It's a rare treat to find an MC who's both this sweet--kind, hardworking, and innocent--and this fiercely determined and intelligent at the same time. Little Witch is so good and so smart and absolutely the cutest thing ever and I just, love him. In addition, this is an action-packed, incredibly imaginative story that really gets your heart racing! The translation is excellent as well, smooth and charming, and the MC's relationship with the ML feels natural and balanced. They truly respect each other, and even when ML was carrying MC... more>> through the early stages he never talks down to or manhandles him unnecessarily. ML genuinely cares for MC and looks out for him in many ways without being controlling or overbearing, from leading him through the personalized training he needs to bloom to giving him pep talks on how he doesn't need to change to win to making sure the medical staff know to scale down the anesthetics making him loopy. There's just a lot I love about this story that places it proudly among my all-time favorite series.

I genuinely have no idea what reviewer agathe is talking about. I'm guessing they must have MTL'd chapters that have yet to be translated, because I'm caught up on the translation and they haven't even kissed yet. I have a lot of frustration with heteronormative gender roles in BL/danmei as well (as I've expressed in other reviews) so maybe my opinion of the story will be effected by later chapters, but at this point I can wholeheartedly say that I don't think the accusation of prescribed gender roles holds water, and that I do heartily recommend this story. <<less

Full out love for this here novel!

We got here:

• an exceedingly cute and quick smart MC.
• a genuinely caring for MC's holistic development and powerful tyrant ML.
• really cool battle setting ideas and wonderful descriptions of fight scenes.
• gives focus not just on the main couple but also fleshes out the characters around them.

Overall, it seems like a really cool story that makes you want to squee for the moments and also be totally invested for the people in it!

First, I want to thanks the translator for the hard work (as always) and the other reviewers for the spoiler.

The story is honestly pretty good, the concept is fresh and the side characters are well written. Well of course they all eventually doesn't matter if the author portrayed the MC (mainly) and ML very badly.

Yes author, I know that you write how dazzlingly beautiful and cute our MC is like an angel fallen from the sky with the personality of a cute bunny, the author emphasize this in every moments... more>> to the point I want to punch him/her just once for this cringely written part. This caused me to skip several chapters everytime the author storytelling how beautiful dazzling heavenly cute MC is.

ML is bland, super bland. I know he want to keep it lowkey but his interactions are mostly just for teaching MC and acting lovey-dovey.

I like there's a character growth for MC but here's the thing, sometimes MC acted like a damsel in distress just for ML because of "op" difference.

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Although ML is weak at childhood and become extremely god like op after the experiment, it's still sad how the author portray his/her MC like that.

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The thing that make me dropped it because of the crossdressing scene. Yes, MC crossdressing is so majestic wonderful like a seraph descend on earth to the point everyone in the novel "fall in love" (literally for ML tho) and ML just watch him with his "beastly" dark eyes. Typical cringe scene but it's worse because the way the author portrayed it especially over and over again. <<less

Rating : 4.5 ⭐

This novel is a mixed bag with some impressive aspects and disappointing ones.

While the idea behind the novel is innovative, fresh and cool, the science behind it is not entirely accurate. The logic chain behind the genetic modifications was also hard to believe in despite I kept reminding myself that the novel was mostly constructed based on the imagination of the future technologies. And because it is so full of exaggerated and inaccurate yet complicated theories, most of the instances appeared to be really hard to digest. At some point, I kind of wish the author could inject less information so that it wouldn't be as easy for a reader in a related field (like me) to find fault.

On the other hand, as someone who is really weak with history, I was blank the whole way from the evolutionary niche until the amusement arc. This is probably the first novel that has required me to look up terms and references so frequently; otherwise, I would still be struggling to understand the concepts and rules behind it. Orz

The main character, Little Witch, is adorable and bubbly. He's a good example of how to write an immature character without being too naive or s*upid. His quick acceptance of his sexuality is also refreshing. It's just hard not to like him when his adorableness is at the level of the national younger brother, lol. He's the reason I didn't give up despite being hit consecutively by all the dizzying instances.

Also, the male lead is really good. It's hard to find a novel where the ML's treatment of the MC and his subordinates are equally nice. He's cold, yet not the typical overpowered and aloof president type of cold. He's the boss, the captain, and the big brother who holds a life-long responsibility and silently works for his people—that's seriously cool. 🥲 Even with his lover, rather than spoiling Little Witch, he actually taught and allowed him to grow by himself, which is really wonderful.

Although I'm not normally into romance, the romances here were well-written and balanced. I sincerely enjoyed watching Little Witch's growth and Wei Shi's emotion unlocking journey and was really looking forward to their future.

The supporting characters was also amusing and delightful. At this point, I can say I am a fan of them all. I wish there could be more extras about the side characters, but overall, the novel is really enjoyable and worth reading.

So this was a wonderfully fun story and I bow down to the author for doing so much research in so many different specialties!

I think there were several things that made this story work where other long stories and QT/Gaming stories fail.

1. Not only was each arc/game world distinct, but what the MC and ML experienced and what they took from each arc was different. It wasn't a repeat or only slight difference for each arc. The different arcs contributed different pieces to the story.
2. There were breaks in between the game arcs where the MC and ML interacted outside of the game and dealt with personal issues/ history/relationship things. This was a nice way to break up the arcs and change the rhythm, especially in such a long story.
3. The side characters were well developed with different personalities, strengths and were also integral to the story. Two fleshed out characters and everyone else 2d can't carry a story this big.

I thought the author did a wonderful job interjecting lots of humor into a setting where many would lean towards straight drama. Also I appreciated the way the ML respected the MCs decisions - especially when the MC chose not to lean on the ML for extra help.

A great story with a lot of fun, humor and action. Enjoy!

I ranted so much about this novel for months- months I tell you. I even dragged others to read it to rant, then finally have come to review after achieving inner peace.

As for why I ranted... well, there's good and bad and let me explain clearly.

PLOT:

Good plot honestly, I really loved/enjoyed the idea of the entire survival thing, it was such a let me repeat SUCH A GOOD f*ckING IDEA! OKAY?! SO GOOD I WANT TO STEAL IT AND RIGHT MY OWN NOVEL... now why am I... more>> so pissed.. let me explain.. let me..

The story really changes as we read, changes in the sense, we have a lot of sub plots and many branching plotlines that come together- to sum it up, the story isn't simple and there's many aspects that are explained later, and I have mixed feelings on those. Keeping it as spoiler-free as possible. Some of these points are known very early on.

Main plot —> Getting Wu Jin settled. Win the cup!

Sub plot (main plot?) —> The genetically modified humans.

Now we're actually going for a light-hearted theme, no horror no trepidation- nothing. Just cute funny laughs and happiness, not my thing but I won't be biased, but the issue lies with how the plot was incorporated with this mood- it was too incongruent! You can't have such heavy ideas with such a light mood- no! Of course there are amazing novels that are light-hearted but make you tear-up however! for that, this 'lightheartedness' needs to be realistic so there isn't a sense of incongruity. What do I mean? The 'lightheartedness' portrayed from the very beginning was way too unrealistic.

No seriously, there's literally nothing but sunshine and happiness, all of them are happy, all lawful good citizens, it's just.. not right? What is this? Utopia? The point is it doesn't make sense for such a 'utopia' to have such a heavy and dark plot all of a sudden? Does it even make sense?

That's why I won't accept Wei Shi's past.. sob.. okay now to my second point

This may not be everyone's issue, but as someone who's deeply interested in all sorts of philosophy, theology, universe, morality and other crap, I'm deeply interested in the 'world' and if this world isn't right, it's going to piss me off- logic. Where is the logic?

5 million or sumn years later- aristocrats? Seriously? Okay.. people still remember pokemon..? Okay! The same ass gender norms? Fine... Fresh food produce..? Alright! No none of this is alright, I was crying day and night wondering how to get these annoying thoughts out of my head because it could've been fixed so easily.

I can see that while the author focused really hard on making the games interesting and well-though-out, what happened to the world building? If we aren't going to be realistic or logical about it, just make it a different world or so (like game loading.) but of course, sighs, anyway, just my rant.

Also when the genetic modification arc picks up, the games slow down, I think it gets more bland as you go on, but the ending game was my favorite, it was amazing.

CHARACTERS:

If there's anything dragging this book down. It's right here. How can we have such disgustingly cliche characters that simply make me want to throw myself out somewhere.

And it's clearly.. even when Wu Jin wanted to eat the protein powder Wei Shi didn't let him, why do you want him to have noodle arms!? Let the man grow some muscle goddamn it.

Sigh it's just, innocent naive cutie adorable shou who's as fragrant as fresh rabbits.. and then big bad wolf with scary eyes and claws that can cut through steel- okay I actually really like Wei Shi haha.

No matter what, they felt too cardboard cut-out, predictable and sad.

they do have some sort of character fleshing out however, no real development that stands out but it was pretty nice to read it however just a change in character would've absolutely made this book shine, I swear.

As for side characters funny, but disappointing. It's not enough to make your characters funny, I swear this author has written either ice-cold, terribly funny or Wu Jin. That's it, literally, they all are there for comic relief and listen, none if them have any real substance, I don't get how just having a good plot is enough, characters breathe life into stories and we can't ever compromise on that.

I really liked the two girls and king of hearts in the end, the only real characters who felt like they amounted to anything at all. It's not enough to be funny goddamn it. Wipes tear.

ROMANCE:

I didn't like it that much, I would've gone and read an omegaverse if I wanted this exaggerated animalistic romance but I'll admit they did grow on me later especially after a lot of things happened, but I just.. I don't see how it developed though. Like there was development AFTER they started dating, but before (?)

Wu Jin looked up to Wei Shi as some God and Wei Shi, at that time I don't even know what he saw in this guy who didn't even wear pants. It was so cliche I was breathing through an inhaler but fine, they somehow did manage to make me shed a few tears, I can't be a hypocrite and say I didn't enjoy it, but I actually as much as it pains me to say, Du XuLang and Zhou Yunshent from QWOTD was more interesting hahah and I don't even like that novel all that much.

Overall:

It's a book with way too much lost potential, a story with the potential to genuinely reach the top rungs of NU but is sadly buried away to be forgotten, and yeah, that's just about it.

I recommend it if you aren't bothered from my points above, I'll also be generous and give it a 4 because I want people to read it just, even if it's just for that first, second and last arc.

P.S- Though it's not like breathtakingly amazing or anything like some reviewers have stated, maybe because I'm a science student myself, these concepts don't seem that difficult to implement right? I'm not sure, it's just not that impressive? I think Mist is a lot more amazing in making your jaw drop in that sense, not this novel. <<less

I like the MC, I like the ml, I like the science, history and reasoning behind everything that happen but somehow I feel like all the gameplay and storyline especially the later parts are kinda dragy and make me lose interest. Im at chapter 200+ right now and struggling to keep my interest to finish the novel. Overall interesting but a tad boring.

I honestly feel that most people here aren't giving the novel enough credit. I would like to argue that this novel, for what it is, did a superb job in many areas that other danmei novels lack.

First of all, despite the MC definitely being a shou on the cute side, he isn't weak. The gong doesn't need to protect him and do everything for him. The ML is there to support the MC but not there to win for him, I honestly really appreciate that it is the MC's own... more>> strength that puts him in the spotlight. The author wrote the MC in a way that he, despite having genius levels of ability to improve, does indeed act within the limitations of his own experience and what his skills are. Although he always performs very well in competitions which is not necessarily realistic, he doesn't win every time and is very much held back by his lack of combat knowledge. The choices that the MC makes towards the end of the novel in order to not be simply handed victories by our indominable ML are very commendable and truly show that he wants to stand on his own two feet even if it means an upward battle.

Admittedly, I went into the novel thinking it wouldn't be as fluffy as it was, but I don't think I can complain. The MC and ML have their troubling backstories, the story doesn't focus on this hardship but moving on from it, which is sweet. There isn't much conflict in terms of a bad guy, but there are certainly stakes. And there aren't many times of heart wrenching and exaggerated emotions, but there are certainly moments of emotional distress. The characters grow and develop through the story but don't completely stray from their core values. I can really appreciate the author's ability to make memorable characters. Personally, I usually forget the names of every not main character and honestly sometimes I forget the MCs' names as well, but I actually remembered the characters this time. It may be because the author used more Western names here and there and didn't use Chinese names with very similar english spellings that I was able to remember them though. Also, for once I didn't mind the side couple, which I usually hate because they distract from the story and usually aren't very well written. Props to the author for an amazing side couple.

I would argue that the setting of 3019 didn't feel how I would imagine the future to be, but I won't poo poo on the author's vision of the world. The plot is incredibly written, and the story is solid. There are reasons for the MC's personality if you read the story and actually think about it for more than two seconds. There was some foreshadowing to the big reveals, which is always nice. The author doesn't always spell things out for you, but if you really think about the reasons for various characters acting in certain ways you will likely find it explained to some extent in the story. Like really, just think about it for more than 20 seconds.

There are a lot of positive reviews though, its just on my first page I see a lot of more negative ones at the moment. I'd just say that they aren't completely worth considering since many of them don't really touch on what makes this story pretty great. Sure it isn't the best, but it isn't bad either. I would agree that the way women are treated in the story isn't exactly the best and there is a tiny bit of sexism, but it really isn't nearly as much as compared with other danmeis. The sexism is merely present in that men are naturally stronger than women, which technically isn't wrong, but it still is a little out of place to be occasionally mentioned in the story. It is also present in the slightly annoyingly straight assuming the story is, for whatever reason there is a lot of wife/girlfriend fans for the male characters and husband/boyfriend fans for the female characters but it considers the opposite very obscure even though it is a BL novel. It isn't that excessive, it is more just noticeable.

All in all, very solid novel. It lacks what often makes incredible novels in my opinion, which is often lots of emotions and darkness. But the world building is incredible, and the creativity is off the charts. It is a very entertaining novel to say the least, I would highly recommend it. <<less

Readers, get ready to stomp and fill your brain with information because the suppose to be talent show was actually~ all about science, history, geography, maths, fairytale. Those that doesn't like to study can use this as sleeping material too (not gonna lie, I end up sleeping in the arc with history/ancient time events).

The story is about an idol, ready to make debut, was suppose to participate in a talent show but during his registration he comes to whole different place and end up participating in Complete different talent show, Survival Show of 3019 (10 century ahead). The story look like a transmigration story, traveling to future but Surprise~ ... more>>

Spoiler

It was all science. There was no transmigration. It was all MC Dream or illusion where he believe he was an idol from 10 century ago (that is 2019). I totally didn't saw that comming.

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Since it's a Survival show, no one dies but the anxiety and excitement is there, plus the whole novel is so fun with the Survival show with different theme in every round is really interesting. There's a lots of background detail, especially about history. The science is really amazing.

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like all the fantasy things in here was all actually science. The transmigration was not a transmigration but just MC delusion, the ghost were just 4D art that look real as f*ck. Even the dinosaur, insect and human (MC) were science made (･᷄ὢ･᷅)

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I personally love the last round with fairytale. I also like the dinosaur theme round, card theme round and the french war round. It was very interesting. The least I liked was the amusement park round.

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I am a person that can have second lead syndrome even from main lead split personally, so you can see why I like it the least. Though it was just ML consciousness, I still didn't enjoy the moment and romance that people find cute. I don't dislike 16 years old ML, it just I could understand 27 years old ML feeling of jealousy. Not only this but even the story........ was kinda boring for me. I kinda understood the game but at the same time not. well, this one was confusing for me. It took me some time/day to complete this particular round since I felt asleep.

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Love the character setting. I really enjoyed the process of our MC, from soft normal person to overpower person that can fight with guns and hands. You can see him develop slowly. He's also quite different from your usual OP MCs. He's OP but not Too OP. He still can't beat some people on 1vs1 and he's also not good at everything. He's still growing and training hard unlike other OP MC that is too OP just like that.

Also love the fact that he try to stand up and fight for himself and not depend on ML to save him or win the game (not that I hate that kind of MC). He's not a princess that need a shining armour knight to save him everytime, he's the prince that want to stand equally by his shining armour knight side.

And ML, he's one of the best ML. Though he's possessive, he's not overprotective or controlling and doesn't hold MC back and let him shine, develop and grow. He also listen to MC and respect MC's choice and decision. He let MC fight his own battle and doesn't interfere (letting MC shine)

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like the french war round, where MC went 1vs1 with the sword fight, ML watched from Side and didn't try to interfere or rescue MC. Thought it sound cruel it's actually very respectful thing.

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Plus he doesn't let MC just win against him in a battle, just because he loves MC.

And all the other character in this novel are all lovable. MC teammates, Zoe with his fatherly love and protectiveness toward MC, wen lin with his Motherly supportive action and care and Ceaser the dumb but entertaining big brother. They all can make a lovely family. There's also characters from the show like Thin (i love his and ceaser fight), Ming- equally adorable like MC and crazy fan of his captain, Zuo the captain that ming is crazy for, Lin and his nonsense babling and Rap.... something the one that got deceived by MC a lot, Vera the motherfan of MC. And finally character from Floating city, Red and his Joke that actually is not a joke, Red's Brother, cat ear guy, professor etc. I'll miss everyone of them.

The romance between MC and ML is so good. The way author manage to incorporate the cute moments and sneaky undertones of romance totally got me hooked. Didn't expected ML to be so romantic. I totally don't have regret that this is actually a shounen ai novel. The romance ad intimacy executed is so good, even better than some of yaoi tagged novel.

Plus there's are also side CP like Zou-Ming (I love there relationship too. They both are so sweet... especially Ming), Zoe-Wen (probably.... though this cp is not confirm but like the relationship between the two....... how are they not dating each other) and lastly our Maybe CP Mao-Orange (Though there wasn't much of them, it would be nice if Mao fall in love with Orange too)

I especially love the ending of the story. It didn't end right after MC and ML dealt with the bad guy. It ended at perfect moment you'll feel it needed to end. Even the extra the ending was so beautiful. One of the most satisfying ending novel.

Lastly, I really love how creative author was with his plot and with the plot twist of MC identity. But the way author executed some of the action and scene, it was weird and hard to imagine. Also, there were times when it started to get bit boring but I enjoyed most part.

Thanks to the translator for translating this novel. This was such an entertaining novel. I had lots of fun. <<less

Sooo after reading all these great reviews about this novel, I was really pumped up and my hopes were up really high, which was also why my disappointment was all the bigger, when I read this novel, expecting so many things that were promised in the other reviews. Some things may have been true, only that I didn't get that far to be able to judge those points.

Now what disappointed me?

I think the beginning was very interesting: Our MC almost immediately gets pushed out of a helicopter (?) - its... more>> been a while so excuse me if I got that wrong- and has to learn to fight against the other participants. It's supposed to be those Idol Survival Shows in the entertainment industry only in a futuristic concept.

What was very annoying for me:

-Our MC almost immediately meets our ML who shows him mercy and is godly, when it comes to such survival shows, MUCH TOO OP, he can evade surveillance and so much more, and it doesn't get explained. He just can and that's it.

-Our ML falls too fast for MC, or he like doesn't harm him and makes exceptions for him due to his appearance, since its mentioned very often that MC is sooo beautiful, very cute and pitiful. I personally prefer slowburn romance, where I can enjoy the journey and know why my MC and ML fall for each other and so on, which I don't get here. So yeah, not satisfied at all.

I was actually very happy, because in other reviews it was mentioned that our MC will get stronger and we get some character development, but too many things were not to my taste, so I could not endure reading the chapters leading up to that. <<less

For me this story really understands how to describe "From Zero to Hero" meaning.

The depiction of MC in this story is simply perfect, and unlike other MCs who get everything instantaneously in their story, MC in this story has to crawl from the bottom to reach the target he wants.

For the ML, even though he has great strength and strong power he never used it directly to MC, because he always respected MC's decision to grow and have the same strength so that he could stand beside him.

And if we... more>> talk about the antagonist (Shou Yu) Well I dont know how do I explain my feel for him. Because on the one side he was the character that really makes you want to beat him up until death. But on the other side you know that he was a victim too, and he was also suffering a lot.

For the plot, the author is kind of using Cliffhanger ending??? But for me personally the way the author make the ending was not Cliffhanger.

Spoiler

Because from the beginning of the story if we just focus on MC career plot. The event that he does in the story is just an event for her debut. While the event that author keep continues discuss about in the story was not MC debut event, but other event that more biggest rather than MC doing now.

But instead of finish it when the MC was already at the level of bigger event (I forget the name event). The author just ended the story until the MC getting her debut, which mean the author was left a quite holes in this story

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Last Note : This story has a really bad synopsis, Because the synopsis I have to keep on preventing my self for reading this story so many times. <<less

This novel is so good. The varying emotions felt while reading this made me appreciate how the author thought and wrote the novel. Also, the translation was impeccable. The characters were unique on their own and the development really made this such a satisfying read. There may be parts that are hard to comprehend because the elimination rounds rely on analysis and understanding of certain subjects. However, that made me learn so much and see how much research the author did to make the story well-written. Kudos as well to... more>> the translators since I'm sure they also studied to understand every sentence. Sadly, I wanted to read more of the main couple's life but still very recommend this to anyone that wants to read a good BL novel. <<less

The translation was good. The story setting was interesting. The characters were also fleshed out although there were some aspects that could have been more developed. Honestly though, I loved how the story's build up of momentum was and how the mysteries in the plot were slowly resolved. Loved the extras as well and how everyone found some sense of closure and happy ending.

I love the relationship dynamics between the MC and the ML. The ML is possessive but he also respects the decision and choices of the MC without... more>> being too yandere or restricting and it's a sort of breath of fresh air as most of the MLs I've encountered are almost always on the yandere side, or maybe that's just my luck with choosing a story to read. I also love the relationship among the different characters and how even the minor characters were not forgotten and still played a part in the story as a whole.

This story is some parts fluff, some parts mystery and thriller, some parts comedy (Caesar and Red and Thin Fire's antics are really funny). It's a good read though and would recommend it. <<less

Read. R e a d I t. This is definitely one of my top favorite novels and I registered an account, just for the purpose of writing this review, that means something OwO

Characters: The characters are all throughly developed, including the side characters, secondary characters, etc. The MC is adorable and precious QAQ Personality-wise I mean :) He's also very clever and independent, not to mention hardworking. He doesn't rely on the ML when it matters and goes from being a total noob to holding his own ground against any... more>> fight, whereas the ML is kinda your standard cold, reserved, and OP ML (along with protective and prone to drinking vinegar), but dw! There's character development and plot explaining why, and he respects the MC's decisions as well ^o^

Plot: Holy heck the plot was extremely well-developed, everything is explained and plot development is steady throughout the chapters, every chapter was interesting and none were bland or made me feel like the story was dragging on at all. At first, the plot seems pretty straightforward, based on the summary, but it soon delves in much deeper and there are quite some plot twists.

Romance: Yes, this is a BL web novel if u haven't realized already, also note that it is BL, not yaoi. It is slow-burn between the MC and ML at first, but it's very steady and rational on their interactions and changing feelings, the ML does not force the MC or anything either. The ML doesn't appear too much in the beginning of the story, but he transitions to a main character as well soon enough, especially after the plot/character development :D

Summary: The plot, characters, and translation are all 10/10, so if you're reading this, wondering if u should read it or not, go on alr *^* the main story just finished too, so perfect timing :)))) and if u alr read the novel and are just reading reviews, then hiiii- (u share my opinions too, right? :3) <<less

I understand why some people gave this low reviews since I got close to dropping it in the middle because of the repetitive plot, but I pulled through. This is more of a story of cuteness, fluffiness, healing from past trauma etc., so it's a pretty light novel compared to the other ones I've read. How Many Tomorrows There Are have the same Hunger Games troupe, but it is much heavier in terms of their psychology and the mature aspects of the novel. Wu Jin is a typical Mary Sue... more>> shou, with pinnacle looks, an ethereal voice, hair that makes everyone want to pet him, cuteness overload, somehow a genius in escape rooms and puzzles even though he is an idol (if you read far enough you get what I'm implying), excessive bouncing (like bruh I don't think you have ADHD), and the oh-so-common flexible and malleable waist. Wei Shi is also pretty basic: sword eyebrows, broad shoulders, OP, cold, extremely rich, and falls in love first (why can't it be mutual). But my favorite CPs and bro-ships were actually Red and Thin Fire, and Wen Lin and Ming Yao.

EDIT: I FINISHED AND I LOVE THIS SHIT. <<less

Y'all, y'alllll. If you haven't started this novel yet, get to it! This novel is about our MC, Wu Jin, who's an idol trainee about to debut being thrust into the future where he accidentally enters a survival entertainment show. It's such a cool premise, since not only do we have to see this cute lil bunny rabbit have to grow stronger in order to perform well in these games but the instances or arenas are so intense and enthralling. The CP in this is very cute and you'll have... more>> a smile on your face whenever you read this story.

I give this 5/5 stars. I absolutely adore this book. <<less

It started off quite good... my main problem with this is that every few paragraphs there needs to be a description of how cute, beautiful, pretty, lovely (insert more adjectives) the MC is and how nobody, and I mean nobody is immune to his good looks.

My last straw is how they started describing his 'milky smell' and I muddled through a couple more chapters after that before finally deciding to stop torturing myself. I get that the MC is cute, but this is borderline infantilizing him.

The MC is also supposed... more>> to 'level-up' and at first I can appreciate his effort and hard work, but in the end the first 'trial' still needed him to have his ass saved by the ML (and the MC STILL got a high rank and good publicity from this I think, like that's some insane protagonist halo). The first brain puzzle I also didn't find interesting (although a lot of people will disagree with me on this) and I didn't like how the MC just manages to get all the answers by 'thinking really hard' and then go back to being naive kid who mindlessly hero worships the ML in every scene we see them in.

Speaking of the ML, I honestly don't have a problem with him. He exudes that mysterious cool aura that most MLs have but he does seem to have genuinely interesting backstory and personal plot, but it just isn't enough for me to continue sticking with the story.

The side characters are good. That's the biggest pro of this novel IMO. <<less

Honestly, I was blown away by the author's big brain. The puzzles were amazing to experience, well written and well translated!

Not too bothered by the author saying MC is cute etc, because the characters feel like real people and you get to see him grow over the course of the book.

Love a transmigration story that's not just a transmigration story too.

I don't think I can do this novel right now, so I'm pressing pause. I will come back to it later when my "filter out annoyances" gauge is back to full because I'll need all of it. I'm pretty good at filtering out annoyances, and I'm fine with all kinds of characters and tropes, but I've finally found a nemesis I cannot challenge without full HP.

As much as I'm interested in the novel's theme and world, having to be reminded over and over almost every paragraph how developmentally challenged the... more>> MC is is getting on my nerves. How the adult whose looks, speech, and mannerisms are that of a child steals the hearts of everyone who lays an eye on him, smells like milk, has fluffy curls, translucent pale skin, perpetually sparkling doe eyes, obedient, docile, innocent, timid, clueless, always walks around dazedly, falls asleep randomly wherever like a defenseless toddler, and so on and so forth.

Up until now, this feels like a "spin the wheel" collection of sentences describing the MC or things revolving around his supposed "cuteness" with only a few lines about the actual plot scattered in between. Even those need to have a couple of words inserted about his crystal clear eyes or puffy cheeks or whatnot. For example, he can't just lift his face, he needs to lift his "small round face" every single time. When this happens in the middle of action scenes, it just breaks the flow. <<less

3.5 round up to 4 ⭐️

the novel was good but I found some parts boring and dragged on a lot especially during the competitions. After ch 100 I skipped a few chapters. Overall I liked both the MC and ML along with the side characters 😊. Definitely recommend.