Life, Once Again!

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Sometimes, as we go about with our lives, we all happen to think of one specific thought at least once.

What if… I could go back to “that” time?

The funny thing is, the moment you think such a thought is the precise moment when you came back to the past, from the future.

“One more time.”

Life, once again.

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LOA
인생, 다시 한 번!
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kushdutta
kushdutta rated it
March 26, 2022
Status: c660
I really liked this story at first as it was a fresh approach on time travel but the story becomes almost unbearable in the latter part. In a slow pace story I like certain things that makes the story interesting but the story suddenly changes to very complicated and over the top twist. The sweet romantic arc became a sad story of break up and they started forgetting each other. This is as far I read it because at some point it stopped feeling like a good read. Lastly It's... more>> just my point of view and the author is a very good one and translation is also quite good but I don't think the story is going in the right direction. <<less
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JFallDesu
JFallDesu rated it
December 17, 2020
Status: c253
While I can understand that this novel is not for everyone, and some rated this novel quite low because it is not their cup of tea, I really can't understand those rating it 2 stars saying MC should enjoy his second life and just have fun...

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Spoiler

The whole point at the beginning of the story is the internal struggle that MC has to go through (between acting and studying)... MC mentionned that in his past life, he was struggling to feed his family, and seeing his daughter trying to save money broke his heart... As far as I know, studying in Korea is super hard and you basically have to dedicate your youth to studying in order to be succesful. As such, I find it perfectly understandable that Maru is hesitating, and I would go as far as to say that those who complained about him "not having fun" missed the point, or they simply don't understand the korean society well enough.

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To the one who wrote about how unlikely it is for Maru to have the same baby again, I can only say that you didn't read the novel well enough: First, I would like to point out that this is a fantasy novel, he already got reborn, so why not ? And if I remember, at the very beginning of the story, the woman who made him reincarnate said that he could meet his wife and his daughter again in this life.

Lastly, although it is possible and perfectly understandable to not like a story, I would personally refrain from writing a review at chapter 6...

You should have noticed by now that I am really enjoying the story, to the extent that I felt obligated to write this "review" when I saw how underrated the novel is (and when I saw some of the reviews). <<less
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Ekoyi
Ekoyi rated it
June 27, 2020
Status: c81
Edit: This review is not for other people except me since I just wrote this to give 5 stars to the novel and just became emotional while I was writing this.

A very very good novel so far. I like how the MC is loyal and rational like his real age which is 45. At least, he didn't fail the experiences the experiences he faced in his previous life. Also, others chracters got their own personility and life. They met with the MC at some point in their life but they're... more>> not just revolving around the MC. The novel shows you another point of view for actors or maybe a detailed one. Almost everyone can relate to the MC. At least I can. I am not a reborn a person, of course obviously. But I feel the same feeling of loss like him. Not knowing what to do, did not have a dream and even more confused because you know what will happen if you choose different paths. Knowing yourself feels like scary cause you're aware of your defaults. Even if you envy others or someone push you, you still can't do want you hope or what they expect cause you know your limit. And seeing MC from a netural state to being social and become to have a source of passion makes me feel good. I had a dream and I had to gave up because of family circumstances. I lost the happiness of living at that time. Fortunately, BTS came into my life, and I had a passion for living, to continue to see their mvs, listen to their music videos and if possible I want to the see them from the point I first saw them to them having their own family and kids and ecen till the end of their life. I know that this passion will not be last one cause the band will disband or retire someday. So, it feels good to see the MC having a source of passion or dream that will last for a long time and follwing that dream. His wife and daughter is more of a passion for him than acting but there's potential that acting can become another source of passion that will make him life more meaningful I guess. <<less
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13th Echelon
13th Echelon rated it
October 12, 2020
Status: --
This novel is too good, it's not just about the MC, the other characters are alive and there are lessons that you can gain from it.
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detoxangels12
detoxangels12 rated it
October 7, 2020
Status: c183
finally caught up. This was really an amazing read. I've learned so many things that I didn't knew before, especially about ways of life, society, philosophy and adult world. As a someone who is ignorant about most of the world, this is an eye opener. The drama is top notch, the characters are dazzling, the setting, portrayal of human being is amazing. It's realistic, that's why it's interesting and fun to read.
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IakXastur
IakXastur rated it
May 24, 2022
Status: c783
First of all, I hate writing reviews on something, yet I am still writing one for this story. So here goes.

I don't like the story, but it's a story that I am truly enjoying it. There is enough realism in the writing, that, at least for me, I'm constantly being drawn in. It is an extremely slow story, which at least for this story is both a positive and a negative. It can be a slough to get through parts of it, but when something "changes", you become hooked once... more>> again. Some of the side story characters, , and their "arcs" don't add much to the story, yet add to the atmosphere and depth of what is going on.

Characters

Unlike a lot of stories, the characters are caricature, or ideas of what people are. Yes, they are exaggerated to a degree beyond what most people are like. However, even with the exaggeration, the characters COULD be real people. And there are a huge amount of side characters in this story. Some of them are pretty much one and done, others are brought back up after a break from them.

On for the negative of the characters, it is their names. This is purely based on me not being ingrained in Koren culture, and overall familiarity with Korean names. But, I will put it as a negative for me. There are way too many similar names, all starting with a really limited number of the alphabet. "B", "D", "G", "J". "M", and "S". I understand that this is normal for Korean names, but unless it's a constant character, I have trouble remembering which character is which whenever they get brought back up.

Atmosphere

This is where the story shines, for me. I am reading the story more for the atmosphere than anything else. I care nothing for acting, other than as for enjoyment. I don't have a feel for how the scenes like, any maybe it's lack of knowing about Korea, but it doesn't seem to truly matter. When the story does require a deeper need to understanding of the visual scene, the author gives enough hints and clues to set up a generalized idea of how it would look.

Translation

This is important to translated novels, and I have no problems with the translation in the slightest. In one of the chapters, the translator explains why he uses Korean terms instead of translating them to a more broadly understood concept, i.e. Using ramen versus raymen (sp?), and yes, using a more common word would help the flow of reading for the majority of the readers, s/he wants a culture appropriate word, with the correct implementation of the culture. Japan is not Korea. I don't want to personally Japanese, or even western culture in a story where it is not relevant. I'm reading a Korean story, not something else.

Story

As I said, I don't really like the story, but I am completely enjoying it. It's not a perfect story, and not even that good. But it does what the author wants the story to be. It doesn't feel forced. It is extremely slow at times, but after thinking about it for a bit, the story is about life. Life is slow, and drags out. Life is not about constant moments of excitement.

Now until a few spoilers:

Spoiler

I'm currently after the time skip in the story. The initial part of that was jarring to say the least. Han Maru has gone through his military service at this point. I don't understand anything about Korean military service, and it's implications in the slightest. And finding out that Maru has broken up with Her (Gaeul), hurt. But seeing their current interactions, and then stepping back is painful. They love each, plainly obvious. The hesitancy, I'm not sure if that is the correct word here, of Maru against Her is sad. Not tear jerking, but almost a worried depression. That is the main reason I'm writing the review, more than anything else.

I want to see more Suyeon. At the core of her character, she is a good person. She is tragic though

Actor Yoon, or however he is called. He's a really good mentor character. But I feel like he is a character that will die in order to bring characters together. I don't have any clues leading me to that outcome, but it feels like that could happen.

Gensou (sp?), he's entertaining. But other than being in the same company as Maru, and being Maru's initial foil's brother, doesn't seem to be a factor. He's not truly a character, but more of a plot device.

The stage actor mentor of Maru. Interesting character that would be a good lead in another story. He seems to be the biggest caricature in the whole story. I like, and he is interesting and I want to see where he goes, but..

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I could keep going on, but I will stop here. If I could give a half star, this story would be a 4.5. It has enough good points that drown out the negatives. If you like slice of life novels, give it a try. If you want high emotion novels, this one isn't for you. If you want action, don't read. If you want to try something different, try it. <<less
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jato8ace
jato8ace rated it
March 21, 2022
Status: c63
Well to start out with, the quality of the writing and the translation are both very good.

The characters feel very fleshed out and realistic, and the setting is also very well done. You can really imagine what Han Maru's school is like, what the atmosphere of the club is like, etc. The author clearly took a lot of time thinking out each of the characters personalities and backstories. A+ world building.

The longer I read it, though, the more frustrated I became with the main character.

Han Maru's whole character is driven... more>> by his past life, specifically his wife and daughter that he left behind. Despite losing most of his memories of that life, he can't let it go. It's like he's in a state of arrested development; he's still that same 45 year old man on the inside, regardless of what's on the outside. He essentially just wants his old life back, but with a little more money. At the point I'm at in the story, he's flirting with acting, but he's taking so long to actually get into it that I am losing patience with him.

I feel like Maru actually would have been better off without getting his second chance, because now that he's in the past he's terrified of changing his future. It's all very in-character for him, but as a reader it's difficult to stick with an MC like this.

Even though I know he'll eventually do something (because this is a novel and it is going to follow certain tropes), I don't know if I can stand waiting for him to get there.

I think a part of the problem circles back to that world building, actually. The story spends so much time getting into the heads of side characters that it makes Maru's development feel even slower.

So to summarize: Nice story, but you need a lot of patience to get through it. <<less
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ApatheticSchizoid
ApatheticSchizoid rated it
November 26, 2021
Status: c570
It was a good a premise for a relaxing webnovel, but it gets so muddled in unnecessary details and side stories. I don't get why the chapters are so long for so little to happen. The writing itself is good, which really makes me wonder why the main characters are so bland. Maybe it's due to the fact that the author tries to introduce too many details about so many different characters all at once while neglecting the main characters along the way. All these side characters get really detailed... more>> backstories that take up most of a chapter, only to then disappear. There's really not any character growth at all. Even after a couple of years story wise, everyone feels like they didn't grow up or change one bit.

I'm definitely dropping it especially after seeing that it doesn't get better and seems to get worse. <<less
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arcadefire35
arcadefire35 rated it
February 7, 2021
Status: --
I am not sure why the author picked components of the story to put together as it is written. For example, why the go back in time, why the ajussi with no aspirations in life, why the acting club, why pick a club that has a training regiment like the military, why an entirely male class, why no personal aspirations but bent on trying to help some classmates, why does he think trying to study hard just "doesn't work", why suddenly during the first few chapters the MC has the... more>> most conversations with the opposite gender is with a female instructor in the acting club instead of a female his age, why the speech bubble gimmick? I mean, in the end, the author can write whatever she/he wants, and the rest of you who are enjoying it can enjoy whatever you like, but I guess I'm just disappointed. In so many novels, premise is good, if only the author didn't mix some strange sh.. Together. No, I'm not against slice of life, which is why I was so excited to read this in the first place. For example, in this story, why can't the author write a slice of life story with a "just for fun" club, actually mixing some people of both genders OF MC's AGE, FROM SCHOOL, no need to get rich, just have personal experience so he can be more mature in his actions? Maybe also don't be so defeatist about studying as well, and just try a tiny bit harder there? <<less
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HunterGeorge
HunterGeorge
April 17, 2020
Status: c10
It’s an interesting novel, at least the main character is somewhat believable in the sense that even if we went back in time right now doesn’t mean that we will just change who we fundamentally are as an individual. Here, the main character is someone who is not into studying. He finds it difficult to study and there is no, “i remember high school math like I’m a high school mathematics teacher”. Hoping it continues.

Thanks for the hard work.
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Lovelywuju17
Lovelywuju17 rated it
December 14, 2021
Status: c625
Okay, I'm being objective here. This is a great novel. The plot, plot twist, character build-up, character development, interaction pace, interesting, world-building, interaction, the flow, choice of words, execution, moral lesson, and I don't know what to say anymore, it's just that good to read. Plus, a lot of foreshadowing, man oh man, a lot of foreshadowing. I'm in the latest translated chapter and I'm so curious about the "mystery" centered around him and his wife (even though I already know the spoiler, I still want to read it). The story will not disappoint you, but there's also a downside. All you need to remember is that this story is THE MC's journey and the life story and his wife or should I say the FL.

Spoiler

I'm not the type of person who got attached to side characters unless they play the main role in MC's life. But sometimes, I felt that it was quite a shame if they suddenly got forgotten because there's a lot of chapters centered around them sometimes. I got it it's for their character's background. But, it still irked me, that their ending will be different from the main story. I can't spoil you more than this. It's a happy ending, but it's quite bitter-sweet. It felt like my journey was crushing and I felt horrible, like what's the point with all of this time I spent reading just to see my MC suddenly become like that! But it's planned I guess from the author, and indeed it is still Happy Ending, but I felt like chewing sweet gum that I can't swallow. Like you know you see growth, but suddenly collapse because of that something.

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All I can advise is that this novel is talking about "life" itself. Just enjoy the ride. Well, the title already spoiled a lot. Realistic, but sometimes absurd. It's a hell roller coaster, I'm telling you. There's a time when you find it excited, calm, boring, disturbing, crying, fluff, and cute chapters. It's a "Worth it" novel.
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Uhoh_
Uhoh_ rated it
November 14, 2021
Status: c590
Found another hidden gem!

This story and plot is really unexpected and out of the norm, which makes it so interesting and new. When you imagine transmigration / reincarnation stories, you imagine the MC using thoer knowledge of their past life to succeed in this life. But it's complete different here! I reccomend for other to read it, at least as a new experience. And also, this novel delves a lot in acting and life lessons or experiences.

It's definite a breath of Fresh Air. The MC is also very unique, very... more>> relatable to my personality actually. Which is why I like him so much.

My only complaints though, is that in the beginning for most parts of the novel, it's like slice of life, there's hardly any excitement, so you probably can't binge this or you'll burn out, it's an absolute slowburn. Also, one of the only bad things is when the author builds up tension on a certain event or experience that'll happen, only to skip it. It's not always bad because sometimes some scenes are just redundant, and the author focused more on how the event affected the people in the story. But damn is it not frustrating.

I'm sorry, but at chapter 628. I finally had the courage to drop this. The rating still stays the same. But the novel that I was looking forward to reading just changed course a million miles ahead, it's almost like a different novel now because the focus is different. I can see where the plot is going, and unfortunately it's really not my cup of tea. I still reccomend it though.

Spoiler

From an acting, showbiz slice of life story with a tinge of seriousness and drama to a convoluted novel with endless side stories, monologues, and emerging different time lines / supernatural plot.

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tt2005
tt2005 rated it
November 20, 2020
Status: c227
I personally love this. It’s slow paced, yes, but it makes more sense than any of the other “go back in time novels”.

The MC doesn’t have a huge advantage against the others which is good. Because honestly, if you’re 40, do you think you’re going to remember what happened to you at the age of 18 with vivid memories and details? No, you’re only going to remember the important events YOU experienced. Also remember a winning lottery number is bullshit. I’m sure half of the people reading this doesn’t even... more>> remember what they ate last night, let alone the winning lottery numbers of the year 2000.

Second, I see some people complaining about how he doesn’t act 18. Of course he doesn’t, he has the mentality of a 40 year old man. He’s been through some shit. Even if he has the body of an 18 year old, that doesn’t change the face that he’s 40 inside. If anything, I’m glad he’s acting his mental age. Some of these main characters in other books need to act their age. Wouldn’t it be creepier if a mentally 40 year old man was acting 18 while knowing that he is 40?

Also, there’s a reason he acts the way he does. In real life, you have to start experiencing things like searching for a job, giving up your dreams for stability, etc. When that happens, you realise that the most important things are money, economic stability, and status. You need money to feed your family. You need that money to feed yourself. You need it to pay the bills, the rent and the extra household costs. He understands that he can’t just rush into his dreams and need to plan for backup now. He understands that him pursuing his dreams could potentially harm his family. He needs that sense of stability and I don’t blame him. However, once he does get that stability, you can see him slowly loosen up and have fun.

Now, above, I did say that he doesn’t have a huge advantage. It doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have an advantage at all. His advantage is his mentality. He’s able to solve problems like an adult. He understands what he should and should not do. This is why adults like him so much. Although he is young and a newbie, he knows the rules of the adult word and can follow them well. Because he has been through life once, he doesn’t just rush into it. He has a backup plan. And that backup plan will probably be crucial to his survival in life as an newbie actor. And most of all, his mentality allows him to understand older and more mature characters easily. He’s able to relate to them at a level and can act them out easier than most people.

Personally, I recommend this. <<less
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carollsc
carollsc rated it
June 27, 2020
Status: c101
I'm really really liking this novel. I honestly never read slice of life with male protagonist cause it tends to turn into harem and I absolutely hate that. This novel shows the protagonist being a very loyal person and I like the side characters as well. Their lives together and how things are changing around him is something that I really like. The plot is slowly moving forward and you can see the characters' development. I like the pace of the story and I'm looking forward to how him and... more>> his friends are gonna turn out. Totally recommend it

*edit: It's starting to get boring. It's a shame though cause I like the story. I'll probably wait around until I get a ton of chapters so I can binge and skip the useless parts. I do still recommend it, but just know it's very very slow <<less
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vide
vide rated it
April 22, 2020
Status: c232
Really a great novel.
Loving it so far. Really enjoyable!
The story is more focus on MC school life than the other aspect. I really cant wait where this story will bring us.
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Wynnfield
Wynnfield rated it
May 21, 2023
Status: Completed
3/5 (5/5 for the beginning chapters. I took away a lot of stars later on)

Very conflicted about this novel.

The novel because the MC don't take action : 1k+ chapters

... more>> The novel if MC took up any actions : 100 chapters

Even the author said they could've cut the story in half, but honestly this novel was like reading Han Maru's bibliography.

You need to be aware that the MC purposely do not take actions to solve problems (leading to it causing more problems later) majority of the time because that is just the personality he has. MC believes in not interfering with someone's life unless it directly affects him. This can frustrate some readers at the start since he was portrayed as a kind person helping people in need, but you realise later on that he just took the short-cut option to make his life peaceful at that time and his character goes deeper than just a 'nice' reincarnated uncle in the midst of younger students. When push comes to push, he is fully capable of solving his roadblocks.

I'm someone who've completed the novel, but the same time skimmed and skipped countless chapters. This happens with a lot of longer running novels, but the latter chapters tend to lose their shine, and I felt it deeply after a certain arc.

However, the only reason why I can say I enjoyed the story is because I skipped majority of it.

I wonder when it was that I realised that I wouldn't enjoy the ending

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As this novel is something that is long running, I won't be able to summarise or have an indepth review of the characters and writing, but here are my feelings.

First of all the writing. The way the author writes reminds me of scriptwriting. There are so much more dialogues than descriptions, and most often you'd see the dialogues having longer paragraphs than the descriptions. It feels like reading a poem sometimes, but the way it was written helped foreshadow the ending.

I could tell the author did research on this topic. I have some experience myself in a drama club and acting, so I like the realism that goes into teenage bondings and hardwork over competition.

Characters wise, it was established early that the author wants the characters to feel humane and realistic. However due to the MC's lack of adaptation to his environment, it felt like a truman show where you are watching a series of actions taken deliberately by a certain person (in this case MC), so that it can lead them to a certain ending and you will realise some things were intentionally written. (It was also established early on that MC felt like he was acting out a 'role' of being him.) This often leads to a disparancy in relationships and lack of connection to the characters due to the MC keeping a distance from them unconsiously. It might be due to his real age, but I think it goes deeper into character studies. MC's character is complex but humane. You may relate to him, but at the same time he feels so much like a 'character' that he feels disconnected from the rest of the story. I really felt the love the author gave to his character study.

The novel was definitely driven by the characters and they were all written beautifully-until a certain point. However, this is where I have to criticise that although the author seems to deliberately made the characters gray, there was a clearcut differentiation of who were the villains and who weren't nearing the end. I'm not sure why, but so many characters started to lose IQ and EQ and that was really when I lost a lot of love for this series because I genuinely enjoyed the way they were written. The MC is obviously the favourite child, but the rest of the characters fell short after certain arcs.

The intent was there. The characters are meant to be humane and realistic, there shouldn't have been a big deciding factor on who were the villains and who were the good guys because they were all supposed to have unique personalities and stories to tell. It was fun watching them develop their relationships and bonds, or animosities, but the 3-dimentional characters started to feel flat when they started to become too focused on a certain role they are playing. For example, villain 1 had a backstory and was portrayed to be smart and hides his tail well, however the ending was that he lost all his IQ because he was thirsting after MC's woman. Or when good guy 1 had a whole story to how he wants to be this that actor but we never get to see it get fulfilled or talked about because he faded into the background.

It left a really bad aftertaste for me when the well-written characters' personalities were lost subsequently.

Moreover, when I read the author's note of how they were writing it leisurely so it was not meant to be viewed professionally written, I felt disappointed that it ended up being like that despite the obvious popularity of it (not to mention now that it has a webtoon). I was hoping for a deeper connection with the story, but ended up cutting the bonds formed with the characters. Though, I really have to give a shout out to the MC for being so damn frustrating but at the same time endearing the entire time!

Spoiler

Other than how he's an absolute wife pleaser and loses reasonings when it involves her, he is by no means a simple guy. MC is calculating and kind. It's weird to put these two words together, but MC is an enigma like that.

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Plot wise, it was a linear plot at the start, until some magic voodoo came in and it got complex and weird. It was always an unknown mystery as to why MC got reincarnated, but I didn't expect the author to place more emphasis on that rather than his career at the end.

The novel was darker than I expected. A lot of the industry's dark side were shown in contrast to the bright side where the MC's friends usually lurk in. The theme got more mature as the characters grew up, from their youthful times in school with blooming romances to when they become adults and have problems they have to face. Also, I didn't know this novel was rated Mature. I was so shocked when the s*x scenes came up.

After a while though, the serious plot I loved became like those romance Kdrama I watch on the weekends. Not to mention how so many elements were constantly at play.
Spoiler

His school life, his club life, his career, romancing, magic and mysteries surrounding his rebirth etc. As the MC is someone who tend to leave the problem aside to fester instead of nipping it in the bud and solving it asap, there were so many things building up as nothing was getting resolved. It got tiring to keep up, and I'm glad I skipped because the ending obviously did a whole 180 by saying this was just 1 of his lives and not the supposed happy ending we should be getting.

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That was when I started skipping chapters. It really foreshadowned the end so many people are unsatisfied about. I was hoping to see more career progression and the ending made me feel so bitter I felt like I swallowed a pill.

In the end, I can only say the novel was not character or plot driven.... It was wife-driven.

Give it a read though, because I genuinely think it is one of the better written entertainment novels out there, I could not stop until I reached the end. Just a warning that the conclusion is really bitter and can you make feel like you wasted your time (though to be fair, most of us read novels to past time so, it's really something.) <<less
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Scar21
Scar21 rated it
July 12, 2022
Status: c837
Well, this is a very complicated story and it get darker the more you read it. Personally, I like it a lot. Maru is a pretty charming character from the reader's POV and the side characters are memorable too. The narration is pretty neat even though the pacing is pretty slow.

Speaking of which, this story is the perfect example of a slow burn, so readers be warned.

As for myself, I find it to be a very good read and I look forward to how the story shapes up in the... more>> future. <<less
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M3R
M3R
June 25, 2022
Status: c820
You really need a lot of patience in this story. If you are someone who wants to see a story without up and down, drama, life mystery, and such, then this is not for you because this story is not easy to read for relaxing and free from stress. Seriously, you need a lot of patience to go through this novel. Especially with how slow the MC is moving around. I mean, 800 chapters and he is still not even a famous actor yet

The Author did well explaining how entertainment... more>> society works but still not everything yet explained. You will find many quotes about life and such or advice that might be helpful for you. Despite the story is around entertainment society, it is not solely focus on that but also on other aspect but it will be kind of spoiler if I am saying it.

The Author likes to write characters with similar names like Dongwook Dowook, Suyeon Sooyeon, Yoojin Yoonjin, Jaesoon Jaeyon, Joomin Junmin and more. Fortunately, the author is able to make most of these characters memorable aside from those who appeared in short while. <<less
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SerinaPark
SerinaPark rated it
December 18, 2021
Status: c100
Please keep this in mind. First, I don't read a story with a slice of life in the genre (s).

Second, this novel came up on recs until I got sick of it that I finally decided to just straight-up read it.

I want to know if the novel would entertain me despite the slice of life. Even though I already spoiled myself of the ending before reading it.

Well, I guess no matter hard you try to enjoy reading a story with a genre that you don't enjoy, it was difficult. This... more>> novel is good for people who enjoy slow pacing that takes in modern age stories, so many things you actually can learn from this novel. But not for me, I just preferred slow pacing but in a fantasy world as a setting (with magic, monster, time-traveled to take revenge that kind of plot).

The way the translator team translated it was very good, so 3 stars! <<less
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saiarka
saiarka rated it
November 28, 2021
Status: --
There's something special about this novel. The same kind of "special" you get after reading something like the Novel's Extra or other highly rated Korean web novels.

Oh right. It's called character development.

I'll be honest, some parts of the novel are undoubtedly boring as hell. That's why this isn't a five-star review. If you're the kind of reader that has their brain melted after consistently reading mountainous piles of dialogue in the same few settings and spaces with little to no actual plot progression, then I suggest you either read this... more>> novel in small doses or steer clear of it entirely.

If you don't mind it though, then I think you'll be surprised by how mature and complex this novel can be. The dialogue and characters are the prime jewels of this novel. They're both written in such a way that I honestly feel they transcend the "web novel" genre. The dialogue builds and builds on the character interactions and interpersonal relations, and I couldn't help but get addicted to it all. Characters you hate at first become immensely complicated and gray later on. You may think a character is an absolute tool in one moment and in the next you'll get blindsided by their humanity.

That's the keyword here: humanity. Web novels are guilty pleasure books, usually with little to offer other than vague worldbuilding and momentary pleasure. The characters are usually just stereotypes we've seen hundreds, maybe thousands of times before. At some point, we become desensitized to it all. We don't recognize the vague shell of a human character in front of us as inhuman, because we're willing to bypass it for momentary pleasure. Maybe I'm dramatizing here, but I think that web novels/light novels are the drugged-up younger brothers of published novels. They're rash, raw, slurred, and completely unfiltered. But occasionally, once in a blue moon even, the younger brother gushes out his genuine feelings. He spills his deepest, most private ideas, and their shine rivals that of gold.

I'm rambling, but the point is that Life, Once Again! Got me back into why I wanted to read web novels in the first place. There's such a vast, open buffet full of ideas on novel updates, and although I feel like most of my plate is full of beans and licorice, there's the occasional spicy wing and samosa to liven up my palette.

TL;DR: The novel's got really interesting characters and interactions, plus the romance is nice and subtle. Go read it. <<less
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