This novel is so f*cking good. I think it would make a great anime, too.

A story told in a non-linear fashion, organized by specific topics. The details from each story come together to form a whole. Sometimes non-linear stories are done in a boring way, or in a way that makes you think "was this style necessary? It would have been better if it was just told normally" but this novel does it really well.

I like the MC a lot. He's got a great personality that's serious without being pretentious... more>> but also he's secretly a little sh*t who loves harassing his friends for fun. I like the seemingly mundane subjects that he gets fixed on - one of the "tales" he tells is of his insatiable thirst for webnovels and how he forces attempts to persuade writers to keep writing them so he doesn't get bored. In more than one story he manipulates a group of communist fairies so they work for him like s*aves, and he even shamelessly drops the famous quote from Animal Farm "Everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others." He's subtly hilarious all the time and I love him.

5/5 for plot, characterization, and storytelling style. It doesn't focus much on the action or day-today minutia of a Hunter/Gate world, so even if you aren't normally interested in this setting you should try it. <<less

It is definitely a unique non-linear story and meta-commentary on the "Regressor" genre.

By reading a couple of chapters you can tell, it's well thought-out and written by an experienced author of the genre. The story reads almost like a documentary or a journal of a man who is trying to keep his mind intact while organizing his thoughts with the depressing nature of his struggles. With an infinite amount of regressions, he will eventually get to his "perfect run" but can his psyche handle it?

We delve into tropes like what... more>> are constellations and why they are always seemingly in Korea and not around the world? Message boards and the power of communities with the use of gaslighting and gatekeeping. Can one "perfect run" exist? How can certain "Regressors" in stories need only 1 or 2 runs while our MC is with an ongoing struggle of over 1000 lives? What is the true antagonist in Regressor stories? The butterfly effect of course! How would a regressor take a "break" from all the failures?

Highly recommended, while the ideas and topics are nothing new in the regressor genre it gives a fresh enough take to interest you. Jumping from serious tales to the outlandish that keep you reading. <<less

A unique non-linear regression story, where the focus is on the most significant runs out of the protagonists 1183 attempts.

The non-linear structure differentiates this story from the rest of the genre, and the author's writing style keeps things interesting. There is less focus on progression or gaining strength, and it instead covers interesting concepts and events.

Highly recommend checking this one out!

BTW the author is the same one that wrote SSS Class Suic**de Hunter, so that speaks to its quality.

Really solid story, recommended if you like non linear episodic style writing. This reads like someone who is telling his autobiography in a free form way, with musings and time jumps.

Pro

• • MC is old, mature, and pretty powerful. The author makes him humane and interesting, not some kind of edgy unfeeling killing machine like you see sometime with these kind of stories.

• • Introduced characters are interesting and have their own quirks, they feel distinct.

• • The author plays with the regression genre in itself, and yet it doesn't feel like a self hating parody, it's fresh.

• • The non linear story-telling allows for a good pacing while introducing interesting concepts regularly, I'm usually not a fan but in this case it works because every arc has its own point, the one the character wants to explain.

• • The world lore is interesting despite not being really developed yet.

Con

• • No romance (personal preference, in this case it doesn't make the story too dry as characters have interactions with each others, and romances are hard in time loops anyway, as illustrated in the story itself actually)

• • Maybe too vague at the start, it's hard to see what exactly is the "enemy" or why he's failing and regressing until later in the story. Or even his actual powers.