Evade The Hero and Flee!

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When I woke up after a pretty crappy death, what greeted me was one of those famous fantasy worlds! I didn’t expect anything like becoming the strongest with a common job, or rising to the top with the weakest class…

All I wanted was to live a slow farming life, but the world just wouldn’t leave me alone! And so I equally backstabbed good people and bad people alike, becoming a villain with a true sense of equality and just when I was about to retire and enjoy a proper life on a farm…

“Master!”

My former disciple at the evil organisation, currently the hero of justice came looking for me. Can’t you all just leave me alone?

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R.A.T.H
Running Away From The Hero! (Remake)
용사를 피해 튀어라!
Related Series
Running Away From The Hero! (Alternate Story)
Demon King & Hero (Shared Universe)
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To Be a Power in the Shadows! (WN) (4)
The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich (3)
Overlord (LN) (3)
Demon King & Hero (2)
The Second Coming of Gluttony (2)
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EroticReader
EroticReader rated it
April 30, 2020
Status: c120
This novel is laugh out funny, the beginning was a little confusing. However, as the story progresses, it does get more interesting and especially love how there are all sorts of twists and turns. I would love to see someone pick up the translation for this novel.
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Lynkaster
Lynkaster rated it
August 1, 2019
Status: c105
story : 4/5

characters : 5/5 (I'd even want to make it 6/5 x'D)

writing : 4.5/5

... more>> translation : 4.5/5

Let's say this for first : this is a comedy, 100% comedy with a tons of references about other novels/anime.

The world-building is not much but we have an idea about what's important with not much incoherence :)

The story is about a reincarnator who didn't get any cheats, just, revived as a villager since birth and with no mana to boot. Because of few events to build the setting, he became an instructor for an evil organization.

Now, what's so good about this novel, because yes, it's so friggin' good x'D

The characters are not 2D at all, you get multiples PoV every chapter and end up getting attach to each of their characters. The story is written with enough fore-shadowing and coherence that makes it really interesting. But ! The biggest + from this novel is the comedy. The comedy is pure gold. All praise the metal bat. Goddess of mercy that- *caugh* sorry, I was going astray there... The comic is a bit like baka to test to shoukanju but more about schadenfraud I guess ? You'll learn that any situation can always be worst and that there's nothing of certainty while reading this story xD

the author apparently did one run on this novel before stopping to do a remake (a bit like The Man Picked up by the Gods which got a remake because the author wasn't satisfied about his/her work). The translation from eevee (praise the metal bat) is good with a few error here and there but the translation is done well with explanation on most references too.

tldr : A gold comedy to read if you want to laugh, give it a try, you won't be disappointed ;) <<less
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Sareza
Sareza rated it
November 27, 2023
Status: c188
I thought it was a JP novel at first, given the artstyle and world setting, but surprise, it's a legit Korean novel. This one's gold—I didn't expect much after the synopsis, but by the end of the first arc, I was blown away. The comedy's on par with Konosuba, and I'm cracking up every chapter. The plot's a wild ride.

MC's just an ordinary human, no magic, but he's adaptability on steroids. Despite being chased by yanderes ready to chop his limbs off, his life's oddly carefree, or maybe just insane.... more>> He's into torturing people for money, but it's supposedly beneficial for them – their skills grow, but they go through hell. They're traumatized by anything silver.

Even though he's not overpowered himself, he's got connections everywhere: nobles, royalty, evil organizations, elves, and even dwarves. Dude's got rare materials like mythril, important seals he swiped from nobles' treasuries, and access to elf magic thanks to a yandere high elf.

How does he escape those yanderes, you ask? He made an ultimate weapon – the Metal Bat, aka the Goddess Arcadia. It's a shape-shifting, pain-inducing nightmare. Gods can't even handle it. There's also a younger sister, Wooden Stick, that still traumatises his disciples.

Despite the carefree vibe, this guy's a mastermind. Lost his parents in a fight against the hero and demon king, lived as a bandit, and despite no mana, he's a top-tier swordsman. Defeated the kingdom's strongest swordsman with one hit, who was basically a superhuman.

His sense of danger's on point too. Noticed the imperial princess going yandere, ditched the palace, and dodged her for 10 years. Almost all the female characters he knows are yanderes, psychos, or lack common sense. Males are somewhat normal, but still not entirely sane.

Overall, it's chaos and comedy, not serious at all. Reminds me of Log of the Crazy Lich or The Eminence in Shadow, but it's got its own charm. Sadly, only 60% translated after 6 years, but I'm definitely waiting for more chapters. <<less
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Ayane
Ayane rated it
May 7, 2023
Status: c230
I enjoyed reading this. Years ago I had read the original version and was sad it wasn't fully translated yet. What a treat to have discovered this rewrite years later. The scene where the princess falls in love with the hero reads is the most beautiful romantic scene I have ever had the privilege to read. The Yugrasia arc is one of my favorite comedy arcs. The intermittent flashback scenes are a great "closed" plot with only 3 characters.

The whole concept of the men running away from the yandere girls... more>> is funny, but it's boring when all the "romantic" interactions play out the same way. It was fine when it was only Ast and his bar host student running away at every opportunity, but when you have a third character (the Hero and princess) undergoing the same development it gets stale. It makes sense for Ast, but the less mature hero should be more conflicted. It's funnier if at first he is strongly tempted to give in but has to force himself away (or even falls to temptation), but slowly we see his journey to become immune to beauty like Ast or for him to develop venustraphobia. Instead the hero at one point just thinks "something feels eerie about this princess" and then suddenly loses all attraction to her. Why not have the scenes be more fleshed out? All romantic scenes are just the men immediately trying to run away; why not write these scenes to have more romantic tension and interest even if the end result is still the man fleeing?

The characters were a part of what made the story hilarious, but after the Yugrasia arc the characters become stagnant. In each time skip all of the characters are simply copy and pasted with the only change being that their age is +5 years. For example, the character Reia does not change at all. In the flashbacks she felt like a person who happened to be the bu*t of eternally single jokes, but afterwards her entire character is just a setup to jokes that she is not married yet. A scene of her failing a date would have been neat. Also, despite being a main heroine/villian, the Imperial Princess is mainly a footnote outside of flashback chapters. She is such a great character, and has so much more potential than just the passing mentions. Maybe she could have been researching an upgrade to the silver bat that even worked on the protagonist, or maybe we would get scenes of a Yugrasia with a crazy Princess's twist on it. The author has done a great job with these characters, and they need to interact with each other more. Unlike the Yugrasia arc or flashback arc, the story later becomes
too plot driven and the characters feel lifeless (That said, I'm only on CH 220.)

Alice's lack of character development dissappointed me the most. I honestly thought that his daughter would be a dissenting voice aginst her father's antics, because she is the only person that Ast actually listens to (There's a scene when they're still on the farm where she scolds him for lazing around, and she also was willing to give him the silent treatment for months in the Fried Chicken Protest.) I thought this would end up with a comedic twist where she ends up being very opinionated and sometimes in opposition to Ast's plans. I had also thought she would try to matchmake him with the Princess (this was after she and the metal bat consulted with their neighbor about getting their father hitched.) Instead she just gets a rare passing mention as the head of the Chicken department and is just Ast's cute little healing daughter.

At the point I'm at the schadenfreude humor has started getting stale with the Demon continent arc, as the main joke (the demons have to s*ave away at paperwork) is a shadow to the creative mayhem in the Yugrasia arc. Nevertheless I still enjoyed the work a lot. I will be looking forward to seeing the rest translated. <<less
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DarkD
DarkD rated it
December 19, 2020
Status: c128
It's fun if you aren't used to this particular gimmick. I am someone who is extremely jaded with most of the new wave genres like litRPG, VRMMORPG, Reincarnation, Portal Fantasy, Dungeon Core, etc. But I am not jaded with this series.

I fully admit, the negative reviews are absolutely correct in the flaws they describe. However, those are only a problem if you are jaded with the series. I am a sadist, so I think I am biased to like the series. Other people are probably different and may find this... more>> just as bad as many other poorly told reincarnation series. <<less
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Runehkt
Runehkt
June 25, 2020
Status: c120
Great premise, though sad about the authors writing style. He focuses way too much on side plots and then stretches them out dbz style for like 20 chapters. Annoying as all hell.
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UncleTerri
UncleTerri rated it
May 17, 2020
Status: prologue
This story is great when it focuses on the pov of the MC and those interacting with him, but then the author switcher povs constantly to other characters who arent really interesting. The school arc was so uninteresting and when it finally ends and we are back to Ast interacting with others the story picks up. Just wish there was more focus in ast and less focus on random characters.
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meat_warrior
meat_warrior rated it
April 13, 2020
Status: c120
Warning from me, this novel is certainly NSFR. (Not Safe For Ribs)

You will suffer and so will your ribs from laughter. This is simply that good, even the original is worth it. Stumbled upon this right on the virus quarantine, and it was so worth it.
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ItzATrap
ItzATrap rated it
November 15, 2019
Status: side story 10
The story is HILARIOUS (for me) if you can get past all the bat beatings and such. Reading about an antihero's adventure in a fantasy without being some unkillable force is really enjoyable. Especially since we still don't even know the depths of Ast/Naruan/whatever else you want to call him's hidden cards.
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DimaShishandra
DimaShishandra rated it
September 3, 2019
Status: c48
This story is grate. Jokes, ideas, unexpected plot changes, logical behavior of characters, juicy subcharacters - 5 stars!

But these pov changes... It's like when you took 100 quests in the game and trying to fix them simultaneously. Because of this you just don't feel a story behind of the quests. Same here, author is throwing great scens but overall it feels bland.

Anyway it's still 5 stars... If you can survive pain of pov changes
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DeirdreH
DeirdreH
August 17, 2019
Status: c2
This is the first novel I've ever dropped so early on, and the reason is the POV changes.

I have not idea what the author was expecting to accomplish with this. He starts off with a good prologue and then chapter 1 kicks off a flashback. So far so good, except it's weird that I still don't even know the MC's name yet.

Then the story immediately has another time skip and after that point it's a complete clusterf***. How far have we skipped forward? To when the MC is starting off... more>> his training, or past that point to when he's an instructor? Is Naruan the name of the MC, or the name of the MC's teacher? Why do these scenes seem so repetitive already?

By the time I eventually figured out the answer to all these questions my motivation for reading any more evaporated. <<less
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Shana94
Shana94 rated it
July 18, 2019
Status: c38
Honestly it's a great story and I really enjoyed it. Moreover I'm a fan of anti-heroes and villains characters. So I'm really in love with the MC. However, I hate the plots that while entertaining, seems to drag on further and further and makes me bored.

I might continue to read this again not anytime soon.
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DLSloth
DLSloth rated it
December 1, 2018
Status: c52
If the author didn't make the s*upid dizzying pov transitioning, this novel would have been much greater. The novel is funny but it offsets the mood when changing perspective.

But still a hidden gem that should be read when you want a funny novel to read.
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dniv
dniv rated it
August 2, 2018
Status: c33
I just binged this yesterday+today. It's very solid, extremely good/fun. It's a little slow at first, but characters seem to have real personality and character-development and it has funny references to other series. The translation isn't perfect, but it's very good nonetheless and it's clear that the translator is putting in a lot of effort especially to find all the references to CN/WN/LN/KN stuff... Hmm, other than that I'd say that this series is very interesting and fresh and different. Give it some time since it actually has a lot... more>> of surprising development and all of the characters introduced seem to matter. <<less
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DreadLord
DreadLord rated it
July 4, 2018
Status: c23
A great fun novel to read if your tired of reading similar novels that focus on power leveling, harems, and women. The MC does a great job of being really interesting compare to other novels MC's.
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Zielscheibe
Zielscheibe rated it
July 4, 2018
Status: c23
What can I say...

Its a funny story and it gives a new wind in the reincarnation novels.

The MC is the villian. And I mean he is the villian of villians ?

... more>> A little checlist from him:

Choppe down the world tree.... check

From the wood make a bat.... check

Hit my ungreatful disciplin, because they want to thank me for my training methods.... check

Ungreatful bastards.... check

Yes because he is so good in his job (really he is the best, all his disciplins are the creme de la creme in their kind of field. Even the drop-outs get a job) he is in the sight of every (job) headhunter. <<less
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Silveryuri
Silveryuri
July 13, 2019
Status: --
So, I really couldn’t get past the fact that this evil organisation would just basically kill children to force themselves to become prime material. Like that happens of course but that is really s*upid. Also a comedy tag? That wasn’t funny. But I’ve only read 3 chapters so take this with a grain of salt.

Legit, thousands of children die getting killed by magic and the instructor is our protagonist. I would love, if his “Students” kill him. Anyway, summary is like later on in the story so

Guy gets reincarnated, parents... more>> die leave him farm, king wants goldmine, initiation of war, farms gets fired. Guy becomes evil instructor. That’s how we start really, so yeah. <<less
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