The Gentle Man Next Door is a Rabbit

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Xu Mu was a hardcore otaku, who one night died suddenly from playing games late into the night, only to open his eyes and find himself alive again.

A noisy black ball surrounded him, claiming he had entered into some novel as a cannon fodder extra.

Xu Mu firmly believed he was experiencing hallucinations, waving his hand to dismiss the black ball.

With a “sizzle,” after a few seconds, the black ball disappeared.

Sure enough, it was just a hallucination, and he went back to sleep satisfied.

Once, while out, Xu Mu encountered an injured rabbit on the road.

He intended to bandage the rabbit’s wound, but the rabbit kept struggling, refusing to cooperate.

“Be good, I’ll take you back to bandage your wound.”

The rabbit stopped struggling.

Xu Mu: How fierce, but quite spiritual.

After bandaging the rabbit’s wound, it ran off without looking back.

Xu Mu felt regretful, his wish of raising a rabbit shattered.

His life as a shut-in continued, until one day, the doorbell rang.

A fair and gentle man stood at the door, offering cookies and speaking softly, “Hello, I’m your new neighbor who recently moved in…”

Xu Mu didn’t catch the rest of the words, his attention entirely on the box of cookies.

So hungry.

The man smiled gently, “Go ahead, eat.”

Xu Mu wolfed down the cookies, only realizing he behaved inappropriately afterward. He looked at his neighbor sheepishly.

The man didn’t say anything, his gaze still soft and accepting.

Later, Xu Mu discovered that his neighbor, who frequently visited, was an excellent cook. He often received delicious food, juices, and occasionally, dinner invitations.

From initially feeling anxious and guilty, Xu Mu gradually felt at ease, all within a few short months.

Xu Mu pondered that it wasn’t right to keep eating without giving back, so he handed his bank card to his neighbor.

The man slowly widened his eyes, “What… do you mean?” His face started to flush slightly, a hint of crimson on his skin.

Xu Mu focused on his game, hastily handing over the card, “Take it.”

—My food expenses are all covered in there, thank you for your hard work.

Recently, the man’s frequency of sending delicious food had increased, and he even accompanied Xu Mu to play games every day, sometimes even helping him tidy up the house.

Xu Mu felt that something was amiss, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

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隔壁的温柔人夫是兔子啊
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Review
4 Reviews


DewDropsOnMellons
New DewDropsOnMe
May 13, 2024
Status: Completed
Note: I've read the full story but skipped some of the extras. I would rate it a 3.5 just because I'm not a fan of slice of life and this wasn't advertised as such but became exactly that. It's good that it was relatively short though, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it.

The early premise of the story was nice, it started out great. The interactions between the ML and MC were fluffy and cute, the relationship build up was there, and there was some anticipation and excitment. After a while... more>> though, it becomes focused on the day to day and not much happened to keep interest. As I mentioned, slice of life is not really something I enjoy so it got a bit boring for me.

The MC and ML both have things going on in their lives, they're good to the child too, but the child seems to play less and less of a role as the story progresses.

I think the animal form interactions were sweet and the couple are supportive of each other. This is also one of the few couples where I'm fully on board with them not having kids.

I can see why it took MC so long to realise the situation of the world, he didn't interact with much of the world in the first place and he really thought he had just gone to the future, it wasn't something that would occur to him (given his characterisation) that the animals were actually humans, he just sometimes felt that something was wrong, but couldn't pin point what. With that said, there were several good set ups and opportunities for fleshing out the world but they weren't really realised. This also holds true for some characters, many seem to just dissapear once they did their part in aiding MC and ML's relationship.

The main side couple in particular (System x original ML) had a great premise and interest set up but not much was done with it, it got relegated to one extra and that was also not handled well at all (although to be fair the system was just generally annoying from the begining but because we didn't get to see much of it, it could have been taken in a different direction, the foundation was there). I felt sorry for the original ML to be honest, he clearly has problems but it could have been solved in this timeline but he still got the same ending (though don't think he's a good person but I still felt bad).

Overall I liked the story until they got together, but as it went on it became a bit mundane and tedious. <<less
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Wynnfield
New Wynnfield
May 05, 2024
Status: c27
This is so adorable.

Honestly I find the plot of MC not realising that they are all demi-human after so long ridiculous, but this novel is essentially about him constantly fanboying over the ML's rabbit form so I can close my eyes on that.

MC's love for the rabbit to non-pet owners might seem suggestive, but as a pet-owner myself, it's very normal behaviour to show excessive love to your pets plus, the MC didn't know humans can turn into animals. The transition of the ML assuming MC's a pe*vert to thinking... more>> MC actually loves him romantically is hilarious. MC just really wanted a pet rabbit.

Anyway, the ML is adorable, the child is adorable. Everyone is so adorable. <<less
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CrystalButterfly348
CrystalButte
Apr 12, 2024
Status: Completed
I love this novel. From chapter 1, I knew I had to immediately binge read this through mtl. It was so heartwarming seeing some of the character’s interactions with one another. A very nice read. Recommend 100%!!!

It’s a very warm and light hearted story. Though one chapter from extra seems a little concerning, but otherwise very nice. Not too much drama which I especially appreciate as I dislike too many misunderstandings, miscommunication, etc. Not a big fan of those genres which is why I really like this novel.
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Meatshield
Meatshield
Apr 14, 2024
Status: Completed
I’ve never wanted a pet but this story made me want to go out and buy a rabbit. Gah. It’s so cute.

It’s hilarious that the MC has no idea he’s been transported to an orc world and thinks the cute bunny that appears in his apartment is just a normal pet bunny, and not his cute neighbour in his animal form. I love that the ML goes from thinking my neighbour is a perv to oh he’s really a fan of fluffy creatures to he’s in love with ME.

The ML... more>> is super cute. He’s shy, gentle and doting and he tries his best to confront his insecurities once he’s determined to be with the MC. His pseudo son is also adorable and I love that he was calling the MC “dad” before the couple gets together.

The story is a feel-good slice of life romance between two lonely people and it’s great. <<less
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