Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society

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The story follows Kang Shin from South Korea, who is raised on tales of fighting monsters by his eccentric father. One day he learns it’s more than just a tale. Follow this brutish lad on his journey as Earth is exposed to outside forces and unparalleled existences.

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ICDS
무한경쟁던전사회
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Arha
Arha rated it
March 25, 2022
Status: c352
It has the same issue this author usually has that there's a strong start and then maybe 2/3 or 3/4 through everything falls apart. This time it was particularly bad because the ending is so incredibly rushed that it's hard to keep track of what was going on and no satisfaction to be had from the defeat of the villains because we just didn't care about them. Especially how the MC really hated one of them for basically no reason.
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Amardeep
Amardeep rated it
March 15, 2022
Status: c340
Best novel related to dungeon after dungeon maker and solo leveling try it out you will be glad you choose. When you read this be patient few time it's like why I am reading this novel but over all it's very good novel so try it out share your opinion. Try it out and suggest your best dungeon related novel you ever read
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MyRAMEN
MyRAMEN rated it
October 20, 2021
Status: c200ish
I read this a few years ago, reread this again not knowing I read this before as I didn't leave a review, prob cause I didn't have an acc yet, but I reread to chapter 132 and I gave up. The novel is good/okay at the start but the harem elements and MC down right ruined the story. Overtime there is too many major characters to manage, and additionally, the author starts to go too into depth on game element / fight scene fillers. I would've kept reading, but I... more>> remember it got even worse later on. If you read this, suggest dropping around c75. Sometimes there are author notes together with the chaps, and they are often irritating to read as it is what he puts, or promises/facts on the novel he makes which I know to be false, perhaps because he changed his mind. <<less
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Jinnai.l
Jinnai.l rated it
August 30, 2021
Status: Completed
Kay, I am a fan of Toika, and upon reading this up to past CH280 I realize something.

I finish the novel once already, but on a second read something felt annoying. Then after a while of thinking, I get it.

The MC--and by extension--the author are f*cking Hypocrite.

Government control the ability user and natural greed... sure good counter... but a person who control sole granting priviledge to the dungeon access have no high-ground in blaming the gov for trying to control power. Banning anyone below SS rank from joining? Who is... more>> it that make the A-rank friend, no-rank sister and a stranger with no combat experience a f*cking explorer? Oh right. He did. Don't want to be a hero? Don't want anyone to die for him? Who is it that banned two countries for an individual breaking the contract with no jury... and thus guaranteeing innocent people will suffer through his action and thus causing people to die for his self-righteous ego. Oh right, the MC. Oh, and by rejecting an organization Clara create, he is refusing other the right to fight for thier own right to live by protecting him. Clara might be wrong headed but it took something to turn an eleven years-old into a monster. And he did end up creating that organization of Revival anyway. Who is it that blame people s*upidity, while making a press anouncement with his real face ensuring the predictable result of getting his family target.

Not once, did MC acknowledge his own fault. Not once did he bother sitting down and talking to a kid wrong in the head and found what make her tick. Not once did he consider things from others and accept his hypocrisy. His ruthlessness, action and behaviour is that of a kid drunk on power and believing power (which is granted by bullsh*t plot) will solve every problem.

Absolute power solve every problem... I don't know... isn't that the exact something all his enemy are chosing.

Toika should stuck to writting MC as non-sensical, selfish superman (it is more fun that way) because the moment said superman got into leadership position... they become hypocritical moron with Omniceint morallity license I won't accept.

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The beginning is okay until the downright hypocrisy starts annoying you <<less
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lukeos
lukeos rated it
February 25, 2021
Status: c352
This had great potential. It was a funny tory about a op protagonist that has to overcome difficulty through great adversity but it ended up ditching the comedy aspect almost completely and ended up being the character is strong so he wins. In the beginning the character is strong but dumb he has flaws. But he ends up getting superhuman intelligence pretty much out of nowhere. It ends up being solo leveling where the main character has no challenges, mentality or physically, and a shitty haram with only one likable... more>> female lead. The author tries to pull out plot twist that are just badly written and the rest of the characters are just bland. The only non main character that's well written is the dad but he just gets sidelined so the main character can be cool. <<less
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ianoodle
ianoodle rated it
July 1, 2020
Status: c135
Started off with a good amount of potential, the novel gave a nice and somewhat nostalgic Supercut of the MC's childhood that clearly differed from his peers. The game-like structure introduction to the story was promising, though nothing special, it was easy to digest and understandable. With how the beginning of the story introduced its characters, it gave me the feeling that the author knows how to handle his/her characters, but getting further to the story, I totally got the opposite of what I thought, which also in my opinion,... more>> the biggest flaw of this novel.

The story does not have any interesting girl characters, may it be protagonist material or not. It also feels like giving them interesting plot and development would only betray the readers later on because they would just end up in the long list of harem characters that sorrounds the not so interesting MC at this point. For me, this is disrespectful to the readers, like it somewhat ridicule our sense of intellect.

Started promising just to end up like a parody of all it's counterparts. <<less
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Vallan.Mandrake
Vallan.Mandrake rated it
February 27, 2020
Status: Completed
Solid Story. Good quality. Morally good characters (especially considering the end). Character is s*upid in the beginning (then raises int), is then dense (in romance), then comes to terms with his harem (and actually does stuff - just that everything more than kisses is only implied). In later chapters MC wins through plans (or at least has plans). No as*hole MC, no insults, no "face", no nationalism/racism, no tournament. MC is OP in many situations, challenged in others. Novel is complete (and resolves everything).
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blank1134
blank1134 rated it
February 21, 2020
Status: Completed
The beginning part of the novel was good but while it continued on, it still maintained to be interesting. Though I feel like this novel has the potential to expand more the ending was satisfactory.

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One thing to note is that the author would said that the novel is not going to be a harem yet in the end of it all it became one. I don't really know if I should laugh or feel betrayed but never the less I enjoyed the journey.

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This novel is based on role-playing video games you experienced playing with mostly comedy and a little bit dark as a novel but it weighs more on being an action-comedy.

I finished it and enjoyed reading it. Hopefully this novel would be your cup of tea just like me.

I'm not going to degrade the novel like the other reviewers did, but I would like to say that everyone has different taste and I would say I liked this one so I'm giving it a high score. There's no harm in trying to read it though so I recommend you guys to at least try to read it with an open mind. No pressure just enjoy reading. <<less
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Alicization
Alicization rated it
July 16, 2019
Status: c352
Although I might’ve binged this, overall it was a very satisfying novel to read. It has a slightly different sort of MC, so I’d say you’d either like it, or dislike it a lot. The ending was a bit unsatisfactory for me though.
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Leifman
Leifman rated it
January 21, 2019
Status: c3
Honestly? barely managed to get myself to finish chapter 3. needless to say I'm done with it and that I won't continue and torture myself with chapter 4 and onwards.

It is just bad. completely poorly written/s*upid/uninteresting and made me feel like it's just a joke.... I figure it's the authors first work and give it to that... it's just that I heard so much about the author and his 2nd work "EEIAR" that I thought ill start with his first work... well, that's how far that got me.
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FDlown
FDlown rated it
November 3, 2018
Status: prologue
Binge read it in a couple of days and I have to say I loved it. I would rate it the same as Tate no Yuusha (shield bro) as the story flow and world building is very similar. Honestly, there are plenty of annoying plot points and expositions (the constant grinding and backstabbing is kinda annoying) but it was a very fun and satisfying read as there's plenty of action and humor.

The translation is very good too (except for that one weird chapter...)

Oh, and that potato nuke. Damn it... more>> lol. <<less
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SoundTramp
SoundTramp rated it
October 26, 2018
Status: c352
I don't have much to say that has not already been said. This novel has an uninspired plot comprised of repetitive tropes and bogged down by the harem and uni-dimensional side characters.

That said, it does a decent job of fulfilling the tropes that are to be expected with this genre. In particular, I disagree with a comment by toyyoda:

"Recycled plot of 'an enemy pops up which puts all of Earth/another world in danger, but our MC is just strong enough to beat it, hence he gets amazing abilities and rewards... more>> which coincidentally synergise with his existing abilities and will counter the next enemy that comes along'. Battles are nothing beyond a display of MC's abilities and showing how he's stronger than these Goliath-like creatures."

This is by and large what should be expected from the genre. DBZ among many many other fictions face this same issue; some handle it better than others but in the end it is somewhat unavoidable. The fictions that surpass this, or rather achieve a suspension of disbelief from the reader that surmounts this, is hard to find outside of published works. I would even argue that any "power system" that provides quantifiable tiers of power will struggle to convince the reader to care.

What ICDS does particularly well (at least in the first and last 50 chapters) is the fight scenes. The movement and action are easily visualized and have weight. Sadly the middle does suffer a bit from the issue of "special moves" cluttering up the combat. Overall this factor was what made ICDS stand out for me. <<less
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strawhat64
strawhat64 rated it
May 21, 2018
Status: c352
And another novel finished! I loved this novel from the very beginning. After reading another work of this author, the "Everyone Else is a Returnee" (which I strongly recommend) I came I love everything this author writes. I really like how the protagonist is awesome both in power and personality and how all the other characters as well are awesome. The comedy is great as well and I can never get enough tsukkomi, it really livens the conversations, doesn't it?

Anyway, long story short I really recommend this novel, 5 stars... more>> from me. <<less
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Mighty Action X
Mighty Action X rated it
February 4, 2018
Status: c279
It's good. Far from perfect as Toika made several of overdoing and underdoing in this like the Harem and the world building. If your story revolves around world travels and game elements, I believe it is not advisable to make it a 1st Person POV as it limits the perspective of the story to a single person.

Thankfully, Toika learned from that mistake and did a better job on the novel that succeeded this one which Everyone Else Is A Returnee.
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arrogantyoungmaster
arrogantyoungmaster rated it
August 17, 2017
Status: c90
One of the best dungeons story I have read. Good action good humor a not bad romance with some mystery a likable MC and good sides characters. The story progress smoothly not boring and enjoyable. I have one thing that I find annoying is that the MC is a sis con (best waifu is loretta btw)
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Genisyn69
Genisyn69 rated it
August 16, 2017
Status: --
Good dungeon story, enjoyable and well-written fight scenes. -1 star for another really boring harem, filled with tons of nonsense (It's a realllllly boring harem in general, only reason its not -2 is some decent comedy, but most of it is bad.).
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Kozchu
Kozchu rated it
August 7, 2017
Status: c103
I like the fact that it combines some of the typical JP novels clichés with KR novels. The chemistry is great, I like the fact there are tsunderes and the MC got a harem while he isnt some kind of adult in a 12yo body with a bunch of lolis following him around. The story is interesting and refreshing.

Would recommend 1000 times if necessary
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satseh
satseh
August 6, 2017
Status: c65
I don't review ln/wn as much but this one is a gem so I had to share my thoughts/opinion.

I normal get bored with story which focuses too much on dungeon but this one is written so well, the balance between how much time characters get->the world building->skills->grinding->comedy->explaining bits of information is just perfect as it can get for me. Without spoiling anything, I would recommend it to anyone who likes leveling type (even though you will feel it isn't all about leveling and grinding), plus our MC isn't perfect since... more>> he is only a human. Give it a try and just after first 10 chapters you will be hooked! <<less
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Hitexh
Hitexh rated it
July 26, 2017
Status: c78
This one is one of the best dungeon grinder series. The series emphasizes comedy. The downside is, the enemy becomes less threatening as the MC become more OP. But the story is still interesting because how MC plays the role as the hidden hero.
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TaoTie
TaoTie rated it
July 24, 2017
Status: c71
Ok honestly I was on the fence at first but most doubts I had about the quality of the story have been resolved. It's fun and easy to read. The characters are colorful and actually have understandable personalities with individual thought processes. The levels of the dungeon allow for a gradual progression of the story, and dramatic foreshadowing hints at interesting things to come.

Albeit the characters' individual personalities can be weird at times, but thats true in reality as well. (E.g. The Mc's eerily strong love with his sister).

I hope... more>> it keeps getting better and that there's lots more to read. <<less
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