 👎 <<less
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Golex9000K
Golex9000K rated it
October 30, 2021
Status: c143
A very excited novel you can't guess the plots and can only go with the flow.

MC is a very unlucky guy even after his "rebirth" the "enemy" seems kinda recognized him.

I start to enjoyed the story around chapter 100 when fluff and smuts happened and MC start to enjoy his life after his rebirth.

Darn it's so~ good~ after MC open up him self the world seem fluff and wonderful.
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Mairin
Mairin
October 24, 2021
Status: --
Although the story is quite confusing I still enjoyed it hahaha and I'm glad the author included chapters where they are all chill haha

Ivanov is my absolute fave, he never fails to make me laugh hahahahaha his head is full of sperms only lol h**ny bear

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Spoiler

the thing when Chen An and Ding Sheng went to ancient China something feels so out of place hahahahaha

When Chen An became a teacher is one of my fave parts haha

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And there's no actual villain here, the conflict lies in MC's feelings and strong attachment of the past that's making things hard for him to move forward

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and I hate the extra about blackened Chen Yang who brainwashed Chen An

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I don't know why its labeled completely translated tho when there's still a lot of chapters left, thankfully the raw is easy to mtl

.... it's a true harem ending so if you're like me who is hungry of BL harem, give it a try, tho there are MLs that are in advantage haha <<less
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Rimamr
Rimamr
August 6, 2021
Status: c38
I love this story so far but still waiting for anything to happen with Lu Feng

Spoiler

I start having goosebumps first his brother was in love with him then the one he adopt and in his new life his nephew WTF LOL

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