The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

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My whole life, all I wanted was power.

I churned the world into rivers of blood and eventually gained the title, ‘Demon Lord of Strength’. However, all this became useless when I lost to a party of heroes.

But what can a loser say? As I laid dying, I was forced to listen to the hero’s gibberish:

“If you are born again, I hope that you will live a kind life!”

But huh? When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the past.

“What do I have to do to live a kind life?”

This is the beginning of an ex-Demon Lord’s journey to live a ‘kind’ life.

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TRDLIK
회귀한 마왕은 착하게 산다
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novelreader141
novelreader141 rated it
October 29, 2021
Status: c167
Starts out as a cliche, maybe a bit, but soon becomes rather complex with how and why he was reincarnated and if he was the only one,

And it only gets more interesting as
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he realises that his first life was a kind of lie, manipulated by unknown forces

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Although the fights are kinda same, his sadistic kindness nature is true kindness
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Scar21
Scar21 rated it
October 22, 2021
Status: c160
I have absolutely no complaints about this LN. Zich is such a perfect protagonist second only to Cale, Dokja and Gongja (who are at #1 for me btw). I always look forward to what Zich does next and me waiting for every chapter out of pure anticipation, just goes to emphasize on how much I love this novel.
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bakaemon
bakaemon rated it
October 9, 2021
Status: c147
This novel brings a refreshing feeling from other novel with the same premise. The main protagonist is great and peculiar. He has a very unique personality and other characters feel fresh too. And I appreciate the character development from this series, their personality, including main character's, do grow. At the latest chapter, the main character, who is a former demon lord, is truly kinder than being "kind" (with sarcasm). He is at level of Cale from the tr*sh of the count family series. And somehow, the author nailed the vibe... more>> of an epic fantasy hero from the main protagonist. This, is something very great to read, consider other series prefer their protagonist goes to the dark path.

In conclusion, this series is worth the time to read. At the time of this review, I have read it for a whole day plus half a days next. Truly a great series.

P/s: I decided to write this review due to 1 star review from user Kowairo11. I was puzzled by his lack of reason for the disappointment in his review. I hope if other see his review, please read other honest opinion too. <<less
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Yuki_Ringo
Yuki_Ringo rated it
October 5, 2021
Status: c97
MC personality of tianlung Jun from SVSS but less hentai. Possible mentally deranged and very twisted but powerful enough that no one dare opposed also a Demon king that was 'killed'

Enough said.

MC personality or thinking bit sadistic and a lot twisted but he's trying his best like a mentally deranged kid w the power of super saiyan and maybe its a fair trade for lack of common sense for his power and the mental capacity to outsmart his opponent.

Supportable side characters that makes you cheer and even minor character... more>> have realism {I'm talking bout lil Tom and the mayor} <<less
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Blood-Lust
Blood-Lust rated it
August 23, 2021
Status: c99
The first 20 chps are a mix of highs and lows where the training is shit, beginning of the journey is boring but the fight scene are great. MC has memory loss which makes him dumb (Really hope this is why) and no real context on his character early on.... more>>
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turns out everyone hates MC because his mom was literally a b*tch/vilaness

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and by then story kept getting better. <<less
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goga
goga rated it
July 9, 2021
Status: --
new

hmm it's pretty ok and to me it's entertaining

really hope that I would still enjoy it till the end

old

can't really see why he should still help his family, seems pretty s*upid tbh

... more>>
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almost all the person there is ok with the harassment and poor treatment the MC is being subjected to... the MC wasn't even a tr*shy person cause when the MC hasn't regressed, he was a timid person (basically a doormat)

so did the MC deserve that? was he a douche that deserves that treatment? how was the people different from the MCs mother?

the people there fears the strong (MCs mother) but bullies the weak (young mc)

and let's be honest they probably gave the MC a death sentence, here we have a timid guy who's being harassed by his family leave the estate without any backing or learnt any skill that can be used as self defense... he's a young noble so it's more likely for him to die in some ditch

and all of that forgiven just cause of some plot twist, to the point the he might even help them

really disappointed

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the author's reasoning on why he's in a shitty situation is downright pathetic
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"The reason why everyone outcasted Zich, including the Count, was because of his mother. Technically, everything that Zich mentioned was what his mother, Sara Steelwall had done; humans were not creatures who acted only on logic."

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If that's their main driving force, he might as well let them follow the common trope.. can you honestly tell me that they're not douchey for the sake of being douchey

And the entire 1st arc seems pretty negligible, he didn't even have to go through all that trouble, what did he even personally gain from those situations, he could've just left

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would have accepted it if he did it purely for revenge cause with that he would have personally gain something.. but the only thing that came from that cause of the plot twist is him helping his brother to be an even better leader

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Honestly, I wouldn't really be surprised if it's just there to show the plot twist, to show that it's somewhat different from others <<less
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Seraphic
Seraphic rated it
June 17, 2021
Status: c33
Not a ton out but it's pretty good so far. It's got the standard "regressed protagonist" tropes like OP fighting skills and knowledge of future events and doesn't show any signs of being particularly unique in its application of those tropes, but it does at least give the protagonist willingness to change and grow.

The author seems to like subverting expectations, so a character and their actions shouldn't necessarily be taken at face value; we (and the characters in the story) are often lead to believe one thing and later revelations... more>> completely change our perspective. For example, in the first few chapter with the MC's family
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the MC being ostracized is initially set up to be the machinations of his stepmother/brother but was actually mostly due to his dead mother being an awful person, and the MC's "revenge" for his poor treatment was actually a farewell gift attempting to nudge his family away from certain doom.

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Overall, I'd say the novel shows promise, but naturally, it's still too early to see whether it'll turn out to be great or terrible. <<less
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Motorola
Motorola rated it
February 7, 2024
Status: --
5/10 and that me being generous, I have seen comments that speaks volumes about how good the novel is, but honestly, I failed to find that to be true,

There is no power system, MC just willy-nilly gets stronger, Author tries to make MC an as*hole but fails to deliver on that.

MC goes around doing the same sh*t after every 30 chapters, I consider myself a very committed reader who always finishes the novel that he starts but after 420 chapters in I have given up on the novel as... more>> It has now become a chore to read rather than something I look forward to reading.

All in all, I will not recommend this novel, but for the sake of not being a d*ck and ruining the rating of the novel I will I've it 4 stars. <<less
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Mahesvara_
Mahesvara_ rated it
April 23, 2023
Status: Completed
"How was your sweet moment of hope?"
-Zich

This novel was solo carried by the Protagonists' personality. I wish I could find another character like him.

Here we got another Korean story with a glib-tongue protagonist. Zich is now added to one of my favorite characters. I can't get enough of the MC roasting every enemies. The interactions with the characters are just so fun.

I enjoyed the story very much, my problem is the near end the story, it's so unsatisfying to read and become so predictable. Same goes with the romance.... more>> They might as well remove the Romance genre in this one. There's basically no romance at all after 600 chapters, the romance only started in the side story but even then it's seriously lacking to call it romance, it's not that the romance is bad, it's just that there's no romance to begin with. I expected too much and got really disappointed. The side story is also really bad, so predictable and annoying to read, I was just forcing myself to read it because I want to finish it and be done with it. But overall it's still enjoyable ride, mainly because of the Mystery-solving along with the MC and his schemes, detailed and good execution of mc's plans when screwing someone over make me anticipate everytime. The MC is a complete troll. MC is always coming at the top. I love all these kinds of savage MC that has a glib-tongue that can mu*der people with just words.

Zich kinda reminds me of Lee Kiyoung and Dantalian. They're all from KR novels, Evil and Sharp-tongued. Story: 4.5/5
Style: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4/5
Overall: 4.5/5 <<less
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PikachuWWIII
PikachuWWIII rated it
August 12, 2022
Status: 400+
Ill just say it plainly:

MC is "Kind" with ("")

The romance is very subtle and can be ignored quite easily if you'd like to, that being said, I enjoyed it, and it appears rather later on.

... more>> The characters are all flesh and blood. 10/10

Light humor, but actually funny

MC is really enjoyable because he simply doesnt care for other peoples opinions, nor does he try to act for the sake of appearence. He has clear goals, and just isnt s*upid.

There are 2 cons that I could see.

The mc's power level isnt really explained, the only way to understand is to see who beats who, and then see afterword why the winner won. This is more of a problem early on, as it gives the impression that the enemies scale with the MC, later on however it clearly shows otherwise, and isn't really a problem.

Some arcs seem to drag on a bit longer than needed, and have a less impactful climax than expected. For example

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the MC often runs into the evil organization, that of which always has a collaborator. The MC will find the collaborator yet will still prepare and wait longer before the confrontation. It is completely reasonable as to why, but is still frustrating somtimes. (If you binge the arc its not really a problem tho).

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The climax often seems less impactful because the author doesnt draw it out any longer and just lays it bare. I can't really see how this could be made better, but it is still somewhat dissapointing when the last 10chapters of preperation, end with just some "He is the true spy!" And then ded.

Overall I would rate it an easy 8.5/10 all around. I saw a reveiw that said something like "the MC turns into a complete idiot"and "why hasn't the evil organization killed him yet?" And it made me cringe. Nowadays when unreasonable cliche stuff doesn't happen people make it sound like somethings wrong, and I dont really know how to reply to such a statement. I mean, I can think of 1 situation where the MC can be considered to have made a dumb mistake and it was due to his bad habbits and personality, yet its made out to be an "inconsistency". Personally, I absoultely love how the evil organization isnt treated as some BS plot device to cause trouble for the MC and actually has things to do other than track the MC and hunt him down in every city he goes to. <<less
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sudipto
sudipto rated it
July 19, 2022
Status: c431
I have read a lot of novels. After reading around 100-150 novels, all stories seems boring and copied from one another. But I can not stop myself reading and I desperately seek something new and exciting.

Well, this novel gave it too me! The main character is new and interesting. The side characters are well developed. And the plot is very well designed. I love the story so far so much that I would put it as one of my top 10.

I do not know how it would feel for a... more>> beginner reader to start with this one. I find this novel so good that I am guessing all the negative reviews are from the beginners.

If you have read too many demons and heros stories with magic in it, and want a nice change of pace, I highly recommend picking up this one. <<less
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duhu1148
duhu1148 rated it
July 18, 2022
Status: c429
"I said I'd be a hero, not some s*upid dipsh*t pushover... Ah wait. Are those two actually the same thing?" ~the main character

Pros

+No tr*shy harem

+Slow-building romance

+Great world-building with a lot of lore, schemes, alternate timelines, etc.

+Overpowered protagonist who regressed (died and came back)

+Fantasy setting with a great cast of characters.

Cons

-Action sequences can feel dragged out at times. It's usually not bad, but still the weakest part of the series.

9/10 series thus far, easily one of my favorite WN.
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thenewattacker
thenewattacker rated it
July 15, 2022
Status: c378
Starts strong, but gets weaker as the story progresses. It isn't unreadable later on, but the author has narrowed his worldbulding at this point and the 2nd chance magic has faded for me.

... more>>
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The Magic Tower arc dragged way too long for a very meh resolution. Didnt understand why the author jumped through so many hoops to keep up a conspiracy when it was neither necessary nor satisfying.

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For this story's many strengths, the absolute weakest link in the author's storytelling is during fight scenes. The fights are writing in a play-by-play manner, and described as a series of individual actions. I don't need entire chapters devoted to 'a knight swing his sword, the MC parries the swing, the goon goes in at the opportunity, the mage burns the tr*sh with lightning, the knight backs off scared, the MC goes for a chase, etc'. These dry, empirical descriptions of individual actions stringed together for multiple chapters didn't contribute to much other than "they are fighting hard".

To further exacerbate the previous point, a classic fight scene can only end in either a victory or defeat and this MC is allergic to defeat, so the outcome of a fight is already a given. If the outcome of a fight is basically given and the fighting process is very dry, it would be more productive of your time to skip huge portions of the fight, read the 1 paragraph of significance, and then skip another huge portion of the fight, until the end when the MC inevitably triumphs.


Go judge the insignificance of the following relatively spoiler-free passage.
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Thud! Zich nimbly jumped on top of the lumps of fat. The mushy sensation he got upon landing made his face scrunch up. The arms popping out around his surroundings floundered. Their eyes looked towards Zich while their noses sniffed, and their mouths screamed. Zich sliced off the nearest meat clumps that came out like humps. Their mouths screamed, but Zich ignored them. The meat clumps he sliced off were huge, literally big enough to be a small house, and Zich lifted them. While slicing off the arms reaching for him like cutting down tree branches, he stared at the hole he created. Fluid monsters were crawling out of the hole.

"This place is forbidden to enter, " Zich murmured and shoved the meat clump right into the hole.

Crumple! Although the meat clump was much bigger than the hole, everything that made up the floor and what Zich held consisted of meat clumps, so he was able to push it into the hole with enough force. It filled up the hole so tightly that even a drop of water couldn't leak in. Zich sliced all the fluid monsters that had already made their way in and stared at the hole he had blocked.

'They were hard to deal with because of their abilities, but since they weren't that physically strong, at least they wouldn't be able to come in immediately.'

Crunch! After crushing a nearby lip and piercing Windur into the eye next to it, Zich looked forward.

"Hey, it hasn't been that long since we last saw each other."

The surrounding arms tried scratching Windur, but they couldn't land a mark on the sturdy sword which was stronger than most rare metals. When the arms changed their targets and aimed for Zich, he personally crushed them with his feet.

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GlueGod
GlueGod rated it
July 8, 2022
Status: c318
The synopsis pretty much covers the goal and overall plot of this novel - MC used to be a demon king in his past life - regresses to be a "hero" in his own way (which is influenced a lot by his past self). A unique take on regression.

There are some reviewers who have mentioned how the novel doesn't reach their expections according to how popular and well recieved this novel is to others. I sympathize with it since it does have quite a few shortcomings, however, its a decent... more>> novel. The novel has a clear goal for the MC, there are multiple villains and obstacles/challenges and the main villain is shrouded in mystery keeping the reader guessing. There are slight romantic undertones with some of the interests to the MC. There is a lot of action.

However, MC is kinda OP sooo how do u make up for that? Side characters. U progress and focus on side characters, thats the only way you make character progression interesting for a novel thats focused on progression. So will the reader be satisfied with only this? Nahhhh we want to see MC grow y'know - at least as a person. Unfortunately we don't see that either until 250 chapters later, where he struggles to decide between going back to his "evil self" or staying as a "good person". It would've been nice if this was tackled in a humane way - as in what real people in the real world do and feel when they get into frustrating moments in deciding their moral obligation BUTTTTT author just had to make our MC a sociopath soo almost no feelings in regarding to his inner debacle therefore, no progression!

Also MC does this thing where during every "boss fight" he makes it seem like the enemy is gonna win and then he UNO reverse cards and boom he says smth along the lines of "How was it? Your last taste of hope" or smth like that - same line used to many times it makes me physically cringe I just scroll past it so my picture of the MC doesn't get ruined constantly.

But still a decent read - i'd give it a 3.5/5 but this site only allows full star rating so.. <<less
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JamesVenom
JamesVenom rated it
June 11, 2022
Status: c331
Mc-Though Zich was a demon lord, he doesn't let his past influence his present actions, he doesn't go on irrational merciless killing but with a reason, yes. He wanted to live a kind life and throughout the novel, us readers can see him progress from faking kindness to being kind. He is rational, cold blooded, he thinks his actions thoroughly and everything is done by him with a motive behind it. He outplays his opponents and he is kind only to his friends, to his enemies, he is sadistic beyond... more>> comparison, literally one of the best MC introduced in a novel.

Side characters-Side characters? All feel like major characters because of the amount of the emphasis the author gives to them. Mc's party is small but all of them are given importance throughout the novel. Characters aren't forgotten if their arcs are over, they do return after a few chapters break.

TLDR- a must read 5/5 novel <<less
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Mustakarhu95
Mustakarhu95 rated it
April 8, 2022
Status: c329
I really enjoy reading this novel, the premise is simple the characters are fun to read about. It's nothing ground breaking but it's still better than 90% of the novels I've read untill this point.

Just some fun adventures without harems and pointless drama, and the backround plot and mystery is good enough to keep things going if not great.

The character chemistry is good all around and I like the interactions and the way they act around each other.
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rhianirory
rhianirory rated it
March 10, 2022
Status: c110
fun MC with a skewed personality who follows his own code, even if that code is all kinds of gray rather than the usual shounen black and white. The MC sometimes seems to be a master strategist, plotting for an end fifty chapters away, and at others he presents himself as impulsive. I was really enjoying the story until ... more>>
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all those different versions/past lives come up for multiple people; then I just started to get annoyed that the author was unnecessarily complicating what was already a solid story.

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I'm leaving it at a four for now subject to change if/when I finish the novel. <<less
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Bob3301
Bob3301 rated it
January 9, 2022
Status: c57
It had a very strong start, but it turned out to be just another OP MC gathering party members and babysitting them as they grow stronger and the 'kind' part in the title is going to slap you in the face in every section of the story, locking the MC into a chaotic good alignment.
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Daoist Ghoul
Daoist Ghoul rated it
December 2, 2021
Status: c189
Don't be confused by the misleading title guys, that's a bait by the author.

This is a cathartic series, the maneuverings remind me of Reverend Insanity. Our main character is an engaging protag, crafty and his enemies are similarly clever. It feels like a satisfactory battle of wits, leveraged power and strength.

When the MC died, the hero told him to live his next life in kindness. So, out of curiosity he decided to follow the hero's advice but implemented in his own way. His kindness works against him at times, and... more>> tends to allow him to let those who should be punished off with a lesser punishment. No harem so far iirc which is a plus for the harem haters

IT'S GONNA BE A FUN AND JUMPY RIDE GUYS !!!! Y'ALL SHOULD DEFINITELY GIVE IT A TRY. I recommend this novel. <<less
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Derk09
Derk09 rated it
October 26, 2021
Status: c163
I really enjoyed it! It's a different plot from the usual Korean novels on this website, and it's significantly more fun to read. It's funny, and one of the only novels I look forward to reading everyday.
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