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481 Chapters (Completed)
— Prologue: 1 Chapter (Complete)
— Main Story: 379 Chapters (Complete)
— Side Stories: 101 Chapters (Complete)
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Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body.

A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished.

He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story.

The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline.

However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation.

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TNE
소설 속 엑스트라
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B2j
B2j rated it
October 18, 2023
Status: side story13
I can see the appeal with this series. There were a lot of interesting elements and the beginning was very engaging. However, I think the main downfall of this novel was the romance drama, especially with Nayun. I have a certain dislike for Nayun as a character because I personally cannot stand her as she's annoying as hell. Imagine that 70% of the drama revolved around her. She had so much screen time that I was sick of it. My personal bias aside, I just didn't feel like the romance... more>> was any good in general, whether it was Nayun, Yeonha, Rachel, Sahyuk, or Boss. The biggest flaw from the romance is that it was so largely dependent on s*upid misunderstandings. So many of them. I hate it, abhorred it when Hajin always seem to miss the opportunity to explain (which was just not realistic since he was right there so many times) or weren't believed when he said it himself because apparently Hajin can't speak for himself and only says the truth in their own assumptions. The whole stick with Nayun need not mentioned (the whole thing was so overdramatic and cringey) but even with Rachel (which almost became Nayun 2.0 drama), and Yeonha (better since I can see the progression), and Sahyuk (better since it's less cliche) were all involved in misunderstandings. Honestly, I felt they were all so shallow, except Yeonha since her misunderstandings, while annoying, were not the basis for her feelings. Boss' was better since they just spent time together and no misunderstandings really were the basis for their romantic relationship so I was immensely glad that she was endgame. On that note, since the romance was so intertwined with the action plot from day one, it decreased the quality immensely.

On the other hand, starting from the tower arc onwards, it just gradually dropped in quality as well. The ending in particular was lackluster. It was just not a good buildup and the pacing was a mess. I was tired at that point and just wanted things resolved. Honestly, since the author incorporated such a mesh of popular elements like rpg, tower, systems, isekai, regression, etc all in one, the result is chaos. They don't fit together well and was messy to read. The action I enjoyed in the beginning started to lose its touch and the battles towards the end didn't have the same appeal, it was bland and nonsensical to me. Oh and don't get me started on how anticlimactic that Hajin only shot one bullet and that was it. Another point I wanted to make is how little attention the author gave to some of the important characters in the series. Suho as the main character, Jonghak as the antagonist, Seung-Ah as the main heroine, and the important supporting characters like Yongha, Tomer, Yiyoon, Rumi, the rest of Chameleon Troupe, the Nine Stars, and the Nine Evils doesn't nearly have enough details. Many others that contributed to the final battle as well, like Jongjin?, I can't even remember their names right even when they were part of the final battle, and arguably the most important battle. This novel was disappointing to say the least. Half of it was a romance drama, and I hated every part of it, and the other half as an action fantasy lost its way at the half way mark. Sure there were great things about it which I enjoyed but that's what made it worse because it could've been so much better. Deserved its low ratings tbh.

Ps. I can not, for the life of me, express how much I hate Nayun. She's literally in my top 3 most annoying and cringey fictional character by the time I finished. I dropped it once in the beginning because Nayun made the novel a low-budget 3rd rate K-drama when it should've been an action fantasy. I managed to plough through it for the plot but I couldn't escape it because her and her drama comes so goddam often and so central. If not for the beginning action I enjoyed and a few mid-stages, the rest of the novel was a straight 1 star. Romance was 0.5 stars (.5 for Boss and Yeonha). I have never seen a more poorly written romance (talking about Nayun), even smut novels are better than this. <<less
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Zynode
Zynode rated it
September 11, 2023
Status: c126
I was so angry I made an account here and I had to leave a review. You read books and you connect with characters right? Atleast the main character to some degree right?

Some people want relationships so they read Romance, some want a fantasy world so they read and dream about fantasy world. At Chapter 126 something big happens. It ruins the story, ruins your connection to characters and all that left is pain and impending doom and further story progression is impossible because it will lead to a single... more>> outcome. So instead of reading a book and having many possibilities and interesting arcs all that is left is Pain and Suffering. Only a masochist would read further.

I personally can't connect with a character who is a psychopath. But if you can then this story is for you! <<less
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xXSB101Xx
xXSB101Xx rated it
June 18, 2023
Status: Completed
7.5 out of 10. Was enjoyable but had some issues with translation/word structure at times. Very simple sentences which is likely a combination of machine translation and the natural writing. Also had issues with annoying misunderstandings throughout the novel. Later half of the novel introduced a lot of things that came and went. For instance demon merchants was barely ever used. The ending was rushed a bit, and I would have preferred if it wasn't the forced decision the MC had to do to not destroy the world. Overall still... more>> decent though. Only read the main story chapters. <<less
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Kerrowecrisis
Kerrowecrisis
March 10, 2023
Status: c398
Nice story, fun and funny character interactions.

And oh boy how Kim Hajin seems to traumatized the women around him.

The main story ending isn't what I hoped for... but the ongoing side story I've managed to read is back to form... though I really hope it ends better.
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Aayu_addict
Aayu_addict
October 20, 2022
Status: c58
I love this story, this is engaging and cool. Although concept is not new for me but I am an addict and won't mind it.

Hey can anyone tell me where I can read this novel for free ? In English, I can see there are around 400 chapters published but only are available for free till date.

I want to read without waiting and for free. I don't prefer machine translations too. I know I am outrageously asking for too much, then again what's the loss in asking.

If any paid supporter... more>> wants to share his credentials with me would be the best case scenario. I'll give you my blessings. 😉 <<less
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Rasselon
Rasselon rated it
October 19, 2022
Status: c379
I think this novel is good and I do recommend it.

The greatest part here is characters, both protagonists and antagonists. I think the whole cast might be "one of the best" from the novels on this website.

Somewhere around the first third of the novel setting is good too, it's consistent and engaging... But then Author just... Deletes it? Nothing you knew before is important anymore and narrative is just a mess of some random episodes (like in "Villain want to live" by the same Author). But here I can't imagine... more>> anyone being strongly upset about it because of a core axis holding everything together - "all the characters" being so amazing and developing even further is time goes on.

Unfortunatly, the theme of "something you was interested in before stopping being important" is much more consistent than the world these stellar characters live in, so MANY of things you might be hoping to see being developed further are just discarded. So, there are some loose ends, and some of the things that are actually being progressed just stop halfway with the ending.

Again, I do recommend it, all the negative things are easily forgiven with countless positive emotions I'm sure you will experience. <<less
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Tossiap
Tossiap rated it
August 11, 2022
Status: Completed
This novel started off strong with its mysteries and problems the MC has to solve and do something about it. I really enjoyed it up until the ending.

The ending dissapointed me. I have so many questions about the ending.
Spoiler

Like how is the genkelope, with their memories lost. It's highly likely that they would question themselves about how they came back as they were all loyal to the MC, unless the co-author just replaced the MC with some other person in their minds. And how is Altrain???? The girl he sponsored in the lower-dimension, did she also forget about him because the author erased her memories too? If not, then what is she thinking now that her sponsor is not reaching out to her anymore?

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So many unanswered questions waiting to be answered. But my questions are probably answered with the side stories made by the author. Though I can't find a site to read those short stories from, I still enjoyed this novel except the end.

I rate this a 4/5, ending is just quite dissapointing for my POV.
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Deviljiho
Deviljiho rated it
August 10, 2022
Status: Completed
The good: there are multiple POVs and world-building, as well as varied cast. It's different from all the same-y stories that just follow the MC, MC does a thing, everyone reacts, bla bla bla. Build up of relationships are also believable and gradual.

The bad: all the unnecessary dramas that just doesn't get resolved, and dragged out for no reason. MC rotates FL on different arcs, babies the 1st FL all while making her suffer the worst sh*t possible, keeping her "safe from the truth" when she's going to find out... more>> anyways. Also, for some reason, every f*cking body is involved with the original owner of the body in some way, and that 1 incident gets blown out of proportion only for MC to not GAF. The ending is rushed, as indicated by the 100 side chapters for the author to tie up loose ends.

Imo, the score is like this: 10/10 for around first third of the novel, then down to 7/10, then down to 5/10. <<less
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Readmeylips
Readmeylips rated it
July 27, 2022
Status: Completed
its a great novel... until the 4 year time skip, at that point it just slowly degrades until the end which although not bad, ist any "good" either; ironically, at some point in the novel the author seemed to replicate what happened to the MC and hit a wall, dishing out mediocre material just trying to finish the novel just like the MC. as the saying goes, "art imitates life"
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Peter25
Peter25
July 26, 2022
Status: Completed
The novel itself is good. It's funny, but with serious parts. The characters have a good background and development. The basis of the novel is not super original, but it is not like a copy and paste of the thousands of novels that there are about authors that are taken to their own novel. It can be said that the author used a common story and altered it to his style.

The much-talked-about ending is certainly somewhat simple, I wouldn't say bad, but it is disappointing. Another bad thing about the... more>> novel, are the many elements that appear in different chapters but are later completely forgotten, for example, the MC obtains an artifact, a material or a skill and at that moment a lot of importance is given to that but later It's never used, I mean, if the author doesn't plan to use it later then what does he put it in for.

But well, as I understand it there is a side story where some incomplete episodes are closed, so I would have to read it to know if it is true.

And while it seems like I've said a lot of bad things so far, I actually highly recommend this novel <<less
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-Shinobu-
-Shinobu-
July 24, 2022
Status: Completed
I really like this novel as far until the last Arc that the co-author made. Almost at this point the author (maybe he got bored or ran out of ideas) started to speed-run his own novel, ... more>>
Spoiler

items that could change the story of some characters were discarded like the seed from Plerion, his Authority -Demon Hunter- was only showed in 1 chapter and then it no longer appeared, extra towers, the memory (existencial) wipe without previous warning, Athena, the sub-worlds, e.t.c

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Awwen
Awwen rated it
March 4, 2022
Status: c378
I picked up this novel a few days ago and to be honest, it was a hell of a ride. One amazing thing about the novel is the characters. Each one of the character I’ve read from the beginning has developed and changed greatly at the end. The plot lines are especially intertwined, personally I feel like everything fitted in amazingly kind of similar to a puzzle. The main character of the novel, Kim Hajin, isn’t really overpowered, but his abilities are way more versatile. Romance was here and there,... more>> not too great but not bad. I really enjoyed this novel, but the ending wasn’t conclusive enough for my taste. Give this a novel a read, it won’t fail your expectations! <<less
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Baaron
Baaron rated it
February 22, 2022
Status: Completed
Definitely a masterclass among light novels. The sheer quality of the protagonist and the new spin the author placed on any used tropes are enough to forgive a couple of minor numerical mishaps on the middle.
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seutelar
seutelar rated it
February 13, 2022
Status: c119
It's just, sigh, disappointing.

I dunno, the novel starts off great, by mean truly great. I'm really hooked with the MC behavior cause he's really different and fresh. The setting seems new and fun albeit it still contains tropes like dungeons, monsters, and such. I get to know of the character, the MC, and the world surround it very well at first. But leaning on chapter 60+ an on, the story become more and more confusing. I tried to digest like " which pov is this?" or " who is this... more>> character again?" because the author throw bunch of side character so much that I need to rack my brain to finally figured who that certain character was. Shallow, the side character is too many and seems shallow.

I just lost my interest because the story doesn't intrigued me anymore. Heck I didn't curious enough about what happend at the end. Oh yeah, the system of how the power works, hero, guild, hunter and such, truly confusing. In comparison with orv, when I first read that novel although the power system is new (constellations, story fragment and on) I can figure it out. But the power system in this novel, is just straight up confusing, cause the author jumbled about almost everything he can, you will read about magic, high tech devices, artifacts, and the system about his stats and stigma is just 🙂 straight up CONFUSING.

If you have high imaginative concept, maybe you can rack this author world building into your brain. But for me, this is just nah. <<less
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Faulted Cell
Faulted Cell rated it
January 15, 2022
Status: c279
It's a decent Novel, recommended and you can stop if you still didn't like it on Chapter 50,

Spoiler

However, I dunno if the ending is either Happy Ending or a Sad ending, I wish in Chae Nayun returnee, MC and them got out cuz in this life MC got with his boss or so I think, also I'm happy that evandel remembered MC even after the last arc...

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rainwaffles
rainwaffles rated it
December 16, 2021
Status: Completed
Wow. This series is a wild ride. Objectively I would rate it 3/5 since there are tons of flaws throughout the story, but I usually end up dropping LNs so the fact that The Novel's Extra engrossed me enough to binge read it over a single weekend means I have to give it a 5/5. It doesn't hurt that the translation I read is very high quality.

I don't want to summarize the story or go into too much detail, but here is what I love and hate about this series:

The... more>> Good

  • I really like the MC. He can have some generic or self-insert qualities, but I enjoy how mature he is, and how his vulnerabilities can come through sometimes as well. He's a bit dense but not as much as the tag would lead you to believe; he does have multiple love interests, but those characters are developed as people instead of their identities revolving around loving the MC.
  • Character dynamics. The main characters interact with each other naturally, they develop and grow together, and they have unique personalities and goals. They build into some really emotional moments. As I mentioned above, there's certainly some romance but it's not the sole focal point, which is a good balance IMO.
  • Breaking down some tropes. It's pretty obvious from the title/premise of the story, but the MC is an "extra". The skills he acquires throughout the story are rather unique and he's not the flashy generic hero, nor is he completely overpowered, needing instead to rely on his allies.
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    At the end of the story, he even loses most of his powers and goes back to being an "extra", which is a great bittersweet ending.

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The Bad

(Disclaimer: I haven't read the side stories yet.)

  • Parts of the story are a confusing mess. There are at least a few glaring loose threads at the end, some of which can be addressed in the side stories I suppose, but some of which I feel like were forgotten about. Also, around 2/3 into the story, it feels like the author got bored and just started creating new systems and currencies and stat points out of thin air. I think these random details could have been dropped entirely.
  • The pacing and story beats can be a bit inconsistent. The series started off alright, got really good, and around the chapter 250-300 mark took a big dip in quality (before finishing fairly strong). The time line is also very unclear, and it's hard to keep track of how much time passes between chapters or even paragraphs.
  • It felt like the author wanted to have an open ending in terms of romance, but the love interests are treated SO unfairly. At some point it was just uncomfortable to see overtures of certain girls liking the MC when the MC clearly doesn't reciprocate their feelings.
    Spoiler

    Also he ended up with my least favorite of the romantic interests.

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Basically, there are a ton of minor nits I could bring up that annoy me. But the overall story and characters are unique and interesting. There's also a healthy amount of humor, without detracting from the serious tone of the novel. Overall, I think it's worth completing if you really enjoy the first 50 or so chapters, otherwise all the flaws will only get more annoying as you go along. <<less
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RyuseiRo
RyuseiRo rated it
December 5, 2021
Status: c76
Everything was so convenient for the MC. There was almost no thrill in the story-everything will turn out for the better for him. And the misunderstanding? Apparently everyone thought he likes everyone. There was little to no interaction with the male characters, including the original MC. But in every chapter (at least until 76), he has interaction with the girls. I hate harem novels so maybe I'm just sensitive about this. Plus, I'm not clear about his opinion on the world- does he treat it as a novel or as... more>> an actual world with real people? Ah right, he's also passive- he waits for an event to happen, then take advantage of it (despite knowing that he could've prevented it from happening in the first place thus preventing others from dying). <<less
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Gumihou
Gumihou rated it
November 11, 2021
Status: c339
It was great, I really like all the twists and turns and MC's claim to being a genius is properly explained.

I dropped it at the point when the story is saturated and the question of Who MC Would End Up With became the main theme. I just Googled the answer. Not disappointed by it either but I'm just not interested in all the girls gunning for MC tales of woe.

Recommend to read until this arc, then, feel free to abandon it for triteness.

I'll probably reread it again to enjoy the... more>> beginning but stop before this arc. <<less
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puregarnet
puregarnet
October 14, 2021
Status: C36
Dropped

Hmmm, it feels pretty average. Nothing is terrible or anything but the main character feels really bland? I can't really get his personality. And the female characters do not appeal to me in the least. Especially the one that likes the antagonist in the original novel. She was introduced as a character to be disliked and until now, no matter how interested the MC acts towards her, nothing is changing my mind about her. The other female character I am more neutral towards but I also don't have any fondness... more>> for. Then the original protagonist is barely in the story, so I have zero thoughts about him. Also, the world is kinda uninteresting to read about, so whenever the MC does his money-making tasks, I'm kinda bored? Sadly, I don't think this is for me even though I came here after being recced from tr*sh of the Count's Family and Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, both of which were pretty interesting and excellent. I wonder if I should even continue, will it get better hmmm

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lbt
lbt rated it
October 10, 2021
Status: c70
Korean nationalism - check. Alhough phrases like 'Of course, the English Royal Court wasn’t worth much compared to Korea' are somewhat amusing, it feels strange overall. Also half of the side charachters are called Kim, and the MC is Kim too. Feels rather confusing until you realise who's talking. Another national specific present is a metric ton of very important korean problems, like who is taller, who is older and which honorifics are used in random talks.

Apparent plot problem is a clueless MC. Apparently he's doing something but without defined... more>> aim and it seems completely from the blue in most cases.

And what grinds my gear the most is the author's way to balance MC's overpoweredness, apart from his clueless lifestyle. It is to make everybody around the MC hate him and make his life harder without any sane reason. Instead of intended presentation of the MC's hard life it becomes a neverending show of how sociopathic are almost all the other charachters. This problem may just be the reason for me to drop the novel. <<less
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