The Absolute Favorite in the Apocalyptic Rebirth

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A month before the end of the world, Lou Dian looked at her with more and more explicit eyes that made her horrified!

Many unexpected things happen in life.

To Lou Ling’s surprise, the end of the world came.

Lou Dian taught her how to survive in the last days and gave her the most precious food, but his evil intentions were also obvious from the beginning.

In this apocalypse, Lou Dian completely imprisoned her and she became his possession!

She was like an addictive poison, and when he suddenly looked back, he couldn’t give up.

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Rebirth in the End of the World: Absolute Beloved
The Absolute Pet of Rebirth at the End of the World
末世重生之绝对独宠
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remyrem
remyrem rated it
March 7, 2022
Status: c99
Lou Dian (reborn ML) and Lou Ling (not reborn, completely normal FL) are a pair of stepsiblings trying to survive in a modern day superpower zombie apocalypse on their planet, which is apparently not Earth (?).

In their past life, Lou Ling was a normal person who had no zombie superpowers, but she was a very capable and dependable tomboy who still managed to protect herself and her older stepbrother while he was still weak. Unfortunately, she ended up being schemed against and killed by Lou Dian's friends, led by a... more>> woman who was in love with him and jealous of Lou Ling. In revenge, Lou Dian killed everyone and himself.

After Lou Dian was unexpectedly reborn back to before the zombie apocalypse, he became determined to do everything he regretted in his last life. He started to pursue Lou Ling as a girlfriend rather than a sister, he became powerful enough to beat everyone, and he took revenge on everyone who harmed him in the last life. From Lou Ling's point of view though, her brother has just turned into a pe*verted weirdo.

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This webnovel has a lot of issues, it is very far from PC and would probably cause twitter to vomit blood from anger. There's non-con, a single line of casual racism, questionable ideas about gay people, and a yandere ML who's more like "early 2000s anime yandere side character/antagonist who is always drawn with crazy faces and body twitches and eventually tries to kill the MC or their team and has to be killed off" than "shoujo/josei webnovel charming yandere ML". The author is also very opinionated and likes to go on tirades that sound reasonable enough at first but start to become tiring and arrogant after going through so many chapters. The writing and plot itself is also so boring that after 99 chapters I had to drop.

After all of that, why is my rating still 5*? Well, somehow I actually still enjoyed reading this. It might be because I've been reading a lot of "fake in*est" WNs recently for my rec list and a lot of them are unreadable garbage and this one is just gold in comparison, but there was also some stuff I really liked.

I liked how the tomboyish FL was actually strong and capable of protecting herself, especially in the early chapters when she's a completely normal girl but can still fight better than low level ability users. The ML is a little boring, and I honestly think past!ML would've been a more interesting ML, but I like that the ML's yandere-ness is actually justified in the story and not just a sudden unexplained character trait. I also liked that the ML's change in personality was actually noticed by the other characters, and I liked that the villains in the past life are pretty normal in this life (and honestly ML seems like more of a villain). The side characters are pretty varied and have their own life, though they do get annoying when they get used as puppets for the author to express their beliefs and values.

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(Unrelated, but while I was trying to edit this comment the other day, I accidentally closed the tab group this was in. That group had 50+ tabs with webnovels/manhwa that I was reading or saving for future reads. This is a reminder to yall to be careful when reading webnovels late at night on your phone.) <<less
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jemuy
jemuy rated it
October 2, 2021
Status: Completed
Don't be fooled by the synopsis that says "In this apocalypse, Lou Dian completely imprisoned her and became his possession!"

ML didn't really "imprisoned FL" but help and care for her instead.

Since it's in the Zombie apocalypse and the ML rebirths, you can see him having the secondary disease at the first few chapters, which can make you feel uncomfortable but it will get better guys, just trust the author. Heheheh

One of my fave bg zombie apocalypse story~
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raltzero
raltzero rated it
October 23, 2021
Status: Completed
Rather than 'Twisted Personality', I feel that the tag 'Yandere' would be more fitting to describe the Lou Dian (ML) 's character. But he never does anything too crazy since he has the Lou Ling (FL) by his side, so there's that too. Oh, it should be mentioned that they're siblings, but not blood-related ones.

It is true that he never really imprisons FL; it's the FL feeling as if she's being imprisoned with the ML's crazy inner darkness.

However, it's also true that he would follow FL to wherever she wants...... more>> probably even if she didn't want him by her side.

As you can see from the title, there's the word 'Rebirth'. If you're wondering if the rebirthed character ever tells the other that they are as such, then the answer is:

Spoiler

No, no they don't.

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JimmyFalcon
JimmyFalcon rated it
January 19, 2022
Status: c40
I personally feel that this novel makes the survival genre redundant. There's no excitement from risk anywhere, and even in those novels where the MC is quite overpowered it doesn't feel as if any and all danger is s**ked out entirely- this is the first for me.

Don't get me wrong, the issue isn't that the female protagonist is op but that her brother is and she has to be completely reliant on him, and it doesn't really help that I don't feel a lot of chemistry between those two and... more>> the FL is almost always unwilling, making the romance lacking in almost every way.

Of course the FL isn't a dodder flower, she's a hard worker but no matter how hard she works she will never be as strong as the male lead and the power imbalance is so obvious and romanticized it leaves me speechless. When I read this I often feel it's quite unfair, especially since throughout the novel you never see the ML train once and mofo is just a strong because of "future things".

Perhaps these tidbits are just me being nitpicky after having read so many apocalyptic novels, and ofc I still think you should try it after all it does have positive reviews. <<less
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khycia
khycia rated it
October 10, 2021
Status: Completed
The description is misleading. The ML turned black and a lunatic because of his experience during the apocalypse.

It's really good to read. Try it, its only a 100+ chapters anyway.
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l8rose
l8rose rated it
October 22, 2024
Status: Completed
4.5 but rounded up because I like it.

This story is rather interesting as the story is mostly from the PoV the focus of the real main character. This is a true Yandere story with the ML solely interested in keeping the MC by his side.

The MC is Lou Ling (LL) who begins the story as an ordinary woman before gradually evolving into a minor power house by the end. She has an older stepbrother who is utterly devoted to her which often leads to some awkward moments. However, she learns... more>> to deal with it and becomes just as possessive of him as he is of her. That being said, she's a rather kind-hearted character and is willing to help those around her. However, she's not willing to allow people to ab*se her good will but it doesn't matter anyway because the ML won't let it happen.

The ML is Lou Dian (LD), the MC's stepbrother who has regressed back to before the apocalypse. He has no qualms with revealing his intentions towards LL, even making it clear to others regardless of whether LL wants to or not. Cold to everyone else, he is written like the only warmth he has is for LL alone. Even his uncle's family is treated to a fake warmth while he focuses on LL. LD is also a power house when it comes to abilities, often leaving everyone else in the dust (and highly confused because he's so much stronger than they believe).

Spoiler

As it turns out, he kept his abilities when he regressed so he stars off the Apocalypse with a much higher rank than every other ability user. He also uses his regression to go gather supplies that would help him take care of his sister (from food to hygiene products) before he begins to train her how to fight when zombies first appears.

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We join the story on the eve of the apocalypse when LD begins putting the moves on LL before revealing the world is about to change. We are quickly introduced to a group of people from LL's school but only one of them is really important, the rest are just extras. The story meanders on as they travel with the military before it settles into a rather predictable sort of pattern. They will go to a base, settle down, and then spend months outside fighting zombies. In fact, the majority of the story has them outside whatever base they are currently living at.

Along the way, LD's possessiveness doesn't change but LL eventually accepts the way things are between the two (Stockholmed yo!) and genuinely prefers his company to everyone else's. Especially when the pair pretty much make a decision that she will always be with him because it was better for her to die in front of him than to be alone (that level of Yandere).

Even though the setting is the apocalypse, there isn't really anything that may threaten the couple. The zombies are often easily dealt with by LD with his abilities. Even the humans that try to stir things are often dealt with by LD. LL is more like a bystander in this story. There is even a potential love rival that is rather quickly handled.

Spoiler

LL's sort-of-boyfriend from the previous timeline also regressed. At first he intended to pursue her but then he quickly realized that she is not the same as the original timeline. She had not spent years near him and had no attachment to him this time around so there was no development of feelings.

Being a sane guy, he finally realized that LD's earlier regression (as LD had at least a year earlier for his regression) had changed things enough that there was no chance for him to be involved with LL. So he gave up and let go of trying to chase her which is quite possibly the smartest decision I've seen a 2nd ML make.

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Despite the lack of meaningful danger, the story is still rather entertaining. Most of it is fairly condensed for a story about zombies and crystal cores, with the barest explanation for how everything happened. It's really more just the LD Yandere show and I was totally here for that. <<less
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Tutubitter
Tutubitter rated it
July 4, 2022
Status: c67
Read halfway through the story, too anti-climatic even compared to Mary Sue apocalyptic novels.

“Sensible” teammates who never questions even the most questionable. Otherwise, not very trustworthy if they don’t unconditionally trust MC or ML and had (reasonable) doubts.

Idiot cannon fodders that gets dealt with in the most anti-climatic ways.

... more>> Lacking even in the most cliches in apocalyptic novels.

Bland characters. Honestly, I like Lin Baobao more than the protagonists. She had a more profound growth that I consider healthy (in the apocalypse) compared to MC.

MC is good actually. Not a damsel in distress, good adaptability, has aptitude for fighting, positive mentality. She’s not OP, her strength doesn’t just magically appear, she trains and such. She could’ve been so much more but ML hindered that. I’m honestly more interested in MC from ML’s first life than now.

Now for ML, whom I consider the biggest variable that made the overall story lacklustre (aside from author). He’s just far too OP. He admitted he’s the most powerful in the world.
Spoiler

his abilities mutated cause of rebirth.

Like f*ck, his psychic ability alone that could kill long distance undetected by lower tiers (which basically means everyone to him) is OP enough. What more his space ability that literally has a lifetime supply of everything from hot n cold water, bathtub, even freshly cooked food like rice or even oden that he apparently collected 1 month before apocalypse. Come to think of it, it was vaguely hinted that he may have confused the mind of those people he bought supplies from so they wouldn’t question him.

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. So it’s a giveaway that he’ll never be defeated nor will there be a considerably tough battle for him. So most likely, it will stay as anti-climatic as it is.

Also, I’m fine with cold outside but warm inside setting (special-target reasonable pampering is chef’s kiss), but ML is just too too dark mentally. I don’t think he’s a yandere like other readers do cause my understanding of it is “ily so iky” like in J anime. But he is indeed a psycho and I don’t like his ways.

Ex.
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• He freakin pushed MC to the zombies right on day one “so she could adapt faster” like they were so pressed on time. Not even precautions like “they’re slow but be careful not to get even a scratch”. It’s MC’s first fr*cking zombie battle on day f*cking one! It’s really a miracle she made it out unscathed. Come to think of it they’re all still showing skin despite fighting close combat and on risk of being infected from a mere scratch🧐. But then again with ML this OP what more can I expect.

• He’s technically forcing himself on MC. Bluntly he’s a f*cking creep. But MC’s so lenient to him she can forgive him for anything “cause he’s the only relative she has left”.

• I like that he doesn’t restrain MC from socialising but body contact is a big no-no for him even from a close friend and kids. But again, MC’s so lenient on him.

• 3rd thing I hate about him next to being too OP and a creep, he never tells others of anything. Sure he’s cold, not much of a talker, and he’s fr*cking OP. But serious matters need to be told such as “Guys, the research institute has their eyes on us because of me. They can do very underhanded things so keep an eye open.”

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Plus, as a s*cker for romance, I really don’t feel MC and ML’s chemistry. Does it even exist? ML basically does what he wants except carefully and slowly just to the point of not crossing MC’s bottom line. But does MC even have a bottom line for him? Maybe this kind of romance really exists? But it’s really not my type so, meh.

Theres more to the list but the point’s already come across so that’s that.

Long story short, MC has good foundation and story could’ve been better. But ML’s setting is too OP it overshadowed everything and just became lacklustre. <<less
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Uninspiredfae
Uninspiredfae rated it
November 28, 2022
Status: c1
There is quite a bit of snu snu early on but the rest so far is just teasing. MTL is about 70% legible if you're a seasoned novel reader with a bit of common sense.. However, I'm still hoping another TL will pick it up. For example MTL has this paragraph... "Soon, he entered the small town. This small town looked very decadent, giving people the feeling of a dead town, just like all cities in the post-apocalyptic world, only a few zombies were left wandering in the street." I'm... more>> pretty sure "decadent" here means decaying/or declining.

Anyway, the ML lived through hell and betrayal so he was already blackened before rebirth. POV is mostly FL's and third person. In the previous life, the FL died from betrayal as she thought she was trying to save ML's life, which spurned his obsession with her. There seems to be a lot of guilt and regret as he avenged her in the last life by burying all those who are responsible along with her.

It was rather cruel of him to push her out to kill zombies early on, but from other reviews it sounds like all were within his control since he's able to manipulate the lower level zombies? It was a priority to have her acclimated asap... Kinda like throwing people into the pool and have them swim out in order to learn swimming? Cruel, but extremely effective and quick, because she needed to adapt and grow as zombies evolve. As it is explained, rather than developing powers like a lot of people, she's very ordinary so he hopes to strengthen her mind and body by force bc she lacks power. Although ML is overbearingly possessive, he supports FL in all that she wants to do. Except for leaving him or giving any other man/woman attention, he's always asking for her opinion and going along with what FL wants to do.
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example of how meticulous ML takes care of FL is that he even made sure to bring skincare in his space for her... And while she eats he trims away her hair split ends for her. So when reviewers said he's mean for throwing her out to kill zombies so soon, I disagree because all were within boundaries of his control.

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One thing that's super anti climatic was when they finally did the deed. After all that teasing the author just kind of breezes through the scene.

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Is it wrong of him to SA her? Absolutely. Is it creepy that he wants her in that way as a step brother?? YES. But is this a fantasy? Yahhh. If this is not your cup of tea because you somehow think that this zombie apocalyptic world where a step brother has the hots for the sister and acts upon it with some non-con at first will gross you out, this novel is not for you so don't bother reading or giving a bad review because you ignored the warnings. Keep in mind that the ML already lived through the end of the world and experienced the worst of what humans had to offer so he's a bit insane.

Although the world building is unoriginal, I absolutely love these tropes. So far so good and it's unfortunate that TL dropped. <<less
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whitespade
whitespade rated it
November 16, 2021
Status: c44
This brother-sister pair is quite cute. ML is a yandere and FL is a white lotus, but both of them truly have each other in their heart. Most of their friends are good people so you won't feel betrayed. The world building is very standard. A good read if you like in*est, a so so read if you want action.
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Bookworm_Sueweetie
Bookworm_Sueweetie rated it
November 15, 2024
Status: Completed
I enjoyed this one, this a roller coaster of ride. Perfect mix of romance, adventure and action. Just got mixed feelings with ML at first bc he's initially forceful & thought he'll end up being toxic... but with FL acting as leash, he abled to stopped himself from blackening lol

FL (Lou Ling) is likeable, she's perfect mix of kindness and level-headedness that made her relationship with yandere ML (Lou Dian) w/o any drama. She came to accept every situation in positive light making her likeable to other characters both in... more>> past and current lives.

Meanwhile, ML was too OP here... but can't complain bc his power was actually needed in the apocalyptic situation (+having revenge) especially hardship they experience in past life.

Also liked the supporting characters. Most of them got depth. The hardship and diff faces of humans during apocalyptic, most were just forced to survive by hook or crook. Meanwhile, some chose to still be greedy and tricked others for pure selfishness. <<less
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Kaelle
Kaelle
November 7, 2024
Status: Completed
Wow, what a wild trip.

I have mixed feelings about it, so, during the reading I just shut my brain off and keep reading.

I like romances where the couple stays together against the world, where no matter if other people want to be with them, they never torn apart because they love each other and they know it. This romance is kinda like that in a distorced way.

I don't remember how to put the spoiler tag, so I will just put the spoiler down here and if you want to read...... more>> just do it.

To sum it up, I like it and reccomend, but if you and to know why, just read the spoilers down.

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There's a paragraph with Lou Ling POV and I think that it perfectly explains how their relationship happened:

"She wasn't heartless. Perhaps initially, she felt uneasy, somewhat unable to accept it, even depressed by his dominance. But he held her weaknesses firmly in his grasp, knowing that although she couldn't accept his distorted familial affection, she wouldn't easily abandon him in this terrifying world. Thus, he bound her tightly to him."

So, yes, he forced his love on her again and again, even being fisical with her when she doesn't want to. People can say she woud have fight, but didn't... Still, her POVs keep saying she doesn't like how the things are going. She firmly believes they are together because of the apocalypse, she would never have a relationship with him if the end of the world wouldn't have happened.

Because to her, they are brother and sister.

You can say that this is bad of him, he shouldn't have done that with her, but then we learn about his past.

In his past life he fell for her because she protected him all the time, made sure he would survive, she saved him, cherished him and gave him love and affection, for like, seven years. He was so in love but never even spoke it to her because he knew she only sees him as a brother, when he finally decided to make a move and made his feelings clear to her... she died. He passed one year living like a dead person inside after that and destroyed everything because of it. He lose his reason to live when she died. And then, he was back in the past and there she was.... Alive! That was his chance and nothing would stop him, he lived a life without her and doesn't want it again

And even when he is a maniac for control and doesn't even want her hugging her best friend, I still can't find on me hatred against him when I read his thoughts like:

"The events of his past life seemed distant now, the yearning and unattainable feelings gone, replaced by the image of her sleeping peacefully beside him, etched into his heart."

He wants to keep her safe and sound!

I kinda accepted him how he is... And that's also what Lou Ling did. She just accepted him, obssession and all, and stayed by his side. She slowly decided to cherish his love and even became jealous of him. She accepted him and so do we. <<less
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Chopatibai
Chopatibai rated it
October 13, 2024
Status: Completed
Overall 5/5

Story (5/5)

I finished the whole novel within 1-3 weeks, from chapter 1 to the last chapter (ch139 when this review was made). The story is engaging enough to want to read continuously. I don't feel irritated by most of the chapters, only some that I felt a bit of annoyance because there is too much teasing between ML and FL in some chapters. The novel had only 139 chapters, but the word length in each chapter felt not too short, so I think this novel quite good if... more>> you want to finish it within 1-2 months (reading casually). The story takes place in a zombie apocalypse, with superpower, reincarnation (more like back in time), and yandere elements.

Character (5/5)

I don't feel irritated or annoyed with any characters. Their personalities were written well. But there were too many characters. When characters who had appeared in the story before reappeared again, I almost forgot who they are or confuse them with another character. There are some character developments in this Series, mainly from the FL, the rest were mostly from reincarnated character, or survivors changed by circumstances. But their character development were not extensively described in the novel, it was just some brief paragraph, so don't read this novel and expect much character development.

Translation (3/5)

I read Novelbun translations. The translation is okay overall, I understand it most of the time. It is most likely AI translation, as there were some translation mistakes when referring to people or places, sometimes referring to a character using translated name, sometimes reverting to using Chinese word for the same character. Nevertheless, the translation was still understandable. <<less
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AmmieLynn2000
AmmieLynn2000 rated it
October 11, 2024
Status: Completed
I actually loved this book. I’m really into post-apocalyptic novels with a subplot of romance and this was pretty good. (More a romance with apocalypse subplot though). The main characters are ‘flawed’ and while they can at times seem one dimensional, they grow a bit as we learn more about their past and how they make decisions. It had a few points where I was getting a little bored, but it had a decent amount of arcs and minimal arbitrary chapters. Overall, super great novel and I will probably rad... more>> it again. <<less
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Fathom
Fathom rated it
May 24, 2022
Status: Completed
I have a bit mixed feelings about this. I liked the characters of the plot, but somehow, the story had a lot of hits in misses.

It's a typical Rebirth Do-Over storyline.

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Spoiler

The ML comes back in the past to 1 month prior to the Zombie Apocalypse. During this 1 month he supposedly travels the world and stocks up on supplies, food, weapons, resources, and everything you can think for an apocalypse. This is a logical approach for someone who knows the future. However, what's unbelievable is where is he storing all this stuff? Not to mention, is he stealing such stuff or buying it? Where did he get all the money to buy and how? For example, grenades and guns.

If the ML came back prior to the apocalypse, no one should have powers yet. In the future, he would have space powers, but at this point in time he shouldn't. And even if he did, wouldn't he start off at Level 0? Instead he can store cars, RV's, and anything in the sun in his space. It's just illogical.

There's a small mention that he's mutated since his Rebirth, but this is still illogical. How can he physically retain his powers from the future? This aspect of his powers bothered me quite a bit throughout the story because he's an OP character with not only his future knowledge, but with his OP powers as well.

As for the romance, it feels very off kilter. In the past life, the ML was not the love interest of the FL. After getting revenge on everyone directly or indirectly involved in the FL's death. The thoroughly blackened ML gave up and died himself, only to be rebirthed as former blackened character.

The result is that he's blackened obsessive ML that can't bear to have the FL out of his sight. Although, the ML & FL are step siblings with no blood relationship, it still makes an uncomfortable reading in the first half of the story because the FL obviously does not have any romantic feelings for him.

It's a given that the FL would eventually fall for him because the ML really does focus on the FL being happy and being herself. Despite that, it still doesn't feel like a normal romance. It almost feels like obligatory or a patronizing type of love.

The FL is a carefree type of personality. The type that doesn't sweat the small stuff. As long as it doesn't go badly for her, she'll just ignore all the negativity. So while she knows the ML is a ticking time bomb, she ignores certain signals and caters to his obsession.

So while I liked the ML & FL characters, the story wasn't very exciting. The ML's OP character did not provide any suspense in the story. Even the romance felt a bit flat, because even though the ML has an obsessive love. The FL struggles w/ their step sibling emotion & only gradually gives into the ML.

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I am glad that it all ended happily. But it's definitely not something I want to re-read. <<less
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