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Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!

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MobuSeka
Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu
Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu
Thế Giới Otomegame Thật Khắc Nghiệt Với Nhân Vật Quần Chúng
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs [Official Title]
乙女ゲー世界はモブに厳しい世界です
女性向遊戲世界對路人角色很不友好
Related Series
Ano Otomege wa Oretachi ni Kibishii Sekai desu (Same Franchise)
The World of Otome Game Too Tough for Mobs: Original Route (Spin-Off)
Recommendations
21st Century Archmage (8)
Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite (8)
To Be a Power in the Shadows! (WN) (7)
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (7)
The Regressor and the Blind Saint (6)
The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me (6)
Recommendation Lists
  1. good Harem
  2. Fun (Mainly) Fantasy
  3. Ones I want to remember
  4. Male mc in Otome game
  5. Best of jp

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12/22/21 Dobelyu Wai v8 extra 1
12/15/21 Dobelyu Wai v8 epilogue
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gk3101
gk3101 rated it
September 12, 2019
Status: v2c7 part1
The idea itself is pretty good, the story has nice plot and the world building is decent but the MC ruins it all.

He is just so incompitent which ruins the stoeyeires for me, I understand that he has flaws but he is waaaaaay to flawed and lets not forget that he is supposed to be around 30 or late 20 when he died but he act like a 15 year old with tr*sh can instead of brain.

The MC is rush and doesn't think before he act and when he DOES... more>> think his thinking is just flawed and illogical to the point when you think he has brain damage.

Anyhow if you ok with an incompitent MC then the story is actually good and I recommend it. <<less
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JackSaun
JackSaun rated it
June 17, 2019
Status: v2 epilogue
The book is very good, however the background of a world that pretty much screws over men (even in the old medieval world where women were screwed over there was still chivalry so they were treated alright, here chivalry still favours woman over man so every male is pretty much a servant to any woman regardless of any circumstance -minus royalty) which makes it very annoying as the MC can't do sh*t if some girl is fuçking with him as if he even lifts a finger against him very bad... more>> $hit will happen to him. Overall good story (interesting plot and no real issues with wording), however there are many moments that will fill the reader with intense irritation/anger unless you are a M (then you would probably love this world). <<less
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Salokin
Salokin rated it
February 26, 2019
Status: v2 side story 2
This is such a good isekai story. Although I should preface this with saying its comedy 'harem' genre rather than actual harem (in other words the MC remains technically 'single' but is surrounded by girls who want him). Although I should say that in the world setting there are actual reverse harems all over the place.

Let me point out what is the only chief complaint I have about this story. The MC seems to set as his life goal to become a shut-in neet. His AI companion even points out... more>> at the end of volume2 that most of the MC's struggles in life come from himself working unusually hard to avoid fame but being viewed as generous in return. It is really annoying (for the reader) to hear him whine whenever anything good happens to him.

Think of him like a reverse Kazuma. He's really powerful from the start, good things keep happening to him, he's rich by accident and respected by powerful individuals, but he still can't be happy about it because he actually wants to be a looser.

Honestly, the moments when he actually wants to fight and scolds foolish opponents who underestimate, more than make up for the cringe chapters. And the supporting cast is charming. <<less
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exkinkin
exkinkin rated it
February 24, 2019
Status: v2 side story 2
otome games. At first I was skeptical about this one since ofc as a male I don't really like any otome games nor series that use otome games as their targeted isekai (although I am fine with some other shoujo series). But I tried reading it and it was great. The series itself was amusing and not boring at all, kinda silly but funny MC, beautiful and like-able heroines, good story progressions, etc.

I think this is a good read, you should at least try reading it
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Fluffums
Fluffums rated it
February 13, 2019
Status: v2c1
There's a lot of interesting stuff there, but it seems haphazard - whatever's convenient for the story suddenly shows up out of nowhere for one scene then is seemingly forgotten by the author.

The protagonist's pretty weak-minded and spends a lot of time complaining and feeling bad for himself.

The setting has a lot of inconsistency, probably because the author makes everything up as he goes along and keeps forgetting things that happened a few chapters ago. Plotholes are everywhere.

Still, there aren't a ton of stories like it, so it's worth taking... more>> a look into as long as you don't think while reading novels. <<less
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izelan83
izelan83 rated it
June 14, 2024
Status: v6c2
(Not so) Short and sweet review:

The novel starts out pretty great, I'd likely have given it a 4 or even 5 stars after the first 3 novels. The problem is:

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Spoiler

-The MC experiences zero character growth, in fact I'd say he actually regresses to become more juvenile and turns into a joke.

-Characters from the early volumes that should have been dropped are kept around as joke material, except the jokes stop being funny after the first 4ish volumes and I end up skipping through any part of the story they play a part in.

-The people who transmigrated continually treat the world as a game that will 100% follow the storyline they remember from their past lives, despite continually being painfully taught the lesson that the world is in fact not a game and the story does not always perfectly line up which causes needless drama.

-Too many characters are basically tr*sh tier people and used for comedic effect, I'm pretty sure the only prominent characters that get any sort of growth are the MC's fiancées and even then it's only during the volume (s) they're introduced in.

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So yeah, to sum it all up the author started out with a promising work that eventually turns into stale repeated jokes and one-dimensional characters with no growth. Having said all that, some of the worldbuilding/story is interesting enough that I'll likely finish the series but it should have been so much better and I don't understand why the author went the direction they did after volume 3.

Edit: Read a few other reviews, skipped ahead a bit in the novel, changed my mind and I won't be finishing this work. I thought about dropping my review to 2 stars, but I'll leave it at 3 in honor of the honestly entertaining first 3 volumes. I could forgive many things, but the atrocious handling of the MC by the author and his negative character growth to the point where he turns into the equivalent of a juvenile 12 year old edgelord with no social skills (for someone who was supposed to have been a functioning adult in his past life) is honestly the worst I've read in any medium. <<less
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Gorgon13
Gorgon13 rated it
May 25, 2024
Status: v3c6
It's so frustrating, when you hate someone just hate it you know. But MC is like I hate you but I helping you, give you money, become your guardian, protect you, all of it. Even if the enemy denounce, mock, wants to kill the MC, MC is like "it's okayy Im mob afterall~~

Damn just cant continue this anymore
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DankEntity21
DankEntity21 rated it
August 5, 2023
Status: v10
It's been a bit of time since I have read this, but I remember it to be quite a fun read. It was one of the rare few times I felt a bit empty after finishing reading/watching something interesting. I made this account since I saw a lot of people complaining about the MC being spineless, not making a move on his lovers, and stuff like that. Regarding that, there actually is a side story that showcases what their relationship will be in the future. I think it was in... more>> v10 or v9, can't quite remember, but it kinda explains why so many people haven't seen it yet and are complaining. It's a side story about a far future where, basically,
Spoiler

Leon has imp**gnated all of his lovers

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If you're interested if there will even be relationship progress in the future, I guess you should just read the spoiler above. Aside from that, it has a pretty interesting premise and lovable waifus (though few). It also has a decent world-building, well, if you're willing to read the Marie route that is, a lot of lore was explained there for some reason if I remember correctly. I can understand how infuriating it is though, with how seemingly no progress has been made regarding Leon's relationship. Still, this story has a special place in my heart nonetheless. I'm not a native English speaker so I hope this review is somewhat understandable. <<less
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colombopl
colombopl rated it
July 26, 2022
Status: v6
Woow. Mishima Yomu does not fail again. It is very hard to find so good isekai and so good LN.

What I find so good here:

1. Addictive and non-linear adventure with interesting struggles and fights. It is extremly rare as most of LN/wn looks like go to point 1 -> collect item 1 -> kill character 1 -> go to point 2.

... more>> This story is full of surprising events

2. Not simple MC. In general he is lazy. But when needed he will do every crazy thing to help others or save the world. MC kills when it is absolutely necessary. He is mischievous and has lots of flaws but has virtues as well. Just like normal human.

3. Very decent romances. We do have classic saving damsel in distress events. But romances here are much more then that. We have lots of drama elements when characters must solve misunderstandings and problems with their feelings. And we have slices of life.

4. There is second best way to naturally create harem after Mushoku Tensei. Women does not like to be some toys in a collection of brainless pokemons so autor finds creative ways to solve this problem. Creating of a harem is very tough and slow.

5. LN is written on a level very close to decent books. Scenes and surrounding are described with decent details. It is the same with characters. You will not have to think 10 times to find out who is talking in dialogs.

To solve some misunderstandings. In general MC is not beta male. I would rather say that he is lazy. That is why he wants to be MOB. But he does what is needed when people or the world needs him. And his wealth and social position grows very fast. In case of women he is a covard who does not want to see that he is great and talented womanizer. He has extremely powerfull item in his disposal and he is strong but not overpowered to impossible level.

As one reviewer said a story reaches its peak at the end of vol 3 when first instalment of otome game ends. And then it gets BETTER.

Read LN translation only as WN is poor MTL which spoils the fun. <<less
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RRHood
RRHood rated it
May 22, 2022
Status: v6 epilogue
How do I say this?The plot is good but the main character destroy it all.

How can he not think that world is NOW HIS REALITY

Characters are always love interest there love interest that, original story should be followed. The author didn't even include the fact that the characters already messed up the storyline (of the game).

... more>> The characters don't even have the thinking "Oh! It's reality it's not the game we shouldn't follow the storyline".

They always think that the love interest is the key to their problem even the mentioned love interest is the one that make light to your way to the bad end they will push it like id*ots.

And as a matter of fact the Olivia-Angelina Arc (v1-3) and Noelle (v4-6? I stop reading at 6 can't say it's done in v6) is just the same.

To summarize, the story got tr*shed because of the characters especially the MC. Dense is tolerable but adding indecisive to dense, it's just hell. <<less
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deuss
deuss rated it
April 14, 2022
Status: Completed
One of the more entertaining WN to read (read the raw, not sure how far along it's been translated) but sadly the weaker parts stand out more due to other aspects being stronger as in how little there are actually interactions between the MC and the actual heroines once their arcs have been completed. You will literally know more about the five idiots and the little sister side characters than MC's relationship with anyone other than those six.

It gets a bit better near the end but then the author adds... more>> more and more and more characters to the pile, overshadowing the main ones once again and before you know it, it's the end. The plot itself is ok, again entertaining but also kinda feels shoujo-ish with how stuff could have been better dealt with if only they actually communicate and some moments feel like cheap drama for the sake of drama but they're pretty rare and don't get dragged out too long so ultimately it's still an enjoyable read till the end. I just wish some things were done better. <<less
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JustAMerePleb
JustAMerePleb rated it
December 16, 2021
Status: v8 epilogue
A lot of plot points wouldn't be so frustrating to read if MC is not a typical good boy shounen protag. But this is a shounen novel so maybe its not wrong for him to act like it. Still is pretty frustrating to read if you're not used to the usual shounen trope.
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Misaka 16180
Misaka 16180 rated it
November 14, 2021
Status: v7c3
I really enjoyed reading Mobu up until halfway of the Republic arc, because it just felt like everything went downhill from there. I recommend reading this up until Fanoss arc, then just imagine the story ended there.

Spoilers from this point on about the Republic arc.
    • The first half of the republic arc felt just like a rehash of the kingdom arc, where Leon (the MC) knocks some arrogant nobles off their high horse and saved the heroine. After that, Leon's character development hit a plateau and he became boring.
    • Lelia doesn't feel like a proper counter to Leon, rather she just feels annoying. A brat of an anti-hero wannabe.
    • And what the heck is up with the (sort of) NTR undertones between Angie & Livia and Leila & Serge? It felt like I was hit by a truck hauling 10 tons of cringe out of nowhere.
    • World building just become messier and confusing, sometimes to the point of not making sense already.
    • Because the cast got too many, some new characters' potential got wasted (Narcisse and Emile to note some).
    • The story wants to sell me the Great Tree as the real villain, but I never felt invested to that, and the characters that are positioned to be the villains are lackluster and doesn't feel threatening (I'm more threatened by the writer making Angie and Livia go full NTR on Leon) ;
    • The surface villains' (Pierre, Loic, and Serge) reason for being the villains can be boiled down to just this: they wanna get the girls' p*ssies.
There are many more that I would want to point out but I'll just leave it here. These are just my opinion but if you can ignore all these, you might enjoy reading. Otherwise, read only the Kingdom and Fanoss arc (volume 1-3) and imagine that the Republic arc never existed.
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Dg2
Dg2
October 7, 2021
Status: v5
Old Review:

The fic starts off a bit shaky, then it gets rather interesting once he helps the Villainous. However, expect the MC to repeat the same line over and over again about how cruel the world/woman are. (It gets annoying fast.)

The great thing of this fic is that the MC actually out grows the beta MC mindset in Volume 3. He learns to actually kill his opponents, but sadly this guy still gives away all of his accomplishments. I honestly find it too annoying to read Volume 5 due... more>> to it literally being a rehash of the first trilogy of books.

Ex: MC goes to a new academy. People physically/mentally degrade him, he finds the protag and tries to correct the canon story line, however, he ends up in another duel for the big climax of the volume. This is not even entertaining since the exact same scenario happened in Volume 1.

I thought we were over the MC being walked on, but instead we are thrust into the same setting of him being degraded by every single person he meets. During which, the MC keeps on pretending that everything must follow canon and this situation of him being belittled is 'OK'. I'm concern our MC is a hardcore masochist.

However, in the very next chapter he destroys canon due to his beta ego. Where he goes on a CN face-slapping spree while wowing the audience in a public setting.

With all these problems, this novel is still a refreshing change in the Isekai genre.

Rate 3.4/5

Edit as of Volume 4:

This story took a nose dive. I feared this might occur so I held off on reading this... for two years, yet I came back in hopes I was wrong and mentally strong enough to read through this filth.

However, the amount of BS in this story got me in the end and I ended up dropping this for good.

The second school arc is beyond horrible, then there is the repeated punching bag scenario in which everyone and their dog participates just to orchestrate the cast for literally now reason beside for them being from a third rate country.

Which is in the top five s*upidest sht I've heard in a long while.

Anyway, the author has the sheer audacity to force the MC's airship to be taken away without a single complaint from the MC due to the plot being beyond coincidental idiotically. Why would the MC allow these mobs to hold his friends lives in their hands and be able to make a one sided arrangement which requires a duel to break the beheading curse upon them? IDK WHY! Couldn't the MC just orbital strike them to death and technically fulfill the this one sided clause? Its not like this foreign country is being very diplomatic at this point in time.

Sadly nonsensical and zero IQ is the name of the game. The MC will roll over to their demands... This is the kind of sht which makes me want to bash my head into the wall.

The MC's alpha card has been revoked for a few years at this point, but now he I have to issue him his Beta Card. RIP. Even with an AI the MC uses it solely to find the potential third SI.... Not for anything important like say: finding blackmail... crashing the school into bankruptcy, maybe breaking the curse ect.

Oh yeah, didn't I just mention there is yet another SI? Because his older sister isn't the only one with foreknowledge in this world now. So GG guys cause our MC's specialness has been diminished once again. Leaving one of the worst MCs I've read in a long while who doesn't even have anything of note to his name beside for being the biggest M to rival a certain blond in konosuba.

So the MC and co will then be forced to fight in a tournament style format because the sacred tree will behead them all if they don't. This wtf moment is simply ignored by the staff as the whole foreign nation/institute is more than happy to cause an international incident as there is literally no consequences for said actions. Its not like the MC has a weapon of mass destruction... or a FL with the power of love on their side. Instead we get plain old, forced story development. Where reasoning is thrown away for terrible writing skills which makes this borderline mtl quality work seem even worse the second time I came to this.

Anyway, Volume 4 is half exposition covering the first week of his new school which adds zero development, then a third is about the MC and co being publicly humiliated to hell and back with the last 1/6 consisting of a tournament fight scene.

So if you can handle zero plot progression, a masochist MC with zero EQ and illogical development, I recommend this. If not, then Id skip this whole volume. For I have lost all interest in this story all together.

Rate 2.1/5 <<less
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Asphyxia778
Asphyxia778 rated it
September 8, 2021
Status: v3
I really like the settings for this story but the MC and poorly written romance makes me mad.

A lot of MC's plans only work cause of plot Armor and MC is a dumbass.

MC is the type to go save even his enemies even though he kinda hates them. Idk.

MC is basically a puppy who will come to play with you even of you chase it away.

Ah so annoying. I really hate the MC.

Well this is a time pass read if you shut off your brain.
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DaoistHarvey
DaoistHarvey rated it
May 17, 2021
Status: c57
The premise is good. I enjoyed the novel. But the MC is indecisive, he's nit a beta but he is acting like one. He is already very strong but he keeps calling himself a Mob (which means he is someone ordinary or sht). I think he has inferiority complex.. 4 star for the story, 2.5 star for writing quality, 1 star for MC's character.

I rate it 2.5 star overall
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drunkenmarshall
drunkenmarshall rated it
May 17, 2021
Status: --
MC denser than osmium and indecisive. I refuse to believe the logic of an independent adult words weighed less than a college student whom still living with her parents. On top of that, it seems that the common sense of these people in this writings seems lacking, how did someone, who practically live on another place, having something peculiar in place of others? As expected of the writer of Evil Intergalactic empire, always playing with overly dramatic emotion shaking, it doesn't make sense, stirring emotion unnecessarily take me to wonder... more>> whether is this even a writing or just something to messed up with people, the frustration is not even worth the story because how dense the MC and how illogical the world building is. <<less
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l2aYz
l2aYz rated it
March 19, 2021
Status: v6
3.5

First act == SS (marie route) >>> 2nd act

It's fun to read at 1st act but 2nd act I realize all the plots are the same. Some sh*t happens> MC saves the day. It makes 2nd act feel very generic without any strong background. The story feels like It's just happened. Antagonists are just bad and dumb.

... more>> Also, there is no character development for MC it's kinda bugged me. Actually, He becomes worse even more indecisive and dense. Well, there still have some enjoyable moments and better than Isekai standard.

5 for Marie route the story process more complex than the original story which result feel much more enjoyable than ori. Cause and consequence feel real sh*t here. Maybe the author doesn't have to "play safe" Oh, Leon go save the day, get the girls. So JP fans don't go rage then burn the books and crucifixion him.

In summary, The ori feel much more worth reading so you can enjoy Marie route. <<less
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Mr.Skink
Mr.Skink rated it
July 25, 2020
Status: V5 Afterword
This book is pretty good actually.

I'll keep this simple.

It's a Japenese dude that says as an excuse for anything and everything that happens "It's an Otome game", but that is not true.

... more>> At the same time, the author most of the time explains to you what is the real reason why things are like this or why something is happening.

Honestly, I dislike and sometimes hate how the MC always uses the excuse that "It's an Otome game", but I like that when it actually matters he puts in the effort when something happens (even though he could've prevented it way earlier), so 4/5 for giving me a good story of an ignorant dude that doesn't open his eyes until the last moment.

Edit: finished volume 5 I haven't seen any more releases of chapters so I guess this is the end. And I learned my lesson from reading and finishing this book, that if I ever see another book like this, I will burn it alive so that I and nobody else would have to read something like that.

tbh book was decent but I'm not going to hurt myself to read more of this kind of stuff if you wanna know why I have mixed feelings, read it yourself, I don't want to relive it again. <<less
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Supranoob
Supranoob rated it
April 16, 2020
Status: v2c8
Actual score is 3.5

There is some big problems, in that case, it's with the MC.

The MC who is at heart a good natured guy is fine in itself, and althought I would not call his schemes cunning, they are fairly well done and are good, the plot?for now it's kinda meh.

however his emotional status is bad, not bad in a way that "bruh the guy is facing problems it's bad"it's in the way that "why the hell are you even having these sort of problems?", the guy lived in that... more>> world for 10 years, experimenting the hardship of male members, however for now, it's clear that he's still treating the world as some sort of game, don't know what to do with his own feelings, and is somewhat of a coward and selfish guy who don't know what to do.

Come on, the guy has a stuck mentality of "I'm a mob, so I don't have the right to be standing with the protagonist, how foolish I was..." The way he is treating himself like a inferior guy, who just wants to be lazy, when he is in fact wanting to be with them is just plainly bad, he even is giving excuses to himself now.

also, there is some plot holes who are plainly bad.

Spoiler

like the cheat itself, how was he able to localizate it?he himself said that he localized the armor throught cordenates, but a thing like this would not be in a game, and even them, how was Olivia able to get it?since it apparently it kinda hates all of humanking for now.

also the way he goes about this is bad "i stole her cheat"seriously?

Why he did not get the item, since he did come to a dungeon with olivia?Marie even got it first, and was not nearly as overpowered as the MC was, using "i was hoping for a growth from these charms" or "bruh I was going to do it latter"is a s*upid reason.

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Also as a reincarnated person, marie is too dumb, the consequences of her trying to do a reverse harem in a highly hierachal society while only being a low class should be obvious.

Talking about hierarchy, this is also one of the problems with the MC.

"ah I can't be with her, her noble ranking will be high and she is the protagonist"

"she is of a too high standing I can't be with her" said the guy who hit on the queen of the country, and himself said that he does not want to be involved with the country affair, but does so either way, while he is still sulking on his mentality of a loser

Man that does pisses me off, but at least I know that he will get better latter. <<less
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