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“I wasn’t born a lucky person, I’m just too strong.”

On his way home late in the evening, Xiao Li found a letter asking for help and inexplicably came to an unknown place. He had to finish the task given before he could succeed in returning to reality. In the legendary haunted school, Xiao Li looked at his companions’ task of ‘survive until dawn’ and then looked at the tasks displayed in his book:

Tell me your name.

Tell me what you like.

Kiss me.

Xiao Li: ????

He was very confused and then refused.

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IWBL
我不是天生欧皇
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aresk
aresk rated it
July 19, 2024
Status: Completed
I usually don't write reviews but I'm quite disappointed how this turn out despite having over 200 chapters. 1 star for the story and another for the translator for going through with it. I did read the reviews before going in and tried not to give it a prejudgement.

There's a few if not lots of problems with this story. I'll list them from most prominent to least.

  • MC characterisation: being the character that you spend the most time with in the entire story. He... is very... stable... not in a good way. Despite having a relatively okay childhood, he acts like he has childhood trauma. From emotion constipation to strange brain circuits. How he is in the first arc will be how he is in the final arc. There's no character development nor do we learn anything new. He will do things "out of the box", the box being whatever random thing the author think of and bend all world logic to accommodate him. The infamous protagonist halo you read about in other novel is right here. There's no consequences to his action, he doesn't get injured in any instances, there's absolutely so sense of danger, horror, suspense or tension.
  • ML: being probably the only other thing that can engage interest in the readers aside from MC, he is very poorly done. Obviously he's the yellow book, him as the yellow book was more interesting than him as a human. Tagged as 'slow romance' I would say it's more like minimal romance. 200 chapters in there is a 15/100 progress to their relationship. There's no "surviving" the instance together if that's what you look forward to and other from the rare pining moments. ML is just there, as a book he can tease MC (although is like trying to flirt with a wall) as a human in the same instance you can forget that he's there because he doesn't do anything. He just follows MC and thirst. His characterisation is also bland, there's no personality point for you to like him except he really really likes MC for some reason. If you like two walls interacting and somehow falling in love, it's these two.
  • Overarching plot: non-existent. After like 20 instance or smth you get a little bit towards the end around 220 chapters in? But honestly it wasn't anything interesting nor did it feel like high stake cuz the MC is nonchalant about everything, and we never get any explanation about why he's special, it's just his protag halo. MC enters instances non-stop so there's no time to develop his relationship with ML outside, and inside instance he just acts whatever and ML just follows behind doing absolutely nothing so. By the final arc, you honestly don't care anymore. I had absolutely no interest in how the story would end because there was nothing I anticipated for, even if it's the truth of the instance and how epic the author tries to describe it to be.
  • Story tone: The beginning started very strong and good, it was engaging and had horror elements, the ghost that MC picked up had very strong characterisation and how they were introduced was good. But around the middle, the author started to focus more on how OP the MC was rather than the story of each instance. Eventually you will read more of the forum's comments on how OP each of MC different identity is than characterisation and in turn everything will turn into a joke. There will never be a point where you feel worried for the cast because every paragraph will include some flat joke about the weird things MC does and with each passing instance, the ghosts' story and twist becomes tiring and flat, you would become impatient for some progress on the instance rather than them talking about OP MC.
  • Supporting cast: absolutely bland. No one memorable except for that one random bestie who's a dead weight and doesn't developed despite how many instance he's been in. No one in this story develops, they only grow used to MC does weird thing and talk about MC does weird thing. The worst thing is that, theres a lot of side characters, a set for each instance and a few "pros" repeating here and there. But they were so unimpressive that it don't make a difference if you met them before. And for "pros" you don't feel a difference between them and a random newbie.
I honestly think the high rating and premise is misleading. It's not a daily slice, it's not a feel-good, it's not horror, not... more>> slow-burn (it's minimal room temperature). It kinda feels like one of those chinese shounen or solo leveling copies that spans on for thousands of chapters of never-ending power level, includes all the classic tropes but doesn't understand what makes that trope attractive and why ppl like it in the first place. It's an unlimited flow, it has all the tropes but all these tropes have no attraction or purpose. <<less
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Vanlatte
Vanlatte rated it
October 3, 2021
Status: Completed
For someone who loves horror for the sake of horror, I think this is not your troupe.

I have read many horror survival games novels and this one is not bad. Not bad because it's not really horror-ish, which I don't mind. Plus, I really enjoyed this novel, so five stars it is.

For the story itself, the only arc which made me feel the horror vibe is the first arc. The rest is actually scary if you think deeply, but somehow I don't feel scared (?). I think it's because MC... more>> and ML's interactions xD.

Despite the description, each arc are interesting and NOT ONLY focus on MC and ML. There are missions to accomplish and mystery to crack. It's not Sherlock Home level 'tho. Mediocre, but still passable. Honestly, there're some unlimited flow novels out there which arcs only for the sake of MC and ML and that's really annoying. The plots of each arc is tailored for them, not for the mission. After reading those, this one can be considered a good read (before, maybe this one was only so-so).

Anyway, I don't say this novel is great or a gem or etc. If unlimited flow is your troupe, then you can give this one a read. If you are scared but you can pass the first arc, then the rest is not scarrier than that (it's subjective, 'tho). <<less
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plainbreadstick
plainbreadstick rated it
August 9, 2021
Status: Completed
4/5 (4 not 5, this story is not hot enough for a 5, misclick) A little dragged out tbh, should've ended around 200 chapters max. Still, it's enjoyable but the slow burn was really slow.

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Slow to the point where it was around ch240 when they finally got together. The romance was kind of ambiguous one-sidedly from the ML but the specks of love building from our MC is there.

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The MC is fearless and his mind is crazily overpowered. Some of the instances I couldn't understand and honestly don't know how the f*ck you would complete them without him. He's not emotionless or a robot as some would say as he still has them. He just doesn't show them as often as most of the novel is literally figuring out shit. He's kind towards the ghosts, a bit of a ditsy, cute, smart and fearless. I enjoy him as a character a lot actually. The ML is pe*verted but never really acts up on it so it's all verbal. I really don't understand how he fell in love with our MC but I guess that's what happens when you're—
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deprived of any social interaction/kindness. Latching onto anything that gives you warmth.

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On the bright side, he probably eventually fell in love with the MC beyond the shallow level.

What carries this story is the relationship the MC has with his ghost family. I love that he falls them family and considers them as such, it's sweet. They help him and although some think he's an ass (and sometimes he is, although unknowingly) they all love him and he loves them too. I especially like the girl, she's my favourite and I love how she loves flowers and adores him. Really gives off that sibling comfort vibes. The ghosts adds the relief to the story which helps it not make it all about figuring stuff out (which would eventually be boring as shit).

The instances are also very well-done imo. I don't know how the author thinks of the solutions to be honest.

Overall great story. I really wished we got more of the—
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whole godhood thing. It's rare to get your protagonist to become god while making it good. I wished we got to see what happened after everyone he knows does and it's simply him (including his husband). I know he choose to become a good to protect reality but what happens when the world evolves. What happens when all the old reincarnators dies? Do they still know his story and his many names? It's so interesting to go in-depth about this but we don't get it.

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Still, it was a good finale. Enjoyable read, a little long but if you have the time this is an okay story. <<less
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Rollandx
Rollandx rated it
July 16, 2021
Status: Completed
I love so much this story and the translations is nice.

I like how Xiao Li's desire to become a god, it rarely to find danmei which the MC want to be more stronger, usually the MC want the peaceful life and detach his power or something like that in the end.

Oh yeah (i think this is a little spoiler), but I like how the MC mostly doesn't rely to ML to fix his problem, and I think it's just in the end of story (aside from take care his food... more>> in instance worlds) <<less
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yueer
yueer rated it
March 8, 2021
Status: Completed
This book gives a fresh turn from other books of the same genre. Instead of overpowering and vanquishing the ghosts, what if the MC overpowered the ghosts and started collecting the ghosts like P*kem*n? (Gosh, I hope I just used that phrase correctly)

Plot-wise this book started out pretty meh? The MC feels like an expressionless robot, but believe me, he just grows on you, sort of. The quality of the book and my interest picks up starting on the second arc. But still, by no means is this a... more>> masterpiece.

If you are looking for great mystery novel, or just great plotlines in general, look elsewhere. As far as plot lines and great mysteries go, this one's mediocre at best. If you are looking for romance, look elsewhere. There's romance there, sure, but it's just barely there and boy, it's so slow-burn my instant ramen would take 3 years to cook if I used the romance in this novel to cook it. The romance is borderline creepy, and it might not even be everyone's cup of tea. I'm a firm believer of don't like don't read, so tread carefully.

Personally, my only drive to read this is just for the amusement of it. The first half was really hilarious, and honestly I was pretty creeped out reading the first half. It's just another problem of a novel being far too long than necessary. The second half was hard to get through, and at this point I'm honestly only just reading for the sake of completion. By the second half, the horror quality is lessened, mystery quality practically non-existent. But hey, at least the romance starts to really burn there. The problem is, most of the plotlines or the side characters aren't all really that memorable. I tend to forget all about them after the arc is finished. I was binge reading this, so this definitely isn't my memory problem. In terms of character building and world building, this book clearly still needs plenty of work.

I had quite a bit of fun reading this. I would recommend this if you want to do some easy and light reading. The comedy is great and there aren't any heavy plot twists. You can also be assured that whatever happens, it's all gonna be alright because the MC is super OP, if not then ML will come to the rescue. If you want something that challenges your brain though, maybe not. Kudos to the translator for translating all those chapters! <<less
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EUGEO SYNTHESIS
EUGEO SYNTHESIS rated it
January 18, 2021
Status: c1
It's Funny to see people keep triggered and giving low rating because ML have yandere nature/characteristics...

But the truth in this story is ML Yandere things is only happend in his mind, he never actually did it in the real world because he knew that what he was thinking about was wrong.

Even when they are dating, he never do yandere things and when he jealous he not doing something like yandere things too, he only just gave a cold glance like another ordinary ML.

He also never did irrational things to people... more>> he was jealous of or forbade MC from seeing people who were jealous.

Until the end MC still have many friends and ML never have problem with that. He might say he a little jealous, but after one hug he will smile right away. So until the end I don't find yandere things that all people complaining... So don't trust the review about yandere things that you read here...

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Note : ML yandere character is not something that comes out randomly, it all has reasons and backgrounds.

He was a god in charge of guarding the frontier in the abyss of darkness, previously he had no chance to get out of there and could only come out once in tens or even hundreds of years after.

After another gods become more stronger, He Finally can come out more often and only needed to go to the abyss of darkness once in a while

so it is not something irrational if ML has a slightly distorted mind, the most important thing is that he knows it is wrong and can hurt people he love, thats why he endure his vices remain only in his mind, because he knows he really loves MC and does not want to hurt him

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Well I'll miss this family for sure QAQ Thanks for the auhor & translator hardwork <<less
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daphneonnu
daphneonnu rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: Completed
THIS IS A HONEST REVIEW.

BEFORE. I have read the first half of the story and due to the influence of the reviews (I tend to read reviews first before reading the story) I found it bad and boring, that's why you should never read reviews, it's a bad influence when you want to have a good read.

NOW. I happen to stumble upon the story again and decided to read it again and give it a chance. It's been a year since I have read the first half of the book,... more>> and I foegot some of those negative reviews, so why not give it a try? AND GODDAMN IT! IT'S SO GOOD. This novel is like an old-age wine, it only gets better with time. Now I really can't undeestand the bad reviews🤣

And about the story, it a combination of Horror-comedy and with a very slow paced romance.

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From what I remember, it's within chapter 190+ where their relationship really bloomed

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And to all people who keep on saying how annoying the ML is, get out! It's just his way of expressing his affection since he can't really be together with MC (together means being beside MC, can't touch MC, and can't kiss MC), so it comes out somewhat excessive because that's the only thing he could do. To speak/convey. And to all people who said he's aggressive and a yandere, well it's not like he acted on it, duh! So piss off, negative reviews! <<less
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kyoyasnerdgf
kyoyasnerdgf
December 14, 2020
Status: --
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i love the ghost. Specially the mic ghost (fan gize?? I think) he is the most sane one ever oh and although the ghosts dislikes xiao li because he ab*ses (?) them they still helped him lol (like a typical tsundere)

I also love the god of lies (and kinda ship lies and death... im weird yikes)

Im glad xiao li doesnt hate shen chenzi's possessiveness and want a "crazy love" where the lover will only look at xiao li only.

i love when they played at the abyss hohoho I can imagine it OOPS

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ooreeee
ooreeee rated it
December 10, 2020
Status: c138
Y'know at first I was super hyped up in reading this story because I happen to love love these types of mystery slash survival genre. But the interest fizzled up around the 130 or so chapters because it doesn't give us any substantial interactions and developments.

Other reviewers have talked about the characters' problems, so I will highlight the stories' structure itself. Novels of this genre usually have a formula of instance-rest-instance-rest and even though most development happens during the instances, moments of respite are still very much fleshed up. Giving... more>> us readers some breathing rooms and cementing the idea that yes, these characters did their best and these times are what they deserved. This also gives us a blank canvas of anticipation of what's to come next.

Yet, IWBL totally ditched that building block and goes through this instance-instance-instance, the time MC spent in real life are most times nary but one chapter. This also cuts back a lot on our chances to know him better. Yes he is cold and indifferent, but there's no further description of it except for apparent child neglect?? And it even felt paper thin as a reason because we only see it in one or two chapters before we're brought back to instances.

Over time, hype is thinning down bcs we were not given time to digest what just happened. Every arc felt the same, follows the same rule of MC totally killing it and side characters being in awe. You can literally skip a few arcs and wont miss much. Just... if you still wanna read this then that's totally okay, hope you're having a better time than I did. <<less
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Hualan
Hualan rated it
August 8, 2020
Status: c30
Edit. I tried it 2nd time... nope. I wish we can edit stars rating because I would give this 1.

I started reading because of the horror concept. Going into instances to fight ghosts seem interesting. However I couldn't make it through even the early chapters.

The MC is.... really bland? He seems like robot with no emotion. Normally you would expect people to freak out a bit when they suddenly get toss into a world with ghosts that can kill you. The MC gave no reactions at and, no internal... more>> monologue for you to understand what he's thinking. There are plenty of calm or logical protags, which are fine, but MC just felt "empty." He barely has internal dialogue for you to understand what he is thinking

You don't even get the logical steps to how he arrive at the answer. He just wander around trying to find clues like a robot and it speed forward to the right answer. Oh, or if he need help the ML will conveniently show up like ghost and bail him out.

MC just accept the situation without any question about wtf are they fighting ghosts. I would like to get explainations of what these games are and why they are trying to fight ghosts in the 1st few chapters at least to establish a setting.

The ML from what I've seen is a creep who make unnecessary s*xual comments constantly to MC as the book. There's even hint that he touched MC while he slept right after the 1st instance when MC came home like?? I barely met the ML and I thinks he's annoying already.

There's potential for setting but author didn't put enough effort setting it up. Maybe I'll give it a try later but I'm going to leave it DNF for now <<less
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MizukiC
MizukiC rated it
August 5, 2020
Status: c164
I really love this novel! MC is smart and strong. People seem to think that ML solves everything for him when in fact ML doesn't normally do anything. He stays as the book and occasionally comes into the instance as another participant in order to see MC. ML does not actually do anything, MC uses his brain and his ghosts to solve instances. MC was able to get his first ghosts at the beginning by helping them while completing the instance. They have since then used their strength to help... more>> him deal with other ghosts. He also occasionally tames other ghosts himself. Tan li is his strongest ghost currently and his number one ghost helper. Yes I'm aware that Xiao li can be categorized as op, but it's not illogical. A large part of it is his ghosts helping him capture troublesome ghosts and him using his wits. I will agree that ML weirds me out but he hasn't really made any progress so far or done anything too weird. And Xiao li is far from liking him at this point. The interactions in this book are really fun! I would recommend it but feel free to read other reviews :) I am currently up to date on the released chapters. <<less
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Glenn27
Glenn27 rated it
July 3, 2020
Status: c182
I'm currently rereading this beforehand I stop at c146 which was the latest chapter at that time.

To start with I would love to give a rating of 5 star because I absolutely adore the story. But maybe its the ageing but I found the book problematic than I used to.

Reading Experience:

Noticing that the translation is completed, I decided to read it in the month of November. I recalled how much I enjoy it previously and some scene I loved. So my expectation was crazy high. So when I first read... more>> it I was confused since it wasn't the scene I imagine it to be (MC ' dressed as a girl' in the toilet looking at the mirror') After several chapters I thought I had the wrong book. That all this time I was delusional. So I lose my previous excitement and simply read it for the sake of it. Until Blood Mary and I immediately knew I was right.

After the rollercoaster ride of emotion that exist for about 50 chapters I finally manage to enjoy myself for a while. Until he appear... its been 2-3 weels since I started reading this so you can tell how much I'm forcing myself to read it.

Story line:

Being one of the book that make me realise I love Horror- comedy genre. The storyline isn't any unique compared to other horror instances plot. Its just the character that makes it soo good and a certain character that destroy everything. The pacing is great for some arc but overall the only person who solves it is the MC. They set it so that the difficulty is high that I personally can't see how other people even survive before they meet MC. Since the genre is Shounen Ai and not Romance or Yaoi. I had some expectation that MC would be as*xual or at the very least the end note would be him being single or ' I love you too'. So far it isnt.

Characters:

MC: Is a lonely introvert boy who just want someone to love him unconditionally. He is a 'kind' human who once he is curious about something he would do anything so solve it. I love how he collects ghost like people collect pokemon. He is very Op that makes no sense. Why is he so smart? Why does he seem so dumb when he is confuse when people say he bullying the ghost. The title said he wasn't born lucky but how is he not lucky? I haven't complete it but so far I can see him only liking ML because ML is obsessed with him. Like he always wants someone too. I can't see how the romance would develop another way.

ML: A pe*verted useless, stalkerish awful of a ML. And I like stalker yandere fictional character. But personally I would go to this world regardless if ML is a god and kill him. Everytime he appear in the story even more as a human it ruins the book. He doesn't do anything and when he does it makes me want to drop the novel. The fact he's the ML makes MC dropped down a star too.

Ghost: The characters that makes this novel awesome and hilarious. Especially the 'authors note'. It is quiet sad when ghost that followed MC doesn't appear as much or even forgotten like the ghost that enter his phone. Pen ghost. 'Am I beautiful?' ghost and all sort.

Summary:

Good: The comedy, ghost.

Bad: ML, the Yellow Book. Romance plot.

Review might change for the better or worse if I manage to continue reading it... <<less
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Brumalis
Brumalis rated it
April 15, 2020
Status: c130
This story is really good. At the beginning I found it a bit boring but this is one of those rare stories that only get better with time.

If you like good horror, fantastic translation and cute romance, this is perfect for you.
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orenjisun
orenjisun rated it
September 10, 2019
Status: c161
Thank you to Rainbow Turtle for translating this interesting novel. Love the characters and the plot.
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Jkxjd
Jkxjd rated it
January 1, 2025
Status: c249
Let me tell you how much f*cking potential this novel had but somehow f*ck it up so bad to the point that it makes my biology test score look good... (I’m not exaggerating..)

first off the plot was very interesting and the horror elements was there ig but its existence was definitely wiped off by our nonchalant MC.

MC characters is very simple : acts recklessly, smart, unintentionally funny

ML characters is so plain that compared to a bowl of plain white rice, the bowl of rice seems to have so much... more>> flavor...

Our side characters are definitely much more lovable compare the ML.

okay I’ll stop slandering the ML and give you a summary, so our ML shows itself as a pe*verted mind yellow task book to our MC. At first it seemed sort of cute and funny maybe? But it really gets old to me, especially when are ML starts tagging along with our MC. It really feels as if out ML was just their to be a doraemon for our MC.

Like this ML literally only pops up or make himself known to do some sh*t like hand a bottle of water to our MC???

Do I think the ML was the main cause to me not wishing to continue this story? Yes f*cking Yes.

This is only the romance part that I’m complaining about imagine just how much I have to say for the plot?

But if I wanted to waste some time to read a funny ghost (romance??) novel I’ll read this novel until chapter 50 at most <<less
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Mell0dy
Mell0dy rated it
October 12, 2024
Status: c70
Is a Horror novel but all the characters seem to not give a f*ck that they could die any time. I mean yeah they are scared of ghosts but that all. I don't know how to explain it but is just the vibe that gives. Not to mention that the author at the beginning of an instance says how many people are in it, but right from the beginning they die and there is no mention of their death, suddenly there are only 4 people left in instance. Those filling... more>> characters have 0 plot. Also the side characters exist only to to wonder at the things MC does and to idolize him, there is not even one interesting side character and they are all about the same. Someone said that the sides are not typical chinese characters because they don't envy or are jealous of MC and wish him harm, but in my opinion the characters that are just making the MC shine and commenting on how awesome the MC is are typical tho.

About ML we only know his thoughts and his fantasies for MC. We don't have moments where the two get to know each other more well. I kinda liked the MC personality but he sometimes is dumb and sometimes is smart, LIKE BRO, CHOOSE ONE.

I don't like that MC can do whatever he wants and it will be ok, no one can hurt him, he is invincible. I like strong characters but this one is not it because IT IS A HORROR NOVEL and it takes the charm away if he has 0 restrictions or consequences in actions. The instances are not bad at story but also not something extraordinarily good.

I will not give it a bad rating because it is comedy, and it fulfills its comedic role through MC's actions and the way he treats the ghosts as if they were no big deal. I personally prefer serious plots. I also can't give it a bad rating because I don't get bored when I read it. I don't think it deserves either a bad rating or a good rating, so I won't give one (nevermind, I voted by mistake when I came back to the novel). I will eventualy read it all tho because I don't like to drop novels if I can to not (if I can to not means if it doesn't bore me to death I will finish it). <<less
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erialolita
erialolita rated it
December 4, 2022
Status: Completed
More like 3-3.5 stars, but it's the first unlimited flow novel that's held my interest enough that I finished it.

My main issue is the ML. I think if the author wrote a better ML it would have made the book more interesting and made the MC's character better.

ML is a pe*verted yandere and his "history" with the MC is weak. ... more>>
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seriously he loves him so much because when MC was a kid trying to get away from another kid use ML and the bought him a popcicle as compensation.... this lead to ML following hom for years and fell in love.

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ML in the begining made me almost drop this more than once, his character is too much right out of the gate. The ML in the last half of the book becomes tolerable but his presence weakens. Also still not exactly sure what ML is the god of, his backstory was kind of confusing.

MC is the cold Shou type, which is fine, if he was paired with a different ML. I didn't particularly like the MC, didn't hate him either, just kind of meh. Also not sure why the MC's father and family were even in the beginning as much as they were, they are completely unimportant.

You also have to kind of turn your brain off. The author obviously wanted a clever detective like Sherlock, but many times the "reasoning" was just pulled out of thin air with no details or concrete clues to back it up. Just don't think too much and you will be fine.

I loved the ghosts that became friends/forced friends with the MC. Some were given more development than others, but all the interactions amused me. The author is also more respectful to other countries than most Chinese authors, I was pleasantly surprised. The author was even nice about the Japanese and Korean teammates, in my opinion that is worth a star on it's own.

The ending was interesting, but could have had some foreshadowing sprinkled through the book, it all just felt like the last instance.

The translation was good, but many typos, especially in the middle chapters. A good editor could fix this. Also 1 of the main side characters name gets a different translation halfway through, but they didn't go back to correct the earlier chapters, which I found odd. Regardless, thank you for the translation!

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lastly, why wasn't the white cat mentioned at all in the end of bonus chapters?! He is okay right? The black cat too?

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simpfujoshi7
simpfujoshi7 rated it
August 20, 2022
Status: c271
I saw a lot of people leaving reviews saying that this story is not their cup of tea or that the story is bland, such things. I understand as different people have different preferences.

Personally, Xiao Li (MC) reminds me of Ayanokoji from Classroom of the Elite and I do enjoy reading/watching these kinds of protagonists.

To be honest, Xiao Li is one of my favorite danmei protagonists to the many danmei stories I've ever read. When reading novels, I'm not very adamant about logics or whatnot so I guess I enjoyed... more>> reading Xiao Li being illogically overpowered.

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I don't know if you can consider this as a spoiler. I think that the key point (?) of this novel, the MC's characteristics, the reason why ML could only appear intermittently, and MC's personal feelings-- was shown towards the last few arcs (?) of the novel.

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I agree that ML is such a pe*verted stalker, yes, and it's really creepy when he takes advantage of Xiao Li when the latter was asleep. But what matters to me is that towards the end, their relationship is consensual and towards the things that needed mutual consent-- the ML has Xiao Li's consent for it.

After all, what I'm thinking is that-- that is their life, they are the ones experiencing what they are experiencing, if they consented to it, then I won't care much. I'm just a reader of their story. <<less
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Jyuuuuuyu
Jyuuuuuyu rated it
August 4, 2022
Status: c22
I dropped it because I didn't like it. ML is creepy and pe*verted and MC is cold and too OP. He doesn't have anything against him and he figures everything out while all the side characters are so s*upid and clueless.

The instances are fast paced and go by really quick, not really any plot to enjoy. It was bland and kinda boring.

I really kept myself going because of all these high reviews but stopped once ML was visiting MCs dreams. Didn't like it. ML seemed like he had obsession and... more>> stalking vibes - the ones that do things without consent and just like a yandere. I'd give this a 1 but I liked the doll so I'm giving it a 2. <<less
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KichiX
KichiX rated it
January 7, 2022
Status: c244
I enjoyed this while reading (albeit with some criticisms) but now that some time has passed, I find I'm agreeing more and more with the criticisms other reviewers have levelled. Briefly:

    1. The more I read MCs with this kind of apathetic-to-life, treating-the-instances-like-games personality, the more picky I become. I think it takes really good writing to make it seem at all realistic: other novels I've enjoyed have given reasons why the MCs can behave like they do (e.g.: in I Heard that I'm Super Fierce, the whole thing is a game; in A Crowd of Ghosts Lines Up to Confess to Me the MC has interacted with and been pestered by ghosts since he was young so of course he's not going to be scared of them; and in Congratulations on Your Successful Escape the MC still feels fear). The MC in this novel just comes off as... cheap. His "novel" was of dealing with ghosts rings hollow when there's nothing to back it up.
    2. It's true that there's basically no logic to the instances. If the MC wasn't there to "light the way" for the supporting cast, I'm pretty sure no-one would be able to solve the mysteries because they don't make sense. For example:
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      In the ghost ship one, the MC realises that the ghost ship is actually inside a god's stomach and is slowly being corroded by stomach acid. But at the same time, the inside of the boat is also the intestines? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? The author took the idea and ran with it, including every cool sounding thing they could think of without thinking about whether it made sense.

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    3. The romance. Several things about this irked me. The ML at the beginning was... in what world did he think it was a) acceptable and b) a good idea to tell the one he is trying to woo (i.e. MC) all the pe*verted stuff he wants to do with him? I don't understand why the author thought that was a good idea, and it still irritates me. Secondly, and more importantly, I don't like how the novel portrays the MC as "turning gay" for the ML. I don't like the trope, and it could so easily have been fixed. (Tbh, I feel like the MC probably doesn't care about gender at all, but why did the author feel the need to write that he'd never had a girlfriend?! - couldn't they just have used partner, or romantic relationship?).
Some good things:

  1. I enjoyed the supporting cast, and especially the confusion surrounding "Sherlock" and "Moriarty" - of course you know how it's going to end, but it doesn't stop it from being hilarious. I liked the fact that we had a supporting cast who would reappear, and that it extended to the ghosts too. However bad the logic of the instances are, it's still pretty funny to read about Bloody Mary's gradual descent into depression due to the MCs logic-defying brain. I think this kind of trope it pretty standard to novels that use the MCs personality type, but the humour was at least well done.
All in all, when I was reading it I totally got caught up in the thrill watching the MC do things "his way" but now that I've read more novels in this genre, I think there are better way to do this kind of character.
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