The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

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My whole life, all I wanted was power.

I churned the world into rivers of blood and eventually gained the title, ‘Demon Lord of Strength’. However, all this became useless when I lost to a party of heroes.

But what can a loser say? As I laid dying, I was forced to listen to the hero’s gibberish:

“If you are born again, I hope that you will live a kind life!”

But huh? When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the past.

“What do I have to do to live a kind life?”

This is the beginning of an ex-Demon Lord’s journey to live a ‘kind’ life.

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RDL
TRDLIK
회귀한 마왕은 착하게 산다
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erynalu
erynalu rated it
October 14, 2021
Status: c147
Very well paced story, world building is great, characters are fun, and the humor enjoyable. It's been a long time since I found something that I just can't put down once I read it.

Zich is such a memorable and interesting main character, and the side characters are also fun to read. I like reading their interaction and how the author often flip our perception on them. Also, I know this may not sound much, but I like how the female characters are portrayed so far. After going through some arcs, we get more information about how things came to be, and I think the pacing here is really great. Not too slow to the point of dragging, not too fast to the point of information overload. It's just right.

I also like how it got no romance so far because it's so easy to find this kind of story with harem, and most of the time it gets overdone. The author does a good job in keeping it with lines but still make it interesting with the romance part.

Looking forward to more chapters! Luckily it is updated daily and the translation quality is also good. Reading the comments with all the theories and jokes is such a nice extra :)

Spoiler

I just loled at the people giving the swords personalities and dialogues, making a sword harem 😆

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FivePilots
FivePilots rated it
October 14, 2021
Status: c152
It's your tr*shy cliche done right. The MC is the best part of the novel and you should understand that it is him that makes the novel work.
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iloveyoukimdokja
iloveyoukimdokja rated it
October 10, 2021
Status: c1
Truly satisfying! The more you read, the better it becomes! Love Zich with all my heart <3
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Kowairo11
Kowairo11 rated it
October 9, 2021
Status: c140
It is a shitty Novel right from the beginning. I hate this style of writing and I get sick of the premise. I read this after the Nr. 1 Ranked Novel currently thinking this may be similarly good since it is Number 4 but I got majorly disappointed. I do not understand why the rating is so high. It is one of many Novels that just copy paste. The writing is 3/10. Premise 2/10. Personally though absolutely unenjoyable. There's a lot of better Novels out there from the same genre.... more>> But this is just abhorrently bad in my opinion. <<less
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npksq
npksq rated it
August 24, 2021
Status: c50
good early but then became shounen MC,

first he act like a schemer then somehow he became someone who know nothing and need babysit also forced plot with no reason at all,
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ZichMoore
ZichMoore rated it
July 26, 2023
Status: Completed
You think the story may be a bit generic but it has lots of uniques stuff. The personality of the MC is very unique compared to other novels where the MC are generic. The plot is good as it has it's own mysteries and hidden stuff to solve. The pacing of the story is actually abit fine I just had some problems that some parts of it feel repetitive but it's still good.I actually like the romance part as it was not the whole focus so it did not hinder... more>> the main focus of the story but still happy since it has a touch of romance. Lastly, I wholeheartedly recommend this masterpiece to people finding something to read as reading this made my time worth it. <<less
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Braindean
Braindean rated it
April 14, 2023
Status: Completed
A very good novel. It felt structured, the pacing was good, and the author has a good understanding of setup and payoff (which sounds like a low bar but honestly you never know). I found all the characters to be likable, especially Zich Moore. This novel does a good job of really hammering home the idea that Zich used to be the demon lord and was indeed a sadistic slaughterer. A lot of other novels like to have a setting where the MC is some evil guy who regresses, but... more>> they often don't properly handle the baggage that comes with being evil. Zich's character development feels believable. Based on who he is as a person, it is realistic that he would respect Glen Zenard's request for him to live kindly because Zich respects Glen's strength. In addition, it feels good to watch Zich change and struggle against who he used to be. Besides that, I did enjoy the admittedly ridiculous level of conspiracy and scheming that happened in every arc between Zich and the robed figures. Despite the fact that Zich is overpowered, he wasn't overpowered enough to never be challenged.

Glen Zenard is a good antagonist and it always feels good to see him lose, I just wish he could've been a bit more of a threat at times. Glen possesses the extremely overpowered ability of regression, which should make him theoretically unbeatable to Zich. However, Glen's character and total obsession with being a hero and controlling variables makes it very believable that Glen would hold off on regressing until the last possible moment. Speaking of regression, I really like that it's a man-made function in this novel. Usually regression is a divine power that is performed by some godly entity like a system, but this time regression is made possible by humans themselves.

I did still have a few issues with the novel. For one thing, Zich is very clever, sure, but he should not be omniscient. Zich knows or can figure out any scheme instantly and at some point that does take the tension out of things. He really should have at least failed or been at risk of failing sometimes. Earlier, I said that the novel was structured. This is both a strength and a weakness, because the structure keeps the story grounded but a the same time makes it feel formulaic. Every arc can roughly be summarized as "Zich goes somewhere new, meets an important character, gets embroiled in a conspiracy with the robed figures, outsmarts them, then leaves". I also wish the novel focused a little more on character interactions between Zich's party. I would've loved to read more about Hans or Snoc or Lyla without Zich. At the end of the novel, I could feel the pacing pick up fairly considerably. One could argue that you shouldn't spend too much time on trivial tasks because at that point the heroes are dealing with such grandiose threats, but still... Either way, a very good novel. <<less
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miscreant
miscreant rated it
April 14, 2023
Status: Completed
Overall I found it quite enjoyable with not too much to fault. I guess a one line summary would be that it's an antihero protagonist who does good deeds in the worst way possible. It's average rating of 4.3/5 at the time of this review is probably fair.

While reading it I was able to predict most of the plot twists relatively easily and while the MC's behaviour at first original and entertaining the author was a bit of a one trick pony s reusing the same plot device did yield... more>> diminishing returns.

Overall I'd say it's definitely worth a read especially if tags match your preferred genres. <<less
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LordRikudo
LordRikudo rated it
March 23, 2023
Status: Completed
It's a good novel to binge. Strong MC with attitude and scheming mind. The plot itself is fairly simple but the way the MC went through them is unique and definitely become the main attraction to this novel.

Give it a try if you have the chance.
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ivaan
ivaan
February 23, 2023
Status: Completed
Novel does a bunch of things good, the main character is a mix of good and bad, but it just right, like seasoning its not too much or too little, its just right.

The side characters are good too, normally when they have similar names I cant differentiate them but this time I know each and every character, this proves they are at least unique.

The progress of the story is solid and consistent, to some (including me, got me a little worried there for a sec) it may not be enough... more>> progression, but like a house of cards even if you use the same card starts to build up, and it does not disappoint.

The overall plot is great it feels like the author sets a bunch of cogs that start to get into place and it makes a cascade effect that just keeps getting better.

But since I gave a 4 star I will say what I think it did poorly, the combat scenes are so boring and any type of str progression is also very confusing, it never says exactly how strong someone is, and its always by comparison but even then its like "oh he is almost at the same level as X" wtf is almost? What level is X? Come on give me something more. And you never know when he is fighting "for real" so your never know the str of that enemy either, that is very confusing and at some points, confusing.

Elaborating on the combat being boring, the main atk of the sword wielding is called "he infused an enormous amount of mana in his sword", u can change that with massive or other words with similar meanings, mages are a little better but still very basic, so dont expect much from combat.

but overall I would recommend this novel, it does a lot of things well as long as you dont go into it expecting epic combat scenes you are gonna enjoy it. <<less
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markus0i
markus0i rated it
December 2, 2022
Status: c556
A solid and enjoyable story, with an anti-hero protagonist.

The "Demon Lord's" interpretation of "nice" is the source of much entertainment.

It does a good job of revealing it's secrets, and the characters do a good job of communicating them to eachother.

Zich's growth over time emotionally is more important and interesting than his growth physically.
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clowred
clowred rated it
November 27, 2022
Status: c124
It's alright.. Or at least I should say better than the majority. It doesn't try to portray an ideal but rather a flawed god. It's hard to read the story and expect emotions to be aligned with the plot development when you have to deal with an unreliable narrator and an absolute contradiction regarding on how the protagonist tells he lived and how well he is versed in everything from epidemic cures to fashion.. All because there is a new insert about a certain thing/character that in his past life... more>> gave him the change to attain the knowledge. All these inserts are like excuses, an author telling you that it's not what it seems, it's not like he is building a deux ex machina, but rather that it simply was a past event, it was about him. Everything aligns with himself in ways that surpass all reasonable logic, and while I can see specks of the revealing that is supposed to make sense of all these coincidences I honestly lost interest in being led by the nose by an author that is more interested in developing his protagonist rather than keeping a logical story flow. Lose or win, fail or succeed, there was not even once a point where I felt I had to worry about him dying, even though he states that he is way weaker than his past self. Cunning and adaptive, the general excuses I would accept in an arc or two, they are present everywhere. This is slightly superior writing with a very classic Gary Stu. 3 Stars for effort, 2 for end result. <<less
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Drake888
Drake888 rated it
November 24, 2022
Status: c117
This was pretty good. A lot of action and cool fights. The MC was interesting and had an actual personality. There was a lot of weird unexplained stuff going on in the background that had to do with reincarnation and future knowledge. Secret organizations plotting stuff. Powerful organizations making sensible decisions (super unusual for these light novels).

But now it's behind a paywall. I would recommend it if you like the tags but I didn't like it enough to pay for it.
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Loulaim
Loulaim rated it
July 15, 2022
Status: Completed
Started fun, get's repetitive and boring later with very long arcs without payoff, but managed to get somewhat back to the good stuff in the latest chapters. If you can manage extremely edgy stuff - welcome, it's good, if not - you gonna get a lot of cringe.

Pros:

Some good jokes here. A lot of moments and characters interactions is good and made me laugh.

Characters. I like most of them, they all have something to remember about them even if it's some minor stuff. And author usually introduces them in a... more>> likable way.

Plot. Overall plot is surprisingly interesting, hard to explain without spoilers, but there is a lot more to demon lord resurrection.

Cons:

Too edgy. As I said it's edgy. There is nothing much to say about it. MC acting like 14yo kid with "smart" schemes and "How was your sweet moment of hope" phrase... Like seriously? It's good that in the latest chapters he stopped saying that, and become somewhat more mature, but sometimes it's hard to read.

Questionable schemes. It's usual anime problem where they portrait some scheming smartass, and everything always goes as he planned. Even if it didn't make any sense or whole scheme would be destroyed and backfired if any character didn't act as he predicted.

Long boring arcs. Sometimes you already guessed the endgame and setup almost complete, but author still wasting a lot of chapters to make MC's scheme more "smart" and payoff falls flat like MC just go and fight the bad dude (magic tower arc is just horrible). <<less
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apsisodia
apsisodia rated it
January 15, 2022
Status: c190
Alright this is not a game changer or some epic story. But What's makes it special is MC's nature and his twisted sense of kindness.

So basically our MC who used to be demon lord regressed after getting killed by hero's party. Now our reborn MC is obsessed with doing kind deeds. But the thing is, he doesn't know what kindness means. So he is travelling around the world, screwing up bad guys plans and killing them.

In the background he finds a secret organization who maybe responsible for all the bad... more>> things that happen to him and the world in his past life. So a plot is beginning to emerge.

I found the plot interesting and MC's kind acts amusing.

So give it a try. So far it's good <<less
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Akikojam
Akikojam rated it
January 12, 2022
Status: c110
Contrary to some reviews here, it's actually written really well. A lot of things are not as it seems. I was expecting a typical wuxia-like plot at first, and it is that on a surface, but then they flip the script when it comes to Zich's mother, as well as the whole Hans character. There are also seemingly multiple layers to it. This reminds me of Akuma Koujo or tr*sh of Count's Family in how deep it actually goes.
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sleed
sleed rated it
December 10, 2021
Status: c30
Looks interesting but I really think this looks too American my gut feeling is probably an issue with the translation it doesn't feel Korean.. Like either it's an amateur Korean writer who often reads American novels or a translator who gives himself too much creative licence I'll have to check the raws because this novel feels strangely inconsistent

But I think the story lends itself to this kind of translation transformation because, If I focus can think about how it was written and it wouldn't probably make much difference, just feels... more>> disconcerting reading this narration style on a Korean novel and it probably is better for this particular novel

I'd give this novel a solid 4.3 out of 5.

Very good Score in my book the story itself is lacking in the characters and I would really like some more colors on the characters; that would really make the novel on another whole level.

But the strong part it's the big plot is not garbage and it's good structure

It's just the author feels a bit stiff, like he doesn't let go yet of something but I can see what he wants to write, he kinda has shame and some times he walks backwards instead of forward

The story feels Entertaining and original so far. I haven't feel particularly excited in a scene or looking forward towards a character interaction but I'm willing to give it a few more chances

Because I can feel the author is a dedicated person

I can see the author has a kind of honest discipline but he also has like bad plot habits but I think with just his discipline he can fix and grow out of them

Like he struggles with drama and resorts to a kind of fake lying on dialogue from characters I'll explain on this next time when I read more chapters if this persist

It's basically the main issue with characters they don't feel so colorful yet

Like he's ok but didn't polish this part of the novel I ACCEPT THAT but please I wanna see the novel getting cooler later on

I'm very tolerant on these kinds of mistakes because it means the author could have something better or even great down the line

But even if it didn't have, the novel it's very solid, even entertaining for me that I'm very picky on what I read

I really hope author finds the inspiration he needs, makes the turn from good towards greatness and make something cool awesome I'm not excited about <<less
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JackTheRipper
JackTheRipper rated it
December 1, 2021
Status: c108
I gotta say, at first I thought it was gonna be about those overpowered Manga characters but no, this is a very well done novel with some clues left around that make the novel very interesting in terms of plot and the author doesn't change everything about the character just to make the plot move forward, it is not a perfect novel by all means but trust me it is much better than 99% of the garbage out there lol (by the way I pressed 4.0 by mistake and didn't... more>> know how to change it) <<less
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Selha
Selha rated it
October 15, 2021
Status: c187
An overall really solid novel. The pacing is great, the characters and their actions are believable, the villains aren't dumdums, and there's no harem. While the MC is always center stage with his schemes and combat ability, the side characters pull a lot of weight as well, which makes it enjoyable. My only complaint is that I never feel like the MC is ever pushed to the edge, but at the end of the day, that's just my personal preference speaking.
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RiazMahamud
RiazMahamud rated it
December 17, 2023
Status: Completed
One word-'Satisfied'.

I can't express how satisfying this story is. This has lot's of comedy and action that make one like every chapter. The plot is good with no extra drama or unnecessary twist or turn.

Romance didn't interfere with the fun and the comedy didn't effect the action. Overall this is 10/10 to enjoy. Anyone can enjoy this story.

Highly recommend.
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