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1331 Chapters (Ongoing):
-Part 1: 235 Chapters (Completed)
-Part 2: 245 Chapters (Completed)
-Part 3: 463 Chapters (Completed)
-Part 4: 387 Chapters (Completed)
-Part 5: 1 Chapters (Ongoing)
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Weekly Rank: #1494
Monthly Rank: #1527
All Time Rank: #2015
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After the ‘100-Year War’ between the Necromancers and Priests, an all-time genius who’ll shake the power structure was born.

“Am I a rare case or something? Do I have talent?”

A potential beyond all imagination.
He obtained his father’s undead army and entered the great Necromancer school of Kizen that divided the continent.

Geniuses are geniuses, even when gathered among the elites.
The research community was flipped on its head by the appearance of a new case.
Professors wouldn’t leave him be alone, wanting to make him study directly under them.
Officials from all over the kingdom and heads of organizations fidgeted over whether to scout him.

“Professor! When can I make a Lich?”
“Gimme a break. How talented are you? You’re crossing the line, honestly.”

A genius among geniuses had appeared.

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Necromancer Academy and the Genius Summoner
네크로맨서 학교의 소환천재
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Recommendations
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Little Tyrant Doesn’t Want to Meet with a Bad End (1)
The Academy’s Deceased Ate It All (1)
Academy’s Undercover Professor (1)
Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family (1)
The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman (1)
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Epa_mikrondas
New Epa_mikrondas rated it
January 15, 2025
Status: c1250
I have a love-hate relationship with this novel.

I call stories like these enjoyable tr*sh. But this is no ordinary tr*sh.

TL;DR:

... more>> Worldbuilding: 10/10, chef's kiss. Within top 5 of worldbuilding in all the novels I've ever read.

Characters: 4/10 (1/10 for MC & friends, 6+/10 for the rest) - I've seen more character depth in children's shows than in MC & his pals

If I were ranking based on worldbuilding alone, I'd place this novel among the top 5 I've ever read. It's masterfully written. It's consistent, it's descriptive, extensively written, complex yet easily explained and, above all, it flows so well. As far as I've seen, there have been no plot holes. Even seemingly random events often have an important purpose in the story. The politics, the countries, ethnic groups and conflicts, and the magic system just flow so well together. The logic behind it all makes sense.

The problem is that the characters are disgustingly one dimensional, often flanderized and have no purpose except to lengthen the tags list in the description as if the author was trying to fill a damn quota.

Our Gary Stu MC's values are so inconsistent that he could be acting bloodthirsty in one arc, not hesitating to kill for the greater good, and like a white knight in another, choosing to save a person at the risk of others.

Also, his feelings are never properly explained. It's like he has no personal thoughts on anything except to become the best necromancer in the world. But FOR WHAT?! What are his goals, his motives? "Well my dad told me to enter this 'necromancer' academy. He didn't give me any support, any information, nor even an education prior to this, but hey I just can't wait to be the best at a profession that I had no clue about up until now."

And he's dense too. The multiple love interests often show their affection for him, like literally in his face, but he doesn't do anything.
Spoiler

poor Lethe. Such a waste of a good enemies to lovers trope.

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And don't get me started on his school buddies. They can all be summed up in three cringey words each and your mental image would probably be completely right.

"Ice princess tsundere", "Greedy merchant comedian", "cute vampire loli" and that's ALL THEY EVER DO.

The villains, teachers and other powerhouses are written decently (especially Bahil), but they're dragged down by the s*upid aforementioned MC & pals.

Overall, I have absolutely no doubt that the author knows how to write a good story, but I bet that the author made this a wish fulfilment novel just to satisfy the fans. <<less
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Epythymy
Epythymy rated it
June 13, 2022
Status: c30
Average 'battle academy' novel with quite a few demerits.

Nothing particularly noteworthy, but still readable.

The main problems are its ridiculous starting setting and the fact that there is no promising future in sight, or even anything worth anticipating in this novel.

... more>> Basic setting:

Absolute hillbilly MC with zero knowledge about magic was accepted into the best mage academy in the world through backdoor with the identity of #1 admission student (i.e the best/most promising student of the batch).

Just this cliche setting will help you understand the plot of the first half of this novel.

What makes no sense is that MC isn't an orphan, moreover his parents are some big shots, but for no real reason they didn't teach him anything at all.

Probably so that we will be able to 'enjoy' reading about hillbilly mc's misadventures at the start of the academy life full of knowledgeable magic geniuses.

It's totally impossible to skip all this weak-to-strong bottom tier - top tier student journey nonsense after all.

Also, his totally useless identity as the #1 admission student that gives zero benefits, but ample opportunities to be humiliated and provoked by some tr*shy villains, only to rise higher and slap faces is only here as an excuse for author to introduce standard commonplace troupes into the story. And it's annoying.

The questions like 'why the fck his ret*rded parents didn't teach him anything basic even though they knew that he will go into this academy in the future' or 'what's the point of making him the center of everyone's attention with this useless identity even was?' kept bugging me while I was reading all the cliche scenes that I've seen countless times before.

In the end I will also repeat again that this novel contains no mysteries or any unusual developments (at least I haven't seen any in the first 30 chapters), so it's hard to say that it will be better in the future.

If author don't introduce anything too atrocious in the future then its quality will likely steadily remain the same as standard cliche read. <<less
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Fluffums
Fluffums rated it
June 10, 2023
Status: c127
Summary: This is the story of how a genius necromancer with a limitless future continuously makes the worst possible decisions and gets stronger and stronger as everything he gets involved with gets messed up, dragging his friends into the mess, all for his dream of completing the bestest collection of pokemon undead.

The reason the protagonist doesn't know the slightest about magic but is still called the top student is, quite frankly, the dumbest protagonist backstory I've seen. Once you get past that, you get to enjoy his adventures getting used... more>> to life at Necromancy Hogwarts Kizen with his harem friends. After that, he starts on his journey to catch 'em all and be the very best. All the while, he makes certain to only piss off the most powerful people he meets, because everyone knows the only thing better than making enemies with nobility is making enemies with nobility who know black magic.

But hey, the writing is decent and as long as you have selective memory loss the setting is nice. It's a decent time-waster to scratch your necromancer academy itch. <<less
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DrVanilla
DrVanilla rated it
July 11, 2022
Status: c78
The novel might not be a masterpiece as of now, but I really enjoy it, the characters interactions are fun and good, the plot is interesting with a pinch of mystery, I love the different powers that exists such blood control, mana system, summoning and more, are all well detailed. The actions scenes are well written, MC isn't op (I would call him talented that's for sure) and uses his brain and skills to win his fights. This novel has a rating of 9.9 on kakao and is the most... more>> popular necromancer novel there, so definitely can look forward to its future. <<less
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xyphiz
xyphiz rated it
March 27, 2024
Status: c1149
Slow start but gets good later on. If you're a normal person and don't have the patience to sit through hundreds of chapters to get to the "good part", then don't bother with this novel, you won't like it. But if you're like me and are willing to torment yourself with hours of mid writing to get to the good part, you'll love this novel because it will get REALLY GOOD later on. Things really start to pick up at some point during the 2nd year, and while the 2nd... more>> year definitely does have its ups and downs, the ups are really high and the downs are just mediocre, so pretty good overall. Though I can't imagine having to read some of the less interesting arcs at the speed the translators are translating at instead of just binging. So, if you're gonna read, read mtl otherwise you'll lost interest when they spend a month on a short boring arc that you could easily skim through in under 20 minutes. Nothing against reaper specifically, its just that most human translators are slow in general, which makes reading a pain most of the time. <<less
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atorresn95
atorresn95 rated it
September 16, 2022
Status: c84
I agree as the other review said: MC is humble and works hard to improve his skills. Not overpowered.

His companions have good personalities.

At ch70 or so, when they go to the survival island test you can note that he starts making-up for his shortcomings.

As of right now, ch84, no major plot so far, only school life.
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Mob Character
Mob Character rated it
October 14, 2024
Status: c1277
This is one of my favorite novels! The start is slow but if you continue reading it gets good fast. The characters are fleshed out, the world-building is great, and the main character is hard-working (builds his way up) I mean, what's not to like? As you read further the more hooked you'll get (speaking from experience T-T). I saw someone say in a review here say that the story picks up in his 2nd year and I absolutely agree. As MC starts to get more experience and gets stronger,... more>> the story gets more interesting. It is a harem tho but it isn't focused on romance.

Spoiler

So basically MC's first year is focused on getting accustomed and world-building and whatnot

Then in his 2nd year, he became student council president, and explored more about his divinity like he gets holy beasts (2 cats and a bear) and MC created a dark night out of a saint's corpse so like basically his undead had remaining saintess powers (no divinity) oh and everyone actually gets stronger not just the MC!

In his third year, his identity as the 7th Corpse Commander comes to light and Hector also becomes a corpse commander (so the rivalry continues lol) Anyway it's better to just read it and find out for yourself because this short explanation/spoiler doesn't do it justice.

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MangoK
MangoK rated it
June 17, 2024
Status: c1175
Absolutely love this novel! But it's definitely for those that have the patience to read hundreds of chapters because the plot does have a slow start. Although it has the some overused tropes but it still quite unpredictable as you get into it. It's been quite a fun read so far.
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FireIsGrey
FireIsGrey rated it
June 11, 2022
Status: c45
This is a great series- I would definitely recommend it to others. A well-developed fantasy with good characters, intriguing worldbuilding and plot. If you like fantasy, you've got it. If you like romance-harem, you got that but you'll also enjoy the fantasy- trust me on this one. It's not a 5/5 for me, but I know it will be for many others.

I was expecting a super-mega power fantasy when I went in and though the protagonist is indeed a genius, he is humble and works hard (though I did dislike... more>> how he learnt everything so quickly while others struggled). But mainly, he's just a plain good person so it makes it hard to hate him.

The other main characters seem very believable, just like our protagonist, they don't act like weird fake caricatures, but just people, though they do embody certain stereotypes, and I don't hate that. All the girls are great and I can see the harem developing, and though it hasn't happened yet, just having these really good characters is enough for me. The side characters are all given some depth, the professors competing for protag makes sense and was pretty good.

The world is honestly my main pulling point (which I didn't expect, really read it for the fantasy romance) but I'm constantly left wondering who our protag's parents are, how this world came to be, and I can tell that this world is super massive and large. The plot is super nice, progressive and builds upon previous arcs. I can't really say much else than- it's good, read it. <<less
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satorri
satorri rated it
October 6, 2024
Status: c408
This is not your average battle academy summoner novel as other reviews point to, and after 400 chapters I can say that this is my favourite novel of all time. The MC has an bright, enthusiastic and outgoing personality and he is always open to learning. Although, yes, he is talented, his true strength comes from his creativity. Nearly every fight (especially in the later arcs) shows him getting out of life/death situations purely from the creative use of whatever he had at hand. However, that's not enough to make... more>> it my favourite novel. There's also the characters and their chemistry; each character bounces off each other (maybe, excluding one or two but that can't be helped) and TRUST ME, the characters, interactions and overall mood and atmosphere the novel exudes gets better and better as the novel goes on. As MC builds stronger bonds and gets closer to different characters (especially his main group of friends), they're interactions become really fun to read and are sometimes downright infectious (in putting a smile on my face).

TLDR: MC is enthusiastic, not arrogant + willing to learn, relies on creativity to get out of bad situations. (Becomes more apparent later in the series) Characters are lively and their interactions gradually become more and more fun to read as they get closer.

10/10 story for me, it's hard to fully describe what makes it so great as I've been following for a year now and don't remember everything especially the earlier parts. But there's this sense of connectedness between characters and achievements and it makes you want to root for MC. If you made it all the way here, thanks for reading this unnecessarily long review HAHA <<less
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SerinaPark
SerinaPark rated it
August 4, 2024
Status: c1029
A type of step-by-step growth Novel, every arc is just for the growth of the MC, he is a genius, yes, but he still needs to study before he can excel in it. You can say that this novel is slow but the author isn't the type to drag on every arc, and every year of his high school is done steadily and the skip is also placed at the right time. I read the MTL version since I'm not that patient to wait for the proper translation catch-up.

A harem,... more>> but not really? The MC still doesn't want to think of relationships and focus on his studies, so not have much progress on the romance part, well, to be fair, he is dense on the romance part. Not that I minded. Focus on the development of his power and study better comes first.

The worldbuilding is also good, making Necromancy a norm in everyday life was a fresh plot for me, there's an academia and so many different subjects that you can major in. So many potentials and problems that still haven't been solved/discovered yet, and I enjoyed reading this novel.

Spoiler

The third year starts from the late 900ish and the world knows about him being the 7th legion commander at this point.

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Zorlun
Zorlun rated it
October 23, 2022
Status: c12
Didn't go far for sure, but I just couldn't anymore, it's just sadly unimaginative and boring, for short, it's Harry Potter at necro-school.

It's boringly slow, full of weird characters for the sole purpose of weird character gimmick, the logic of it all is just non-sensical and as much as it try to be original, it just isn't, it's all the usual tropes with a weird coat of peint.

I guess it can be appealing to some, just not for me.
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zidz123
zidz123 rated it
November 11, 2024
Status: c407
The writing is good. the world-building is nice. But the biggest issue I have with this is

... more>>
Spoiler

Simon -

I have read 400 chapters and the author makes him out to be a hardworking genius protagonist.... if you really think about it... he has no character development.

You can say that everything he touches turns to gold. Perfect decisions all the time. Nothing he does is treated as wrong. Saintly behavior- like a perfect moral being. also dense in some ways. But you can say he has certain cool moments. So I have read up to chapter 407, where his first year is completed. As everyone said above, this is necromancy Hogwarts. And I am stopping here because I feel the rest of the chapters will be more of the same.

Oh, and this is a Harem where the girls are interested in him but he treats them as friends. Plus not found of Meilyn's character XD.

Bahil was the most interesting character for me until now.

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Courting Death
Courting Death rated it
May 20, 2024
Status: c252
In short, this novel is basically anime Hogwarts but with dark mages.

The problems I had with the novel were:

-gary stu protagonist with the typical romantically-dense MC syndrome

... more>> -ridiculous power scaling

-many side characters having cliche anime character tropes (one of MCs companions is the typical obnoxious pe*vert)

-brain-dead antagonists who find petty reasons to cause trouble and make MC look better

-contrived tear-jerker tragedies that happen for the MC to conveniently solve

What kept me reading this far was that the characters do have good moments, the plot has a good share of interesting plot developments, and that I really like some of the characters.

But man, these last chapters I read is a beach mini-arc where some dense guy hits on one of the major female side-characters and the MC steps in to white-knight. Reading that brain-rot made me realize what was bugging me while reading this. I can't go on despite strongly liking other aspects of this novel. <<less
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SleepingReverie
SleepingReverie rated it
April 3, 2024
Status: c1131
I love this series!!! The story is slow but it shows how the characters grow from their first year until they graduate. I just gave 4 stars as it is in ongoing and I am really excited for more chapters to come. To others, it may seem boring or so, but, the build up for me was actually exciting and I appreciate the pace, kinda like it shows what its like to be in that world. I just hope the author would push the Simon to also have other specialty... more>> skills aside from Summoning (as a necromancer) especially
Spoiler

he has half the power of his mother and apparently the essence of saintess I guess.

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😂 Thanks for the team translating this series! <<less
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ZichMoore
ZichMoore rated it
November 5, 2023
Status: c194
This is gold. Academy type of novel but plot is interesting and a bit unpredictable. Though it contains tropes it is not overused to the point that it is annoying. The MC also has a normal personality but works hard and is dedicated to what he wants. I think this has romance but not its focus so if you like romance as a subplot it is for you. Anyway, if you want fantasy academy with romance or harem as subplot this is for you. For some other people they may... more>> be generic but for me compared to other novel I think this has its own charm and quirks. Thanks to translator for translating this gem. <<less
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Sketlord
Sketlord rated it
October 27, 2023
Status: c12
I genuinely cannot understand why this novel is being translated. The premise is not great. Super talented MC with pretty important/strong parents, yet he wasn't taught a single thing beforehand, unlike literally every other student at the academy, including commoners. The MC is a special admissions student for seemingly no other reason than to be looked down upon for a lack of knowledge and then faceslap later because of his talent. The magic system isnt interesting enough to keep reading either because of how strange it is. The difference between... more>> mages and necromancers is their source of power, mana for mages and jet-black for necromancers, yet jet-black is described as being mana, so why is it different? Actual necromancy, you know, raising corpses and shit, is called summoning for some god forsaken reason. The headmaster of the academy, an incredibly feared Necromancer who destroyed a kingdom and ruled over it with the kings corpse, who is 300 years old and has a daughter, presents herself as a child, even walking around eating ice cream. Granted I've only read 12 chapters, but none of the characters that have been introduced feel interesting. I want to like this novel but theres nothing about it to like, other than having 200 translated chapters. Its a damn shame that Reaper is translating this instead of Ghost Story Club, but oh well. <<less
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ZeroA2
ZeroA2 rated it
July 7, 2024
Status: c137
This story is mostly magic academy with the country's common sense reversed to be pro-necromancer. The MC starts off fairly underpowered and once he levels up—by taking over some of his father's undead—he still has to hide a lot of his power in most school situations so the balance isn't too bad.

Some of the world-building is pretty half-baked. The school has absurd drop out/expel/endanger rates. The negligence and selfishness of the professors and academy head are next-level. The competition between students is pointlessly harsh. Many of the school challenges are... more>> barely overcome by the MC's team but everyone else in their classes manage. There are 14 freshmen class groupings but only 9 subjects and the first combined class only just happened with no fixed schedule so I can't even imagine the scheduling nightmare the school experiences daily (apparently neither can the author).

The characters and their relationships are a strong point. The biggest weakness is the MC who is good at everything but got a late start. I usually advocate for more romance but the starting friend group works great as friends and the more the girls fall for the MC, the more their dynamics suffer.

I'm taking a break for a little bit because the class challenges are feeling just a little too arbitrary and the power levels of the students are too comic book like (in that they are whatever the author wants for that scene), but I have enjoyed reading so far and am looking forward to more eventually. If it gets better after another 100 chapters like other reviewers say then I might update my rating to 5 stars. I don't think it has a slow start at this point, just a lot of disconnected scenes. <<less
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