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I Became a Sub Heroine in a Cyberpunk Game
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An open-world shooting RPG, Neo Haven, where no matter how many times you repeat the episodes, you can never achieve the all clear ending.

Just when I thought I had finally cleared the hidden true ending… this time I have to beat it for real, without any assistance from the game system or save/load options.

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사이버펑크 게임 속 서브 히로인이 되었다
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Became a CyberPunk Tycoon (1)
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LostCausecuzwhynot
LostCausecuzwhynot rated it
March 3, 2025
Status: --
The world is set in a post war cyberpunk dystopia where the ruling class is an oligarchy of mega corporations which rules the ‘safe’ zones such as Neo Haven or the Emerald City where the main story takes place.

The main character is a veteran of the game Neo Haven and has tens of thousands of hours of gameplay experience and was the first person to reach 100% completion in it. Although there’s a ‘Calm protagonist’ tag in the tags, pay no attention to it since the protagonist is in fact... more>> very emotional and has a very high bottom line in ethics, personally I like this as any person from the 21st century raised in a normal household would condone the acts of violence committed by the mega corporations. The protagonist also acts in a way that doesn’t make her seem like a pushover. The gender bender aspect of this novel is also done right in my opinion as it doesn’t go too much into the le*d category but also doesn’t gloss over the fact that the protagonist is now a girl.

This is my second review so I apologise in advance if I didn’t cover all of the background information, I tried my best without spoiling anything. <<less
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rcpsycho
rcpsycho rated it
February 24, 2025
Status: c20
The MC is the first or perhaps only player to clear all achievements and endings of an open world RPG set in a cyberpunk world after well over ten thousand hours of playtime. As a "reward" or perhaps simply consequence, he possesses the final character he created, but starting from her "backstory", several years before the main plot.

Additionally, the ending he achieved seemed to create a parallel universe in which his character is not the protagonist that he originally controlled, but a sub-heroine with significant popularity, including as a subject... more>> for NSFW fan art. The MC's main personality is not from that universe, but he seems to be able to occasionally slip into it to gather information on that parallel game.

So even from just this setting, it's layered and not just a simple possession.

But in-universe, the cyberpunk world is depicted in an engaging way, trickling in enough worldbuilding to understand what's going on, but not too much to the point of getting dry.

The characters are interesting and likeable (or appropriately unlikeable for the early antagonists - I'd expect more important and hopefully more complex antagonists to show up later in the story), and the dialogues are entertaining.

I haven't read a lot of cyberpunk themed novels yet, but this seems like a good start. <<less
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Flobot
Flobot rated it
May 27, 2025
Status: c36
There are several flaws (in my opinion) that accompany this story that is making it difficult for me to continue the story.

First off, it starts with unbelievable character relationships: none of them follow real world logic, or logic that should be associated in a capitalistic dystopian setting.

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Once our MC enters a city she is immediately propositioned to sell her body for money, even after refusing multiple times the mercenary was going to use force to coerce her and she had to use a virus attack to get away. Later on, she meets the same mercenary and decides to work with his crew on a job (he continues to make unwanted advances), and when the job goes wrong our MC decides to throw herself in danger/potentially sacrifice herself for this crew of strangers.

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Our MC meets one of the main heroines, and of course following Korean logic the heroine instantly loves our MC because she's so adorable. They share the same last name because our MC was essentially adopted by their Grandfather, but after a day of spending time together, the Heroine essentially claims she's fine with in*est and propositions our MC for a relationship.

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Story line: The story line falls into one of the biggest traps of any novel based off a game, as in the character doesn't want to do anything that could potentially affect the story before the game begins. If you've read some GB Korean novels, this novel isn't too unique. Our MC is basically a nerdy Korean guy that spent thousands of hours on a game, gets transported into said game as his cute op character, said character wins over hearts and minds with said cuteness, MC has internal monologues about sexuality and attraction to other female characters, it essentially follows the same pattern as all other korean novels with the same tags. The only unique aspect of this novel is that it is set in a Cyberpunk genre.

It was a valid attempt, and the first ten or so chapters really had me hooked, but then the story devolves into the same patterns associated with all other novels with similar tags. <<less
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Lunatix
Lunatix rated it
April 9, 2025
Status: c92
Pretty good so far, definitely above average, which makes me wonder why all the one stars. Either it's people expecting a hardcore cyberpunk story when a bunch of the story is more fluffy and heartwarming than dystopian, or because of people who don't know what the cyberpunk genre is, and are scared off by the casual depictions of cruelty.

I mean, it's a cyberpunk world. On one hand, not everything will be pure grimdark hell, but on the other, shooting dozens of innocents costs the company less money than the time... more>> it takes to do a proper inspection during a security sweep.

That said, the reliance on misunderstandings is a bit annoying, but for the most part is within reason. When a character believes something, they'll try their hardest to justify such a belief, even more so when they're a bit messed in the head. And in a dystopia, most people are a bit messed in the head.

I do feel like the author has some trouble trying to decide what the MC is capable of, and what she isn't. It's especially weird since she is a veteran of the game that the world is based off of, yet while is knowledgeable of the lore quite a bit, is less so of the mechanics when it isn't time for her to kick ass. While it's understandable early on when she's nowhere close to the city the game takes place in, she feels weirdly passive at times once she enters the first city. Just lets time move by without even hinting at doing anything in the meantime.

There is also some serious issues with the translator. Either due to laziness or being MTLed and edited, but there is a serious lack of formatting done. Genders flips at random, perspectives flip even in the middle of a paragraph. There is also no markers to denote when the narrative perspective changes, so you can easily go a few paragraphs wondering why the scene changed until you realize that you're viewing things from a different character's perspective. Even worse is when characters communicate via non-spoken methods. Phone calls and robots talking is often not denoted in any way to differentiate from narration, and with inconsistent narration styles, its hard to determine what's dialogue and what's narration. I think the original author probably used italics or other formatting to denote such differences, but it doesn't show up at all in the translation, making reading some chapters quite difficult. It gets progressively worse as Zero shows up and becomes integral to the story.

Overall, I think this story is quite above average without any serious issues so far. Just some nitpicks and without any sparks of true writing prowess. Well, aside from the lack of formatting on the translator's side. That's seriously grating with all the phone calls and talking robots being so impossible to distinguish from narration. <<less
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Nekomimik
Nekomimik rated it
April 6, 2025
Status: c70
An interesting story overall. A fun read. Intriguing enough to keep me hooked and binge read within 2 days, but also makes me want to discipline myself so I can enjoy the story slowly. Like a fine meal.

I Became A Sub-Heroine in A Cyberpunk Game is such a story for me.

The other two reviews —Rcpsycho's and LostCausecuzwhynot— covers the general overview of things I agree with. The genderbent aspect isn't brushed off, but it's also done in a way that's not overly emphasized yet believable. The characters, antagonist and supporting... more>> cast, are likable in a sense they are coherent. They have flaws and traits that make them fleshed out and that just existing as part of the background, relegated to elevate our protagonist, Anastasia. In fact, they are part of the thing I appreciate in this novel. Just like the world-building that's moderately getting into detailed but doesn't get lost in the sauce either that you'll drown from too much information. Enough to get your suspension of belief to hold firm. With a main character that's enjoyable to read and follow around and a pacing that's just right, it doesn't frustrate you by choking you and dragging you by the leash only to fall short with each arc. This is a good read for me.

Another thing. There's a sense of similarity to "Fake Saint of the Year". If you haven't given that a read, I urge you to do so. Different story over all, one of the goated gb novels out there, and it's finished with an LN ver available. There's a stark difference between the two novels of course with a singular significant plot point that's similar in aspect but different in execution. I'm being deliberately vague, as I dislike spoiling a good story. This is also a blatant attempt to get more people to read Fake Saint as well, lol.

Although, I'll warn anyone going to read the Sub-Heroine in A Cyberpunk that the translation is alright and better than most but with glaring flaws: some important terms get translated differently that kept consistent way (for now, twice I saw this) but coherent in meaning; there's syntax errors in sentences that can be jarring for me; lastly, the gender nouns and pronouns keeps jumping around. These things will stick out like a sore thumb because, aside from these, the overall translation quality is fine that whatever dogsh*t crap is out there. There's even annotations for certain terms people might not be familiar with that not all translators do, which is another plus in my book. Which could be cleaned up with ease. It'll also be good to cleanly segment certain parts in chapters by a divider or even a symbol for less confusion. But, that's just me.

Overall, don't let these things detract you from giving this story a try. That's why I'm reviewing this novel highly, despite the flaws in translation. <<less
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