Lv1 Skeleton

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It is the story of a young man who died and was reborn as a level 1 skeleton soldier in an underground world. Follow our protagonist as he struggles to survive in a foreign, RPG-like setting surrounded by danger and monsters. Watch as he levels up and overcomes all obstacles through sheer perseverance and wit, rising to prominence

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Level 1 Skeleton, Such a Pity
너무하네 1레벨 해골병사라니
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
08/29/18 KrTranslations epilogue (end)
08/29/18 KrTranslations c156
08/29/18 KrTranslations c155
08/29/18 KrTranslations c154
08/29/18 KrTranslations c153
08/29/18 KrTranslations c152
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08/27/18 KrTranslations c149
08/23/18 KrTranslations c148
08/23/18 KrTranslations c147
08/19/18 KrTranslations c146
08/19/18 KrTranslations c145
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nickku
nickku
July 7, 2018
Status: --
You can divide each reincarnation in 3 part:

Noob grinding;

Action packed;

Things are going to fast, oh I died...

By the end of the second reincarnation, things become complex and you get a taste of a MUCH BIGGER plot.

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I fell tired and exhausted from the plot and a bit sad since he first died at 15 years old, they once again after having build a Utopia for him and his lover to live, then when he finally found some hope for the future human race, and they after creating a family with relatives and all he turns into to the dark version of the men whose touch turns into gold and they gets teleport through time and space B years back to to double fall in love and love every thing again. The plot is going super fast now and I though he will go back to his dragon wife or any of his other lovers. (actuality maybe he will at the end of the novel??)

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Zazamuch
Zazamuch rated it
May 13, 2018
Status: c67
MC is too powerful and s*upid... history going to nowhere is like a author don't know what to write next. The most terrible part is after ~c60, story has complete ruined, actions is very bad and lack of imagination and s*upid thinks was happen... ... more>>
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like all level up from c1-c50 in 1 short scene...

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The plot was boring, simple, but not predictably surprising. Characters are flat and very s*upid, but this RPG climate fix it little and some humor too.

Anyway start was very nice and this is story to relax and forgotten about thinking. This is nice break/reset before take something more interesting and heavy. On the end if you feel this story start boring you stop read. <<less
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LairoftheEast
LairoftheEast rated it
December 13, 2017
Status: c64
I'm not entirely sure where the story is going anymore, but it has been one hell of a ride. I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every part of this series. As an inexhaustible skeleton, the MC's ability to grind his skills to max is very satisfying.
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ArgosYesu
ArgosYesu rated it
December 5, 2017
Status: c50
One of the messier KR novels I've read. The pacing is downright terrible with periods of time seemingly skipped because the author couldn't be bothered to expand on them. To give an example, the MC left his base to venture outside, with various good reasons behind doing so. In the end this arc, which I had expected to last at least 50-100 chapters, ended within a dozen or so chapters.

It;s as though the author has very good ideas for plot progression and scene changing, but after starting them he grew... more>> bored and just decided to 'tell' the next years of activity rather than explore it with his character.

Laziest KR novel... even Ark, for all its flaws, wasn't as badly written... <<less
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algfq
algfq rated it
November 22, 2017
Status: c43
HiSpeed plot progression. He's became too OP like after 20 chapter. So the plot is kind of lack, IMO. Its slow the pace down after that but it makes inconsistency arise about MC personality.

It's an okay read. But still meh. Recommended read if you have much spare time.

PS. There's cringe kind of relationship with MC companions. That's a turn down for me. Should be 2.
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Chourou
Chourou rated it
October 30, 2017
Status: --
Fast paced novel.

Translation is, it needs improvement.

And because it is a game-concept novel so expect tons of titles and skills etc etc filling up everywhere. A bit convoluted.

Short said: I enjoyed this novel. Just lacking a bit background story. The other annoying thing is the gender definition in this novel. Uhm... The elves... In one chapter it is 1 male 1 female with female having the name "Leon" and the male elf having the name Narin, next chapter they both turned into female elves... not sure if any... more>> other readers noticed this... The golem is even switching between female / male gender in the chapters... At some point the priest was also trans-gender I think? from going male to female? - It is either a disconnect between the translators and the novel, or bad grammar, or something else?

As a reader, I can't read mandarin, nor can I speak mandarin. Samething goes for korean language. So when a translator gives out a name, and writes "her" we picture it a female character, if the translator later changes to he/him/his. that character in our head becomes a male. And thats confusing for us a reader. Many chinese + korean novels has these issues on novel updates. <<less
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1408we rated it
October 8, 2023
Status: Completed
This started as one of those evolution fantasy stories, I have always liked the skeleton ones, but this one was f*cking incomprehensible.

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This started as a fantasy story but randomly turned into a strange sci-fi, moving from biblical angels to sci-fi cryogenic apocalypse was way too jarring, but it was somewhat still fun.

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The system really wouldn't work, and it makes this story suffer a lot.

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The later half of the story includes weird s*xual elements as well. The weird pregnancy, s*ave s*x, sh*t like that was just really f*cking weird to add in, and the s*upid ass jokes where they joke about the misunderstanding sh*t felt really out of place in a fantasy sci-fi. It just felt so weird to have this strange s*x thing and the wives stuff just randomly placed then immediately removed.

if you don't want to read weird s*x s*ave fantasies I wouldn't read past the point he gets sent to the futuristic earth.

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Lipuz
Lipuz
May 5, 2023
Status: c107
Perfect example of how not to write a novel. There's no redeeming qualities to it other than it being an Isekai, if you like Isekais. The only parts I enjoyed were the ones that followed the clichés. That should be enough of an explanation of how bad the novel is. It's just bad writing, hard to explain just how bad it is. If you've ever tried/succeeded in writing a fanfic in Wattpad when you were 14, you were probably on a similar level to this author. And then again there... more>> are some OK novels in Wattpad.

You've probably read it in other comments, but basically: the pacing is super rushed for no reason whatsoever, making the characters and struggles feel meaningless. The characters themselves have no development (obviously), and they're also very unreliable to remember what their selected personality even was, as they change from time to time for no reason and with no context. The story makes no sense, it jumps from one arc to another with no heads-up and no reason. The world building is almost null. There's literally nothing to save this novel. Not even an interesting MC, or some comedy. There's nothing. Maybe the worst novel I've read of the genre. <<less
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Bolovis
Bolovis rated it
August 4, 2021
Status: epilogue
There are some moments the author loses the plot, going from king skeleton to apocalipse future science fiction, and then spider-man power to divine being. Join that with time travel and this is what you get. The problem is: there are different plot points that are forgotten and supperficially explained, and in the end it gives an impression of a rushed end for what could be a interesenting development. Either way, read it if you are interested in an inhuman isekai, just get ready for some characters simply dispearing from... more>> the novel and that is it. <<less
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Captain ordinary
Captain ordinary rated it
July 28, 2021
Status: --
A cheap knock of kumo desu with Skeletons soldier can't protect the dungeon concept, in general it has lots of potential but in the end well I guess it just become your typical op MC really quick and become boring as quick as that.

As much as I like unique concept of Reincarnated as non human I just can't lie and say it's good :v
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All Night
All Night rated it
May 9, 2021
Status: Completed
Well this was a slog. Let's review this while it's fresh in my mind.

Where should I begin? To get the biggest con out of the way first... This novel suffers from character bloat. There are a large amount of minor characters introduced very quickly, and because of this they are given basically zero character development and are forgettable. This includes the harem members besides one. ... more>>
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The only harem member with a decent character is the dragon he marries by mistake. Everyone else is a wall flower.

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The second con THE MC. He is naïve, foolishly arrogant, and short-sighted. If you read the story you will have the constant feeling that the MC is being lead by the nose the entire story. It's generally true because for the most part the MC only reacts to external simulation; only once something happens, or he is told to does he move to do something. He becomes more and more reckless as he grows stronger, soon ignoring his allies advice and making larger and larger mistakes.
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He goes on to become a Demi-lich. A half step death god, but it comes with an caveat. An unending thirst for death and destruction which eventually leads to his "first" death.

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After the climax of the first half. The genre changes to sci-fi magic, and the story goes even further downhill by introducing a bunch of semi made up science jargon to make the characters seem intelligent. <<less
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TheRealMcTavish
TheRealMcTavish rated it
May 4, 2021
Status: Completed
This series started out strong with a very heavy fantasy element and the game like leveling up system but as of the half way point the quality of the story has just plummeted with every element of a story just merged into one big conundrum.

The ending was just rushed, that's really all I can say about it. If I can say one thing about it this is the worst ending I have read to this date
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BoredKing98
BoredKing98 rated it
April 23, 2021
Status: c81
Right so I suck at this so I'm just going to point out what I liked and what I hate.

The first couple chapters (50~ish) are pretty good, generic but it's interesting watching the MC use his limited mana and skills to take on his enemies.

His companions? Are pretty lackluster with them being basically useless in the beginning.

He does eventually gain useful minions and they're actually pretty helpful but, and this is about the point the MC starts to become so utterly moronic that I began to question why I was... more>> reading this, begins to make s*upid mistake after s*upid mistake.

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He becomes overly arrogant and he knows that he shouldn't but does absolutely nothing to change which results in him getting sealed and so begins the boring part of this story.

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From this point onward he's running around as a human so he can get himself unsealed, all his skills, stats, and companions that he has made up to this point are basically thrown aside.

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What sucks is that during this part there are actual bits where he actually grows closer to one of his minions (he is stuck and is remote controlling his human body so while his human body is sleeping he talks to his minions) but as soon as he unsealed his body he goes of to fight a dragon and marries it. From this point onward he basically destroys anything that was being built between him and his previous minions, basically telling them they are his minions and nothing more.

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After this point it's a pure clusterf*ck.
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He chooses to evolve into a being that wants nothing but death and destruction but a sage gives him a tittle to resist it making it seem like the sage is dead, he's not since his soul is bound to the MC.

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Then MC dies to angels and ends up back on earth and now he is fighting aliens and terraforming a post apocalyptic earth with the help of AIs. But then he dies again and is back to the original world but in the past but he doesn't want to affect history till he is "born" in the future so he is running around as a human with no skills or power again. And at this point all his faults are so blatant since he isn't doing anything but f*cking around.

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I dropped this story about halfway through because the MC is an idiot, overly arrogant, inconsistent, and he keeps resetting because of his arrogance but refuses to learn anything. (He actually gets dumber as the story progresses. <<less
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TheWanderingDragon
TheWanderingDragon rated it
April 25, 2020
Status: c157
What to say about Lv1 Skeleton? Do note, I read through most of the story twice.

Firstly, the story will appear chaotic from around Chapter 50. Some of this is due to the Author lacking control of the flow, some due to translation inconsistency (One certain name) and lastly and most importantly, because it is meant to be chaotic.

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This novel references several religions and their 'Pantheons' however the overarching story is based off Gnosticism. Johra, is the Demiurge and 'Gnoss' is likely the Hidden Almighty God (Phil).

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The good points are, character growth, mystery and of course Level up trees. The story falls short when the author proceeds to: 'give up' on showing Character Statuses; stop world-building and in the final 30 chapters, rush toward the Climax.

For any who do not mind spoilers or were confused by the story, I explain several concepts to the best of my ability.

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This is a story where time travel plays a big role, but is poorly explained. The MC is in a loop entailing the destruction and creation of the Universe, this can only stop if he prevents his future self from Destroying the Universe by changing the future.

There are several instances where the Information character 'Gnoss' is shown to have a hidden agenda. Gnoss is the reincarnation of several powerful Gods and likely the Almighty God itself.

It is shown that he can take control of the MC's Avatar (In it's sleep his Avatar is 'possessed' we know this is Gnoss because the chant it speaks is the same chant Gnoss uses to provide Johra with Creation Magic. Twice in the Story the line 'If you know the name of a God, you know the Power of a God' is quoted and Johra is unable to remember and important name several times, the name of the being that speaks to him as he sleeps.

The Avatar Skill itself was set to be lost forever if the Avatar dies. Despite never choosing to equip it as so, the Avatar Skill becomes one of Johra's identities until the final 'redo' where the time-continuum is repaired. If his avatar skill remains then it is presumable that it never died. As we also know that Gnoss can control this Avatar it is highly likely Gnoss used it to manipulate events whilst the Skill still existed, likely causing many paradoxes.

Finally, in the Epilogue, Johra calls Gnoss 'Phil' for the first and only time, upon which Gnoss replies and then vanishes.

In Gnosticism, the Almighty God does not create the Universe, but is so powerful it creates the Demiurge. The Demiurge is both the destroyer and creator of the Universe. Believing itself to be the highest being it 'foolishly' acts and eventually creates a perfect universe that it rules atop a throne in the clouds.

This genesis from a Cosmic accident is the reason behind the chaotic nature of the novel. Furthermore, the author also decides to confuse the reader by having several characters (Sha, L and Abbadon) give different explanations about the creation of the universe and the Almighty God. Each explanation is actually from a different school of Gnostic thought.

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TldR: This fairly entertaining tale of a bewildered youth who rises to power, takes a complex concept and almost manages to pull it off. Despite several issues, due to the convincing representation of the overarching religion I give it a 4/5. <<less
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et Celestosapien
et Celestosapien rated it
April 21, 2020
Status: Completed
It is good and enjoyable in the start but gets messed up towards the end.

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Where there is involvement of the mess of the future version of the MC, and present MC has to solve the mess. At the end MC just leaves the mess for others to solve to go on vacations.

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its end feels like it is forced and hastened.
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M.A.T.R.
M.A.T.R. rated it
March 19, 2020
Status: --
Literally painful. I read this novel about a year ago all the way to about the middle of the sci-fi arc and I never saw the novel as bad until now. I've read much better novels now and can say the MC is dumb, the system is s*upid, & every character is way too shallow for them to be even seen as characters.
I haven't read the harem-esque third part of the story, but the sci-fi part would be utterly painful for me to read now since I do not... more>> like sci-fi nowadays, thankfully I was a unaware beginner novel reader back then and didn't notice how terrible this story was and was blinded by "cool fantasy shit, Skeleton MC, OMG UNIQUE, etc." Stuff like that.

This novel is literally a venus fly trap for beginners who get pulled in by the "unique" is seems to shine and is actually kinda decent for a little bit which ups the trap nature of this terrible novel. It did introduce me to my favorite genre (fantasy that isn't just harem MC who makes all the good Samaritan decisions), but just barely since it doesn't even fit into that genre anymore with its terriblness. <<less
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mainzer45
mainzer45 rated it
December 12, 2018
Status: epilogue
Tbh I thought about writing a long review about how I feel about this novel, but with the fact that neritai's review pretty much expresses everything I thought about the novel, it's too much to be bothered. Overall though the novels nothing great but it's an alright time killer, and the fact that its finished is a huge perk since you wont have to wait a few years to read the ending (even if the ending is how it is with this novel)
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twinklecake
twinklecake rated it
November 23, 2018
Status: c29
This is pretty good for about 15 chapters, then it devolves into nonsense in many aspects. The characters don't act like people, the stats are ignored, the growth rate is absurd. The worldbuilding goes straight down the shitter too, and the MC has a completely inconsistent character with no real motivation or reason to explain his actions. Meanwhile the plot is basically him doing whatever and the world reacting at his pace, rather than anything resembling an actual story.

Just skip it.
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LuftRauser
LuftRauser rated it
October 15, 2018
Status: c157
The statisfaction of reading is lost when your hope for the ending is just suddenly end too fast and mismatched. As the way it tell the story is indented to had fast ending but it came way too fast, as the plot is complex enough for long story if it remake and if the MC back to the loved one once all the problem end will fix the hole more less
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FishCream
FishCream rated it
October 14, 2018
Status: c76
At c17:

Well, the story is generic and predictable, with the addition of him within the first few sentences completely accepting being a skeleton in an unknown place. The MC just "happens" to gain A LOT of handy skills at the right moments with the explanation that he also doesn't know how the system works. Following those lines the power system is all over the place with EXP, levels, grades, evolutions and (at least so far) no visible balance between them.

With all that said, if you are looking for a generic... more>> game system-based 'reincarnated into a monster'-story and don't have all too high standards, this one is fast paced and have potential to be entertaining for a while. (Also it's finished which is a plus imo)

EDIT c76:

This novel certainly has it's moments and tbh it's pretty entertaining as long as you don't question ANYTHING about the obviously strange things in the story or power system (or the calculating lol). Just go along with the rollercoaster ride and enjoy the twists and turns brought by the fast pacing. <<less
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