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88 WN Chapters + 18 Extras + 8 SS (Completed)
4 LN Volumes (Complete)
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[The Eternal Scattering Flowers: Fiore Caduto Eterna] is a game ill-suited of being known as a galge, as the main heroine would – regardless of the chosen route – meet her demise.

Fudou Niito, a resident of Japan, went to bed dissatisfied with the ending of the game. When he next awoke, he found himself in the body of the game’s hated fake saint, Elrise.

Confused, but with an understanding that Elrise’s actions would spell disaster for many lives in the future, he took advantage of the situation and acted to change the course of history.

As a result, despite her rotten personality, Elrise was adored by those around her as a perfect saint. Furthermore, the game itself was intrinsically linked to his original world and changed accordingly to suit Elrise’s actions. Without any knowledge of what the hell was going on, the fake saint Elrise continued to alter her fate.

A saint on the outside, but a man on the inside.

The transmigrator was a piece of sh*t and the person he transmigrated into was also a piece of shit. A combination of sh*t and sh*t would cause an accident – to create the greatest fake saint sh*tshow of the year!

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Fake Saint of the Year: You Wanted the Perfect Saint? Too Bad!
Nise Seijo Kuso of The Year (Previously)
Risou no Seijo? Zannen, Nise Seijo deshita! ~ Kuso of the Year to Yobareta Akuyaku ni Tensei Shita n daga ~
偽聖女クソオブザイヤー (Previously)
年度最垃圾伪圣女
理想の聖女？　残念、偽聖女でした！ ～クソオブザイヤーと呼ばれた悪役に転生したんだが～ (Current)
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Recommendations
My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending (4)
To be a Childhood Sweetheart that You will Regret for Life (3)
I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags… (2)
Fake Holy Sword Story ～I Was Taken Along When I Sold My Childhood Friend～ (2)
Muyoku no Seijo wa Okane ni Tokimeku (2)
The Rotten Lady Rosa Wants to Watch Over Love from the Shadows (1)
Recommendation Lists
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  2. GendBend (M to F)
  3. messing with gender roles
  4. 10/10 Would Reread!! (FMCs)
  5. GenderBend Novels

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Annmenmen
Annmenmen
March 16, 2023
Status: c1
I'm surprised with this story, while the author tent to over explain and repeat things, the story was good even though our MC is annoying!

In fact I almost stopped reading it because of how annoying she/he is, but I love stories of people misunderstanding an makin a character a saint when this person is the opposite (well she also did everything for people believe she is a saint) !

... more>>
Spoiler

And I admit that I loved that the author explained that having a black heart and being that annoying was that made our MC so powerful and in fact saved the world!

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Brasdf
Brasdf rated it
March 13, 2023
Status: c7
TL;DR: Good translation, just not funny. Skip.

I don’t know what to say, I just didn’t think this was funny. The characters aren’t likable. Things just don’t gel.

The MC makes no sense, but it isn’t in a funny way. Nothing in the story is cute, warm, touching, moe or anything you might care about. Just a bunch cultural references and extremely boring characters.

The MC is originally sort of a NEET, but since presumably tentacle p*rn doesn’t exist the world is so so boring he trains hard everyday for 10 years becoming... more>> the strongest. I think I made it funnier than the novel did.

Anyway, so that happened. After becoming the strongest he does nothing but good heroic deeds yet he is still continuously surprised about the different reactions of people compared to the game. How dumb are you ? Maybe this is humor, but I don’t get it. You can’t make an extremely sarcastic character that is also so committed to the ship of MC and main heroine he is willing to sacrifice himself and everything else in the world for it. He doesn’t even like the MC. Maybe he is committed to the idea of a Gal game ? It doesn’t compute. Like I don’t know what his s*upid and supposedly funny world view is. At best it is “I must sacrifice my life for the sake of the ship” or “I must make amends for the actions of the original villainous character that didn’t actually happen ” but that is just sad to me.

There is a famous novel where the villainess is a dumb but lovable transmigrator and so insists on remaining the villainess because she loves all the characters and wants to keep the good ending of the game. However, since she loves the characters she can’t even be a little mean to them and actually helps them and encourages them in cute “villainous ways”. The characters aren’t blind and all like her. Very wholesome and amusing. This is the opposite.

Instead of doing the bad things the villainess did, he does ten times the good things, but sarcastically and only because it might help his ship or something. Other people get attached, but he is somehow an emotionless weirdo that doesn’t care. I don’t get it.

He also keeps mentioning multiple times per chapter how he will be discovered as a fake saint and be betrayed by everyone even though basically every single human has been personally saved by him at this point and is devoted to him above God and country. Stop repeating it. It is just tiring. <<less
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zuizui321
zuizui321 rated it
February 17, 2023
Status: Completed
Went in for the op MC and the laughs, stay for the feels and absolutely-brain-melting adventures. One of the best written novels for its genre definitely a 5/5 for me.
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Alixiron
Alixiron rated it
December 16, 2022
Status: Completed
A very good misunderstanding novel which was able to not end up getting on my nerves unlike others in it's subgenre. While the world has the typical fantasy elements, the author adds a bunch of interesting ideas to the formula which really hook you in. The monologue of the main character is hilarious and they are pretty genre savvy so it is very fun to see how they derail nearly all of the typical tropes through their actions. I highly recommend giving it a try as I liked it so... more>> much that I binged all of it in 2 days. <<less
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Queen77
Queen77 rated it
September 14, 2022
Status: --
Good writing, but not my taste.

I tried getting through the whole novel but I couldn't.

The MC is really p*reverted, yeah, though the author really uses that as comedy like most of the jp author. I don't know if every Neet is like that.

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Spoiler

MC tries to saves his favorite character in the game he transmigrated into, in the game he is the Fake Saint, a villain but with the misunderstandings people see him as the real Saint, the plot so far is okay but it is just not my type of book

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ISMA409
ISMA409 rated it
August 18, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel was very good. It had a solid plot, everything has a reason on why any actions happens, a very good translation, and lastly a conclusion that tied everything spectacularly (seriously this is the first time I saw a novel that didn't let any stone unturned). The only thing that I slightly didn't like was the MC being naive (tho this had a reason as you read more of the story) and the side characters (they're kinda like shitty teammates you sometimes had on online games).

Overall I rate it... more>> as:

Plot: 9/10

Translation: 10/10

Character: 8.5/10

Conclusion: 10/10 <<less
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gian260
gian260 rated it
April 22, 2022
Status: c61
I just have to say... From the start this feels that the author doesn't have the courage to say she/he wants vermin-kun as the love interest.

Seriously. I didn't care. But if u supposedly start to have a care in the world for eterna because of her 0 happy endings... A lot of stuff wouldn't have happened (like forgetting thinking about eterna for the first 40-smth chapters, or leaving her like a dunce in the memory corner).

Elrise only thinks about vernell (a non exemplary protagonist tbh... Nothing special for a... more>> male-interest, its the typical blank MC for otome...)

Instead the heroine (eterna), was supposed to be the target. But there is no 'love' towards her... She is forgotten for the most of the run. I get Elrise/Fudou left her to vermin, but really, always checking/reading on/about vermin instead of pitiful heroine was outside of my expectations. All the actions, most of the thoughts were towards the blank protagonist... Instead of the supposed love interest that was given a complete story and reason to protect. Just swap the genders if so, but u should have cared more for eterna if u gave me that long backstory. Now it sucks. Cus its always vermin this, vermin that. At least fudou/elrise could try to befriend the target and support... But the only support was a staff....

From start u can even count this.... Elrise talks about vernell. I had the expectation it wasn't going that way (the 'im changing cus Im inside a womans body).... There was no change honestly. From the word count vernell is everywhere... Its just f*cking everywhere. Even for a male or female bame or whatever I hate vermins name.

There is no change building here. I can lnly think that elrise will become good after being saint (being tainted white/opposite of the witches). But someone that left inheritance to sister and family can't be a black hearted person. Honestly a lot of the build up just s**ked for me. The most is the authour talking so much about gay-ending-vomit, muscle-vomit, cross-vomit, rcp-kiss-vomit, whatever-vomit... Just write without doing this.

I can't take it. I feel they should have just gone with vernell if it was what the author wanted. But it seems they don't have the balls for this cus of pressure or wanting this to be popular or whatever. It will not end in yuri of that I am sure. I entered thinking of BL, then I went to yuri side, but then u want me to switch to BL cassete when u told me that side story. I just wanna say this is foul play. I couldn't finish the story, I am aware its gonna end somewhere near that or the I don't have the courage to write it.... Lets be a neutron. <<less
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bi7r
bi7r rated it
February 26, 2022
Status: c39
The writer just had to ruin the story that he had built. Sigh. The story and the plot was decent until chapter 35.

Spoiler

you got a very OP and somewhat smart character, that's fine with me.. Just treat her like.. Smart and strong?

out of nowhere she suddenly dumb girl who can't just

  1. reveal her soon death
  2. reveal her true identity (fake)
  3. explain that she knows the truth about witches
  4. defeat the kings
  5. force her way out

it was very clear to me where the writer want the plot - hero and his party come and save the day - and I wouldn't mind that. IF she was somewhat weaker or dumber before, or under different circumstances where she really had to be saved. Tho it's hard to imagine how will that happen.

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Reimdesu
Reimdesu rated it
July 3, 2021
Status: Completed
  • The plot is deeper and better than my expectations. Definitely deserves a 4.7/5 rating here in novelupdates.
  • The story is paced really well. Even though it ended with only less than 90 chapters, the plot was well-delivered and I loved how it ended.
  • The best part is that it has different POV's so the misunderstandings are hilarious.
  • Spoiler

    It's satisfying how much the people mourned when she died, even after they learned that she's a fake. She revived though and received the title of a Great Saint. She/He didn't end up with anyone but they remained loyal to her.

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Fitoor
Fitoor rated it
March 31, 2021
Status: c21
Lighthearted and funny. The premise of witch and saint, the actual origin story, felt new. The interludes of people being saved by Elrise are fun to read too.

Kind of like Intergalactic Evil Lord, but in a galge setting.

Story is mostly crack, so just don't go looking for depth. But a fun read.
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Kawaii Panda
Kawaii Panda
December 30, 2024
Status: --
MC is a dude who possessed the body of fake saint, it's gender bend but its fluff, she's pretty op. The hero admired her and the heroine admired the hero, sad because of hero's affection for mc
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stolemyowncar
stolemyowncar rated it
March 15, 2023
Status: Completed
Who is more human? A randomly selected human, or a robot (assuming advanced AI tech obviously) attempting his best to emulate everything a human is? That's a common philosophical question. So take it and replace the human with a saint, and the saint with a "crappy NEET". Obviously the distinction is a bit different, here. A "Saint" is much less vague in duties and temperament than a simple human.

Anyway, putting the BS aside, it's been quite a while since I've read this, so unfortunately I can only give you my... more>> impressions of how I felt after it was done. Overall it's an enjoyable read. It comes to a satisfying conclusion and in my opinion around 80-100 chapters is pretty much the perfect WN length to have a fleshed out, yet still concise story. Owing to the question above, most of this work really is about this paradox. The reincarnated individual more or less sees themselves as having a duty to guide this world to a good end, and sees themselves (very self depreciatingly) as absolute tr*sh. So they don't care about themselves and are actually cynical on the inside, while emulating what they would consider a saint to be to the best of their abilities. In a way the actual closest story to this would be "The Legend of Sun Knight", since you get to see the background of what makes up these "too perfect" humans with certain reputations.

The story had a somewhat satisfying twist at the end, and overall for the length I think it did a fine job. I'm docking a star because of some missed opportunities (sorry I don't care how detached you are, you're still in a female body; your neurons are now physically different... you can't remain the same). But it's a fun (and sometimes funny) and short enough read. Give it a whirl. <<less
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Kuzero
Kuzero rated it
March 6, 2023
Status: --
Definitely overrated, but it isn't bad either. A solid 4/5 for me.

It does have some interesting points, and try to tackle aspects that very few similar stories would even mention. It does have its fair share of issues though.

First, the MC is dumb. At least he/she is self-aware of being dumb, but that still gets annoying. Author thinks the reader is dumb too, apparently, and tend to overexplain basic stuff as well as repeat it again and again as if afraid reader would already have forgotten about it. Well, other... more>> characters tend to be dumb too, except a few rare exceptions, so he/she doesn't seem ret*rded by comparison, but still.

Second, the "point of view section". Outside of the protagonist point of view, the author also liked to have chapters from other point of view to show how other people think and better showcase the misunderstanding. However, while the first few are fun, it becomes clear at some point the author doesn't really understand why "Point of view from other character" is used in good litterature. Not going to do a whole essay on what is good point of view, but just going to say that repeating the exact same scene in different point of view is unusual and only to be done if there is substantial added value in basically having a copy paste of the same scene but from different perspective. It's ok the first few times in this novel because it is supposed to showcase the misunderstanding, but it quickly devolves into PoV for the sake of padding out the word count instead of PoV for the sake of fleshing out.

Third, is the relationship between the MC and Vernell. Or, in a broader sense, the s*xual orientation of the protagonist. The whole thing was just awkward. It's like the author really wanted to do a Elrise x Vernell, but was too afraid that it might be perceived badly by the readers. Author constantly makes MC think stuff like "I'm not homo!" as well as perv on girl (only in his mind though, no actual action taken) as if to say "calm down reader, my MC is pure straight, no ambiguous homo relationship", yet at the same time keep on pushing Elrise x Vernell, without ever really taking the final step. The fact Elrise (MC) doesn't even notice she is basically leading Vernell on and making him fall in love with him/her is either part of her dumb character (see point 1) or part of a repressed sexuality. Overall, the author either is in denial or too afraid to actuallly go through his own ideas so instead just do it in a half-baked way. It's no coincidence that this story was translated by a group that mostly do BL (it's not a criticism; just another way to show the author BL intent really show yet he doesn't really pull through).

Those are my main negatives, though I can go on a bit and talk about more common aspects.

World-building wise, it definitely is poor. There isn't a lot to say about it, but then again the author doesn't give us a lot to work with. You get to know stuff on a need-to-know basis, centered on the Saint/Witch main plot point. Not a big issue though. What is an issue is when the author notices he hasn't anything else to say for the chapter but didn't reach the word count yet so add in some random world lore dump that doesn't matter at all to the story, will never be brought up again, and is just here to pad the chapter.

Character-wise, it's a mixed bag. You have the MC and Vernell. Then you have the others. The others being a mess of 1D character that exist for a single purpose and not much else. It's interesting how the "heroines" are mostly ignored in favor of Vernell. Especially Eterna, considering the MC main objective is supposed to be her happiness, yet she is almost never mentioned, barely has any screen time, and has near zero development. Sometimes, it really feels like most characters only exist so they can be saved by and praise the greatest saint of all times, Elrise.

Writing-style wise, it's either you like it or you hate it, I guess. Some extract from chapter 2:

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Му tеасhеrѕ аnd а fеw оthеrѕ аѕkеd mе, “Whу dо уоu wоrk ѕо hаrd? Таkіng саrе оf уоurѕеlf іѕ gооd еnоugh.” І dіdn’t wаnt tо аnѕwеr hоnеѕtlу, ѕо І јuѕt ѕаіd hаlf-hеаrtеdlу, “Wеll, І uѕеd tо bе tеrrіblе іn thе раѕt. І’m trуіng tо mаkе uр fоr thаt аnd lіvе uр tо еvеrуоnе’ѕ ехресtаtіоnѕ. І’vе аlrеаdу lоvеd mуѕеlf еnоugh, ѕо nоw І’m gоіng tо lоvе уоu guуѕ. (fіѕt рumр!) ”

Тhе tеасhеrѕ wеrе mоvеd tо tеаrѕ. LОL.

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Wеll, whеn І dо ѕuсh а thіng, оf соurѕе, І wаѕ аѕkеd, “Whу аrе уоu dоіng nоthіng but thіѕ?” І rерlіеd реrfunсtоrіlу, “І аm vеrу ѕаd, but І’m dоіng іt tо рrоtесt еvеrуоnе’ѕ wеlfаrе (fіѕt рumр).”

Тhеу wеrе mоvеd tо tеаrѕ. LОL.

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Тhаt’ѕ whу... уер! Rесоvеrу mаgіс, gо! Ваbу, fаll іn lоvе wіth mе.

Wеll, whеn І dо ѕuсh а thіng, оf соurѕе, І wаѕ аѕkеd, “Whу аrе уоu dоіng thіѕ?” І rерlіеd hаlf-hеаrtеdlу, “Аt lеаѕt, І wаnt tо ѕаvе whоmѕоеvеr І саn. Аh, thе рrісе іѕ уоur ѕmіlе рlеаѕе (fіѕt рumр).”

Wеll, іn оthеr wоrdѕ, І’m аbаndоnіng thе оnеѕ І саn’t hеlр.

І’m nоt Іndіаn. І саn’t ѕtrеtсh mу hаndѕ whіlе ѕауіng nаmаѕtе.

Ѕhе wаѕ mоvеd tо tеаrѕ. LОL.

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If any of that put you off as far as writing style go, stay away. It's actually pretty mild and gets even more "casual" as it goes. <<less
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Hantosh
Hantosh
October 29, 2022
Status: Completed
Misunderstandings, the novel. Story's alright. Medium levels of word padding. The post-ending bonus chapters are a pointless foodie trip to Japan, skip.

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srrrahim
srrrahim rated it
July 15, 2021
Status: Completed
This is a novel full of misunderstanding, and the misunderstanding will stay until the end

It's really funny and light, with a little bit of twist

The plot is well written, and the world building is amazing

For the ending... more>>
Spoiler

Don't worry. MC is alive, thanks to the turtle propheter (I knew it!). MC end up living far away in the middle of forest with her head guard (Laila? MTL said that's her name), and the protagonist (Vernell). And because MC's dark heart getting corrupted by light, MC started to have other light emotion, and MC herself said that she almost fall in love with vernell (Sasuga galge protag 😂)

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Alrischa
Alrischa rated it
April 6, 2021
Status: c24
This story is actually quite fun to read and is full of surprises. Furthermore, the MC has a good head, there isn't any Japanese food thing (so far) and the translators are good at what they do.
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DDosGaming
DDosGaming rated it
February 21, 2021
Status: c6
Misunderstanding novel where MC is not an idiot. Have good enough momentum and lol going for it.

Spoiler

World building is pretty garbage. Like tr*sh otome game that it's suppose to be. Be expected that everything will revolve around main cast.

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Only really bad thing that this novel don't do properly is reincarnation part.
Spoiler

It's like author is fed up and want to quickly get over with. But still want to put in details that's it's become a whole chapter.

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