Vicious Male Counterpart Isn’t Competing Anymore

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Before he died, Yan Hao could never understand why his parents had always favored his younger brother. They spoiled his brother, and wouldn’t pay any attention to himself, no matter what he did.

The more this happened, the more indignant and upset Yan Hao became, so he began to compete with his brother in everything. As long as it was something his brother wanted to do, he would do it too, and outperform him.

He was obviously the one who was more talented, but from beginning to end he was never acknowledged by the people around him. His parents, teachers, and classmates all looked at him with disdain, claiming he was jealous and selfish, and liked to steal from others.

It wasn’t until his death that Yan Hao realized that he had been stealing from the protagonist. He was just a vicious male counterpart in a book to set up the kind hearted protagonist shou. A cannon fodder who existed to let the protagonist gong appear and to slap him in the face, so he could look good in front of the protagonist shou.

After he was reborn, Yan Hao kicked the protagonist away. Who the hell wants to compete with you? If laozi turned around, you wouldn’t be able to catch me even if you cried.

He wouldn’t fight anymore, and he wasn’t jealous. He just wanted to peacefully be himself, and let his light shine on the people who care about him.

Many years later, someone asked Yan Hao, who had become a master mecha engineer, “How did you get into mecha manufacturing?”

“Because I met someone.” Yan Hao.

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恶毒男配不争了[重生]
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erialolita
erialolita rated it
May 1, 2022
Status: Completed
All in all it was an okay read. I really enjoyed the first 100 chapters or so but after about chapter 135 I got bored. After 155 I gave up reading each chapter and skimmed until the end. The story is also missing romance, their interactions are cute but too few. Just a warning, MC is an OP GarySue, so if that isn't your thing don't read. I personally like MC's like this one, and I liked
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how he readily and decisively accepted his love for ML and pursued him

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ML was good, not enough screentime but loves MC with his whole heart. Not the cold type of MC, just a normal personality.

Would have rated this novel higher if the author shortened or added more fluffy romance scenes. MTL was really easy to read.
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Melange
Melange rated it
February 21, 2022
Status: Completed
There are people who hate you for the wrong reasons. There are people who hate you for the right reasons. And there are people who hate you for no reason.

For MC, he's been the victim of the third for almost the entirety of his first life. That being said, he has a meek and insecure personality, having been gaslighted into thinking he's a "vicious and undeserving" person.

This is not really a romance or redemption novel and more of a novel about overcoming past trauma and learning to stand up for... more>> oneself. Therefore, if you're looking for a strong protagonist who kicks major booty, you might want to read a different novel.

The overall plot is okay, nothing extraordinary because the majority of the novel focuses on MC's growth and development. <<less
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Common_people
Common_people rated it
December 29, 2021
Status: Completed
Cute story, about MC step by step growing from inferior complex to be a great person for human kind. But the ending is... Not. A totally ending. It's like when you eating, you didn't drink.... Something stuck....
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Uyyedame
Uyyedame
December 9, 2021
Status: Completed
The story is alright like a good fodder novel to feed yourself when bored. Yan Hao (MC) is somewhat dislikable for some at the start, but there's growth and promise. The romance is ok, with Sheng Heng (ML) falling in love at first sight with Yan Hao and trying to enlighten him.

It's an aight read. edit: kinda pissed at Yan Hao, still am, but less and to a tolerable degree w/ me done reading his whole development throughout the novel.
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Sandstorm143
Sandstorm143 rated it
February 10, 2024
Status: Completed
I finished reading and I can say that the title "Vicious Male Counterpart Isn't Competing Anymore" is really accurate. Not side character or villain but counterpart.

The original story or past timeline was essentially made to rotate around YF. Everyone sided with YF because the MC was only a stepping stone meant to contrast against YF. The MC was basically cannonfodder. YF and co also never realized how important YH was to YF's progress. It goes to show just how strong the plot was, and how right the MC's decision to... more>> avoid YF was. The moment the MC decided to stop competing was the moment he escaped the plot. The MC was like the pillar holding up the original story. Everyone ignores his role but the moment he left, the entire plot crumbled to the ground.

I liked how until the end, the MC was unforgiving towards his family and SMX, he had every right to hate them. The MC never took revenge because just as everyone ignored him and treated him badly previously, he just wanted to live life happily and forget about them. And imo, the reason he hated SMX so much more than everyone else is because everyone treated him the same. They hated him so they compared him to YF and said that he's nothing. But SMX literally gave him trauma. Well, YF is also his trauma. Not because YF hurt him (well he did, eff white lotus) but because YF is the CAUSE of all his hardships.

Also, the ending was like a cliffhanger. I don't feel satisfied at all. There were many scenes that were unfulfilled. For example, the ML's mother was mentioned many times but until the end, she never met the MC. Anyway, an overall great story. <<less
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Izaaa
Izaaa rated it
December 9, 2023
Status: Completed
Wahhhh One of my fav novels currently!! I wish I could go back and read this over again for the first time!!

The ending is so good, but maybe the boss fight is rushed but over all, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!!

i love this novel sm gosh, if there is something you know similar to this, pls recommend it to me!! I need it rn!
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Ymihere
Ymihere rated it
August 28, 2023
Status: Completed
Honestly my only gripe is that the main couples wedding and love that should have exploded at the end to satisfy my s*upid wants didn't happen. It ended too abrubt and I wanted more of them and maybe some smut lol. It's a great read tho. Mtld the untranslated part and honestly wasn't the worst experience.
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NineStarsLookingBack
NineStarsLookingBack rated it
August 12, 2023
Status: c100
This novel is just okay.

I like the interactions between the MC and ML for the most part. The issues start up with all the other aspects of the story.

This is nitpicky, however, I personally hate the way the author writes, 'his eyes gained a bright light' or, 'His eyes had a bright light in them as he looked seriously up at-blank'. I do not like this imagery because all I can picture is the main character having normal eyes, then out of nowhere he gains glowing eyes like Superman using... more>> his laser eyes.

I also strongly disliked how OP the MC was, especially with his pharmaceutical skills. In addition, his OPness with Mecha started to feel old after a while. I was initially interested in the Mecha described by the author. However, the constant random occurrence of people who either needed the MC's help, or had to have the MC fix something because he managed to be to OP and cause something to break/go outdated/be revealed became to frequent.

I am also not the biggest fan of the ML. While he IS a better ML then some stories I have read, he still does things with no real logic. An example is not clearly explaining to the MC how poorly thought and harmful his actions of making blueprints available were. The MC, being a unparalleled genius, somehow made plans for a entirely new connectivity system for Mecha, and made available his detailed notes to a well known 'hidden' forum. After doing so, he almost caused the ENTIRE BUSINESS to go bankrupt.

Another pet peeve was he ML not just confessing. He is extremely possessive, even before the two are together. One example is the MC cooked a meal for him and there was enough for his (ML) friends to try as well. After hearing one friend jokingly mention opening a restaurant, he immediately thinks the MC should not. Even though the MC does need money.

There are more reasons I rated this novel so low that I might update my review to include in the future.

Good luck to fellow readers.😑 <<less
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luhyung
luhyung rated it
May 16, 2023
Status: Completed
Enjoyable read but this is the kind of Mary Sue novel that would be dissed in a "Cannon Fodder transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel" novel. Thankfully though, there's only 1 ML candidate.

There were also a lot of plot points were not properly developed and imo the zerg ending came at a really weird timing.

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Wu MingChuan was Yan Fei's good friend and a cannon fodder villain in the initial chapters but he mysteriously went offline with 0 justification.

Same for Yan Fei? There was all that foreshadowing where Yan Fei was vaguely aware that he is the main character and Yan Hao was stealing his protagonist luck but it somehow ended up being a Humans vs Zerg war trope. Where did Yan Fei go? What about his mysterious drug he was planning to control Yan Hao with?

And OgML Sima showed signs of being whitewashed when he threaten Yan Fei not to use his mysterious drug because it would be detrimental to the empire. But from that point onwards Sima became a background character to highlight Sheng Heng'e awesomeness. What was the whole point of setting him up as a potential villain

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YozoraHaru
YozoraHaru rated it
January 19, 2023
Status: Completed
It's a good and touching story about a mildly austistic (this is just my guess based on MC's underdeveloped EQ and high IQ) OP Shou x Soft, considerate and whipped Gong story but the last arc and the ending especially was very rushed, abrupt even with many loose ends and that left me unsatisfied...

Since this story doesn't have extras, these loose ends are just left there hanging... like, there was a hella lot of time skips and the last time skip was 5 years long, but there wasn't any real... more>> clarification on what happen at that time to the characters aside from a short few paragraphs. I mean, the author did say that was the best they could do, but still...

Aside from the last arc the story was pretty good, and the one thing I like the most about this story is that, the ML was very considerate of the MC's boundaries and actually CARED about consent (though he was a little liberal with eating tofu from MCXD) which is soooo rare in Chinese novels!

And the shou (MC), despite his underdeveloped EQ, was a decisive person once he knew what he wants! You have no idea how glad I was that the MC was so straightforward and sweet with his romantic feelings for the ML, which leaves no room for any of the usual dead brain drama of misunderstandings, denials and avoidance.

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And anyone who says Yan Fei loves the MC needs to see a therapist, coz if Yan Fei really loved his brother he would have done stg about the way their parents treated him, instead of acting like a scheming bit*ch whenever their parents feel guilty about the way they treated MC to make them angry at MC instead, and he wouldn't have tried and schemed against MC to make him study pharmacy again all so he could use MC's mathemical intelligence to help him prove the legitimacy of his creations... He even kidnapped MC and created a hallucinogen with the intention to use it on MC to force him to cure Sima MingXuan and was thoughtless and selfish enough to wish death on MC while MC was trying to save a whole planet... If you call that love, I'm terrified to know your definition of hate... <<less
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AnimatorOfSouls
AnimatorOfSouls rated it
December 28, 2022
Status: Completed
Fun read, MC is a genius who learns things really fast. Interesting storyline.

The romance is pretty annoying at the start since the ML is constantly jealous of the MC interacting with anyone near his age. The ending kind of sucks though, very boring and I mostly skimmed it.
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Goodreadsonly
Goodreadsonly
July 11, 2022
Status: Completed
It's very well written. I stayed up all night to finish this so I'm very emotional.

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He waited FIVE YEARS!!!IM SOBBING.

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The book ends pretty abruptly but it's an HE. I just want a little bit more though. The last chapter wasn't enough.

Overall the characters are fleshed out and even the dumb decisions they make sometimes make sense. The mecha building is really detailed but not overdone. The romance is a nice touch but not the MC's whole life.

The ending arc felt very action movie, Independence Day vibes. The action/military scenes were well done and gripping. <<less
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Tuzi
Tuzi rated it
April 19, 2022
Status: Completed
It's an okay read.

I like how MC changed his obsession immediately after rebirth without backing out.

There were only a few fluffy moments, I was looking for more fluff.
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ylial
ylial rated it
January 16, 2022
Status: Completed
Rating 4

like the MC and the story but It's irritating to see that misunderstandings keep popping out. Once it is resolved, another one happens 😅 the MC is so dense and doesn't really have a common sense. If the MC isn't likeable I would have rated this 1 or dropped this.

Fortunately, the latter part of story is good and I really ship MC with ML. 💕 Because ML is the first person who showed goodwill to MC followed by his best friend. Though I think that MC's friend is... more>> the first Bcoz the ML only showed the MC the way. I like the ML because he loves and respects MC's wishes.

Also I find the youthfulness in the story <<less
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melonsugar
melonsugar rated it
January 11, 2022
Status: Completed
After reading the description, I didn't expect anything much from this novel. Well, I just wanna read some face-slapping drama scenes and cute mary sue protagonist so I started reading this. Just ignore those (big) plot holes for example, how did the ML fall in love with MC (personally I don't like love at first sight). Anyway, don't use your brain, don't mind mc's EQ, you just need to enjoy the dramas, fluffs, and the OP MC. It was better than I thought even though the antagonist is brainless and... more>> super annoying, the story line is actually nice. <<less
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lovelycrazy
lovelycrazy rated it
January 2, 2022
Status: c178
I enjoyed reading this. Rating is about 4.75~4.85. It's particularly compelling in some parts like the battle near the end of the story.

There's also some character development for the MC although he's not the most relatable character out there what with being a little eccentric and traumatized genius with low EQ who somehow still retained a painfully naive and honest personality etc.

The logic used behind MC's childhood environment is also bit unconvincing for me. There can be a few single-minded fools incapable of distinguishing between truth and fiction in one's... more>> life, but for each and every person in MC's childhood to be one is a bit unreal.

There are also some loose ends for some supporting characters like the MC's little brother. Really, author, we could use 1 or 2 extra chapters 😁 <<less
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damnmei
damnmei rated it
December 30, 2021
Status: Completed
4 stars.

Very easy to MTL.

The MC is definitely way OP but it's in such a frankly ridiculous way that it didn't take away from the story. Basically, with every possible issue in the story, throw the MC at it and it'll get solved. Not only does he know everything but he's ridiculously good at everything he does too, to the point that he breaks pretty much every standard set for both mecha and pharmaceuticals.

This OP behavior made every difficult situation a bit less thrilling to read, since it was basically... more>> known that the MC would calculate his way out of every problem. I honestly didn't have much a problem with it though because he was a very likable and well rounded character otherwise.

The romance was very sweet and I really liked how
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the MC took the initiative in a lot of the major relationship milestones, being the first to confess and propose to the ML, even though the ML definitely realized his feelings first.

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Erudite.Cielo
Erudite.Cielo rated it
December 12, 2021
Status: Completed
This is just sooooo cuuuuute. (づ ̄ ³ ̄) づ I love the story so much especially the kawaii MC. (˘ ³˘) ❤ I just hope there were more stories about MC's brother. What happened to him in the end.? (ノ*゚ー゚) ノ And who became the marshal? 《/ ( ̄ (エ)  ̄) ゞ》
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Shotoxoxokawai
Shotoxoxokawai rated it
February 15, 2024
Status: --
"There's always a diamond buried deep into the soil. You just have to search for it"

Yes, ITS GOOD!! SIMPLY AMAZING

My hard work paid off as I was searching for a good novel to read and came across this underrated masterpiece 😭😭 I've already reached chapter 69 during this past 2 days. Shows how interesting it is going for me 🙇‍♀️💕💕💕

Tysm for uploading such a masterpiece snowy ♡♡
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Aone1989
Aone1989
January 25, 2024
Status: c115
I'm at Chapter 115 and I'm liking the novel so far! Also kudos to the great translations for producing excellent work.

I liked the world building of the novel. It's not too complicated but not bland either so it's easy to follow.

I don't consider the main characters OP as compared to the "son of heaven"s in other novels.

The MC is highly intelligent but not OP in a way that a Mary Sue novel is. He has high integrity in terms of his research that despite being able to go back in... more>> time, he does not still future research work from others.

The ML has an innate S-Level mental energy but the author did not just let him run rampant. The author still gave him a handicap that necessitates him to work hard.

The other characters don't just blindly like the MC either. They like him because he has a kind personality, intelligent mind, hardworking ethic. The good impression they have doesn't come out of nowhere. <<less
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