Pleasing Start-Over

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Qiao Chen was mysteriously transmigrated to the interstellar era. As an adult from his original world, he was forced to grow up all over again in this new one. Now, out of nowhere, he was requested (forced to take on) with the inexplicable task of jumping from world to world to save the high general’s soul.

Throughout his journey, Qiao Chen finds that these worlds and bodies he’s jumping in and out of are his previous reincarnations. Whether or not these all culminate into coincidences or a predetermined destiny, there’s things that must be done while completing the main task:

-Avenge his past life

-Take revenge

-Fulfill past regrets

-Realize those lost dreams

-Make up for past failures

Since God has given him these opportunities to rewrite his fate, why wouldn’t he be pleased to start-over?

Associated Names
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快意重來[快穿]
Related Series
Cannon Fodder Cheat System (Same Franchise)
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Liyu
Liyu rated it
August 18, 2020
Status: --
Giving it 2 stars is already out of decency and forced objectiveness.

Despite the terrible flatness, the lack of depth and realism in the characters interactions and the ridiculousness of some plot devices, what infuriated me more was not even this.

It was something in the 2 arc : The mech of the mc's father, the one his lover specially designed for him. And who did the MC give it to? He gave it to his half-brother from his mother's side, completely trampling on his father's tragic love story with his lover.... more>> He basically gave the lover's mech to his rival in love's son from another man than his lover. It disgusted me terribly. The disrespect.

Imagine doing something with your love in mind, getting killed for the same reason but the ultimate proof of your love being used by the son of someone who basically unintentionally robbed you from the life you dreamed of, and to top it off, that son doesn't even have one drop of your lover's blood. <<less
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MingXi
MingXi rated it
March 28, 2020
Status: Completed
It's definitely one of my favorite QT novels. The MC is OP but in a very reasonable way because
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Spoiler

firstly he is transmigating to find the ML's soul with military help using advance technology meant to make it easy.

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Some other comments saying that the MC being too OP is bland and what not just don't understand the main plot of the story.

Another thing to highlight is that the SECOND ARC IS GOLD.

Edit:

Just finished the mtl and I can say that it was indeed a quick ride.

The ending left me with the feeling of satisfaction by imagining of what's to come in their future lives. Very sweet, just the way I like it. <<less
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kira88
kira88 rated it
June 20, 2023
Status: Completed
Almost dropped after arc 5 because of just how much I hated ML. Let's leave aside all the dub/non con - literally no arc so far has anything resembling consent. And apparently the author thinks that all of this is awfully romantic and can be explained away by saying the MC is a tsundere which, uh, f*ck no.

Anyway, on top of all that, ML makes MC quit his job and basically took away his future in that arc and I almost had enough. Unfortunately, hate leaving things unfinished so had... more>> to continue on, but honestly there's only so much overbearingness I can stand.

Edit: finished it and not much more to say. From start to finish there's not a single arc that's not dub con in some way or the other ughh. Probably one of my least liked QT. <<less
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Eccentricstate
Eccentricstate rated it
April 24, 2023
Status: Completed
04/23/23

Rating: 4.0

Pairing Type: standard formula gong x cunning shou; shou MC x gong ml; devoted ml

Tropes: qt; omegaverse; gher; mentions of mpreg; zombies; interstellar; future; face-slapping; music

Triggers: non graphic depictions of torture; mu*der; su*cide; dubious consent (in the military cadets arc)

Heat level: 3/5 (open doors) ; characters are intimate and love scenes are depicted with moderate description

Re-watch: will likely not reread

It’s a standard face-slapping qt with a Gary stu MC. Don’t think too much, just shut your brain off and enjoy the ride. Probably won’t reread
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Archy12th
Archy12th rated it
November 2, 2022
Status: Completed
MC (uke) -Qiao Chen (Doctor)

ML (seme) -Aunan Andrei (Imperial General)

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Spoiler

Arc2- MC is a mech engineer (gher) and ML is a mech pilot, ML was aloof at first but he was too funny when he got hard & said I couldn't help it "ur ass looked good" lol, MC and ML had kids but we didn't get to see them :' (
I liked the world very much, the author put a lot of thought into world-building & side characters.
The villains in this arc were s*upid -3

Arc3-MC is a genius musician (gher) and ML is the prince, ML was flirty & lovely-dovely, but IDK if they had kids in this arc :' (kids were never mentioned
The author put a lot of thought into this arc too but MC was too overpowered
The villain in this arc was twisted & was Influenced by the system (like in the 1st arc) bs -3

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Arc4- MC is the 1st born neglected noble & ML is a general/new king, I like that MC transferred poison from ML to his body (then removed it by the system) that showed how much he loved ML :') [MC held ML's leg and said: "Dad, take me with you". All MC had to do was call ML dad and he will fall in love? was this a cheat code? LOL]
I love the S*x scenes in this arc.
The MC's mom was a cutie, she deserves so much more :' (
The love story of steel winged eagle & the rooster was the best! :') [I like to belive that they end up together, in this life or anthor)
The world was good but the villain was meh-1

Arc5- MC-Last year Student (now gher AA-) ML-Most Imp. General (AA-)
ML in this arc was very toxic, He did not let MC's career as a AA-soldier take place (idk how ML can do this, won't the king stop ML?)
Author wanted to try adding BD*M into the story (BD*M is a fine line b/w abuse/crime) but failed horribly. Author accepted all the criticism, and this story is old so don't hate the author too much AND SKIP THIS ARC ENTIRELY!
The arc had some good points tho Like-
MC's 1'st real friend- Dick
he once said-
----"My intuition tells me that I can put my trust in you." "He also said that I was the kind of idiot who could only rely on their gut feeling... But my intuition has never failed me yet."
MC- thought that the sayings 'great intelligence may appear to some as s*upidity' and 'fortune favor's the fool' probably applied here.

"Y-you shouldn't misunderstand."
"I sprained my ankle yesterday and Fred helped me massage it while I was in the bathroom."
"Massaging you?" Qiao Chen replied in disbelief. Why can't I just believe that it was just a massage? 'Don't try to trick me. I'm too experienced in this department.'

Qiao Chen had changed. He was no longer the type of person who was entirely apathetic to everyone around him, but he still wasn't an angelic type.---

Justin- B (Dick's cousin) nice guy (silliness comes from the family's genes)

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Spoiler

Arc6- MC- Actor ML- Famous Actor

Arc7- MC- Doctor ML- Imp. Soldier MC actually gave up on this life and was about to quit cause he did not want to be a zombie meal, but ML luckily saved him. The s*x scenes were new (+smoke kiss?+smoke play?) ML was nice
MC saved the whole world with zombie vaccines ya!

Author added a lot of elements in this Zombie arc-

The guy turned to human -He thought to himself, 'Did these people have an abnormal kink where they put people like him in here with things like this for fun?'

It was all thanks to the new drugs Qiao Chen developed. With it, all their years of medical school wouldn't be in vain.

Zhang Gang- you say we shouldn't be stealing or taking things that don't belong to us, but now you're saying the world's a mess now so you can snatch other people's belongings as you please?"
Then he rubbed his face and continued, "Doesn't your face hurt from changing so much?"

You are not a naturally gifted person and u refuse to put in the effort and work hard. If others happen to improve by working harder than you, you feel as though you were cheated. I will tell you the truth. Whether it was before the apocalypse or after I have never ever deliberately targeted you. If you are suffering grand delusions where you believe yourself to be constantly victimized, then I suggest that you go request psychiatric help."

The only thing I disliked was the too-cruel ending of the villains -1

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Prakruti000
Prakruti000
March 29, 2022
Status: c8
It was simply bland and boring. I couldn't enjoy it.

The so-called ""soulmates"" who fall for each other at their second or third meetings and instantly start to f*ck each other...... not my cup of tea.

ML is the typical possessive, domineering and lecherous top with the least depth in character that a main lead should have. Ah, leave it. He is the typical main lead that exists in most of the world hopping novels.

MC. Idk if it's because of the writing style, I couldn't empathize with his regrets, pain and resentment.... more>> He sure has a dark and painful past but it did not affect me to find a slight depth in his character. He felt boring and bland.

Side characters are all the same 2D trope with two simple goals. To ruin MC and steal something from him with no reasonable reason.
Spoiler

As the synopsis mentioned, MC takes revenge on these people by simply making them fall in their own dug pits. This is quite boring for me to read.

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System is OP enough to do almost everything including controlling others' mind. ML is OP. MC is OP. I didn't find any anticipation or any tension with the plot progress. I simply couldn't find a reason to sustain till the end. <<less
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ZeyFletcher
ZeyFletcher rated it
March 4, 2022
Status: Completed
4.0 my real rating!

First of all, it's okay, like, it's readable, there's a plot, the MC is likable, ML is also likable for me at least. BUT, I have to tell you that even though there are 8 worlds/arcs, they're too alike, the villains (?) /opponents have literally the same mindsets which I honestly thought would be said that they were also the reincarnation of the same person cause I swear, the villains have one personality HAHAHA, but, well, it's always good to read face slapping, revenge things. I just... more>> can't believe how cursed Qiao Chen must've been to literally suffer through his previous reincarnations because of NOTHING he did fr, I continued reading this cause I just really want QC to have his well-deserved revenge in every world lol.
Spoiler

also, there were like 5? Worlds that have the setting of interstellar with gher as a gender but that fact didn't even matter much to the story, I guess it's just to have a male opponent rather than a female lol. I would've liked this more if there were more diversity in the worlds

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Arcs are pretty much the same honestly so just some short review:

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  1. The exchanged babies - so annoying, QC was schemed against without even having any clue in the past life. There was the program here so I can't really say much about the ML, I mean, they literally meet and do things the same in each world eh.
  2. Vs. The scheming bch with the system - gurl, that guy was so annoying, to have the audacity without real skills ugh. Well deserved outcome lol. I hate, hate, hate those kinds of guys who get together with someone even while having an official lover who's worrying over them? QC was too wronged here, I loved his revenge here, he got hurt tho sigh, I actually like ML here cause idk
  3. Music world - well, idek what to say about this one.. MC was literally just a kid and he had to suffer so much cause of that hateful kid, wth, I love his revenge of taking away the bch ability or whatever. I also liked his opness here
  4. vs the wasted transmigration opportunity - cause the transmigrator enemy is s*upid and wasn't even liked by the people from his own world. I like how MC put them in their place when he arrived and his antics with the ML lol, prince who?
  5. QC thrown to the wolves - so so pitiful MC, deserve the recognition and the revenge, I admire him for his patience and self discipline to not immediately kill the people who has hurt him. I loved how he had d*ck (a person) as a friend cause I think this was the only world when there is a person who appeared many times aside from the ML. I love MC's opness here. Those 'friends' so hateful. And that fake bch, wth, so annoying, lol with the public display of his true face. ++ Comments while reading cause I had to!
    ---- I just have to say in arc 5 - the translator and the readers were ruining the experience for me HAAHAHA I think they are too soft, there weren't even much details in the bd*m stuffs and MC was literally said/shown to just being a tsundere. It may be bad if it was really their first encounter but they've been together for so long and so many worlds and we all should know that their souls are as familiar as they could be even if the ML can't remember him. Anw, the author was literally so tame and I was just surprised to read the comment of the translate that it would be better to skip the arc when there's literally nothing much

    . Had to rant cause the comments were all from people who found it disgusting and all, in addition, the ending of ML 'forcing' MC to be an assistant, MC literally doesn't care about his life in each world and just wants to spend time with ML, he only works until his life is settled and live peacefully with ML, I'm pretty sure if he wanted to 'fight' after that anger revenge antic, then he could've done or said so to the ML, he's not that good of a person HAHAHA it was just sad how much they reacted from so little things.---

  6. Actor MC - first of all, I also felt bad when MC said that he went to the world after his father was gone (btw it was never mentioned why ML was too obsessed to being a father figure to MC lol). The revenge lol, ML so powerful. It's nice cause I had read too much about interstellar whatever theme.
  7. Zombie - good change of theme lol, thought ML might be zombie king but author doesn't really complicate things much hahaha, QC was about to commit su*cide here, so glad ML arrived in time, also, ML found him first here? Or not, since QC was the one who was looking for him hahaha. QC was worked too hard here hahhaa, so satisfying revenge tho lol
  8. Married to abusive crown prince - his prev life here was so sad sigh, I loved his revenge, making him impotent lol, wanted more with that mandy tho cause that one's a bch too. Love the face slapping with the prophecy 'book'. Also
    loved the new way of how they saw MC and ML met each other hahaha, bit of a pity tho cause ML wouldn't do anything cause MC was married already. Anw, the same interstellar and throne thing, I got tired of this kind of world honestly.
  9. Original world - well! Author, that end part 1 didn't have to be sad? I really felt for QC here, he really worked hard and he really fell hard lol, I'm happy they became ok in the end and MC was the one who came to him.
    Also, some found the ML too dominant and disliked it so, to each of their own tastes I guess huhuh I really wouldn't have thought that anything was weird with the ML if I didn't read the reviews/comments HAHHA
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I have to say, I like Qiao Chen, I also like Aunan, but I think the author cheated them with so little diversity in the worlds, like there are literally so many worlds they could think of but it's the same interstellar/throne thing. Anw, I still liked the revenge and I did finish it so you could try! I am always weak to QT stories hehe

Reread is a no cause of my complaint <<less
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BeneathAHibiscusCanopysWarmth
BeneathAHibiscusCanopysWarmth rated it
December 14, 2021
Status: prologue
Enjoyability: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Quality: 🌟🌟

It's entertaining enough for a QT novel. It has a lot of interstellar worlds (which usually bore me) but the set-ups were varied enough not to feel repetitive.

Be warned though: this has many dubcon (and even romanticized r*pe, although only in a movie that the ML and MC star in).
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vivivivivivi
vivivivivivi rated it
November 12, 2021
Status: c6
I'm around the beginning and already fed up. Mostly because of the relationship. MC is so OP yet so goddamn weak in front of the ML. And both of them are so bland.

MC just doesn't talk, mostly thinks. And he "helplessly" gives in to the ML all the time (I'm sure moving forward it's gonna get r*pey as I read in other reviews).

ML is shameless, domineering and basically the embodiment of all the bad yandere qualities. I mean we understand what good yanderes are right? There's somewhat of a recipe... more>> to it and it's so hard to get! Every time the ML has a bit more of stubbornness or obsession and it just turns horrible and a total failure.

And I'm pretty easy to please okay? So I probably will complete it (since it's completely translated) if the face slapping is upto the mark. <<less
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yaoi.danmei.bl
yaoi.danmei.bl
October 20, 2021
Status: --
I'm going to give my reviews for every arc. (I'm writing as I read)

First arc - They just met once and the ML has already taken interest and did it??? Like, the MC even refused. Also, everything MC does that is good is done by the system. Also what's the thing with "natural born bottom"????? I feel like ML is just there for s*x. The antagonist are honestly very 2d.

second arc - what's the difference between gher and females other than the fact that ghers look like male?? So... more>> far, the second arc looks better than the first. Wait why did they just do it? MC literally didn't give consent and the ML just got on top of him, also his ankle was injured. Also why did they call greenie a woman even though he's a "male"

Arc 3 - same as last one except it's music instead of mech. Is it like this every arc? They met and then bam they do it?

Arc 4 - this is an ancient one and it's pretty good so far. But, WHY DOES THE ML WANT TO BE MC'S DAD IN EVERY ARC? Does he have severe daddy kink syndrome? <<less
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Kitix
Kitix rated it
March 8, 2021
Status: Completed
Enjoyed it.

I was looking for Quick Transmigration novel, but not too complicated. I wanted something to enjoy as QT genre and this one was more or less finished when I picked it up.

It’s not perfect, but enjoyable if you want to read it to relax and pass time from horror or dog blood types of bl novels. I never compared it to others QTs too, and you should also not.

If you are looking for relatively short QT, with re-living previous lives and sorting grudges, some face-slapping and catching ML’s heart... more>> in a passing... then why not? Take a break and read it with light heart, don’t go too deep, just relax and enjoy :) <<less
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dulyngoted
dulyngoted rated it
March 8, 2021
Status: c103
Translator's review here! A lot of the earlier reviews set up a lot of expectation for this novel. Many compared it to Quickly Reveal the Face of the Devil, and that caused a lot of negative reaction against it when it couldn't live up to people's expectations on novel updates. I think it's because this novel was released a while back, and there weren't that many BL novels that were being translated at the time.

Overall, I think the story is okay 3/5. There are a few problematic plot points, especially... more>> in a specific arc. But I feel like a lot of the story isn't mainly a face slapping revenge tale.
Spoiler

You can see how the previous lives affect the MC and how he navigated life. The MC is able to traverse the worlds to fix his previous lives and relearn what it's like to be a human being with emotions.

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It was a bit challenging to translate the tone over into English and I feel like I wasn't able to completely understand or bring out the author's implications and nuances in the story : (Hopefully you find it an enjoyable read at least from my end. The author took a few chances here and there and received a lot of comments and criticisms on their end. It seemed like they were still learning how to do things and figuring out their style. I think that this novel in particular may be a bit shoddy, but that's because it's filled with the author's experimenting. <<less
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chekanalia
chekanalia rated it
March 5, 2019
Status: Completed
This is a good fast wear to mtl and its pretty easy to understand. It is kinda formulaic but its worth it. Usual tropes and worlds but the couple is pretty solid and the love is ok. Its a cup of hot chocolate on a winter night not a shot of whisky.
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rhianirory
rhianirory rated it
February 4, 2019
Status: Completed
if you are not a fan of 3 gender stories (male, female, and male who can pop out kids) with Mpreg than you wont like most of the stories in this novel. this has some revenge scenarios in it and some occasional face slapping. The MC and ML get together quickly and hop right into bed at their second or third meeting because hey, why not?! It seemed a little unbelievable to me but OK, they kind of explained the instant attraction in the first world when he gets back... more>> to the RW (but that doesn't explain how nothing changed in the next one). The MC was a virg*n (like every bottom in every Chinese BL) but he got into the swing of things very quickly.

all in all there were only three out of nine or so worlds that I liked at all, not including the real world bits; the first, the one where he's an actor, and the obligatory zombie apocalypse. There were five worlds that were 3 gender stories and one that was court politics which I ended up skipping (so it could have been 3 gender as well and I wouldn't know). The end of the story was kind of abrupt and some of the things addressed at the beginning of the novel seem to have been left hanging (like his increase in mental power/ability that was supposed to happen). <<less
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KimiKazoo
KimiKazoo rated it
September 21, 2018
Status: Completed
Oh I love this one! This is one of the better transmigrating story imo.

If you love a story where there are second chances to make life better and one where bad guys get what they deserve, this is it! I looked forward to seeing MC smacking the bad guys in every arc. Haha.

Recommended!
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auroraRMC
PiCrazy31415 rated it
August 6, 2018
Status: Completed
Love this. Big similarities to FOD, making it more like a sort of spin-off type of FOD, not that I'm complaining. I was really excited to read this, mostly since I've already read FOD a couple times and remember all the plot, so it doesn't make much sense for me to keep re-reading FOD. But with this story, I can read more worlds, which were sometimes pretty interesting and different from what I remember from FOD.

MC and ML are pretty damn similar to the ones in FOD, which is very... more>> satisfying. Their romance is still as cute and adorable as ever, and the background in IRL is much more straightforward than in FOD, so that's also nice. The only thing is that in all the worlds is the ML is always involved in some way with the military, so some more variety in that aspect would have been nice. Though I guess the MC also inclines towards doctoring/healing.

Overall, a pretty short and straightforward read. I do wish the arcs could have been more detailed, and had more arcs, esp with some more slice of life details. The story is pitiful with their "after that, they lived until they were # years old and died together" arc endings. But overall, really really love this. <<less
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RipeApricot
RipeApricot rated it
May 26, 2023
Status: --
2/5 I have mix feelings about this.

Good:

- The MC is really overpower OP. I love OP characters so I am fine with this.

... more>> Bad:

- the thigh is really thick and OP too. But I dont like our ML.

- The speed of this novel really caught me off guard. The MC and ML engaged in s*xual act real fast.

- For example, in the Zombie apocalypse arc... MC met the ML in first chapter, then they f*cked in the third chapter.

- Sample, in the Cadet arc. The ML f*ng*r*d the MC on the second day they met. Who fingers someone you don't know using the pretense of medical examination against their will.

- Sample the entertainment arc. Yes, they roll on the bed in the fiest chapter. But this is understandable since it's required in the arc. And got real reason to **** around.

Neutral:

- According to the warning from the TL, there is dubcons (dubious concent) from first five arcs, and bd*m on the remaining arcs.

I have no problem with that, I read smuts more than I thought I will ever had. And I dont have any negative thoughts about dubcon and noncon nor bd*m.

- but the bd*m isn't like the real bd*m you prolly know. It lacks something, anywya it didn't make me feel anything.

- plot, the plot is okay, not bad. Some arcs have plots that I haven't encounter yet in all of my hundreds of quick transmigrations and non qt novels.

- characters are okay, I dont have anything to say. They're not as illogical as others.

- Not Recommended. If you want something that have a better execution.

Oh if you're into hardcore sm*ts and have wide imagination and acceptance, you can try Ecstacy Cave. It's something I wish have more chapters. The bedscenes are always beyond my expectation and it never disappoints me.

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sgwyneth_28
sgwyneth_28 rated it
March 7, 2023
Status: Completed
The first thing I want to commend about this novel is the hard-work of the translator. Thank you so much for the time and effort you spent on this novel without asking for anything in exchange.

I don't typically write reviews since I don't see the need for it but Pleasing Start over is overrun by low-rated reviews. I would like to address the reasons why it got such low ratings.

The most essential thing you should bear in mind if you wish to read this is that you should be able... more>> to tolerate Dub-con, or is even a fan if that tag, in this case, I particularly search fics on AO3 that contains that tag so this book is my cup of tea. This novel is tagged as 'yaoi' and for a good reason. There are many spicy scenes that are mentioned in passing as the MC and ML are quite... hyperactive. Although the scenes are never too explicit as only snippets are mentioned and the author never gets into detail. The MC

always consents to what the ML does, but not verbally or physically, like as the readers, we could understand his desires and thoughts and easily interpret it as a consent, but on an outsider's POV, it might be classified as nonconsensual because of his reactions. If you're familiar with Wei Wuxian's kinks, the MC of this novel is quite similar to the "would-tear (as in cry) -up-and-pretend-to-resist-but-actually-loves-it-deep-down" play.

Now, it is true that the MC pretty much got away with most of the 'challenges' on each arc pretty easily because of his system and own wits, but I was able to tolerate and even enjoy it since when I discovered this novel, I was actually in a mood for a world-hopping but angst-free read, and Pleasing Start Over is good. The only parts when you might feel frustrated is during the MC's recollection of memories at the start of each arc since he truly suffered an unfortunate end on each of his lives (
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[yes, it was his lives that he went back to and redid.

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) but he managed to take revenge every single time and they were satisfying.

I saw a review that mentioned how smooth and boring the first arc is, and it's true that it's smooth-flowing but I wasn't bored since it's a slow start that helped the MC get used to the system and feeling of transmigrating, and THERE IS a reason on why it was very easy for the MC fo finish that life and it was immediately explained after. Consequently, he strongly disagreed with taking advantage of that reason so the second arc wasn't that easy.

So again this novel

is not for you if:

    • you are triggered by dub-con
    • you are annoyed by an over-powered MC
    • hate a domineering and possessive ML that always gets what want
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      BD*M stuff since there is an arc that dabbled in it and was executed poorly

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      romantizing r*pe, BUT IT NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED OKAY THERE WAS NO r*pe

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    • hate a somehow no-brainer plot since the MC took advantage of the system to be somewhat all-knowing on the world's timeline.
But all-in-all I enjoyed this since the MC was able to show tremendous growth and a happy ending. Thank you again to the translator. <<less
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erialolita
erialolita rated it
February 4, 2023
Status: Completed
I love the idea of this novel. The setup to save ML's soul is the reason for the QT had me hooked, add in that it's his past life do-over revenge time and I was excited. I just think the writing is too immature to hold up the idea.

The MC and ML arent very likable. Not that I hated the MC (maybe the ML at times), but they just felt so bland.

MC is an apethetic, tsundere shou who seems to have a masochist streak. He is very op.

ML is just... more>> a h**ny, sadistic dog. There really isn't much that is redeemable about the ML.

Their romance is basically non existent. Each world it's basically just ML forcing himself on MC. I'm usually okay with some dub con (in novels) but there has to be at least a little romance in it, or at the very least ML needs to care some about MC's wishes.

The author explains why ML was instantly attracted to MC extremely fast in the first world and I thought it was a creative addition, but even after turning off the feature it doesn't slow down. The author has some weird views on romance and love.

The system isn't an interactive A.I. So no interactions, which I'm okay with, some novel system A.I. Are very annoying. The system isn't really used except randomly. The system is set up as a big cheat in the first world, but is forgotten about most of the time. The system is just there to force plot points and is forgotten the rest of the time.

Below is just some random rants:

Many things are just dropped, like after a few arcs he basically never interacts with the real world between the arcs. I also disliked how quickly he figured out it was his past life. I thought maybe he would slowly discover it during the 2nd world and confirm it in the 3rd, but just bam he knows.

The author loves interstellar and ger stories and each arc follows the same pattern, but that is how most QT novels are. There are many unanswered plot points, like the big one of why was ML's regret MC. The last 2 arcs were very short and felt like the author rushed them. At least in the zombie arc the ML was sweet for like a paragraph.

The Fionna mom thing bugged me a lot and the cadet arc made me finally hate the ML.

The translation was great, thank you translator. Especially liked that they gave cliff notes of the author notes 🤣

All in all this novel had so much potential, that I'm just feeling so let down by it (your experience may vary). I am just so unfulfilled, I will not read this again. <<less
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist
December 6, 2022
Status: c30
It's okay, I mean, as a QT novel, I didn't expect much. It had the usual pacing and character development problems. But if you just want to turn your brain off and enjoy the MC galavanting across universes with his toolman ML, then it's not bad LMFAO AND I'm not being sarcastic! It ended up not being my type of novel, but I don't necessarily dislike it. If I had more patience today, I might have read more.

As for the premise of this novel... what's unique here is that the... more>> MC is fully aware of what's going on. He was coerced into doing it, like your typical QT novel, but from the start, everything had a somewhat logical (even if the method of doing so was a bit fantastical) reasoning. The ML in a coma because his consciousness, or his soul, rather, had been lost to other dimensions. In order to get him back, they found someone who was able to travel through dimensions to find him. The MC, who just so happened to be a transmigrator, or more like a fully conscious reincarnator (he can remember his past life) was the best choice.

As for the romance aspect, it's not really very romantic. The MC is very apathetic and the ML doesn't have much of a personality. As mentioned, he's a bit of a "toolman". XD I won't be giving the novel a rating because I didn't get to read even half of it. But as for the basic range, it would probably be somewhere from 3 stars to 3.45 stars. <<less
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