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The Hunter’s Gonna Lay Low #2
ฮันเตอร์อยากใช้ชีวิตอย่างสงบ เล่ม 2
'ชาอึยแจ' หรือ 'J' ฮันเตอร์แรงก์ S คนแรกของเกาหลีใต้ได้หวนกลับมาอีกครั้ง ทว่าเวลาผ่านไปแล้ว 8 ปี เขาจึงตัดสินใจปกปิดพลังและใช้ชีวิตอย่างสงบในฐานะพนักงานพาร์ตไทม์ร้านแฮจังกุก
แต่หลังจากได้เจอกับเจ้าหน้ากากกันแก๊สพิษ 'อีซายอง' หัวหน้ากิลด์พาโด ชีวิตสงบสุขของเขาก็ค่อย ๆ เริ่มพังทลายลงทีละน้อย อึยแจจึงตัดสินใจแน่วแน่รับเสนอของอีกฝ่าย ออกไปทำภารกิจเพื่อแลกเปลี่ยนกับการให้อีซายองรับประกันชีวิตอันสงบสุขของเขา
แต่ก้อนหินที่เริ่มกลิ้งแล้วย่อมไม่อาจหยุดลงได้ง่าย ๆ ชีวิตอันสงบสุขของชาอึยแจที่เริ่มไม่สงบ ก็ดูเหมือนว่าจะยิ่งไม่มีวี่แววกลับมาสงบสุข...
แต่หลังจากได้เจอกับเจ้าหน้ากากกันแก๊สพิษ 'อีซายอง' หัวหน้ากิลด์พาโด ชีวิตสงบสุขของเขาก็ค่อย ๆ เริ่มพังทลายลงทีละน้อย อึยแจจึงตัดสินใจแน่วแน่รับเสนอของอีกฝ่าย ออกไปทำภารกิจเพื่อแลกเปลี่ยนกับการให้อีซายองรับประกันชีวิตอันสงบสุขของเขา
แต่ก้อนหินที่เริ่มกลิ้งแล้วย่อมไม่อาจหยุดลงได้ง่าย ๆ ชีวิตอันสงบสุขของชาอึยแจที่เริ่มไม่สงบ ก็ดูเหมือนว่าจะยิ่งไม่มีวี่แววกลับมาสงบสุข...
324 pages, ebook
Published September 28, 2025
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September 30, 2025
จังหวะเดินเรื่องช้าลงกว่าเล่มก่อนอยู่หน่อย แต่ด้านปมดูจะมีอะไรๆ เพิ่มมาในสเกลที่ใหญ่ขึ้น พี่กระบวยเท่ (และบ้าดีเดือด) เหมือนเดิม คนบนปกก็เหล่ท่อมาก (ภาพปกคือจึ้งจริง!) หลอดความสัมพันธ์เหมือนจะกระดึ๊บขึ้นมานิดนึง (นิดเดียวจริงๆ) จากไม่ชอบหน้าก็ขยับมาเป็นถ้อยทีถ้อยอาศัยกันเป็นครั้งคราว
January 21, 2026
**I read this book through unofficial translations from Korean to English**
[Using this listing as my marker for chapters 145-362 plus the 3 epilogue chapters]
With Part 2 of The Hunter's Gonna Lay Low, the story comes to a conclusion. I've got a few gripes on things like pacing and depth of the overarching plot, but honestly, I still really enjoyed reading this web novel. Any time I wasn't reading the novel, I found myself missing the story and characters - looking forward to the moment when I get to sit down and continue reading. I'm still missing the characters even after finishing the book.
To start off with the positives, I think the characters and their relationships are really what made the story shine. The gradual relationship building between Cha Eui-jae and Lee Sa-young, although fast paced at times, was pretty well written overall with how they got to learn about each other's pasts and their current selves. We also got to see three different timelines and versions of Lee Sa-young and Cha Eui-jae, and each had different circumstances and slightly different dynamics. But seeing these different versions made Lee Sa-young's line about how he "likes the current version of us the most because we're special" ring true. No matter how much sorrow and regret they have for their pasts of being stuck in the West Sea Rift, being experimented on by Prometheus, or the 8 years of waiting and enduring, they wouldn't be who they are in the third timeline without all of that. It truly makes their relationship special.
Despite the third timeline being the most special, the other two versions of them were also nice to read about. I teared up when the souls of the second timeline's Cha Eui-jae and Lee Sa-young got to finally reunite and when they bid farewell to their third timeline selves.
As for the others, all the supporting characters like Hong Ye-seong, Seo Min-gi, and the Mackerel brothers had unique personalities and roles to play, which brought a lot of flavour into the story. They were all developed and fleshed out really well and I found myself caring about every single one of them. Even the small moments in the hangover soup restaurant with the regulars in the epilogue and birthday side story were heartwarming and cute. The author nailed the found family trope.
On to some shortcomings of the story, the main ones I want to mention are the plot, the antagonists, and the pacing. The main antagonist of the story was the Apocalypse, and it was shrouded in enough mystery to make me wonder where it came from, what it's purpose for destroying worlds was, and how it worked. Unfortunately, despite Eui-jae and Sa-young destroying the Apocalypse at the end, nothing is ever explained about the origins of the System and the Apocalypse. It just vanished from the story, which left me a bit disappointed and wanting more. The ending felt a bit anti-climactic in that regard.
The other antagonists, Prometheus, did a good job in causing issues in the story by accelerating the coming of the End, but the motives for Matthew creating the group didn't live up to my expectations. His inability to forgive himself for killing his family after his awakening barely justifies his goal of straight up ending a world with Awakeners. I was pretty disappointed when it was revealed that Matthew was the Seer because it seemed a bit random. As for Ga-young, I also found the backstory of her sibling dying due to Awakeners getting priority over civilians for treatment to be severely lacking in comparison to her actions. Just because of her siblings death, she proceeded to experiment on and kill innocent Awakeners and civilians alike. It just felt a bit shallow compared to the amount of evil she committed.
And finally, the pacing. Overall the pacing was fine, but there were some moments that left me scratching my head and wondering how we got there. The main scene I'm referring to is when Sa-young needed to be locked in the training room and get skewered by metal stakes and chains in order to hold back the apocalypse. I felt the scene was really abrupt and random, especially since it happened right after he had a fight with Eui-jae. I was expecting them to talk it out and make up but all of that was skipped over, and they automatically made up due to Sa-young suffering and Eui-jae being there for him. The logistics of how Sa-young getting impaled helped hold back the apocalypse also didn't really make sense.
The pacing of the story stabilises when it reaches the arc about the Memorial Dungeon of the second timeline, which was my favourite arc. There's ample angst and yearning throughout the story, but during this arc it's especially satisfying.
Overall, the writing isn't perfect and there's a few plot holes here and there, but I still had a great time reading this novel - especially the small comedic moments. I think a key message to take away from the book is: don’t dwell on your past regrets - keep walking forward!
[Using this listing as my marker for chapters 145-362 plus the 3 epilogue chapters]
With Part 2 of The Hunter's Gonna Lay Low, the story comes to a conclusion. I've got a few gripes on things like pacing and depth of the overarching plot, but honestly, I still really enjoyed reading this web novel. Any time I wasn't reading the novel, I found myself missing the story and characters - looking forward to the moment when I get to sit down and continue reading. I'm still missing the characters even after finishing the book.
To start off with the positives, I think the characters and their relationships are really what made the story shine. The gradual relationship building between Cha Eui-jae and Lee Sa-young, although fast paced at times, was pretty well written overall with how they got to learn about each other's pasts and their current selves. We also got to see three different timelines and versions of Lee Sa-young and Cha Eui-jae, and each had different circumstances and slightly different dynamics. But seeing these different versions made Lee Sa-young's line about how he "likes the current version of us the most because we're special" ring true. No matter how much sorrow and regret they have for their pasts of being stuck in the West Sea Rift, being experimented on by Prometheus, or the 8 years of waiting and enduring, they wouldn't be who they are in the third timeline without all of that. It truly makes their relationship special.
Despite the third timeline being the most special, the other two versions of them were also nice to read about. I teared up when the souls of the second timeline's Cha Eui-jae and Lee Sa-young got to finally reunite and when they bid farewell to their third timeline selves.
As for the others, all the supporting characters like Hong Ye-seong, Seo Min-gi, and the Mackerel brothers had unique personalities and roles to play, which brought a lot of flavour into the story. They were all developed and fleshed out really well and I found myself caring about every single one of them. Even the small moments in the hangover soup restaurant with the regulars in the epilogue and birthday side story were heartwarming and cute. The author nailed the found family trope.
On to some shortcomings of the story, the main ones I want to mention are the plot, the antagonists, and the pacing. The main antagonist of the story was the Apocalypse, and it was shrouded in enough mystery to make me wonder where it came from, what it's purpose for destroying worlds was, and how it worked. Unfortunately, despite Eui-jae and Sa-young destroying the Apocalypse at the end, nothing is ever explained about the origins of the System and the Apocalypse. It just vanished from the story, which left me a bit disappointed and wanting more. The ending felt a bit anti-climactic in that regard.
The other antagonists, Prometheus, did a good job in causing issues in the story by accelerating the coming of the End, but the motives for Matthew creating the group didn't live up to my expectations. His inability to forgive himself for killing his family after his awakening barely justifies his goal of straight up ending a world with Awakeners. I was pretty disappointed when it was revealed that Matthew was the Seer because it seemed a bit random. As for Ga-young, I also found the backstory of her sibling dying due to Awakeners getting priority over civilians for treatment to be severely lacking in comparison to her actions. Just because of her siblings death, she proceeded to experiment on and kill innocent Awakeners and civilians alike. It just felt a bit shallow compared to the amount of evil she committed.
And finally, the pacing. Overall the pacing was fine, but there were some moments that left me scratching my head and wondering how we got there. The main scene I'm referring to is when Sa-young needed to be locked in the training room and get skewered by metal stakes and chains in order to hold back the apocalypse. I felt the scene was really abrupt and random, especially since it happened right after he had a fight with Eui-jae. I was expecting them to talk it out and make up but all of that was skipped over, and they automatically made up due to Sa-young suffering and Eui-jae being there for him. The logistics of how Sa-young getting impaled helped hold back the apocalypse also didn't really make sense.
The pacing of the story stabilises when it reaches the arc about the Memorial Dungeon of the second timeline, which was my favourite arc. There's ample angst and yearning throughout the story, but during this arc it's especially satisfying.
Overall, the writing isn't perfect and there's a few plot holes here and there, but I still had a great time reading this novel - especially the small comedic moments. I think a key message to take away from the book is: don’t dwell on your past regrets - keep walking forward!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 30, 2025
เรื่องเนิบๆ กว่าเล่มแรก แต่ก็อ่านไม่น่าเบื่อ ไปที่ไหนก็เจอแต่เรื่องจริงๆ เมื่อไหร่พี่ชายเราจะรู้ตัวว่าเด็กมันชอบ
October 21, 2025
Too slow-paced.
November 11, 2025
The light novel is so good that I'm literally learning Korean because the translation that I was following wasn't updating fast enough for me.
December 1, 2025
หมาม่วงเด็กดี เป็นกำลังใจให้คุณ 240 ได้เข้าใกล้พี่ J อีกสักนิดนะ
เนื้อเรื่องอาจจะเดินไปแค่ 5% แต่ความน่ารักของซายอง คือ 200%
สนุก อ่านเพลิน comedy เหมาะกับวันพักผ่อนฮะ
เนื้อเรื่องอาจจะเดินไปแค่ 5% แต่ความน่ารักของซายอง คือ 200%
สนุก อ่านเพลิน comedy เหมาะกับวันพักผ่อนฮะ
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