Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?

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The world where the Hero and the Demon King continue to oppose each other. The grand magic from the Hero and the Demon King cross over worlds and exploded in the classroom of a certain high school.

The students who died in the explosion will be reincarnated in a different world. The protagonist, who had the lowest reputation in the class, was reincarnated into a spider. Nevertheless, she adapted quickly to the present condition with strong willpower.

This is a story of she who has become a spider trying whatever she can to live.

Associated Names
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I'm a Spider, So What?
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Tôi là nhện đấy, có sao không?
蜘蛛ですが、なにか?
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  5. My next 5 out of 5 !!!

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01/30/22 Raising the Dead epilogue (end)
01/30/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part23
01/30/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part22
01/16/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part21
01/15/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part20
01/11/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part19
01/09/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part18
01/07/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part17
01/06/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part16
01/05/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part15
01/05/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part14
01/03/22 Raising the Dead ss 41 part13
02/12/21 Raising the Dead ss 41 part12
02/11/21 Raising the Dead ss 41 part11
02/08/21 Raising the Dead ss 41 part10
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mrttao
mrttao rated it
November 15, 2017
Status: --
People complain about the widely unbalanced costs of skills

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The reason is that the cost of skills varies based on personal compatibility. Yes, Pride is easily worth a million times more than most other skills and will be priced appropriately for most people, but it only costs MC 100 points because she is extremely compatible with it in terms of personality.

Incidentally, the 7 sins and virtue skills basically give you something like a 100x experience multiplier each, stack multiplicatively with each other, and unlock ascending into a literal god

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People complain that taboo makes you into a raging sociopath

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actually what it does is reveal to you the truths of the world. Specifically that the system is designed to encourage people to fight each other for XP, because as they generate levels from combat they are fattening themselves up. as all of that experience will be stripped from the soul and eaten by the gods upon their death. The MC is so distraught by this revelation that she flips up and starts acting like a raging sociopath for a few chapters, going on a killing spree... which is a really really s*upid move by the author. But no, taboo did not permanently transform her into a sociopath, she calms down after a few chapters

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Anyways, I enjoyed this story while it was focused on the spider. but she quickly ascends to godhood, at which point she disappears from the story and it started focusing on the boring and hateful classmates which I really couldn't get myself to care about. After quite a bit of chapters failed to return to her I just couldn't stomach it anymore so I dropped it. <<less
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Galileo
Galileo rated it
September 17, 2017
Status: past arc 11
I love Shiro!~ I loved reading about how she survived & I was rooting for her as she fought stronger monsters as she explored the labyrinth, evolving.
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This is a story about a spider, who in the beginning of her journey believes she is a human that reincarnated into a hellish world & was turned into a spider. Only to later find out she was a spider in her past life too & her conscience/soul was merely mixed up with an mysterious/whimsical goddesses soul, when she had died from an attack directed at said goddess. Shiro being a spider to begin with, is quick to adapt to her new body (monster spider) & makes a home for herself in the labyrinth. When suddenly she is forced to retreat from her weakness to fight off invaders, she realizes she isn't as safe as her 'home' made her feel. She then goes on a journey through the labyrinth to secure food, & look for a new home. She winds up being chased by various monsters & nearly dying multiple times. And in this harsh environment, she understands that if she wants to live she would have to become stronger. I love reading her views & watching her grow up, makes me feel like a mom watching their kid mature lol <333333 shiro!~ >u<

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chojen
chojen rated it
April 22, 2017
Status: c231
So the first arc of the series is pretty interesting, the multiple points of view and different interconnected story threads that showed up in the different pov's was a nice touch but between 150-200 things get really weird.

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So somehow the MC gains the ability to split her body up into different locations and randomly invade the body of other people? Also, the MC finally leaves the cave and the demon king shows up and kills her main body but she isn't dead because she mentally took over her mother's body, the whole process for which happens completely off-screen without any indication it's happening.

After that the series gets really bad with it's different POV shots and loses pretty much any sort of internal consistency it had, fairly early in the series we learn that despite the main story being told at the same time as the side story with the price and gender-bender princess the MC actually happened much earlier in time while the other characters were still babies. Strangely though the MC walks out onto a battlefield where we find out she's the one who killed the Hero Julius despite that supposedly being something like 10-15 years in the future from where she was supposed to be time wise.


Somehow it actually gets worse after that. After that section the POV's get even more convoluted because they constantly jump around telling the story retroactively about how the Demon King realized she was being taken over by one of the MC's parallel wills and then went over to kill the main body that happened 30+ chapters earlier and then we get these weird introspective by the Admins having vague conversations that make absolutely no sense.
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TLDR: It's a decent light novel for the first 150-200 chapters (depending on your sensibilities) but starts getting pretty bad both in story and writing quality. <<less
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sangyx
sangyx rated it
January 15, 2017
Status: c176
Disclaimer: I skipped over the side stories which I have heard might actually be more interesting than Kumo/the spider running around and killing things.

Repetitive and way too slow in my opinion. I don't think the pace itself is that bad if there were more characters. Having her stuck in a dungeon for about 150 chapters (even if those chapters are short) without interaction with other key characters just made the story hard to stand.

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I stopped a little after she left the cave and met the god and had to "respawn" back in the cave. I thought the mind/body/etc. Versions of herself were pretty dumb - a bit of a stretch even if it is fantasy, and hard to imagine.

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MonoJu
MonoJu rated it
June 1, 2022
Status: Completed
This was one of my first web novels and I instantly got hooked. Seeing our favourite spider survive in the labyrinth was fun to read. I also liked how the story opened up once our lovely Spider went outside and saw the world.

She may have been with the Demom army, but she was our hero.... unlike Shun who was annoying lol.

I do think that the ending and much of the latter parts of the web novel started to lose the plot. After everything that happened, the ending was a let... more>> down and the war felt unfulfilled. Some characters didn't even get their stories completed too, which sacked. It happens when you have such a large cast of characters, but there were certain plot points that never got resolved. It felt like the ending was rushed and it hindered the story.

Still four stars though, because the first and middle parts were amazing! <<less
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LehmD
LehmD rated it
March 2, 2022
Status: Completed
Read the WN

Its finally finished after almost 1 year hiatus and thats exactly how it feels like. We got 12 (?) New chapters and it feels like the author just wanted to get it over with and finished them all in an hour. There Was a Ton of build up towards the final fight and then its just over. MCs Main fight just ends without us even being there (or It was finished before the hiatus but im pretty sure thats not the case). And the fight of the other... more>> reincarnators goes on for 11 chapters but its really bland and not exciting at all. None of the Main characters do anything and its all just some Monsters fighting instead.

Still giving this 4 Stars because I remember really enjoying this before it went on this long break. Especially the beginning Where it was just kumoko was a Ton of fun. The stuff about other reincarnators in between isnt bad but I don't really care about it. The time Skips are kind of confusing but all the Humor makes up for it. <<less
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cpzombie
cpzombie rated it
February 13, 2022
Status: Completed
(I read the WN)

It started out great, someone reincarnated as a spider trying to survive and gaining power in the process. The biggest annoyances for me are how much time is spent focused on incredibly irrating characters, and the ending.

The reason to read the story is the loveable spider and enjoying her journey. Despite this, it constantly cuts to some generic protagonist guy instead. He's fine at the beginning, but pretty soon it becomes insufferable. If I wanted to read about some pacifist I wouldn't be reading a... more>> novel with a spider monster as the main character.

The ending is honestly not as bad as it could've been, but it's still bad enough to take it from 3 to 2 stars. I love the beginning and the MC in general; if not for those two problems I'd probably give this a 5. <<less
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Lydianne_Pyria
Lydianne_Pyria rated it
May 6, 2021
Status: --
This novel sure got a lot of love and hate everywhere. Many people say it's bad or really good and honestly, it's just depends on whether or not you can tolarate the writing technique.

If you only want the writing to centered on MC, then you gotta think twice. Because this novel has a LOT of different POVs and you have two options: Try to tolarate it or Leave.

Because many people have it difficult to accept the sudden switch of POVs and not knowing whose POV that you are reading... more>> now. Resulting to many people really like it, or really hate it. <<less
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winterdriven
winterdriven rated it
June 14, 2019
Status: side story 35
This story was a solid 3.5 to me before the massive shift of the story direction around half of the story. After the shift, the story introduces tons of new characters, each one getting quite a bit time of development before another is introduced. The interactions are all funny (for the most part) and make sense (most of the time). People are never out of character, they are well written and so on. I wouldn't say the novel is 5 stars, it has it's problems, however, it's definitely more than... more>> 4 stars.
All the problems I had with the web novel are fixed in the light novel. That thing is solid 5/5 <<less
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Dj5822
Dj5822 rated it
September 21, 2018
Status: c310
Scandalf's review is actually accurate. The writing is indeed confusing, in fact, the author relies on this confusion to do something very interesting later on. And as for the fact that the MC behaves like a spider... That is actually intentional and explained later on.

You can think of the early chapters as like the foundation and the later chapters as the true story.

And if the fact that the MC is a female is a turn off for other males like me (I didn't start reading this until much later because... more>> the MC was a female), you should just read it because the plot twists and changes in the story more than make up for it. And tbh, the MC kinda behaves gender neutrally.

This is probably one of the very few novels with an OP character that is done right and with complex foreshadowing combined with unexpected, yet interesting unfolding of events.

I mean, if you want to read something, you definitely want to read something new, right? The Chinese cultivation novels are more or less the same, the otaku to a fantasy world that gets a cheat is more or less the same, and most novels just aren't as creative and daring as this one is. If you read past the apotheosis, you'll know what I'm talking about. <<less
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schneebguy
schneebguy rated it
December 21, 2017
Status: oni vs oni 2
Definitely one of my favorites.

I would have given it five, but I have one problem with it - I like it when there is one main character the whole time. It's fine for the first 200 or so chapters, when the side chapters from a different POV are just sprinkled in here and there, but then it goes full throttle into the POV's of characters other than Kumo. It just kind of ticks me off.

Of course, this doesn't particularly mean it's bad, it's just my personal preferences.

All in all, I... more>> recommend it. <<less
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OkFine
OkFine rated it
May 1, 2017
Status: c300
The story starts off good and is really interesting seeing kumo survive but after she ascends to godhood, the story just gets worse.

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The author introduces Deus Ex Machina and has shiro randomly have items that just solve certain situations for her, the story timeskips so much along with it's excessive switch of pov of characters for past or future things in the novel, and the random power ups. I honestly hated D and the elf village arc.

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The main plot doesn't start until she ascends, which is a very long way from the beginning and there are many unexplained things or missing information. But overall I recommend it for those that don't mind those sort of things. <<less
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hiccup251
hiccup251 rated it
April 3, 2017
Status: elf village 7
This is a story about growth and change, both at an individual scale and a larger scale. We mostly follow Kumo, as she travels a massive labyrinth and overcomes many obstacles along the way. Side stories touch on the experiences of other reincarnators, and links gradually form between the main and side stories. For me, this slow revelation was very enjoyable. The writing style (and translation style, for blastron and RaisingTheDead) is fun to read, and really feels like the story is being narrated by the character the story is... more>> currently following, especially for Kumo. It develops a sense of personality that helped me connect with the characters, and was really enjoyable overall.

The story pacing is a little unusual, and I'd even say the genre and style shifts pretty significantly around halfway through the currently released chapters. More specifically, I personally enjoyed both types of storytelling, but that might not be true for everyone.

I think the joy in this novel comes from watching Kumo grow and influence the world around her, and I think that's also a pretty good summary of the novel. Eagerly awaiting updates. <<less
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Dragn555
Dragn555 rated it
January 6, 2017
Status: soba
Kumo Desu ga started out SO fun. Yeah, that's pretty much it.

The plot was almost nonexistent, but that was fine, since the story was of Kumoko's fun adventures in the dungeon. It didn't need to be complicated. It didn't need any side characters. All the story needed was our extremely cute and likable protagonist Kumoko, the unlucky girl reincarnated into a spider's body.

But sh*t went south right quick when Kumoko left her plotless little adventure behind...

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As soon as the main plot of Kumo Desu ga starts to unfold, we leave the dungeon and set foot into the greatly anticipated outside world, which actually turns out to be a major disappointment. It also leads to the events that kill any enjoyment or good will built up in Kumoko's past exploits.

What I mean by this is, throughout the story, you will read side story chapters about the 'hero' of the world. This is fine since it breaks the monotony of things and serves as an intermission of sorts. As this side story goes on, we are introduced to a huge conflict, teased with some awesome developments, and then cut off.

THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS BEGIN.

Or at least where the problems become more frustrating.

Kumoko's dungeon adventures take place a significant amount of time BEFORE the side story's events. This would be fine, except the author thought it would be a great idea to write about EVERY LITTLE EVENT LEADING UP TO THE TEASED CONFLICT.

It also doesn't help that these mind numbingly 'meh' events are padded by mental monologues so long that bond villains would say, "that's enough."

But if you want to get really into it, a lot of the problems seen in later chapters began the moment Kumoko left the dungeon. We're introduced to all these side characters, and given shitty reasons to care about them. Their perspectives are a chore to read about, especially since the Kumoko chapters become so lackluster compared to before.

But back to the plot. Oh yes, the god awful plot.

Within the hundred something chapters after we exit the dungeon, there have been TWO notable conflicts, with one just about to start. f*ckIN' TWO. The only chapter that 'wowed' me was a chapter where Kumoko got super mad, and it was a surprising break from the character we've come to know.

Everything else has been quite the boring slog after the dungeon.

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HappyToaster
HappyToaster
September 10, 2016
Status: c255
I enjoyed the first 150 chapters or so, but once it tries to connect the plotlines of the different characters it gets repetitive (same content from different perspectives), and the protagonist's goals become muddled.

Still with a try.
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BanetheCatman
BanetheCatman rated it
February 4, 2022
Status: Completed
Since I started reading Kumo Desu in 2015 it has been one of my favorite novels, over time it slowly became my top novel of all time. I am up to date with every English translation for the main series, that being WN, LN, manga, and anime. I have been looking forward to the WN's ending for close to 7 years now, and I can only say that the WN got the short end of the stick. To me, it feels like the author rushed through the story just to... more>> finish it off because they had just written an ending for the LN. I really wish Okina Baba had put more time into the WN, I personally would have been fine waiting a couple years more if it meant we got a better ending. I have seen the WN ending described on multiple occasions as being the "bad end" to the story, and I can only agree. Upon finishing the WN's epilogue, I ended up looking up spoilers for the LN's ending because I was genuinely worried about how that ending would be handled. After spoiling it for myself I can at least say it is a far better ending than the WN, but this just makes me angrier at the WN's ending. As stated before, I have been reading the WN for close to 7 years and it kind of feels like a slap in the face to the WN readers to end the WN in such a disappointing way. I still enjoy the story, the WN will always have its spot as one of my favorites, but I can't say that the Kumo Desu WN is my top novel anymore. The LN is still fantastic, but I understand not everyone can afford to buy all of the books.

Honsetly, I almost feel like I am blowing things out of proportion, and that the ending isn't as bad as I am making it out to be. Kumo Desu will continue to be my favorite series even after this lackluster WN ending, and I encourage anyone who thinks it sounds interesting to read it. But I warn that if you do not want to be stuck with the bad end, you should consume the story in one of its other mediums. <<less
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Scrt1414
Scrt1414
January 10, 2022
Status: Completed
Waste of time...

How I say the plot very good at the begining character progres good. I realy DID like this novel. BUT I am going to hospital for check up. I thing this made me CANCER finaly

The last chapters damn annoying characters became senseless and dull main characters became mob.

The most important think is that author destroying novel's logic. He make very good universe in novel but the rationality became empty.

When I fnish this novel my only feeling is angerness. All for nothing. The final is so blank
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KhayDesu
KhayDesu rated it
April 27, 2021
Status: ss 41 part12
Nai wa.

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The Novel is amazing, for me it brings me back as to why I started to read Light Novels in general, I wanted to read something that gives me great experience, joy, anticipation, nervousness, and a sense of unexpected flair that has been lost in most of the novels these days.

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I don't get the reason why ppl are hating this novel. Its either the power imbalance of the MC the Non-linear storyline, or basically the plot itself. They don't get it, its just how the character was designed, how do you think you'll survive ina labyrinth full of monsters where you do everything and anything at your disposal to survive, our MC was forced to do some very drastic things to survive so I think it is well deserved that she gets stronger than normal in the process (which is normal cuz she has memories of her past life and has the ability to think).

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The novel gives you a bunch of different perspectives that will question you "who is right?" "what is the correct course of action" it gives you a glimpse to the dark side of things (which can be seen in side of the Elves, the Church and Demon King) where they fight for different purposes and will do anything to achieve their goals. Its pretty fun reading the perspectives of the reincarnations who were born wuth different circumstances, some royalty, some born in mercenary groups, and some monsters. You can really see their contrasting values and their outlook in life. <<less
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Feenoire
Feenoire rated it
March 22, 2021
Status: c200
It was a fun read until it reached Chapter 250+. Why do I think it's such a disappointment?

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I didn't think the author would restart the character. I love the part where Kumoko evolved from a Lesser Taratect to her Arachne form. She was in her Arachne form so short that it shouldn't be even mentioned. The disappointment started at Chapter 200+ after she went through deification and became a weak god who had to be protected by everyone else. Here was when the character restarted because she became so weak she could not even walk for long. She had weak stamina and all statuses are reduced. The main thing about this novel that I like is how she evolved from a spider and I really wished it would continue on the evolution tree of a spider. But, no. In addition, most of the 200+ chapters were spent in the labyrinth. So, I thought she would explore the latter part of the novel interacting with others or at least meet some of the other reincarnators properly.

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This is just my opinion. I guess my expectations weren't achieved and the novel turned out different but I did enjoyed the first 200+ chapters. Read at your own risk. <<less
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Lilithias
Lilithias rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: c230
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The beginning is really good but when she start to lose her humanity it starting to get annoying.... where I am shes thinking of eating baby as something normal !!?? Wtf there should be a limit comon... maybe she will regain a bit of humanity later in the story I don't know... the reincarnated people can be saved by her but its bothersome for her so she do nothing... ehhh you do remember that they are your classmate right ?? anyway when she did start losing her humanity is when I started losing interested in this tr*sh novel... was good before but now duhhh

Edit: sorry she cant have humanity since she wasn't even human to begin with...

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