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839 Chapters (Completed)
-Main story: 516 Chapters (Completed)
-Epilogue: 35 Chapters (Completed)
Side Stories: 1+299 Chapters (Ongoing)
23 volume physical book: main story (Completed)
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Monthly Rank: #1101
All Time Rank: #348
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Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA).

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before.

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Omniscient Reader
ORV
Sudut Pandang Pembaca Mahatahu
Toàn Trí Độc Giả
Точка зору всезнаючого читача
Точка зрения Всеведущего читателя
وجهة نظر قارئ كلي العلم
सर्वज्ञानी पाठक की दृष्टिकोण
มุมมองนักอ่านพระเจ้า
อ่านชะตาวันสิ้นโลก
全知的な読者の視点から
全知讀者視角
全知读者视角
전독시
전지적 독자 시점
Related Series
The World After the Fall (Shared Universe)
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint – Side Story (Sequel)
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The S-Classes That I Raised (15)
If You Don’t Become the Main Character, You’ll Die (14)
The Second Coming of Gluttony (13)
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04/25/25 BEASTNOVELS c13
05/26/25 WeTried Translations c12
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05/26/25 WeTried Translations c11
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04/23/25 BEASTNOVELS c9
05/26/25 WeTried Translations c9
05/26/25 WeTried Translations c8
04/22/25 BEASTNOVELS c8
04/22/25 BEASTNOVELS c7
05/26/25 WeTried Translations c7
04/21/25 BEASTNOVELS c6
05/26/25 WeTried Translations c6
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raccoonlord
raccoonlord rated it
July 6, 2025
Status: Completed
Many other reviewers will give far more detailed reviews. I encourage you to check those out since it has been a little bit since I finished this novel.

It is an amazing novel, but it certainly has its issues, and I found those to be toward the latter half of the story. Particularly the middle end. This is because certain elements seemed to become more complex than was needed; instead of being amazing world-building and the introduction of cool concepts, it felt complicated and at times convoluted. Even as I say... more>> this, I wouldn't discourage someone from reading; in fact, I still think it is a high standard of webnovels. The MC is incredibly likable, as is the rest of the cast of characters. And even though the MC knows much about the situation, it never feels like it is overwhelming OP. <<less
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9uwon
9uwon rated it
February 18, 2025
Status: c551
ok so I haven't read the side stories yet, but if we're purely talking about the main story of ORV (551 chapters including epilogue), I seriously don't trust anyone who has read it in its entirety and still didn't like it.

i hadn't written a review for this back when I originally finished it because I didn't have an account on here but let me tell you man.

this sh*t changed my life and I'm not even exaggerating. This is a novel about the intimate tie between the reader, the writer, and... more>> the story. it is about how one cannot exist without the other two, a "world of pure contradictions where the result gives birth to the cause, and the cause becomes the result". I believe you can only truly grasp this story once you've finished all 551 chapters.

if you're already to the point of reading reviews to see if you should try it out or not, just start it man. Without knowing where it'll go, without knowing anything at all. I think that's the best way to enjoy this story.

and if you can't stick around long enough to really see what this story is about, then that's okay, it's just not for you. I understand it has its flaws, I won't lie to you and say it's the BEST webnovel EVER, but you can't say it's bad without having read it all. I would understand if it was ANYTHING ELSE but this story.

if you need numbers for convincing here you go:

5/5 characters: all characters are exquisitely written. Their only crime is not being given enough screentime and development, but the cast is already huge so it's a miracle they're even all good. By the end of it you will beg to see more of them.

6/5 world building: intricate world full of details, reallt feels "real" and authentic. Power/world system is complex, nothing "doesn't" make sense/feel like bullshit.

7/5 story: I am insanely jealous of anyone who was able to experience this story in its pure form, without any spoilers. The world is not as straightforward as it seems. You will progress through the novel to only find out later how it was ALL foreshadowed. You WILL freak out from the reveals and plot twists.

4/5 pacing: it got pretty bad sometimes, but nothing that would make you want to drop it. It's like INSANELY AMAZING peaks and decent lows.

6/5 overall: trust me bro. Just start it. <<less
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peak-a-boo
peak-a-boo rated it
January 3, 2025
Status: --
I finished reading this novel around 2020 and gosh, I can remember how this novel stirred my emotions. I thought at first "ah, this novel will be cliche as the other novel." But damn reading this is one of the best decisions I've ever had.

All my first time was felt when I read this one. I delayed finishing this novel and I keep looking for the next chapter after that 'The End". That's the first time in my whole reading life. I swear, if I could forget ORV, I'll read... more>> it again and again. That's how good this novel is.

This novel hits home. I can understand KDJ because who wouldn't want to save their favorite character right? But the found-family trope, ah, gosh. I miss KDJC more.

If we talked about ORV, there's a blur in my memory. But the emotions I felt during and after I read this masterpiece is still clear—the heartbreaks, the tears, the anticipation of what will come next. I couldn't even pick up books after I finished ORV.

This novel took a part of me and never returns it. I'm okay with it. <<less
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irmine_sul
irmine_sul
July 21, 2024
Status: Completed
Incredible. Beautiful, emotional, immersive and most importantly, touching. This is a story about stories. This is a story written for those who loved stories as much as our protagonist himself, who read books like water and needed them to survive. I won't say too much because if I do, trust me, I WILL ramble on and on. The characters are fantastic - even down to the minor ones -, no plotthread goes unexplored (seriously, who knew an offhand comment made by one of the supporting main characters in the... more>> early chapters of the novel would turn into a *massively* important plot point about the truth of the world???), and the world and power system blends our favourite settings with completely new and original ones to make both a comfortingly familiar but excitingly fresh scenario. <<less
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tom3838
tom3838
July 17, 2024
Status: c250
It feels like quite a good novel but it runs into a huge problem when more of the backstory of the protagonist is revealed and characters start doing completely unnecessary and illogical things for the perceived good of another character.

To use a non spoiler analogy, imagine character B learns that character A might twist his ankle on the way home, so character B, out of love and care for character A, decides to amputate their leg so they can't possibly get a twisted ankle. But they aren't convinced that's the... more>> 'right leg' so they amputate both of their legs.

And it wouldn't be so grating, but the rest of the characters (and apparently many of the readers based on the rating of this novel) just that logic and go along with it. Think mu*dering the person you want to protect, think using a figurative tactical nuke on them and everyone they care about. Because you're "saving" them.

For me it ruined the novel. In fact it ruined the novel, then years later it ruined the comic (or manga or w/e) because i'd forgotten about it. <<less
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Xuper9
Xuper9 rated it
July 15, 2024
Status: Completed
I thought it was good until the ending. I didn't like the ending. Also I didn't like the relationship KD had with his team/party. It was twisted how they couldn't trust him and then they didn't know if they could even though multiple times he gave up everything for them and died multiple times so they could survive. Only for them to think he's using them or sacrificing himself. After a while it gets annoying. But yeah good novel
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Leafron
Leafron rated it
May 4, 2024
Status: c404
I loved the characters and the plot, and was enjoying the novel a fair bit. This was a story of a man who 'knew' the future, and struggles to see a proper conclusion to that future. You view the struggles of him and his companions against the unfair odds they are pitted against. You get to see the change and development in most of the characters in the story; from their feeble selves to understanding their companions, and changing themselves and grow together as companions.

Not going to lie, this novel... more>> was going pretty great for me. That was up until the translator was changed to some 'patriotic' dude who decided to change all the existing names for ALL the Korean characters starting from Chapter 363.

This made reading it really difficult and I had to drop it, albeit reluctantly. Imagine this, you've learnt from the beginning an Apple is called an Apple. Yet over halfway thru your life, some random law was passed down, and changed the names of ALL the fruits on Earth. Apples are now called Apeiles, and Oranges are now called Urangoes, and so on. It's hard to adapt, especially after you've gotten used to their previous name. As a reader myself, I immerse myself into what I'm reading a lot, and can relate to the 'reader' Kim Dokja. He's read the story, gotten attached to some of the original characters, at some point stops seeing them as mere story characters, and tries to protect them at any cost. In my case for this change in translation, it's sad that all of the characters I've gotten attached to thus far had a sudden name change and became strangers out of the blue.

It's to be known that if it was something that happened right at the beginning when you started reading the novel, it's would be fine. However, it's Chapter 363 out of 500 odd chapters when these changes started happening. For non-natives or those who aren't used to Korean names, this is a HUGE change. Some might argue that their names may sound similar for most characters, but their characters and spellings are completely different from what I was used to, for 362 whole chapters.

Remember, we are READING a novel, not LISTENING to it, so it doesn't matter if the names sounds similar; it's all about familiarity and consistency in the terminology and names instead. I had to keep referencing and going back to older chapters to check which characters were which consistently. In the end, I had to give up because it's too much of a hassle to keep going back and forth, which greatly ruins the immersion of the story for me (I keep having to stop reading in the middle, go back to check on the names, and then come back to 'continue' reading the story after spending some time linking the character to the name; essentially lots of breaks whilst going thru even a chapter). P.s. Some terminologies changed were "Sage's Eyes" -> "Eye of Sage" and "Lamarck's Kirin" -> "Lamarck's Giraffe". Let's forget about the grammar and vocabulary for the time being, but in the first place, a Kirin is NOT a Giraffe. No idea why some of these changes are even necessary, and these are only some of the few changes from some of the chapters I read from APW. The names weren't the only things that changed; the interpretation of the characters have also vastly shifted, but this particular change can be understood due to each translator having a different view of the character, but still it also felt like reading some edited MTL novel.

All in all - I despise that flipping TLer 'A_Passing_Wander'. There wasn't even a reason to change the names in the first place. If he was going to do it, be through with it. He should have done so for every single chapter starting from Chapter 1. He's like one of those 'new' bosses who comes in and tries to change everything just to have a claim/stake on the existing projects/inventory without caring about the others. Genuinely upset with the changes. It turned a great novel into some offshoot garbage.

*Edit: Just to be clear, I have nothing against changing the characters name to fit better with their origins/culture. What I have issues with is changing them only when you are well over halfway thru the entire novel.

On that note, for those keen on reading the entire novel that has reversion of names (to a time prior to the appearance of APW), look up the subreddit of ORV and search for 'epub'. Thanks for the contributor who ran some programs to revert the changes back to prior APW. I have since continued reading the novel from the epub in the end (still reading it). <<less
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0DunDun0
0DunDun0 rated it
April 27, 2024
Status: Completed
550 chapters were pretty long, yes some parts got boring but I mean, it was 550 chapters so don't expect all the darn chapters to be flawless 5 stars. I first started with the webtoon about 2 years ago then forgot about it, 1 year later I stumbled on the webtoon again and read it. About 2 months ago I finished the book, and I just adore this book so much the ending was 😭 ehm. So I do recommend you reader-nim reading this cute little book too.

Is this book... more>> worth you're time?

Yes. <<less
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rottenwoman
rottenwoman rated it
January 7, 2024
Status: c551
This was an absolute masterpiece on a thematic level. Of course, plot and characters were great as well but what I loved the most was the theme. As an avid reader of fiction, I loved how the writers developed the whole story around the theme of readership and how readers' interpretations of stories mold those very stories. I just can't squeal about this series enough. Highly recommended. I am still waiting for an official English publication. I want this in hardbound.
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Iwo
Iwo rated it
December 26, 2023
Status: Completed
Love the novel!! 1000/10

A novel that once it catches you will not let go until the end. It will make you angry, laugh, cry, and often laugh while you cry.

The ending is "open", but I think all of us who have made it this far know EXACTLY what the ending is, or at least we all want the same one.

... more>> Even if at first it has the theme of "since I read the story I know everything about it" the truth is much deeper than you can imagine.

A unique story, I have never seen anything like it.

If you want to know the truth of that world you must read it until the end.

I must admit that it took me years to finish reading because there were times when I abandoned it, but it was never boring or anything like that, it was just me who needed a change of scenery from time to time. <<less
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R34der
R34der rated it
August 16, 2023
Status: Completed
I read this story without any expectations and it was amazing. It was my first novel and it started one of the many I would read. I love the MC and how he loves reading, I also love the way the other characters are willing to sacrifice the world for him, literally. The MC kills people without hesitation and he also kills himself multiple times. Although it's a little depressing, it's still amazing.
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Zeizenhaha
Zeizenhaha rated it
July 8, 2023
Status: --
One of the best novels I have read.

At first I wasn't expecting much, I'm the type that immediately drops a story if the start or summary didn't interest me, but this one really has me hooked. Just the way the story goes and how every chapter you're swarming with curiosity is so good. One of things I liked the most are the characters, how much they develop throughout the story. The author did really well on writing this story. I love the characters, even the villains. They were so good.... more>> I don't exactly have too much words but I enjoyed reading this a lot :) 11/10 <<less
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Uriel_88
Uriel_88 rated it
February 2, 2023
Status: Completed
A novel that make me value my role as a reader :)

Other reviews already describe how good ORV is. This is a story about 'story' itself. Sooo meta and have tons of foreshadowing that I only realized after rereading it. Honestly, ORV hits hard when u rereading it 😭

ORV always has a special place in my heart, it's a love letter to us (readers)
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sft123
sft123
November 17, 2022
Status: Completed
It all makes sense in the end. It's great. One of the only few novels to have actually made me like shake and quiver when reading the novel out of excitement. Some of the fights are underwhelming however, but it's great.
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twobada
twobada rated it
October 4, 2022
Status: --
A grand, sweeping story best read when it's completed.

The most important thing to remember is that "Dokja" can mean both "individual/alone" and "reader".

Always keep that in mind so that you don't get lost in the story and the multiple layers of meta and tragic events in it.
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Sheepraxis
Sheepraxis rated it
September 13, 2022
Status: c15
Boring af, bad writing and start. If a book can't make me interested within first hour I'm dropping it even if it gets godly or whatever later on. I can't afford to spend another 10 hrs of reading up to ch 200 to reach the point where it gets better (if better means good which I sincerely doubt).
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The_Follower
The_Follower rated it
September 3, 2022
Status: Completed
By the standards of a webnovel this is an excellent read. It has great characters and character development, a powerful plot that ties itself together within its own set of established rules and takes advantage of the meta-ness in unexpected ways later on.

The largest reason I didn’t give it 5* is that the flow of the latter portion of the novel is extremely repetitive. It would likely be different if I read it as it came out, but binge-reading this novel made the last 100~150 chapters just feel awkward. There’s... more>> several fights that felt like they would qualify as a final fight, complete with tropes like revisiting and reminiscing over their journey from start to finish. At some point it just started feeling unnecessary and lost a lot of impact with the epilogue especially going over the same points and themes multiple times.

I can basically recommend this novel to anyone familiar with webnovels and specifically the tropes this novel utilizes. <<less
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rabbit_loves_carrots
rabbit_loves_carrots
August 23, 2022
Status: Completed
I have read this novel more than twice— and I want to say it didn't disappoint me. I don't know what's with others but this was a very fun read to me. Although, maybe it's because I find it fun when people suffer. It's a light read, 10/10. From my experience, this won't affect you much. Finished reading this book in 5 days everytime I read. :)
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peelpeyl
peelpeyl rated it
August 7, 2022
Status: --
I read this a while back but it is still one of my most favourite stories ever. It is a little slow in the beginning, but it is a world with rich well written characters, dialogue and worldbuilding.

There are no other novels that I know that are like it.

It is a bit better paced than the manwha and is more impactful in my opinion.
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bekimchi
bekimchi rated it
August 5, 2022
Status: --
This is literally the best webnovel ever written. Anyone who disagrees with me is wrong.

As much as I like things like female protagonists, cute sidekick animals, villain protaginists, romance, and all those tropes that this novel doesn't have, I still can't find anything that measures up to ORV—even if not in writing, definitely in the plot. (I'm saying this hypothetically, because the writing is actually so f*cking good, but it's true that the translation lost a few nuances; for example, "my heart" should actually be translated to something like "it's... more>> my prerogative".)

I don't even know what else to say but that it's too f*cking good. I read this years back and still remember it, but it's still just as good rereading it each time. No one could ever regret reading this novel. <<less
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