I Became the Academy’s Disabled Student

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I created a game character.
Instead of taking several perks, I added restrictions.

▶Restriction (I): “Curse of Sensory Seal”
─Permanently seals a chosen sense.
─Choice: Sight, Taste, Smell

▶Restriction (II): “Curse of Short Life”
─You are born with a body doomed to a short life.

▶Restriction (III): “Curse of Silence”
─Speaking causes you pain.

When the next day came, I couldn’t see anything.

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I Became a Special Cadet in the Academy
아카데미 특별전형 생도가 되었다
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17 Reviews


aborednerd
aborednerd
Feb 02, 2024
Status: c15
I personally am really enjoying this novel and looking forward to more. The MC starts fairly weak, though we are only two-ish weeks into the story and there isn't a good grasp on how he compares to others. The author does kind of cheap out on the blindness with the spatial perception, but I am okay with that for the overall story.

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MC initially has to restrain his spatial perception ability and lacks the ability to see anything but the outline of objects with his spatial perception as more info is too overwhelming. This was interesting, however, he has already regained the ability to see color and his perception range is 100 meters (including through walls). Personally, I think if the MC had regained the ability to see color towards the middle or end of the first novel (chapter 50ish) it would have been better and more impactful that the MC was initially "blind."

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Novel Casanova
Novel Casano
Jun 06, 2024
Status: c40
Dropped at chapter 40. I have a detailed review elsewhere but this was not an enjoyable novel to read.

My main problem is that this is extremely repetitive. The MC's backstory is brought up constantly, first out of the blue and then secondly its just repeated for the sake of padding in words.

A particular chapter ends with the MC fainting from getting close to another character from the perspective of the other character, the reader already can piece together why the MC faints because the MC's backstory is known at this... more>> point, then the next entire chapter is from the MC's perspective where he repeats the backstory for the 5th time in the past 10 chapters and the reader basically gets to know that the guess was correct, leading up to the MC fainting. And then the next chapter is from another 3rd character's perspective about what she was doing talking with her friends before she gets the news that the MC fainted.

This insane degree of repetition just makes the novel unreadable. Plus the world itself isnt particularly well designed. We don't know the overarching story plot if there is any. The magic system might as well be nonexistent. The MC has a sensing ability that's much stronger than his peers except we don't even know what ability his peers have.

This is not a fantasy game novel its a novel that happens to be set in a fantasy game world but is primarily about the MC's backstory and trauma that has already happened before the story even began. <<less
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FireIsGrey
FireIsGrey
Feb 25, 2024
Status: c24
FINALLY, A KNOVEL THAT STICKS TRUE TO ITS TITLE. If you like an interesting MC with an important past, a harem with unique character dynamics and a set of unique abilities to grow a unique action story, this is THE story for you.

Title and blurb says it all, my guy chose a bunch of restrictions to unlock useful OP traits. But thankfully, these traits don't automatically make him into an OP protagonist, but closer to someone filled with talent and able to grow. This places him in a unique position... more>> of both sympathy and hatred who can be hated for his talents/luck or pitied for his suffering, allowing for tension between people he meets but a level of sympathetic attraction as well - which works well for a decent harem story.

Combined with the fact that in his OG life, our MC was an orphan, shares the same scar in his new world, this novel drops a lot of mysteries which I hope get resolved well. This is a fleshling novel with only 24 ch after all.

Regardless, if you hate harem, don't pick this up. Same if you love OP protagonists who masquerade as weaklings, this seems closer to be an action story of someone working their way up to become the strongest ppl in the world, with a spicy bit of romance and harem to juice it up for my fellow cultured individuals. <<less
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elittesgamer
elittesgamer
Jun 08, 2024
Status: c68
This story is really good, but I recommend reading further to get an idea of the story as the author likes to mess with our "all-knowing" perspective as readers. This is evident from the way his past is presented, or what we THINK his past is. This is evident when at first he appears as a cowardly young man until he passes out, then we are given the past that he remembers that led to the trauma and its consequences that don't make much sense at the time and only... more>> later does everything fall into place. Explanation below:

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he has a curse that impedes his senses, so how did he get his feelings out of control for a scent he can't smell? We only find out later that we don't know about his past just like the MC, he knows about himself BEFORE the transmigration (which has parts that are linked to his FUTURE, for example: his parents were burned to death by a mysterious fire that no one knows how it started and was difficult to put out, just like the Gop-hwa fire, but this was before the transmigration) but what about the past of the body he inhabits now? Nothing is clear at the moment. All the fainting he had was because of an ability called Gop-hwa that intensifies his emotions, which we only later discovered from the MC who was the influence that led him to all of this. So whenever we think "that's it" it turns out to be wrong in the future, and we discover everything as the MC learns on his own. Which brings us to: how did he achieve this? We only know that he has a burn on his arm that both before and now after the transmigration have, but the one now is a mark that remains from someone who has already been burned by Gop-hwa and the one before the transmigration? Somehow everything is connected and comes together little by little and even as readers we don't know anything that the MC doesn't know, ok maybe the system, but this has become too big to explain more unknowns.

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Beso
Beso
Apr 28, 2024
Status: c48
A good novel about a guy with story

He enters the game world and gains three special abilities: spatial perception, mana affinity, jack of all trades, but as price he loses sight, smell and even tasting not only that he becomes mute (if he tries talking or producing sound he suffers horrible pain almost died once because of it) with short life span pretty big price for great abilities.

But the catch is he isn't a game character who automatically learns how to use his abilities but has to learn how... more>> to use this abilities properly in a very short time span, why?

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because he is unprecedented special admission student who enrolls into the academy by the legendary famous principal with no test or qualifications, moreover he is just a newly awakened with no training whatsoever and his classmates awakened and trained since young

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About his abilities they are all powerful growth type instead of direct attack or support except spatial perception which he relys on heavily from the start as for the details :

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spatial perception allows him to know of everything that within his range which nearly kills him at the start until he properly learn how to use it and filter excessive and unnecessary information

Mana affinity like it's name literally gives high Proficiency in sensing, controlling and manipulating mana around him (no demerits noticed up till now)

Jack of all trades just like it's name gives him the ability to excel in everything until he becomes one of the better Average but doesn't make him specialized in any weapons or anything to be honest

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Morningstar27
Morningstar2
Sep 13, 2024
Status: c75
MC is too pure & pathetic. Its not even a harem because heroines just pity him or find him "cute" because he is a SHOTA with a cute & pitiable apperance.

Also story is too repetitive by 3rd pov then heroine pov lastly MC pov of the same plot
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sigiltenebrae
sigiltenebra
Jul 15, 2024
Status: c62
I really wanted to like this one... the premise is intriguing and I'm a big fan of growth arcs... but this was just too much.

The story is repetitive, to the point where it will spend multiple paragraphs of a chapter literally walking you through a recap of the previous chapter. Following that, a chapter later, it will remind you of the previous 2 chapters. It gets to the point that during the non-action scenes, I skip entire sections just to get to a part where something new is happening. It's... more>> giving me Naruto PTSD.

As far as the restrictions go, I liked the premise of "seeing" via an ability to compensate for a lack of senses... but the MC is just TOO pitiable. It feels like the author made him mute just so that everyone would continue to remember his disability given that his spacial perception even allows him to read. This coupled with the fact that he doesn't wear sunglasses or cover his eyes, he just walks around with his eyes closed noticing the strange stares everyone is giving him... I just can't empathize with someone actively fishing for pity. It's one thing for a character to be broken but push through, but it just feels like no matter how strong he gets he just gives off the feeling that he'll crumble at the slightest pressure.

Overall, it checked enough of my boxes that I held out through the slow start, but if he hasn't become tolerable by chapter 60 it's just not worth it for me to hold on any longer. <<less
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H-GO
H-GO
Feb 10, 2024
Status: c18
Hmm, this is a good change of rhythm... instead of OP protagonist that invokes admiration from everyone and grabs the attention of the heroines easily, he is weak, too weak that he invokes sympathy and guilt from the first heroine and I guess that this theme will persist with at least half of them.

For now, his professor is on her path to mistreating him (nothing nasty) but his conditions make even the least amount of mistreatment equal to severe ab*se...

I guess she will trap herself soon enough in a massive... more>> guilt trap. (I am not sure if she is a heroine yet) <<less
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KodokuCrow
KodokuCrow
Oct 24, 2024
Status: c85
This story is frustrating in a lot of ways, trauma and disabilities can be used to enhance a story and make it more interesting and add depth to character interactions. However it also can be overdone in a way similar to trauma dumping so the author needs to be aware of how many problems they put in and where because people can tell when your playing with their feelings haphazardly. Problems and issues should generally be hinted at previously and create solid connections to enhance immersion abusing peoples involuntary pattern... more>> recognition behavior.

The author at the end of the day is weaving an illusionary world where they get to choose what happens. Preaching about how bad alcohol and cigarettes are and having your character inexplicably vomiting at them in an impossible scenario gets the message across bluntly. There is so much infantilization of the main character being held to peoples breasts, taking away autonomy, being in a place called a cradle, that it would shock me if this wasn't written for a guy with mommy issues to have an outlet for his fetish.

Like him not being honest with the girl about his taste problems, the only rational reason I can think of is if author wants him to get close with her and pay attention to him. Getting hit two times in a row by her screams desperate for attention. With that intent deciphered, and what seems like the authors dishonest habits of trying to make someone look good. It comes off as a creepy guy giving himself disabilities to obscure intentions and using them as a tool to garner sympathy or wish fulfillment to read when your bored. <<less
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ghostdj0
ghostdj0
Jul 16, 2024
Status: c81
Impressive. It's a unique take in the genre with a unique main character.

The only downside is the repetitive info. Each chapter has unnecessary information and repeated things that were already told to us before, it's used by author to set the mood for the chapter or to convey emotion or whatnot, the problem is that it spans paragraphs and goes on and on and gets boring.

However, the characters and the progression more than make up for the downside.

MC is blind, can't taste, can't smell, has a short life, all these... more>> are curses. However, he also has problems mentally, he's been ab*sed and neglected. He's affection deprived and has a soft demeanor and is pure. He's striving to survive in a hopeless situation.

I love the MC and his interactions with others, he's not evil, but he's also not nauseating like those heroes that radiate positivity and want to save the world just cuz. He's a scarred and broken kid that felt betrayed by the world but he's just too pure, he tries to prove his ab*sers wrong by his actions unconsciously.

The whole concept of others caring for him because he's cute is a nice change of dynamic.

It's like everyone is spoiling a cute kitty and the said kitty is strong enough to beat their ass, but it's cute so it's okay.

A very well done character growth. You'll notice significant growth in chapter 80 and 81. Characters are fleshed out, or are on the path towards that front, since it's still early chapters, but I like all the characters.

It's not 'Harem" like in a "let's collect em all" type of stories. MC is not even thinking on that front, he's just too pure. It's more like the girls have affection for him because he's cute or disabled, so it's not love, it could change later, but for now everything is just wholesome.

The events and world building are unique, you won't get bored, it's not taking the conventional path like other stories with the same concept (academy + gates + reincarnated).

If only the repetitive information is toned down a bit, then I would've rated it 5 out of 5. <<less
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Leftail
Leftail
Feb 08, 2025
Status: c174
This thing devolved into the author fetish and not in a good way

Grade: A big Shame on the author / 10

Reason

The story on itself started nice, it was a refreshing take on the MC who actually is quite underpowered and really needed help, a lot of attention was put on the psychological part of the story, with the trouble past of the MC, and being honest, the main plot was interesting, nothing new, nor revolutionazing, but after the chapter 145 the author made this story a very smut about his... more>> infantilization fetish, no joke, it started like a gimic with the MC being "small" and "adorable" but when the FMC started kissing the Baby MC (Because yeah, he actually regresed by accident into a baby) and where no short description about the lust some girls FELT TOWARD A BABY, LIKE CMON, THIS THING DEVOLVED INTO A REALLY BAD AND HIGLY INMORAL THING.

I must say im deeply dissapointed on how the author handle this story and manage to destroy something that had a interesting premise to make it his self contain erotica about his fetish, literally after a point, all chapters are about the infantilized MC and how the girls love him <<less
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Genre Exauster
Genre Exaust
Nov 18, 2024
Status: c160
My chapter number isn't 100% accurate, but whatever. Outside of problems listed in other comments, all recent chapters have just felt like the authors fetish. Not even like a poorly disguised fetish, but flag waving, music blaring, and tattooed on the author's face style of writing in those parts.

I've tolerated it till now, but honestly it's so uncomfortable for me that I'll probably give this series a year or two to continue reading, if I ever decide to continue reading.

For context the fetish is basically (very minor spoilers) :

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the protagonist is quite literally babied all the time by being treated like they are a literal child. It sort of felt endearing at the start, but just kept on ramping up over time in increasing uncomfortable ways

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Some of the fights go hard as f*ck though, so keep that in mind. <<less
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dafeg
dafeg
Feb 19, 2025
Status: c37
Well, this novel is in a low fantasy genre, academy but with a kind of unusual premise with a restricted by curses MC. At first sight, the start of the story seemed decent, there were a lot of descriptions of world-building, well-written MC's contemplations, there is no system, and the abilities awakening description was nice. I also like abilities synergy and the case that MC is not overpowered from the start, but has a lot of potential to grow.

So, why am I put two stars? The answer is simple -... more>> The author pays TOO much attention to MC's psychological traumas, at least once in 5-1o chapters, on top of that his nice and supportive surroundings feel extremely forced, and unnatural I would say. The other characters do not seem to feel anything or think about anything except pitying and supporting the MC, which makes the story hollow. In a nutshell, I don't hate the premise when MC has some trauma and overcomes it through plot progression, if it's done well you can empathize and even receive the satisfaction of feeling the character development, but that's not the case based on chapters I've read.

So in conclusion, the World is built for MC, everyone exists in that World to pity and support the MC, and only the MC and his tragic past matter, there is no plot, and no other interesting 2nd-side characters. <<less
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Paangu
Paangu
Dec 06, 2024
Status: c101
This kind of sh*t is my fetish, but the issue this novel runs into is it feels empty. He's in supposedly a massive academy, with hundreds if not thousands of students. So it stands to reason there must be a lot of staff right? This many students surely require a lot of administration and staff for numerous tasks? Or perhaps medical staff to attend to or take care of students in the infirmary? No, there's only teachers and seemingly no one else. This world feels empty because there's no one... more>> else at the academy except a few named teachers, a few names students and no one else. There's no background characters at any of the facilities, or in any of the activity halls or on the campus at all. It's only at the gate in the first chapter that there's staff handling registration. The world is empty and it feels like no one except the core cast exists.

Another issue is one I've learned to ignore after I've seen it countless times, and that's the maturity of a grown character transforming into a child yet lacking any of their adult skills. Supposedly the MC was an introvert extremely ab*sed and malnourished kid, who had hardships and misfortune galore. His social skills were non-existent and his development is stunted. Yet he supposedly became a functional adult in his life, and it all kind of reverts when he enters the game world.

Finally I'd nitpick one small part of the story, it references his other runs in the game, but for some reason it references his 1st, 2nd, 8th, and last runs and none of the others. It references these runs all the time over and over with little explanation of any others. These were his most special runs but honestly I'd prefer that his other runs got focus since the world building in this would be more interesting.

Why didn't I mention the good parts? The only good parts are if you're into smaller male/stronger female romance. If you like that kind of content, and you know who you are, this has that, but it's not without issues. There's no other positive I'd recommend to anyone else. The written works with this kink are few, so I understand fellow enjoyers probably read what they can, but I'd let you know it's kind of a shallow work. <<less
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puukkiss
puukkiss
Oct 14, 2024
Status: c67
~c67, dropped. Too boring.

The beginning was okay, but it gradually became too sameish. The POV changes feel unnecessary, mainly highlighting the female character’s feelings and thoughts about the MC, adding nothing to the story or plot.

The "Disabled Student" label only applies for a short time; he has no trouble chatting with people through text or getting around, thanks to his magical sense. While those around him see him as disabled, he himself doesn’t seem to struggle at all.

The story also suffers from the MC’s need for a harem, which forces... more>> female characters to interact with him for no real reason. Even the background characters notice that it’s out of character for them to be so attentive to some random short dude.

I usually enjoy the "misunderstanding" trope, but here it left a bit of an annoying taste in my mouth. Meh. <<less
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AsianInvasion
AsianInvasio
Apr 25, 2025
Status: c142
I do love the storyline itself, but I find the MC to be very frustrating at times.

The MC is set up to be some sort of tragic orphan character, but the Author loves abusing this reason to make the MC look pitiable and weak to others, attracting maternal attention from all the female characters around him. MC himself has a weird obsession of being patted, touched, and hugged by the female counterpart, and he especially loves pressing his face up against the large chests of his teachers and friends. The... more>> frequency of this goes up more and more as the story goes on, and it gets tiring to read through.

He has a repulsion towards alcohol and cigarettes, somehow sensing it when his sense of smell doesn't even work, and somehow he is so weak to alcohol, he gets drunk just by being in its presence? The logic just doesn't make sense. The author just conveniently uses the deficiencies of the MC to give him an excuse to be clumsy or trigger some sort of trauma he has, and uses it to get closer to a female character.

The storyline itself is nothing new, academy to grow stronger with dungeon elements and fast growing MC. Typical power fantasy, but the MC interactions, especially the skin ship scenes with girls are very weak and I quickly got tired of how it was done. I continue to read in hopes of seeing more story development, but the obsession some females have for the MC, and his weird obsession with motorboating kinda ruins the vibes for me. <<less
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TIKONIKO
TIKONIKO
Mar 05, 2025
Status: c290
I'm healed, thank you author, editor, translator, and everyone who contributed in making this novel possible. Your efforts are greatly commendable, I'm greatly honored to read this project/ novel. I appreciate the efforts you've put in, the story is 10/10. Thank you for giving us the chance to read this story and I will never regret reading this. I will remember this novel until I die, love you all thx again and God bless.
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