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600 WN Chapters (Completed)
- 331 Regular Chapters
- 269 Extra Chapters
16 LN Volumes (Completed)
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Weekly Rank: #5365
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The world where the Hero and the Demon King continue to oppose each other. The grand magic from the Hero and the Demon King cross over worlds and exploded in the classroom of a certain high school.

The students who died in the explosion will be reincarnated in a different world. The protagonist, who had the lowest reputation in the class, was reincarnated into a spider. Nevertheless, she adapted quickly to the present condition with strong willpower.

This is a story of she who has become a spider trying whatever she can to live.

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I'm a Spider, So What?
So I'm a Spider, So What?
เกิดใหม่เป็นแมงมุมแล้วงัย
蜘蛛ですが、なにか?
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Genochan
Genochan rated it
April 7, 2022
Status: Completed
The ending makes me feel empty, it's good at the start to climax but the ending is just meh like other stories.

Now I'm wondering whether the LN's ending is a bit different or not. Since I was planning to read it.
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MacB
MacB rated it
February 26, 2022
Status: v13 ln
The first seven volumes were pretty good. Action-packed and exciting, it was pretty hard to put down the novel even for a moment. The MC was also likeable, so no issues there. Everything was pretty good. Up until volume 8, that is.

Volume 8 brought about a very big change to the novel's pace, drastically slowing it down. There was still a lot of action scenes, don't get me wrong, but the progress of the story slowed down tremendously compared to the first seven novels. I think it's fine to slow... more>> down the pace a bit, but then from volume 11 up until the most recent one, volume 13, there was almost no progress to the story.

Volume 9 and 10 were still pretty good, although they don't compare to the first seven novels, but volume 11 onwards was a slog to read. Volume 11 was absolutely unnecessary, and I daresay one can even skip it altogether and you won't even miss any significant plot point. I guess you could say there were a few significant plot points, but that leads us to another problem I saw in the later novels.

The author loves repeating themselves. Events or objects that already happened or that were already mentioned is explained again and again every time it's brought up. That's why I think volume 11 is pretty unnecessary, because any significant plot point mentioned in that volume is explained repeatedly in the later novels anyway.

Another reason why I think volume 11 is unnecessary:

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I don't see a single reason why a character that already died in volume 2 deserves a volume dedicated only for him, even for character development. I mean, an entire volume just for a character that already died 9 volumes ago???

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As for volume 12 and 13, it's so full of fillers and repeated explanations I swear the story could be narrated in half the page count. Sometimes, there's so much explanation that goes on a tangent that it detracts from the story. There would be action scenes, but I couldn't immerse myself in it because every time a character makes a move, there would be an accompanying explanation for that move that would explain: a) how it was done, b) why it was done, c) how it applies to situations that is entirely unrelated to the current situation, and a bunch of other stuff. I understand explaining action scenes, but it would have been better if it did not destroy the reader's immersion.

I really liked the first half of the novel, but the successing volumes just wore down my excitement for this novel bit by bit until I was only slogging through the novel. I hope volumes 14 until 16 would be better because I really don't want to drop one of the first webnovels I've read and liked. <<less
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plainbricks
plainbricks
September 26, 2021
Status: --
Not rating as I am waiting for this series to be completed. I read the light novel and parts of the webnovel.

The story only picks up after cave and I like the twist that is revealed regarding a certain character. Even though the MC is OP, there is an acceptable explanation for why she ends up where she starts at and why she gains power so quickly. The author never breaks their in-universe rules. However, the light novel is really quite long winded at times, and the beginning is really... more>> a chore to get through. In a way, the light novel expound far too much from the webnovel. Although this isn't the best I have read of this genre, it is still enjoyable. <<less
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Nicon
Nicon rated it
June 23, 2021
Status: c225
This story has an interesting premise, reincarnated as a spider she gains dragon-rending powers while she struggles to survive a fantasy world. I wanted to like it, but I couldn't...

    • The drama and plot is underwhelming. The first 100 chapters is all about MC's silly thoughts and random abilities, as she fights-or-flights monsters to escape a dangerous cave. I thought the start was best, a survival story with character growth, but there is barely any plot here, the world and characters are unaffected by her. The real plotline is that the world is dying and war is endless, the elves and her class are caught up in it, but it's horribly written. After escaping the MC is only motivated for food, she doesn't care, it's boring.
    • The perspective gets lazy. At first the MC is weak and scared, she struggles which makes the story interesting, you experience her problems in a relatable way. Later the focus becomes about how powerful and quirky the characters are, like a cheap action series, I couldn't get into it.
    • The themes are strange and unimmersive. The MC is a human in a spider, but she becomes much more, splitting her personality many times, getting involved with gods that transcend the worlds petty problems, it got so silly that it didn't make sense and just wrecked my immersion.
Conclusion: Kumo is a unique take on a big action story about an overpowered MC. It's silly and fun, enjoyable for imaginative folks who want an easy read. It's not for people who want a mature novel with fleshed out plot and solid themes.
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CBkami
CBkami rated it
May 24, 2021
Status: c11
Wow this light novel series is confusing as hell when you first read it, but after reading a few more times, you get to understand. All I'm saying is that 'the hero Schlain route' in the first volume of the light novel series is from the future of the 'main story route'.
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exogaizer
exogaizer rated it
April 27, 2021
Status: --
I saw a guy saying that its kinda bad because she's killing humans but to me if you compare it to other spineless, idiotic, and gutless MC I think this is much better. The dungeon part maybe a little predictable but if you reach a certain chapter it gets good from that.
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movedxylophone
movedxylophone rated it
March 30, 2021
Status: ss41 p12
I would give this story a 3.5 if I could but Ill round it up to a 4. The story starts out strong, the MC is interesting, the fights and strategy are fun to read, and pacing and story building are good. Overall first part of the story is great a 4.5-5/5 in my opinion. The side stories peppered around the main story are alright, not great not terrible, I would give them 3-4/5 on average. However after the first main part of the story things started going downhill.

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After leaving the labyrinth the action and fight scenes slow down a bit and even more so after she becomes a god. Some people disiked this part of the story however I still found it fun to read though less so then the labyrinth arc, a solid 4/5 from me.

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The part I really think the story started to get worse was around the time of the elf village arc, the arc itself was alright still fun and interesting to read, about as good as the previous segment. My main issue was that around this time the frequency of side story chapters significantly increased and the story started to focus more on the side charachters while the MC just hung around in the background. The side stories arent bad but are far less interesting then the main story, I would give them a 3.5/5 in general for the wrath and Sofia side stories.

My main gripe with the side stories is with the Shun side stories, I find them to the the most annoying and least interesting part of the entire story. Shun is one of the reincarnators like the MC and can be fully described with 3 adjectives. He's a fanboy, hes indecisive, and hes pravtically useless. Half of the time hes just talkinng about his older brother who was a badass hero who ended up dieing. The other half of the time hes just doubting himself and everything he does. His only reason for existing is to eventually be a major part of the story due not to his own abilities but due to plot convenience. Hes surrounded by other interesting reincarnators such as his friend who got genderbent, or the guy who saw the world as a game and went power crazy, or his sister who was not a reincarnator but just a natural born genius who could have been a great character is the author dident drag her down the yandere brocon path, or just any of the other reincarnators doing cool shit. However instead of following any of those interesting characters the author forces chapter after chapter of this lame and boring character. If I wanted to read about a loser being dragged around by the events around him and doing nothing I would just write a journal and read that. While I would give the side stories of the other non Wrath and Sofia characters a 3/5, I wouldent give the Shun side stories above a 2.5/5 in the early parts or a 1.5/5 in the later parts. In the current arc after chapter 330 in the next 30 chapters the MC barely even shows up once with every chapter being a ss and nearly half of those being Shun POVs

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Overall a good story that I would recommend reading, however it is dragged down particlarly in the 6th and 7th volumes by the author focusing on the least interesting character in the story. Still, a good story that I would recommend reading. <<less
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Lipuz
Lipuz rated it
February 9, 2021
Status: c122
This is honestly a pretty great novel. The MC is truly hilarious and she's what saves the entire novel. Some side stories are fine, some are less fine, but overall a very entertaining read. From chapter 1 to 122, I've read the amazing translation blastron did, in his tumblr, but he dropped it at 122. It's going to be hard turning to turbo's machine translated one, as it's very painful to read. I might drop the novel, but it's been a fun ride.
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WIzGiz
WIzGiz rated it
February 4, 2021
Status: c331
9.5/10

The plot and flow of the novel are really good and easy to read.

The power scale and ability system are good and it doesn't openly give the MC an unbeatable advantage over the other power characters on her level. Even though she does become blatantly OP in the later chapters.

Spoiler

She literally becomes a god.

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Overall my only complaint is that it put a little to much attention on some of the side characters even though they were completely irrelevant to the main plot.
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Uzi30
Uzi30 rated it
August 24, 2020
Status: v8
Based on other reviews, they seem to like the part of when spider MC is leveling up during dungeon arc and then think it declines afterwords. For me, it was the other way around. Before reading the LN, I had read the manga which covers up to vol 4 (but only spider MC perspective with no side story). Manga felt better overall if I only focus on the spider MC perspective. But I do like the side stories the are included in LN. For me, it got better after dungeon... more>> arc since it began to flesh out other characters better.

first 4 volumes are the dungeon arc where the spider MC figures out how to level up and get stronger. Its pretty interesting as she doesn't just OP for no reason. She does get some abilities that make it easier for her to improve, but for the most part she still must put in effort into what she is doing and learn different battle tactics. Side stories in this part are a bit jarring as their character take a long time to be developed.

Also, the story isn't linear so you have pay attention to where in the timeline you are. Their is also no omniscient narrator which is part of the fun. Each chapter is from the perspective of a different character and each learn different things. It is up to you to determine what the big picture is using the info each character learns.

After volume 4, it is less about trying to level up and more about fleshing out more of the characters. Since I like character development, I really liked this more compared to the initial chapters. After vol 4, author decides to focus on certain characters which I do think worked out well. I loved the character interactions after this volume of the spider MC with other characters. It does becomes more of a slice of life, which is why some people might have been put off by it since it was initially more of a dungeon crawler. The abrupt change doesn't bother me much since I like slice of life and timeline begins to make more sense after this volume.

I would certainly recommend this if you want to read about a reincarnated spider just trying to live after being thrown in into a pit of monsters. <<less
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SwiftWinter
SwiftWinter rated it
June 28, 2020
Status: v8
As recommended by other readers, I went back and read the light novels from the beginning after getting up to date with the manga.

Takeaway Thoughts

In short, it's fun, self-aware, and not afraid to throw in some curve balls here and there.

It's important to keep in mind what purpose the 'side stories' serve, which is to provide context about the events outside the labyrinth. However, those events are not necessarily chronologically consistent, so it's a clever way to lead the reader to keep in mind certain plot points that have yet... more>> to happen. Though this can be understandably jarring in the first few volumes, especially when the reader wants to see the MC progress.

Would you enjoy this?

If you're ok with inner monologues that sometimes take a whole page (LN), and like being gradually fed information about key plot points, then this would be for you. In other words, it's slow.

A common complaint that's raised by reviewers is that the early focus on procuring and leveling new skills isn't as important later in the series. To add my own take on this, I feel that it's just the author further emphasizing how taken for granted skills are in this world.

To conclude, it's been a solid read. In a genre mostly filled with power creep, revenge stories, and s*ave harems, it has been simply refreshing to have a story mostly centered on a lovable and quirky spider who simply acts on her whims. <<less
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etherealbao
etherealbao rated it
June 11, 2019
Status: --
One of my best novel tbh

while the idea itself is fresh not like other isekai stories, it started off simple and cute. But the whole storyline itself is huge and a bit complicated. I also like that the MC is not op from the very start.

And I skipped some of the side stories, and the past arc :p I know it is important, but sometimes the author dragged the story for too long. While it is good for details, I don't find the scenes with potimas interesting enough sadly.
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cleesus
cleesus rated it
December 14, 2018
Status: c330
I have read 4 volumes of the light novel and all of the current chapters of the web novel. That being said so far the LN is much better at telling the story than the WN. The translations, explanations, names, everything is better.

id give the LN a 4 so far and the wn a 3 1/2.

Moving past that there are some problems that I have overall with the series but are bigger problems in the wn. That is the fact that the author repeats and rephrases the same info in... more>> different ways back to back over multiple paragraphs or pages for no reason. You will literally get the same information repeated to you in a different way, much like I'm doing now but more annoying.

This is one of my three major problems with this wn/ln and light novels in general. You do not need to spend a whole page reintroducing a character's quirks that we have been aware of for the last 300 chapters. We got it bruh move the hell on and tell the story.

I already know the MC is a jackass who has problems communicating, I don't need you telling me that again after reading 1000 pages of you already telling me that 500 times.

My second problem is the chronology of the story. I was hoping that the reason for structuring the order of the chapters would reveal itself later on but in all honesty, it really hasnot. The story and timeline is all over the place and it even switches for each character. The same character can have chapters in the past and future while the other character is in the present, then the past, the future, and present. Nah this isn't a compelling storytelling element but you tried it, author.

My third problem which isn't as big as the other two is very minimal growth in the main character (s). I like kumo overall but the way she goes about abusing certain characters, and the way she gets when she drinks is supposed to be funny. Unfortunately its not written well enough to come off as funny and seems forced and unneeded.

Still, this is better than most light novels <<less
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kane2929
kane2929 rated it
November 12, 2018
Status: c330
i love this series and especially the characters. I'm not sure how everyone else feels but to me the action, comedy and the weak to strong were all amazing throughout the series except a few little hiccups but we can ignore those. The comedy in some parts were great!

i know in some parts it may drag a little but at least I can clearly imagine what the author is trying to convey and I like how this novel feels like it's a 2 in 1 for me when it changes... more>> at around chapter 200. The story (around chapter 300) & the plot all start to pull together as you get through the series & starts to make complete sense. The one thing I love about the characters the most is my feelings towards them keep on changing as the story gets told.

all in all, this is a 5/5 novel and I would recommend it to anyone unless they don't understand the game mechanics. This would be within my top 5 favourite novels throughout my life.

BTW I was playing dark souls remastered and met Quelaag's Sister while nearing chapter 300 in I'm A Spider, So What. So yeah I was fawning over Arachne at that time even though I'm scared of spiders. <<less
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KlausVonWunderbeard
KlausVonWunderbeard rated it
May 28, 2018
Status: c316.
Has this series been dropped?

amazing series with interesting plot developments, a fun and charismatic MC. Having read a ton of crap isekai web novels over the years, this particular novel is definitely a notch above the rest.

My biggest problem with the novel is the really long dungeon crawling arc in the beginning. It’s good for kinda pacing the MCs power crawl and establishing the MCs character, BUT because the dungeon arc is so long, there is very little world building and barely a plot to speak of and the... more>> WALLS of skills text gets really tiring really fast. Worst of all, for an arc that focuses mainly on combat, most of the combat is really repetitive and the MC almost always relies on the “Deus Ex level up” crap to pull her out of an impassable pinch.

However, I still greatly recommend that you keep reading because the author really shifts gears toward the end of the arc and introduces new interesting plot developments, the combats get improved and it really is satisfying to se the results of kumos long power crawl.

if you’re worried of the boring process of having to read through the first arc, don’t be. Despite the bad things I listed up about the first arc, it really is an enjoyable read nonetheless, mostly because of Kumos precence and personalities (yes, plural). And the lack of world building is subverted slightly by the occasional side chapters.

After the first arc the rest of the novel is gold. Lots of entertaining characters and the plot twists keep on coming. 5/5

ps, I’m not a fan of the whole elf arc tho. <<less
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captain crunch
captain crunch rated it
May 26, 2018
Status: v2
Rating: 3, Translation: 5

[Rating/Translation scale: 5 = almost all readers may enjoy / infrequent minor errors. 4 = large majority of readers may enjoy / frequent minor errors or infrequent major errors, no difficulty to read. 3 = 50% of readers may enjoy / frequent major errors, unable to understand some sentences or a paragraph in a chapter. 2 = niche audience may enjoy / unable to understand moderate portion of a chapter. 1 = portion of niche audience may enjoy / unable to understand most of a chapter.]

I have... more>> read through volume 2 of the Yen Press LN translation, NOT the WN.

Summary: Japanese high school class gets killed in a magic explosion and everyone reincarnates to another world. The MC reincarnates as a spider in a dungeon and struggles to survive. Everyone else appears to reincarnate above-ground where there is an ongoing conflict between humans and demons.

Good: Has the staples of isekai. Has potential. Is a variation of non-human reincarnation isekai, which is a little less common. The author does give the MC a challenge, as she starts off with barely any power and skills. She has to use her intelligence to overcome stronger enemies. Not all reincarnators follow the goody-2-shoes trope. Some larger events appear to be happening in the background.

Bad: 2 main problems. First is I'm not sure if there's an MC. Half the chapters are about the spider girl, and half are about a guy who was reincarnated as a prince. The chronology doesn't make much sense (time skips years for the prince, but the spider doesn't have time skips and feels like only weeks or months have passed). Therefore I'm not sure who is the MC, and there's no strong focus on the storytelling. The 2nd problem is all of it is POV, and the majority is inner monologue. The monologue is rambling and feels like filler. I fell asleep several times reading the monologues that last entire chapters.

Overall: Variation of the typical isekai story. Has potential, not bad. Main problem is not a lot of focus, no strong MC to follow, and I think some readers will get bored of the monologues. <<less
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XXXXX
XXXXX rated it
May 20, 2018
Status: c316
this is a great novel I rate it 5/5

this is a typical reincarnation story with a few twists such as being reincarnated into a spider instead of a human

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Spoiler

turns out MC is actually a spider with a humans memories tho... well I say human but more like an evil god who for some reason goes to school.

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Pros
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you get a great deal of side stories which show you the story from other's perspective, both other reincarnaters and a few specific natives. important to realise that some side stories are on different timelines and do not match up to mc's current time.

(If you completely skip side stories you miss out on a lot, even if you dont want to read it while reading the main story you should then read it afterwards to fill in the blanks)

great world building

interesting characters

Spoiler

the mc's personality never really changes much even though she has the memories of a high school student. so she might sometimes seem weird compared to others but she is after all a spider that has only lived for a short while before reincarnation.

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Cons
a big part of this novel is about getting stronger and you get a lot of "status" updates which I end up skipping most of the time as its kinda annoying with the amount of skills MC has... but this is just a minor annoyance...

there are no more chapters even though the story is not finished... so thats kinda sad...

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ZeroUm
ZeroUm rated it
March 31, 2018
Status: c316
A truly amazing series. I seriously thought I'd hate to read about yet another reincarnation isekai rpg-like world with levels and stats, and perhaps I would if not for the change of pace which happens after chapter ~150 and ~200, when the author starts deconstructing the world piecemeal over a yet much greater amount of chapters.

While I found most characters really fun, they aren't really developed. Even the author lampshades that in his fourth wall chapters.

On the other hand, and the main reason for this score, the world building is... more>> excellent. The author really thought about everything, and I love everything about it. <<less
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swordsman
swordsman rated it
March 23, 2018
Status: c200
Originally I started with the Light Novel then the Manga and then the Light Novel gives a strong impression of how much I enjoyed it already. There are quite a few of these sent to other world as monster now but what makes this stand out?

Female MC, a smart MC who uses her intel as a human to her advantage in every fight. She is someone who starts off as a level 1 weak spider with crappy stats and 1 ability, a struggle just to survive. The enemy fights are... more>> done amazingly well and you can really picture the struggle the MC is going through. This is a Novel about someone who becomes strong by her own power. For those reading the manga there is a significant portion of skipped content.

Currently looking forward to volume 2 of LN at time of posting. <<less
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Hawkgan
Hawkgan
March 2, 2018
Status: c257
I personally greatly enjoy this novel so far. In the beginning a lot of the world situation seems ambiguous but then all makes sense later on. I personally find this story interesting and the MC funny.
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