Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

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When I cleared the final chapter of a game that was a national failure, I became an unnamed side character in it.

A non-standard, unmeasurable, EX rank side character.

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Ex-Rank SRRPS
EX Rank
EX Rank Side Character's School Replay
EX Rank’s Replay
명급리
명문고 EX급 조연의 리플레이
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03/28/24 Wuxianxianxia c799
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NabilaR
NabilaR rated it
March 14, 2023
Status: c435
JUST GO READ. 5/5. Although the translation in the middle are kinda bad (would improv later on), but don't give up reading this. Me for example, not regretting going through all these lol.

MC really started as a realiable brother and then... we know this man has the same tendecies as dokja, cale, yoojin, and gongja (sss su*cide y know) sacrificial basta like y know. The "i have to do this so that my (insert protag/playable chara/friend/comp/dll) can be happy/survive"

Dont get me wrong. I love them all.

This novel has many mysterious... more>> plot that we have to unravel. And every character has their own stories? Like literally no one was a side character or cannon fodder. That one kid who provoke MC later will be on his own path not just getting killed suddenly or smth.

Everything started to link and making sense. Although has many character, you can't help but subscon remember them one by one because every chara has important plot.

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One I waited the most was his hoobae back in "not game world" stories lol. Cheon sungheon. Like, I though he just a side chara at the prologue and then there was no mention of him but voila. Spoiler, he is actually the silver tiger, someone say that he has yandere vibe lol I kinda get it. Not yandere but obbsesive? Like who the hell chase your hyung by playing hell like game to literally another world with some kind of erorr. If you have a man who love you enough to chase you to another world even it caused him harm, go marry him. I mean immedietly. XD.

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Pixeldrum
Pixeldrum rated it
February 28, 2023
Status: c70
This novel reeks of crappy webnovel writing.

In a novel where you are regressed into another world with information on what's going to happen, the balancing between precarious situations and everything going the protagonist's way is very important. After all, no one wants to read about a Mary or Gary Sue that is omniscient, saving the day as a hero over and over again.

This novel basically does just that. Our MC is extremely OP right from the beginning, and there are rarely any, if at all situations that make him exert... more>> a lot of effort. He's got the most extensive set of abilities he basically has be ability to do anything. Alright, that's fine if you know, the enemy is also just as OP. Except they aren't. The MC's plans always come to fruition, and nothing ever goes wrong. The events that he predicts always gets thwarted without much effort. There's not really any information gathering, prelude, or worldbuilding that goes into the disastrously events that the MC prevents. It's more like: he knows what's happening, and stops it with his OP abilities and connections with other people.

Ok, but what about the characters? Typical from a novel where the MC knows each character from a game, the MC basically knows the personalities of all of the characters, and thus, it really does feel like he's playing a social simulation game with them rather than interacting with them as equals. Plus, all of the characters LOVE the MC. No one ever questions the MC on how he knows what's going to happen. Even if they did, they just trust him enough that they don't care that he's hiding information. The powerful gods and deities also don't try to get in his way, instead they just help him as much as possible without prying too deeply.

So the end result is that you have the MC preventing a bunch of incidents over and over again with no big story arcs, with a slice of life sim game with the MC knowing the personalities and thoughts of everyone, and NPC characters that put unceasing trust in the MC for no reason.

I know the translation quality jumps, and it's extremely erratic, but that's not the reason the novel is unreadable to me. <<less
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seekingsnow
seekingsnow rated it
September 13, 2021
Status: c142
The story is really good, however the translation is not.

The names change so many times and the pronouns are all over the place.

Although it gets much better for a few chapters, it goes back to how it was.

... more>> The storyline is interesting. The characters are written well and I'm very curious about the other students in class 1-0. The MC is OP in the sense that he pretty much knows everything that's going to happen and can prevent them. He's smart, except when it comes to Snare he becomes an idiot...

Overall, a 4.5/5 for the plot and 2/5 for the translation. <<less
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Velaine
Velaine rated it
August 22, 2023
Status: c588
To be honest this is a slow paced novel and normally I don't like it but especially this novel is fantastic, the plot is very beautifully constructed.

Especially the MC oh my gosh Eunshin is the only MC What I want to protect, he's a fresh MC with a very good nature but not naive.

Its a shame that the translation at the beginning wanted to make me nauseous while reading but it was a lot of fun When it comes to the end. Read it if you like an MC who... more>> has the characteristic of sacrificing syndrome, even though sometimes there are slow sessions but it's still fun. <<less
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silveradvertisment
silveradvertisment rated it
January 16, 2023
Status: c378
This story is very well written. You can tell that the author has put a lot of thought into the plot, the characters, and even the world. There's a lot of foreshadowing sprinkled throughout the chapters and a small detail casually thrown in at the beginning of the novel can easily become relevant later on.

The main character has a very likable personality as well. He's very considerate and genuinely cares about everyone around him. He's an absolute fan boy to the point where if one of his playable characters stabbed... more>> him, he'd thank them. He's also a bit reckless with his own body and doesn't take that good care of himself, which often brings him into conflict with other characters.

The only downside of this novel is the translation, which really hurts the story. The first 100 or so chapters move between barely legible to completely indecipherable, with character names and pronouns changing 5 times within the same sentence. If you manage to get past it though, the current translator is doing a pretty great job with the translation. <<less
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LChurlstorn
LChurlstorn
December 8, 2022
Status: c389
As much as I love this story, the translator is so painful that I wanna cry. For those that want to start reading it, I strongly suggest you to read this without any break or stop especially at the beginning because you won't understand anything with how the term change so often. The writer had graciously add description when one name or term are brought up but it's useless when you don't even remember those that always appear.

Edit: Adding a piece of my thought.

The thing I really love about this... more>> novel was the respect the characters show for each other. The tigers, especially Hwang Jiho, despite being a powerful figure never disrespect Eushin or even question him like any other novel happen with influential figure where MC had to struggle with their arrogant pride.
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They respect Eushin as their benefactor and never look down on him despite him being a human, moreover a young student.

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Perhaps their arrogance was that they're confident of their evaluation that Eushin is a good person, which is actually true, and had view him as 'interesting'. It's also rare that character like Hwang Jiho to have much character development but in here, as the second person to always show up, his development was admirable for a person so old. He's very flexible. Most character in this novel is very flexible when it come to people they love/respected even though all of them are distinguished people. As what Eushin would say, "as expected of my playable characters and NPCs."

Which make this novel really loveable unlike usual novels where the characters could be very annoying that just want to make me shake my head and wish MC or just anyone to tell them off. The lack of arrogant prick is something but perhaps that's because the first thing Eushin do was to remove these disgusting roots so the school for his beloved playable character to be enjoyable and untainted. Way to go Eushin. <<less
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onlydanmeis
onlydanmeis rated it
September 4, 2022
Status: --
Considering this novel has so many good reviews I thought it would be a mindblowingly good read but no, it's not.

It is certified MID

the flow of the story are all over the place and I'd say the world building (with the way the author writes it) is not captivating me to continue reading. For the reviewer who said this could be as popular as tocf, orv, or the s class I raised, I would like to say get yourself to be a guest in the tr*sh taste podcast because your... more>> take is garbage.

This novel is surely not terrible but just like read something else first, especially since the tl are getting reworked. This is seriously overrated

Lastly my review for this novel is not because of the mtls since I'm used to reading mtl (2.5 stars) <<less
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QinQing_Chen
QinQing_Chen rated it
May 19, 2022
Status: --
About the tenses or grammar, I have no comment, as I read too many MTL just to get my daily dose of good novel. The story itself is one of good ones. It have good world building that is interesting. The plot also good. Though the story follow MC, Jo Eui Shin (some maybe found the name different due to translate problem), it also change POV to other character that MC might or might not know. The plot and character will grow due to various factor not only MC.

Also, I... more>> quite like the redemption and the change to good things that happen to the people around MC. Well, not really redemption, but how people can be good and bad due to a factor or another. How they, themselves, grasp the chance to be better just because of character growth due to their social situations or other factors.

There's also the interesting way how being in the story world can open many unseen plot and conspiration as what happen to MC. As more event is prevented, more and more mystery is seen, which in this story, only make people see that there's something that is happening but they (other character or even MC) don't realize.

While my review seem heavy due to the focus on plot and mystery, in actually, there is quite a lot of slice of life too here. It is especially important too in character growth of people in the story as you can see various people try on their own way to life happily and the happiness they gain in everyday life become their reasons of trying harder and better through the trials of their life. <<less
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Pamey
Pamey rated it
May 31, 2021
Status: c105
Okay. I binged all the chapters. I honestly couldn't wait to post my review, because I have so much to say.

Story:

It's interesting, something right up my alley. I also enjoy the protagonist and other characters. This novel has the potential to be far more popular, and the rating could be much higher - no doubt. If you are looking for fantasy, action themed novel with no romance and annoying characters - you might like this one.

... more>> Translation:

*exhale* well, well, well... First 66 chapters? Like many people have said already - looks like mtl with minimal editing <sometimes it even looked like the editor didn't really read the story and just skimmed through looking for more eye-catching errors; if it was not the case - I apologise, but also you can't blame me alright, It was really bad and some of the things could be easily edited hence my doubts>. The most annoying parts of the translation - inconsistency. The switching between names (with Cho/Jo Ui-shin/Eui-shin, Lena/Irena/Lenna, being one of the two examples) or mixing up the povs (using "I" and "he" one after another, sometimes I wasn't sure from whose perspective am I reading or maybe the character was talking about someone else, who knows).

BUT even though I compared it to mtl, it is still more readable <it still doesn't make it a great experience>, that is why I was able to power through the poorly written chapters (1-66) to the properly edited and translated ones.

Conclusion:

If you are someone who is not familiar with reading mtl or it's your first time reading a novel within this genre, then it might be hard, however if you are willing to power through - good luck and from the chapter 67 onwards it's going to be a smooth sailing.

If you are someone who is just unable to read poorly translated chapters - let's hope the first 66 chapters get properly edited or just re-written <manifesting>

If you are familiar with these types of settings and are quick-witted enough to read the first 66 chapters with just a tiny bit of difficulty - then proceed. After ch67 it's exponentially getting better, I swear.

The rating is mainly for the plot and to reward person who is tl-ing 67+ chapters. Kudos for that. <<less
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stampede
stampede
April 25, 2023
Status: c896
I really enjoy reading this novel, something I don't feel much lately since I feel today's novels rarely give refreshing storylines or plots.

Just like the other reviews have said, starting with the MC finishing the national mang-game and being transported to an alternate world where the game took place as a reward, he then try to save the people in the game, especially his 'playable characters'. The story is very interesting, there are many surprises and very importantly for me, the characters are well thought of and fleshed out. Readers... more>> can know their aspirations, worries, fears and perspectives and can see how they grow bit by bit, so watching their interactions is enjoyable (and that includes the villains and people with obscure affiliations). I applaud the author for this aspect (although sometimes I want to smack Cho Eui-Shin when he's being a stonehead).

The translation itself at the beginning is not good, one review said it's better to just use google translate and unfortunately he's right. But later the translation got better and I hope the translators keep the good quality so the novel can be enjoyed properly.

Now I've read to the latest chapter and am sadly waiting for the author to update the novel... <<less
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bllbblblblbl1123
bllbblblblbl1123 rated it
April 2, 2023
Status: c322
Everything was great. The pace of the story is quite slow.
The best thing for me is the emotion that the story conveys.
Our main character is gorgeous, amazing, unique.
He's OP but not alone. He always tries to find people who can help to solve the problem.
There is no obvious power system, however his blessings seem to be the most powerful in that world.
The special thing about our main character is that he is a 'mother ' (in my comparison)
If Kim Doja gives me the... more>> feeling of a trusted companion or 'hyung', 'oppa', or 'ajussi' then Jo Euishin/ Jo Uisin or whatever the MTL refer to this protagonist, he gives me a feeling of a mother.
A mother who always cares, wants to take care of her little babies. Be proud of the achievements of your children, suffer when they suffer and do not mind the sacrifices.
The relationships of friends, family, and colleagues in this story are prominently written. Their interactions are worth reading. People can feel long and bored. However, it's sad that each character has a sad story in it.
However, this is also a funny story, not dark, there are lovebirds that can't be speak, lol. <<less
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thecyanide
thecyanide rated it
October 8, 2022
Status: v1c278
I've been reading this novel since it's been recommended to me, and I was shocked to see the reviews here that I had to make an account and give my own opinion. I'm new to reading light novels, but this novel really hooked me in. The MC is brilliant, the plot twists make actual sense, and the relationships between the characters are well-drawn. It's a lengthy novel so if you're unconvinced that the story is worth a read, check out c278 to change your mind.
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forgetdrunkenmoon
forgetdrunkenmoon rated it
May 1, 2022
Status: c53
It's a good novel, the character development isn't only for the MC but the rest as well. I feel satisfied to see the villain get what they deserved.

Actually most novel with no romance in it despite the MC being male is always good.

The translation are confusing but since I'm used to read in MTL, it's tolerable
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Baldingere
Baldingere rated it
March 12, 2021
Status: c75
Starting point: a nationnal korean game became a well-known failure, booed by the whole gamer community. MC is a hardcore fan of the game, played it again and again, played all the characters and tried every playroute, but it always ends tragically. MC did his best in life, but after finally getting a job, learns he has a terminal disease and holes himself up to play the game until his death. After ten years of playing the game, the final chapter is uploaded: everybody is dead. MC is very frustrated,... more>> dies then wakes up in the game, as a side-chara, one destined to die that day due to a monster. He will do his best to save all the characters of the game and change the ending, with his suspiscious cheat skills and narrow knowledge of the future tragedies.

The story is very cool: it totally owns up to it's tags, it's funny, there are fights and school life like studying and making friends, the science-fi elements don't really matter but the fantasy elements are interesting and complex, it makes for good world building. The side-characters have a personality.

MC is OP, which is necessary because he has to deal with many schemes right off the bat, but has room for growth and the info he has can only help him at the beginning. His personality is a good responsible smart guy. He loves the game and feels a responsability for all the characters, he loves them and wants to help them. <<less
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Gigz
Gigz rated it
August 25, 2020
Status: c5
It is far too early to give a decent review but here are some of my thoughts.

The story has a strong start, which kept me invested and immersed. I could actually feel the emotion behind the MC, who was left struggling and hopelessly dedicated to a failing game. This particularly appeals to me as I’m always playing failing games like the MC did.

The transfer to the main plot was executed more beautifully than most other world transfer stories.
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His presumable death was slow, painful, and depressing. It felt amplified further with his neighbor attempting to save him. The use of dreams as a transition made me feel a little light headed, which somehow made the experience more wild? I can’t tell if I was just too immersed or I drank something awful earlier.

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I can’t describe it well, but it’s better to just read it firsthand.

However, when the main plot with (a lot of) game elements begins, my immersion was kinda broken because I was heavily confused with what was going on. The MC seems to know what’s up, since this is apparently just a rerun of the game’s plot, but I’m still confused with the setting, the surroundings, and the people. There is little description to imagine off of. The story tells that it’s a middle school or something, and there’s a test going on. But the only person we know at all is MC. I just nodded through the rest of the chapters thinking, “Yeah so MC is doing this and these other people want to survive and are doing stuff. I think.” This would probably work better as a manhwa so I can get a better sense of the surroundings and characters. Despite the current plot being confusing, it also feels a bit predictable right now, and a bit cliche. Honestly it kinda feels like the Novel’s Extra.
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Novirp13
Novirp13 rated it
September 16, 2023
Status: c626
Unfortunately, some chapters still have a very bad translation. They say they'll fix it alongside the daily update tho, so don't worry. Beside that, this novel is awesome as heck! It's a story about Isekai, where the main character, Euishin, get transported into a failed game (they called it failed because the game don't exactly have a fanbase with how crappy their story is, hence no one want to use real money to gacha. Or even play the game itself) and he decided to help this world reach a happy... more>> ending instead. I like how the author foreshadowed things from way, way back then and always remembered every single details that turned out to be important in latter chapters. Everyone is important. If author give em a name, then they'll play a role sometimes soon. All the characters have a unique personalities. Even Euishin acted like a clown sometimes. He's definitely a fanboy, always on his 'playable characters' side no matter how cringey they are lol. This novel is still ongoing and per chapters is actually kind of short. My suggestion is that you should wait till this novel updated for, like, 10 or 20 chapters before you continue on reading. Because some of the cliffhanger are kinda mean! Will edit this review when the novel is finally complete <<less
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icarororo
icarororo rated it
June 30, 2023
Status: c925
i've only been reading with mtl but so far everything is good. The main character, Jo Euishin is very level-headed and calculative, albeit having little flaws here and there. That's normal, and honestly those little things are what made him an interesting character. The characters are also overall very distinctive from each other (some stories have very similar characters bcs the author doesnt know how to write multiple roles).

The story is fleshed out really well, the background and setting of the novel is okay, not that hard to understand, and... more>> there is also character developments of multiple characters. The narration of the story is smooth, and the development of the story of each arc gives room for the story to expand more.

If you like self-sacrificial characters (eg tcf cale, orv dokja), and also comedic side characters who banter a lot, good fight scenes and unexpected expected plot twists, give this a try. <<less
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skylightrainbows
skylightrainbows rated it
May 21, 2023
Status: c912
....I just really like this novel.

1. There are numerous characters I can think of. All of Euishin’s classmates are eased into being introduced, we have 2 out of 16 left.

2. Euishin (MC) plays favorites. Like most people. However.i believe he does it because he spent some time fighting against lung cancer and this game was his will to live.

3. Euishin has Self sacrificing tendencies.

Like.... more>>
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Stabing himself in the stomach to take control of a weapon (HJH witnesses this. Or considering stabbing himself to hear the sprirt of said weapon speak at Joo Suhyuk's boat party lol.

Or even giving up sleep and one of the most injuries. Injuring his left eye.

All of the characters who saw Euishin harm himself have a very... interesting... reaction.

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This novel approaches transmigration differently. Although Euishin may seem like a basic op MC. He reveals his Identity to people. Or gives hints. The foreshadowing is also done really well.

Honestly. I just really like this novel since it has a slice of life style because Euishin has to not only ensure that his playable character's mental welbeing is good. Their skills as well. <<less
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Ihartkimchi
Ihartkimchi rated it
October 26, 2022
Status: c50
Pretty good but I decided to drop it. The story, characters, and the flow is pretty good is just that the MC is too OP, there's barely any tension or build up cause you know MC is gonna deus ex machina his way around it. I know 50ish chapters is too early to decide but from the way the story is flowing I can already tell what kind of story it is and it's not for me.

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MC has this power called "Player's Vestige" wherein he can pull out a character card and borrow their power (and appearance if he so wishes). It's just such a BS power since it solves every problem in the story, build ups and tension is practically 0.

PV also scales differently than his actual skills so he doesn't even have to train, he just pull out these OP character cards and be done with problems. To give credit, MC still trains his innate talent but knowing he has PV just cancels it out for me.

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Also the translations is quite bad, it's literally just MTL and not even edited. Waffle did an amazing job but so far they've only done up til 40. <<less
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Arina-chan
Arina-chan rated it
November 30, 2023
Status: c711
You just need to tough through 100+ chapters or so then the translation becomes great and let me tell you the novel world building is great!

The little details you thought is just fillers will be explained later on that it blew my mind how the author has already prepared everything.

Most side characters are not one dimensional and makes you want to laugh at their antics. All in all it's a fun novel, give it a try!

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It's also funny seeing Hwangho developed to a mother hen character, but my heart breaks for him in the original universe

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