I won't spoil too much beyond translated chapters as of now, I will update this review each arc.

Frey Raon Starlight: -

The protagonist of the work who shoulders the fate of the world destined for ruin. Before regression, he committed many evil deeds to eventually backstab the Demon King all in order to gain the [False Evil] System privileges the only hope for a true happy ending, according to the guide book left by his ancestor.

He is also well aware that even if he saves the world, that doesn't necessarily mean his past actions were right, and he will in future have to pay for that. Nonetheless, he pushes through for his goal to save his loved ones.

MC gained the [False Evil] system, the more he commits 'false evil' (it may or may not be a good deed but it has to be perceived as evil by a third person) the more points he earns, and if his identity as a hero is revealed he will suffer from a penalty that cuts his lifespan in half. So in his mind he clearly has a divide between his true identity as a hero and false villain.

"If I didn't do that, I was afraid what I was doing would become a real evil instead of a false one, and because of this, my identity would eventually disappear one day and I would become a true evil."

MC gains two stats Mental Strength and Kindness (later on). These two parameters are almost maxed out.

The MC was ranked 2nd in annual main character ranking charts on Novelpia among 30, 000+ fully converted subscription serializations. I'm not even counting the novel hosted from different publishers then it might actually might be a lot more.

It's heartbreaking to see a MC, who is willing to shoulder the blame and hate of the people he care about in order to protect them, but at the same time it's heartwarming to see his kindness.

Other reviewer is claiming that MC is emotional welp when in a couple of chapters it will be revealed that he cried only 8 times in his life. And the times he did cry when he had to kill his loved ones with his own hands in the previous timeline in order to destroy the world. They're claiming that MC has high mental strength so he shouldn't cry. But who wouldn't cry when circumstances left them with no choice but to kill their loved ones unless they don't have a heart or just outright plain evil, and from the very first chapter it was crystal clear that MC isn't evil.

All the heroines have their own reasons to kill the MC. MC initially had a very good relationship with them until the point when MC hears about his destiny from his father, and their relationship changed to that of hate. So in this ending MC resolves himself to give them a happy ending no matter what.

So there is a love hate tug-of-war pattern throughout the work, and that dynamic is one of the strong points of this novel. However, it's not annoying as Villain wants to live, The Novel's Extra and Demon Prince goes to Academy where the plot gets derailed by drama and devolves into a Mukjang.

Each of the character introduced in this work has their own well fleshed out background story and no one can criticize by the time they finish this novel is that they're under developed.

However, there is a lack of male characters, MC's father one of the few relevant male characters has his own in depth backstory.

Lack of male characters might be a con for some people, it's not for me I guess. I mean most of the peeps here already have enough sweaty dude hanging around them irl, we don't want them in novels as well (lol).

People have a misconception that the plot is about MC eventually facing the Demon King. However, they are far off the mark, Demon King is just a bait nothing more. You will have to hang in there till 300+ chapters though.

The entire plot revolves around MC's struggles to survive and eventually overcome the hateful system and give the world a happy ending. It's about MC's journey and eventually at the end of the road whether he will gain something out of it.

The last quarter of the novel is the reason it became an award-winning work and the ending which fit the context. Mind you, there are not many korean novels which have great endings since they fall off midway although they're still a cut above most of the cringe CN cultivation novels out there, this one has a great ending. A good ending can be either happy or tragic but most of the novels mess up the part whether it fits the context or not.. However this one succeeds in this regard.

While putting up a vile front to the world as 'evil' and bearing endless disgust, the protagonist in secret coughs up blood due to the backlash of his good deeds, slowly losing precious lifespan while holding his withering body steady with willpower even as tears sometimes trickle down his face at night. His body is constantly at the edge of total collapse, but he knows he cannot fall. Not yet. He knows the only end for himself is likely a disgraceful death, but for the sake of his loved ones, he continues forward while bearing the scorn and hate!

1. 1. Secretly coughing blood and getting found out by heroines (extremely overused)
   2. Heroines plotted various methods to kill him, not knowing his inner kindness, which they then regret (overused)
   3. Secretly giving up lifespan to save heroines, then getting found out
   4. Crying at night due to angst, and getting found out by heroine
   5. Fighting in disguise to save heroines and sustaining injuries, which are then later revealed to those he saved
   6. Lifespan is cut in half (accompanied by profuse blood vomiting for drama) when kindness is noticed by heroines, inducing guilt in the ones who triggered the loss
   7. Certain heroines are made to experience future scenarios in which the protagonist dies tragically due to them, generating guilt for what could have been.
   8. Certain heroines are given chances to directly examine the protagonist's kind thoughts and long-suffering past for extra emotional impact.
   9. Memories of past good deeds were erased, magnifying any guilt in heroines once remembered.
   10. Facing ab*se from general public due to false rumors the protagonist himself generated
   11. Mother got killed by heroine's parents.
   12. Influenced by hallucinations due to certain trials, at one point mistaking the heroine whose parents killed his mother for a delusion of his dead mother and speaking saddening, pity-inducing lines to her
   13. Influenced by constant nightmares due to certain trials, inducing worry in those who notice
   14. Flowers he gave (while pretending to be total tr*sh) were thrown away by heroine, not knowing the flowers were for sustaining her life.
   15. One heroine has a stigma which brings misfortune to those near her, and thus feels guilt for pretty much anything unpleasant the protagonist experiences.

One of the heroines is able to read his mind using her dark magic abilities while he's unconscious and discovers how much he's sacrificed for her (giving up his life force to make sure she doesn't die). This event is played out AFTER a realistic build-up and incidents.

One of the other heroines discovered his facade after being able to read the ancient text the former hero wrote (which describes the world's situation, since it was a world from a visual novel the former hero knew about). However, she pretends to despise him as she understands that the MC's life is in danger if she reveals it to him.

The MC knows very well that even with all his efforts.. he will die in the end. Because that is what God has intended.

The payoff happens literally the chapter after they stopped reading, in Chapter 15.

So like I said earlier, the plot revolves around the battle of good and evil. The MC is an absurdly good guy. Prety much the nicest you can be. And in a "shocking" twist the demon king is the exact opposite. The who plot is just building up towarss the final fight between the 2 or thats how it is for most of the series. In truth their conflict is actually some kind of proxy war between the sun goddess and the another evil god. Honestly the details are still a bit vague or it might be that I just didnt understand all of it because I read the raws. The system exists to limit the actions of both the hero and the demon king before their final fight. Both of them need to complete certain mission in order to awaken their powers (the hero needs to aweken his armour and the demon king needs to fully aweken her powers).

The twist being that they need to pretend to be the opposite of what they are. That is to say the hero needa to pretend to be evil and the demon king needs to pretend to be good. This later becomes them taking on the others identity (the demon king pretending to be the hero and the hero making the demon army think he is the demon king, though he himself never confirms it and just leaves it to their imaginations).

And should they be found out as frauds they get a penalty. This penalty decreases their vitality and life. That is to say the more people know that they arent good/ evil, the weaker they become. So thir remaining lifespan is cut in half and thry cant use their powers as much as they could before. But since the hero is a human he has it far worse than the demon king who has more vitality and lifespan. And just to further decrease the heroes chances of victory, he already had only 10 years to live due to his helping out one of the main female leads.

And so every time one of the female leads finds out abiut him, its not a good thing. And so the plot revolves around the MC doing the missions the system gives him, while the female leads who find out that the MC is actually good try to find loopholes to save him. Has some quite nice stakes and it never feels live the MC is at an overwhelming advantage, but its also not like he is losing all the time.

they were already in love with him before he discovered his path as a Hero (Villain)