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The Tutorial Is Too Hard
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380 Chapters (Completed)
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.On a normal boring day, a message appears, inviting him to a Tutorial.
A tale about Lee Ho Jae and his escape from the Tutorial.
But he just happened to choose the hardest possible difficulty: Hell…
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튜토리얼이 너무 어렵다
튜토리얼이 너무 어렵다
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- The repetition. Every chapter is made up of descriptions of abilities or items or some other such. He's got so many abilities now that it doesn't even fit on a page, and more are added every chapter. Every level is basically just grinding. That's the best word to describe it.
- There is no risk involved. No tension, no stakes nothing. It's boring. Ever after the first couple of levels there has not been a life-or-death moment. I know you can't really have life-or-death moments in flashbacks, but you can still make it seem like the MC is struggling with his life on the line. For all the levels past the first few this feeling is entirely lacking. He is just grinding for levels. There's no sense of danger.
- The lack of focus. The MC isn't trying to achieve some quest (e.g kill the demon king) like the MC in MC Hides His Strength. The MC here is literally just grinding away to achieve superhuman status. What's there for him to even do? He's already the strongest human and yet the Gods won't let him out of the tutorial because of bullsh*t rules. So he's just stuck here grinding away until he's strong enough to beat it. Yes, it is as boring as it sounds.
- Failed characterization. At first I thought there might be some interesting relationships, but I was wrong. It's like Seoul Station's Necromancer where the MC's overwhelming strength dominates everyone and everyone is basically in awe of him and nothing more than his lapdogs.
I could go on but there's really no point. This novel has gotten to Re:Monster-tier of boring. It's actually amazing that it sustained my interest for this long. Old review:EDIT: Actually having looked at the chapter titles in Korean it does look like each individual Hell Level (from 1-60) is going to be described IN DEPTH (3-8 chapters per level, so maybe 300-500 chapters in total just flashbacks). I hope new people will be introduced each level or it would get boring fast. But the fact that he had to wait this long for a newbie at level 60 probably means there will be fewer and fewer people later on. And since none of them survived to level 60 it means any emotional investment in them is wasted as well, so I don't see a way for this to get much better actually. We'll see how the author plays it, but I don't have much hope that it'll get better.
======================REVIEW AT CHAPTER 13==========================
Pretty good so far. The start was amazing, but it got slightly tedious when describing Level 1 of Hell (I feel it spent too many chapters on that).
>"Life is a series of choices."
>A phrase I once read in 3rd year of highschool.
>Life truly is a series of choices.
>But what the f*ck am I supposed to do about it?
>That phrase hasn't helped in any way for me to make better decisions on improving my life.
>Lastly are the misfortunate. For example, those who were summoned while riding a rollercoaster. Those who pressed Hell difficulty while they were waving their arms in the air.
Of course their survival rate was 0%.
>[Lee Yeon Hee, Floor 1 : Uh
am I in Hell difficulty sdalkhfiuoqrg. I think I pressed the wrong button. Please help me. HELP MEDSKLFJGLKG]
>I can feel her sanity crumble with each passing word. It may have been the greatest misfortune in her life, but for me it was my only ray of hope! Hoorray!
>Meanwhile, the Newbie's post received enormous attention.
>[Lee Joon Suk, Floor 90 : Uh
Hm, I. Uh
Cheer up.]
>[Lee Gi Suk, Floor 22 : Ah
mistakes were made. You misclicked and now you're in hell. FeelsBadMan.]
>[Goo Dae Ho, Floor 53 : Uwaa lolololol. Press the wrong button and into Hell you go lololol.]
>[Lee Won Ill, Floor 17 : Cheer up. The survival rate isn't 0%, it's just 0.01% kek.]
Not only is the dialogue great, the character relationships and interactions, even for a few short days, is also well written, realistic and gives you a feel for what the characters are really like, their quirks, motivations, personalities and you feel that even though they aren't perfect, they're humans and they work with each other to overcome adversity as a team. And you feel that they are likeable after all.
>Although It was only for 3 days, I thought I managed to make a bond beyond that of friendship with them. But, all I felt was a little sadness for them, only that.
>Was I the weird one?
>I don't know.
>f*ck.
>Although my brain had calmly accepted the situation, tears flowed from my eyes. To think I could still cry even after all that sh*t that happened before.
The characters are really well written, you get a deep insight into the mind of the MC, how he thinks, his personality, his emotional state.
And yes, he is simple, he is like the average NEET, but the story did very well to capture those feelings and it makes you feel like you are right there with him, it makes him feel like a real person. Just your average frustrated but good-natured guy, not some one-dimensional otaku stereotype like in many Jap novels or some guy with a chip on his shoulder like you get in xianxia novels. Actually if Reincarnator did a flashback to 50 years ago when Hansoo first entered the tutorial stage I'm sure he wouldn't be that much different.
The number of chapters describing Level 1 was unexpectedly high, and at some points you do feel like the author is dragging things out a bit. But then again you get a better sense of just how tough Level 1 really is, and how much room left for improvement there was. It feels really realistic. There is a lot of potential for further chapters. However, I feel that if the story continues to be focused on only the MC for up to level 60 then it's going to be a LOT of chapters of him just grinding levels and that would get boring really fast so I'm hoping that doesn't happen.
Also I hope the story isn't only covering the tutorial level since there is so much more interesting stuff that could happen once he leaves the tutorial stage with probably the highest level in the world. It might be even more interesting.
We'll see where this story goes. There's potential for it to go either way so I might have to revise my rating later.
Mad props to LightNovelBastion for having good taste in novels.
An excellent Korean novel with a unique spin on the popular dungeon-clearing genre.
Highly recommended for readers who have played grinding RPGs, especially DARK SOULS.
Story structure is episodic with lots of flashbacks, so it can be a little difficult to follow. I think reviewers can be divided into those who know/played/understand the appeal of Dark Souls and those who don't. Those who did will really appreciate the frustration and mental exhaustion of grinding through a shitty existence.
Those who did not won't get it at all. A lot of their reviews are indicative of that ("Why is MC so OP?", "Why is MC such an emotional wreck?", "Why does MC end up like a Gary/Mary-whatever Stu"). PREMISE
A Korean pro-gamer Lee Ho Jae is the first batch of humans to be sent by the gods into a tutorial-like dungeon to power up and defeat evil that is invading Earth in the near future. Very typical fantasy K-novel so far.
However, the MC's arrogance causes him to choose the hardest difficulty, leaving him trapped in a hellish existence and now he needs to find a way out. Along the way, the MC slowly uncovers a hidden secret behind the dungeon that all may not be as it seems. CHARACTERS
The entire novel is singularly focused on the MC, and how his pro-gamer mentality clashes with real world survival. Instead of just powering up, the MC realizes he has REAL PLAYER AGENCY, and that his decisions strongly affect the dungeon/world. He learns and grows from this, completely out of the expectations of the gods that sent him inside. At the same time he struggles to maintain his sanity in this hell-like existence. I don't know why there are reviewers saying that the MC is just randomly OP, or that he becomes a Gary/Mary Stu. We read his intense struggles to power up just to survive and progress to the next stage. Those comments are like a newb watching a Dark Souls speed-run on YouTube and mock at how "easy" it is. Seriously?? That's borderline offensive.
MC narrates from the point of flashbacks.
He spends almost 10+? Years in the dungeon, is still stuck there, and seems to have worked out some/most of his emotional problems. And that's saying something.
If we all watched and accepted that the protagonist in "Old Boy" became mentally unhinged after being locked in a small room for 15 yrs, of course it's reasonable for Lee Ho Jae to have PTSD and a whole host of other anti-social/self-destructive behavior after 10+? Yrs of survival mode in hell difficulty that he cannot escape from.
Lee Ho Jae realizes that they are not just randomly generated enemies that he needs to defeat to progress. They are possibly real (or formerly real) entities that had their own backstories and were just leading their own lives before being pulled into the dungeon. MC develops real empathy for them.
That's an AMAZING concept. Previous game-isekai type stories (esp Jap ones) had at best friendly NPCs that were anthropomorphized.
Decent, not too much exposition. Enough sub-text that readers can easily understand character's emotions. World Building is decent. The floors are quite creative and varied. But it would've been better if there were more detailed descriptions for the environments. I'd like to visualize a Dark Souls type environment as I'm reading the novel. I think this is where the Koreans could take a cue from Chinese novels. The use of almost 4th wall interactions with the gods overseeing MC's progress is pretty entertaining, since it's entirely in emotes (no dialogue). A lot of plot hints can be teased out from these emotes, skips the useless exposition while moving the plot along. It's almost theatrical display.
I've seen several other K-novels copy from this so that's saying something. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
The author chose a somewhat achronic narrative structure involving multiple flashbacks (based on the dungeon levels cleared) so it's not the easiest to follow. That said, the dungeon level/timeline is listed prominently at the beginning of each chapter so it's a small hurdle to overcome. It's not like "A Clockwork Orange" which can be difficult to read. Is this a perfect 5-star novel? No.
But for a webnovel it's definitely much better than most crappy 5-star rated novels I've seen other reviewers give. If the rating system were expanded, it should net at least 4.5 stars.
Why? Because otherwise he would be dead. Compared to his surroundings his strength is just about what he needs to MAYBE survive. He isn't invincible at all: his life is In danger every single time he steps outside. But he can use his experiences to surpass the trials ahead of him. The story flashbacks to when he was lvl 1 (a risky move by the author, but again handled in a strong way) so the trials he had to undergo to get to where he was are fully grasped. You get the feeling that the story is entirely centered around his journey starting from square one. Anyway, if I was to summarize, this story is not 'weak to Strong'. It's from 'doomed to NOT doomed'. Survival is a better word for the story. However, I am very nervous looking at the tag 'skill assimilation' that is tagged for this novel. It could easily ruin the vibe set down right now: working with everything he has to not die rather than breezing through trouble by sitting on a pile of skills stolen from monsters. Truely, I can't wait for more chapters!
Kirikiri is awesome!!
p.s : Korea is the strongestestest nation, Koreans are talented^9 af and a Korean created the human race. /S