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Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body.

A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished.

He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story.

The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline.

However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation.

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D3SP41R
D3SP41R rated it
September 23, 2021
Status: c340
I dont know what to say, it could have been so much more but it was overall a letdown, the MC
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lacks everything that would make a good MC, his mindset of "someone else is going to deal with it" is frankly the biggest letdown for me, he's obviously at the forefront of the plot and yet he still doesn't do nearly as much as he should have done in order to deal with the impending doom coming for the "world I dont want to leave" as he puts it.

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iTardigrade
iTardigrade rated it
August 9, 2021
Status: Completed
I have a love-hate relationship with this novel. The first 100 chapters are absolutely amazing. They're easily 5 stars, and even until chapter 250 the novel definitely deserves a 4 star. However, after the Tower of Wish arc the book really goes off the deep end, and fast. It goes from an amazing novel to something you'd expect out of a 1 star novel. It's just... absolutely terrible. The botched plot lines, the random additions of storylines that don't even make sense, and the features that are added just for... more>> the sake of adding words only for them to never even be used, it's just absolutely horrifying. I'd highly recommend to simply read until chapter 250 and then to stop. It's much better to simply imagine your own endings. Despite all this, I'd still say the first 250 chapters, and especially the beginning of the book to be a very good read that I'd definitely recommend. <<less
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TheAsianHacker
TheAsianHacker
August 6, 2021
Status: Completed
I enjoyed this novel. Before my emotions dull I'm writing this review immediately after finishing it. As I type I still feel the empty void a man feels in their chest when they finish a good story... and this my friends was a good story. I've read many books and I'm not a picky guy. I can enjoy stories of all types and I have enjoyed this story greatly. I'm not going to point out any flaws because I was too absorbed in the story to bother noticing them. Case... more>> in point I finished it within 4 days of starting it. I'm rating it a 5 because I want to treasure this memory but realistically I would give it an 8/10 "it's a pretty good f*cking read". <<less
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Vizeon
Vizeon rated it
July 17, 2021
Status: Completed
An amazing read at the start, I would put it at the level of ORV and SCOG, if only it didn't fall off from amazing to average or decent at the latter half. Honestly, I felt like it was too rushed. It didn't help that it was mostly open ended. So many characters needed their closure, lack of romance scenes, it felt too little, and the little romance we had always ended so quickly and it felt abrupt.

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What was even up with introducing Leraje? Felt like she was introduced and forgotten. Played so little of a role. I also heard the side stories s**ked, especially Chae Nayun's closure, she really used the stone and created even more plotholes.

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Too many loose ends. I wouldn't say a bad ending per se, but man why do it like that? I wish the novel was prolonged more.

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I wish there could be a sequel for this one... Or the latter half rewritten and changed. Maybe even an ending where eventually Kim Hajin can return to Pinnacle world Earth with Byul. f*ck bruh.

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Puruple
Puruple rated it
April 22, 2021
Status: Completed
I started reading novels with this. Pretty good, it has an special place in my reader's heart.

It only gets better though it has (in my opinion) a few boring arcs. Time travel Arc was very interesting.
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ErikHarrison
ErikHarrison
February 27, 2021
Status: Completed
Wasn't expecting such a fun premise/execution. Typical MC plays well into the scenarios and I enjoyed the stories from other perspectives. Works almost flawlessly until the last arc where it collapsed under expectations.

Every arcs change was accompanied with massive tonal shifts. This may throw off readers but I found it worked due to how consistent the characters were. The author excelled in having social problems as well as fights (emotional conflicts were pretty badly made). I thought the powers were cool but some clearly had a LOT more effort put... more>> in than others.

Final Arc:
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The final arc was awful. I find myself thinking about it weeks after completing, complaining about one plot point or another. So many things were set up and none of them used. No DP, no previous Boss conflict, no Nayun resolution, dropped Djins, never picked up Devils, training the Queen, 2 souls in the MC's body. So many thing were brought in and it ended in a under performing raid boss finale. When I was approaching the end of the novel I was daydreaming constantly about different fated interactions only to have nothing happened (MC using ice powers, betraying the Boss to train the Queen, resolving Nayun conflict). Compared to the other arcs this would be a 1/5 which s**ked for such a consistent story. I did like the amnesia epilogue though.

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Personal thoughts on author:
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The author seems to be really good at coming up with character points but fails constantly on execution. It's really interesting to read about Chae Nayun's PTSD and the previous Boss's philosophy. Nayun's significance/impact nose dives after the train scene (which was so cool). The previous Boss was suppose to create conflict with the MC and current Boss but that was ignored. After reading other's reviews this may just been something standard to the author, hope he can improve in newer novels

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lukeos
lukeos rated it
February 25, 2021
Status: --
This is your typical solo leveling, get stronger monster novel but this novel does a lot of things really well. First of all the main character is not op because he technically isn't the main character he's just an extra. He has a powerful ability but others have much greater powers. The way he gets through most situations is by careful planning and strategy. Another great aspect is the moral dilemmas of knowing the future. With a lot of returnee novels the main character will try to kill villain's while... more>> there weak and maybe not fully evil but in this story he really has to think is killing this person morale, It goes into the internal monologue of killing a villain, is this person evil in the present, can I get them to my side, if they aren't evil yet and you cant get them to your side is killing them morale if they haven't done anything yet. There are more similar situations like this for example should I kill a close ones family member if there evil or going to be. The writing for fights is done well with a clear picture of what's going. Finally the main character doesn't have a solution for everything. He makes mistakes and endangers others and doesn't get through every event perfectly. <<less
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Clara_French
Clara_French rated it
January 28, 2021
Status: Completed
In all honesty, this is one of the best light novel’s that I’ve ever read. I really enjoyed it a lot and I love the fact that other people besides the MC were given actual personalities. I love his relationships with some of the other characters and how both parties are affected from that relationship.

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Chae Nayun: The tension and emotions that come from the relationship between the MC and her after his brother is killed by him is incredible. It adds some much needed death because there’s the MC who feels immense guilt and sadness but knows he did the right thing and there’s her who feels such intense anger and hatred towards him even though she cares so much for the MC at the same time. The MC makes the decision to not tell her the reason why he killed her brother so she can become the strong person she’s meant to be (she would have broken down otherwise). While there were times that I was screaming at my screen for him to just tell her and resolve the misunderstanding, at the same time I saw how it was able to play out better for Chae Nayun.

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This novel was really well written and kept me engaged until right to the very end (although there were definitely some harem scares where I thought he was going to gain a harem but thankfully not because all of the girls have actual personalities like Yoo Yeonha. Although on another note, I do remember taking a break from this novel because it got taken down on the site that I usually read it on, and I wasn’t motivated enough to search for it somewhere else. However I went back to it after reading SSS Class su*cide Hunter because I was craving a good ln.

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I love his identity as Black Lotus because it created a good mysterious aspect to him. I also loved how much people were thinking he was more powerful than he actually was. It created some cool situations. Although I wish the author did more with Black Lotus because this aspect of him disappeared : (

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The one thing that I found really disappointing and unsatisfying about this novel has to be the ending. It literally had me going “THATS IT???!” the entire time. Not gonna lie I was a little upset. I’m not gonna explain it too much because I don’t wanna spoil but I felt that even though I kinda expected it to happen, it still disappointed me. This upcoming spoiler drop down is a major spoiler so pls open it at your own caution.
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LIKE KIM SUHO FREAKING FORGOT ABOUT HIM AND IS NEVER GOING TO REMEMBER. It’s making me so sad that no one’s gonna remember him except for the girls. Plus his cool powers are all gone : (Then it ended on sort of a cliffhanger for me.

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Anyway, I 100% recommend this to read. It’s a little slow at first but I guarantee that it gets better 10/10 <<less
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NA2Z
NA2Z rated it
January 28, 2021
Status: c4
I loved this story until 200+ after that... Yeah it gets ridiculous. What happened to fenrir the mercenary identity. And Hajin reveals his power too much to his allies looks like he doesn't try to conceal that's he's black lotus...

Plus I can't stand harems...
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Frostmagic08
Frostmagic08 rated it
January 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Story has a very interesting start and middle arcs. However, it becomes more and more unreasonable.
The ending is abrupt and does not make any sense. I am deeply disappointed that readers do not appreciate a true waifu and vote for a boring ending.
P.S. Someone, please translate side stories. I came.
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Makeshift01
Makeshift01 rated it
December 5, 2020
Status: Completed
The novel is great overall. There are some slight messy points about it though, as in the romantic subplots, if you don't like those.
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Kim Haijin, the MC, seems to of had feelings for Chae Najun in the beginning and middle of the novel but that didn't go anywhere. There was also the Guild leader girl and the English princess that showed interest in starting a relationship with him but that never progressed. So mainly it's about the teasing that went on about who he would make progress with that left me stifled.

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The different arcs aren't too long or too short for the most part and the story progresses steadily, so it doesn't feel like the plot stagnated. They also justified plot armor by giving him a beyond human level of luck in the beginning, so all things that require chance increased greatly for him. Like if he went to a casino he'd literally never lose even if the other players were blatantly cheating.

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The most obnoxious and outright stifling matter about this novel would be the ending. I'm sure everyone's seen the other comments and how he became forgotten by all his friends in the novel world and lost all his skills and stats in order to remain in his novel world forever. Although he ended up being remembered due to the original owner of the body having connections with the people around him, so Yi Byuk and the others remembered him eventually. Although I'm super skeptical about how Evandel remembered him despite having no connection to Kim Chundong.

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In short, the novel is great, characters are well made, the romance is a tease until late in the novel, the pace of the story is good, cheats for the MC are more or less fine, and the ending is annoying.
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Although the ending was a happy one

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Valven
Valven rated it
December 5, 2020
Status: Completed
Good story, unsatisfying ending. Read this several times and I can say for sure that this story leaves so many things unresolved..
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Novirp13
Novirp13 rated it
November 20, 2020
Status: Completed
At first, it was an interesting premise. The novelist was s**ked into his own story, causing other people to think that he's a reincarnator or a time traveler. His power is cool, how he cannot make it too OP or the payment will be too much. And his plot armor is reasonable. Because he upgraded his LUCK trough the roof, he successfully dodged any mortal danger that come his way.

But the thing is, that unique premise (where he was s**ked into his own story) is its own downfall. The author... more>> (not the MC of this story, but the REAL Author) was allowed to insert any new backstories and enemies whenever they want. Such as, the semi-final boss. Hajin said that this person is a bad guy, but the reason why they're a bad guy was not explained until much, much later. I dropped this story when the super evil guy, who was supposed to be dead, was actually still alive. Like, wth? Where's the clue? Where's the red herring? Where's the foreshadowing???

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There's also a couple of scenes that I don't understand the reason why they wrote it in the first place. Such as, Rachel and his abusive coach. What happened after they meet each other? There was no mention of that coach at all in the next chapter. She's just... gone. Then, where Hajin was kidnapped by an enemy, his boss' reaction was frustratingly lukewarm. You can't just gloss it over with 'Hajin messaged his Boss and said that he is okay, she doesn't have to worry about him anymore'. NO! Boss was so scared when you're disappeared, okay? At least give us a small scene where Boss let out a sigh of relief after she knew you're ABSOLUTELY fine :/

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The ending is actually good but...

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I feel like Hajin's friends should just keep on forgetting him (like ReLife manga ending). It is sad and frustrating. Everything that Hajin did were forgotten just like that. But it's better then. Instead of making a couple of his harem girls to remember him. Because the powerful Hajin became a guy who cannot do anything without his friends, even tho' he still has his daughter with him. Hajin is now dependant on them and... idk. It made him sound weaker

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Tldr, very disappointed with the ending. At least there was that one chapter that managed to make me cry like a little baby. "Happy Dream is sad because it cannot come true". Like, dang 😭 <<less
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ez4pz
ez4pz rated it
November 16, 2020
Status: Completed
No lies, the start is actually excellent compared to other novels. Tho the quality declined from near-end till the last arc, however, this is still one of the best novels i've read. It's a shame that the ending was rushed, I had imagined that this could have go on for 500+ or more chapters. Still kudos to author-nim for creating a masterpiece.
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Coyle
Coyle rated it
November 16, 2020
Status: Completed
I don't even know what to say... this is one of the better things I read in my life. In the last twenty chapters I cried a lot and when I finally finished I felt extremely sad, Reading this I felt several emotions I thinked I would never felt in a novel. This was a hell of a ride and I think if you didn't read this yet you should try. 16/11/20 ~Cooyle
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Purps
Purps rated it
November 13, 2020
Status: --
Great Novel, I Reread Sometimes upto290 ish

School Arc 9/10

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"Mercenary" Arc 7/10

The Tower Arc 6/10

Demon Realm Arc 6.5/10

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the ending 2/10

a few of the things that bug me are

    • Misunderstandings. Do People Actually Find These f*cking Things Entertaining?
    • Everyone Seems To Have A "Connection" To Find Stuff Out, But It IS Literally Impossible Unless They Are Clairvoyant (Its Not Mentioned At All, Unless You Count The Guy You Can See The Past, But He Is Basically Freelance And Refuses Most Requests, But Its Not Referenced, Just Peoples "Guys" Finding Stuff Out)
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For Instance Using "Connections" These People Found Out The Name Of A New Mercenary A.K.A The MC, But Literally No One But 12 Wanted Criminals Who Are Their Enemies Could Of Known This

Another, One Of The Top 300 Heroes Was Scouting People In Cube And Got Info From One Of Her "Guys" That Another Character Placed The "MC" Above The Original Novels MC Of Importance To Win Over, And Its Literally Impossible Unless Someone Broke Into This Persons House And Looked For This Piece Of Paper That Was Shown To No One

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    • i guess something else is the MC can basically beat everyone and everything with Stigma, made a bunch of cool stuff and attachments for weapons or Stigma itself, but it never gets used because MC is just like "Draining all of my Stigma I barely killed the boss" and everything else is destroyed MCs Author info and bullets
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Mr.Skink
Mr.Skink rated it
September 30, 2020
Status: Completed
This will be a short review of the entirety of the book start to finish.

The first half of the story I loved it, great that we saw a lot of characters and the majority of them are 3d. Another thing would be that I personally dislike school setting stories, but this one was good since the story wasn't about the school itself so it's fine.

2nd half of the story was sloppy. I do agree with some reviews that it did feel rushed, but I also believe it was still likable... more>> and readable since the author didn't miss any of the important things throughout the book, he just skipped some of the details that is all.

The ending was honestly somewhat of a disappointment, but for the most part, I liked the ending, the author made sure that we wouldn't feel like the story finished with a big hole in it so that's great.

Overall review: I personally loved this story but I gave it 4 stars since some things needed to be pointed out. I would 100% give this a try and see if you can enjoy it as I did.

The last part of my review talks about the romance ending (nothing major just telling you if one or many will be his wives basically, not telling you who specifically).

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If you don't like harems don't worry the ending will only end with one other partner so just suck it up and get through it and don't whine like a baby about there being multiple girls.

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Pixio
Pixio rated it
September 16, 2020
Status: Completed
This one of the best novels I've read so far. The only thing that I'm not satisfied is the ending cause I want KH to have babies with his harem UwU but we got evandel so it's okay.

Anyways I don't like is that the author keeps changing POV which kinda let down the tension. Imagine reading an epic then BOOM change pov. Thats the thing what I don't like in this novel.

9/10 story

5/10 romance

I still want to see KH's Babies tho ^_^
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laptop1130
laptop1130 rated it
August 30, 2020
Status: Completed
I found this novel to be quite a refreshing read. It's different from the other isekei type of novels that I've read before. I binge-read everything and it managed to keep me interested the whole time up to the very end. The MC is an interesting character who is living in the novel that he wrote and although he's really OP in it, I still loved it! (I'm a sucker for OP MCs). Ending was nicely wrapped up and the story was realistic and made sense. I didn't get the... more>> sense that the ending was rushed which is a plus since most of the novels I read don't have very good conclusions. The reason why I gave it a 4 star was because I hated one of the main characters in the story. Her personality was super annoying and she had an arrogant and stubborn personality that was in denial
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of her brother's death and kept seeking revenge without even investigating properly

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But other than that, the story was engaging and the struggles and inner emotions of the MC made me see a new side of him that was refreshing to the story and plot. <<less
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fruitpower
fruitpower
August 26, 2020
Status: Completed
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The first half of the novel was one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in a while. The MC has to actually think about his relationships and how to handle them, granted it's in a fantasy setting so there's some bullsh*t here and there but it's bearable. When the MC is weak he plays very strongly into his strengths and weaknesses and fighting indirect battles using other people. Couple with Chae Nayun and Yoo Seonwha's dynamic creates a very interesting and dynamic story.

Then they decide to throw half... more>> that sh*t out the window in the second half where the MC is jerked off for being so strong left and right and him not being aware of how strong he is. Then he becomes f*cking Itachi from Naruto with Sasuke levels of edgy in his personal relationships. You reach this huge climax with a showdown between two characters and then he pulls out the 2 year line or somehow loses the ability to speak. At some point the fantasy mumbo jumbo gets too much to bear when the MC starts a part time job as Jesus Christ himself. Some explanations later on don't even make sense.

A lot of the plot points built up just have some of the most disapointing conclusions and it's a real shame. I wouldn't say it's necessarily a bad read and would still reccomend it I think the author's writing has a lot of potential and will still be following them in the future. <<less
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