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I was Reincarnated as a Magic Academy! #1
I'm a WHAAAT?!
DragomirCM, the writer of the popular Web Novel: "I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy!" brings you the e-book version of the same story! Enjoy the first two Arcs on your Kindle, Mobile, or Tablet!
85500 words of edited and revised content!
Synopsis:
After an untimely death, a rather average Romanian is reincarnated in a new body in a new world filled with Magic and Adventure! The only problem is that he isn't exactly humanoid or has any hands for that matter. As the Dungeon Core installed in a Magic Academy, his role in this world has already been set by his creator, a bearded old wizard, that of a janitor and a repairman. Still, will he obediently stick to his 'job' when he holds the memory of his past life, has access to incredible magic, and most importantly, feels the need to build himself a good ol' labyrinth?
85500 words of edited and revised content!
Synopsis:
After an untimely death, a rather average Romanian is reincarnated in a new body in a new world filled with Magic and Adventure! The only problem is that he isn't exactly humanoid or has any hands for that matter. As the Dungeon Core installed in a Magic Academy, his role in this world has already been set by his creator, a bearded old wizard, that of a janitor and a repairman. Still, will he obediently stick to his 'job' when he holds the memory of his past life, has access to incredible magic, and most importantly, feels the need to build himself a good ol' labyrinth?
- GenresFantasy
293 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 20, 2016
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224 people want to read
About the author
Cristian Madalin Dragomir
13 books61 followersCristian Mădălin Dragomir is the author of several well-known web novels as well as several bestselling books on Amazon.
Currently, Cristian Mădălin Dragomir plans on pursuing a career as a counselor for artists with the intent to help those who feel like they are stuck in their path.
Now for a bit of a life story:
Cristian Mădălin Dragomir was born in Romania in 1989 and has seen the country go through its transition from Communism to Democracy. The behavior, mentality, and expression of the people around him being what has changed the most or, in some cases, not at all. He was never involved in the political struggles in his country, seeing their change and evolution more from an observer perspective.
In 2007, he learned that he had Hepatitis B, with a high possibility of him being infected from a recent dentist visit. Later, it was confirmed that it was a rare case of Hepatitis B with a wild strain of Hepatitis D, which at that time was described as having no potential method of treatment or cure. The fear of infecting others kept him from properly socializing, then the medication pushed him into depression. All this while going through the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, following an Aerospace Engineering degree.
His mental health deteriorated even more when he had to go through Interferon Alpha treatment in 2012 all through 2013 and 2014 with most of his time being a struggle against suicidal thoughts caused by three different forms of depression: Emotional (as a result of his troubled perspective on the world), Spiritual (as a result of his lack of connection with God and the divine), and Chemical (as a result of the treatment). Friends and family helped him push through even the most critical and dire moments.
In 2012 he also began writing in the English language after failing to be recognized as a writer by the Printing Houses in Romania. This also proved to be a form of self-therapy as it helped him get through the more physically painful and mentally anguishing moments caused by the Interferon treatment.
The Soul Mate of a Demon Queen was the first book he published in the English Language in the format of a short story, which was later changed and rewritten in a full novel format. This book was published on Amazon. It was then followed by The Rise of the Werewolf, The Memories of an Ask’odar and then the first two volumes of the novella series The Kyoran Dream. They did not do so great.
He was freed of the chemical induced depression in 2015, and both the spiritual and emotional ones were taking a turn for the better, which prompted him to try his hand at writing more as well as be more open minded in general.
In 2015 he started a blog on which he wrote the first chapters of the I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy! web novel, inspired by the brave attitude of other writers who started to post overseas in this format. Later, in October, the blog was discovered by a web novel translator and with a single helpful post from them managed to gain awareness on the internet.
In 2016, he published the e-book version for the I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy! and then in the following year 100 Luck and the Dragon Tamer Skill!
In 2017 he started working with the developers of Tiny Trinket on a game. He was in charge of character development, story, lore, mission writing, flavor text, basically anything that involved a writer, but the workload changed as the game itself switched from one form to another. Although this adventure began with a lot of hype and hope for an awesome collaboration, the amount of writing he had to do was stressful. Unfortunately, he was unable to convey this fact properly to his team members.
In 2018, seeing his workload continuing to grow, he did an analysis on everything he had to do for the story, lore, and missions’ text and concluded that he had to write at the very least 1 million words if not more. This amount of work coupled with his already growing
Currently, Cristian Mădălin Dragomir plans on pursuing a career as a counselor for artists with the intent to help those who feel like they are stuck in their path.
Now for a bit of a life story:
Cristian Mădălin Dragomir was born in Romania in 1989 and has seen the country go through its transition from Communism to Democracy. The behavior, mentality, and expression of the people around him being what has changed the most or, in some cases, not at all. He was never involved in the political struggles in his country, seeing their change and evolution more from an observer perspective.
In 2007, he learned that he had Hepatitis B, with a high possibility of him being infected from a recent dentist visit. Later, it was confirmed that it was a rare case of Hepatitis B with a wild strain of Hepatitis D, which at that time was described as having no potential method of treatment or cure. The fear of infecting others kept him from properly socializing, then the medication pushed him into depression. All this while going through the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, following an Aerospace Engineering degree.
His mental health deteriorated even more when he had to go through Interferon Alpha treatment in 2012 all through 2013 and 2014 with most of his time being a struggle against suicidal thoughts caused by three different forms of depression: Emotional (as a result of his troubled perspective on the world), Spiritual (as a result of his lack of connection with God and the divine), and Chemical (as a result of the treatment). Friends and family helped him push through even the most critical and dire moments.
In 2012 he also began writing in the English language after failing to be recognized as a writer by the Printing Houses in Romania. This also proved to be a form of self-therapy as it helped him get through the more physically painful and mentally anguishing moments caused by the Interferon treatment.
The Soul Mate of a Demon Queen was the first book he published in the English Language in the format of a short story, which was later changed and rewritten in a full novel format. This book was published on Amazon. It was then followed by The Rise of the Werewolf, The Memories of an Ask’odar and then the first two volumes of the novella series The Kyoran Dream. They did not do so great.
He was freed of the chemical induced depression in 2015, and both the spiritual and emotional ones were taking a turn for the better, which prompted him to try his hand at writing more as well as be more open minded in general.
In 2015 he started a blog on which he wrote the first chapters of the I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy! web novel, inspired by the brave attitude of other writers who started to post overseas in this format. Later, in October, the blog was discovered by a web novel translator and with a single helpful post from them managed to gain awareness on the internet.
In 2016, he published the e-book version for the I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy! and then in the following year 100 Luck and the Dragon Tamer Skill!
In 2017 he started working with the developers of Tiny Trinket on a game. He was in charge of character development, story, lore, mission writing, flavor text, basically anything that involved a writer, but the workload changed as the game itself switched from one form to another. Although this adventure began with a lot of hype and hope for an awesome collaboration, the amount of writing he had to do was stressful. Unfortunately, he was unable to convey this fact properly to his team members.
In 2018, seeing his workload continuing to grow, he did an analysis on everything he had to do for the story, lore, and missions’ text and concluded that he had to write at the very least 1 million words if not more. This amount of work coupled with his already growing
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May 8, 2017
I liked it
It's a great story worth reading and makes me laugh and feel excited. That by itself is a reason to read this book.
It's a great story worth reading and makes me laugh and feel excited. That by itself is a reason to read this book.
June 26, 2017
Good comedic story
It was highly enjoyable
I would recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy stories but didn't take them overly serious
It was highly enjoyable
I would recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy stories but didn't take them overly serious
March 14, 2017
Fun
Seems a little all over the place at times. HOWEVER, big however, a lot of thought has obviously been put into this, the storyline is great, the characters are what can only be described as hilarious and the ground work has been laid for plenty of novels. War, possible body, supreme dungeon, collision of dungeons, spouses, real gods and possibly training in a physical body (if he ever gets one). To sum up, can't wait for the next book and will definitely be thinking about this one for a while.
Seems a little all over the place at times. HOWEVER, big however, a lot of thought has obviously been put into this, the storyline is great, the characters are what can only be described as hilarious and the ground work has been laid for plenty of novels. War, possible body, supreme dungeon, collision of dungeons, spouses, real gods and possibly training in a physical body (if he ever gets one). To sum up, can't wait for the next book and will definitely be thinking about this one for a while.
February 18, 2017
I'm impressed
This was just something that was a lot of fun to read. It's silly and enjoyable.
Pick up your copy and have some fun today.
This was just something that was a lot of fun to read. It's silly and enjoyable.
Pick up your copy and have some fun today.
July 2, 2017
Harmless fun
Illsy is your typical weeboo herbivore with a holy mountain complex and a love for moe. If you Thought I started talking gibberish just then,,, well this book is not for you!
The book is a spin on the general idea of a dungeon in your typical RPG fantasy game, Illsy was reincarnated as a dungeon core with all of his memories of this previous life as your average 30 year old guy that likes anime, video games and girls.... charms lets say! he acts more like a teen in those highschool animes though, not sure why he was aged up.
Instead of a dungeon however he was placed incharge of a magic academy for student adventurers.
All anime troops are there from punches that send you flying 30 feet into the air to girls taking a bath and a pervert peeping on them.... and panties, lots of panties!
Although a bit too processed (yes, all those moe troops are nothing but processed sugar. nobody reacts like that!) for me I still found the book to be a fun light read.
It lost one star because the progress is really slow and there is an attempt to stretch it out as much as possible, the last two chapters were actually a re-telling of an earlier event from someone else's perspective, it doesn't add anything though just re-telling you something you already know.
Illsy is your typical weeboo herbivore with a holy mountain complex and a love for moe. If you Thought I started talking gibberish just then,,, well this book is not for you!
The book is a spin on the general idea of a dungeon in your typical RPG fantasy game, Illsy was reincarnated as a dungeon core with all of his memories of this previous life as your average 30 year old guy that likes anime, video games and girls.... charms lets say! he acts more like a teen in those highschool animes though, not sure why he was aged up.
Instead of a dungeon however he was placed incharge of a magic academy for student adventurers.
All anime troops are there from punches that send you flying 30 feet into the air to girls taking a bath and a pervert peeping on them.... and panties, lots of panties!
Although a bit too processed (yes, all those moe troops are nothing but processed sugar. nobody reacts like that!) for me I still found the book to be a fun light read.
It lost one star because the progress is really slow and there is an attempt to stretch it out as much as possible, the last two chapters were actually a re-telling of an earlier event from someone else's perspective, it doesn't add anything though just re-telling you something you already know.
August 10, 2024
Fun as a barrel of monkeys
Are monkeys fun? Anyway, it's a fun, silly tale of what a good-natured frat boy would do with cosmic powers. Or maybe what I would do with cosmic powers.
Are monkeys fun? Anyway, it's a fun, silly tale of what a good-natured frat boy would do with cosmic powers. Or maybe what I would do with cosmic powers.
August 7, 2019
I read this online as a serial publication but it seems pretty clear where the books were divided up. In this first book a human soul is trapped in an experimental dungeon core pieced together from bits of other dungeon cores. A magician did this so he could have a dungeon core to run and repair his brand new magic academy.
Here is the headline: Read for yourself and make your own decisions. For me, personally, this was a one star book but I feel like at least some of that is personal to me and that the author does a good job writing, just not for me. I suggest you take that advice and skip the rest of this review since next I will be mentioning what did not work for me in this book.
First is the amazingly slow story telling. The author frequently tells interactions from multiple points of view so you get to re-live every conversation, fight, etc. two or even three times. And yet, even with this over-development, there are parts of the story that aren't convincing. Primarily I'm talking about the internal fight the MC has with the remnants of dungeon minds. I never found this convincing and the way it is described it seemed like the MC should have never have been actually inconvenienced by them at all.
Next is the MC, who is remarkable slow to come to terms with reality. The MC finds himself in a "might makes right" situation where the bad guy is a racist (speciesist technically) murdering rapist who the MC just [SPOILER] LET'S HIM GO. The MC justifies this as being worse for the bad guy but WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THE BAD GUY IS GOING TO RAPE AND MURDER BECAUSE THE MC LET HIM GO????? (At what I'm guessing to be the start of book 3 we actually find out that this bad guy did in fact continue to rape and murder BTW.)
The author also has a secondary MC, Nanya, behave ridiculously stupidly. In a world where might makes right she first allows the bad guy to take away an insanely powerful weapon and does nothing about it. Why? Because the 132 year old Nanya was upset at being betrayed by the bad guy and apparently has daddy issues. BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE . . . Nanya has, for some insane reason (mommy issues), bound up most of her power. Again, she did this in a world where the strongest can rape and murder whoever they want since people like Nanya do nothing to stop them. BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE . . . Nany hasn’t unbound her power in years and the longer since the last unbinding the longer it takes to unbind her powers. So knowing the bad guy is on his way to the magic academy does Nanya take an afternoon and unbind her powers just so they are more readily accessible? NO. SHE BACIALLY WAITS UNTIL SHE IS IN COMBAT TO SIT DOWN AND ATTEMPT TO UNBIND HER POWERS RESULTING IN HER BEING SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED WHEN LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. Just moronic.
Bottom line: For me this is was not an enjoyable read but it does have its good points so perhaps others will be able to enjoy it.
Here is the headline: Read for yourself and make your own decisions. For me, personally, this was a one star book but I feel like at least some of that is personal to me and that the author does a good job writing, just not for me. I suggest you take that advice and skip the rest of this review since next I will be mentioning what did not work for me in this book.
First is the amazingly slow story telling. The author frequently tells interactions from multiple points of view so you get to re-live every conversation, fight, etc. two or even three times. And yet, even with this over-development, there are parts of the story that aren't convincing. Primarily I'm talking about the internal fight the MC has with the remnants of dungeon minds. I never found this convincing and the way it is described it seemed like the MC should have never have been actually inconvenienced by them at all.
Next is the MC, who is remarkable slow to come to terms with reality. The MC finds himself in a "might makes right" situation where the bad guy is a racist (speciesist technically) murdering rapist who the MC just [SPOILER] LET'S HIM GO. The MC justifies this as being worse for the bad guy but WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THE BAD GUY IS GOING TO RAPE AND MURDER BECAUSE THE MC LET HIM GO????? (At what I'm guessing to be the start of book 3 we actually find out that this bad guy did in fact continue to rape and murder BTW.)
The author also has a secondary MC, Nanya, behave ridiculously stupidly. In a world where might makes right she first allows the bad guy to take away an insanely powerful weapon and does nothing about it. Why? Because the 132 year old Nanya was upset at being betrayed by the bad guy and apparently has daddy issues. BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE . . . Nanya has, for some insane reason (mommy issues), bound up most of her power. Again, she did this in a world where the strongest can rape and murder whoever they want since people like Nanya do nothing to stop them. BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE . . . Nany hasn’t unbound her power in years and the longer since the last unbinding the longer it takes to unbind her powers. So knowing the bad guy is on his way to the magic academy does Nanya take an afternoon and unbind her powers just so they are more readily accessible? NO. SHE BACIALLY WAITS UNTIL SHE IS IN COMBAT TO SIT DOWN AND ATTEMPT TO UNBIND HER POWERS RESULTING IN HER BEING SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED WHEN LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. Just moronic.
Bottom line: For me this is was not an enjoyable read but it does have its good points so perhaps others will be able to enjoy it.
December 17, 2018
Pure joy (well, maybe not so pure)
A lovely read from start to finish. The main character is so likeable and you feel like you're learning right beside him. Well paced, funny, and just full of wonderfully quirky characters and twists!
A lovely read from start to finish. The main character is so likeable and you feel like you're learning right beside him. Well paced, funny, and just full of wonderfully quirky characters and twists!
November 26, 2020
Loved it
Fast paced page turner with interesting characters that you can instantly root for. I am definitely getting more books in the series and will be staying up late to read them
Fast paced page turner with interesting characters that you can instantly root for. I am definitely getting more books in the series and will be staying up late to read them
September 14, 2017
Childish breast obsession
Aimed at young mysoginists this book leave a lot to be desired. If you like pulp easy reads and don't care for plot jump right in.
Aimed at young mysoginists this book leave a lot to be desired. If you like pulp easy reads and don't care for plot jump right in.
November 29, 2017
The guy is the dungeon. I'm loving it. It was so funny.
November 29, 2017
Awful. Bad plot. Appears to be written in broken English.
July 19, 2018
Fun at times but heavily inmature and full of plotholes.
July 22, 2018
Fun
It was a good story and somewhat fun read. Often I had to mentally edit some flawed English that detracted from the immersion. Still I enjoyed it.
It was a good story and somewhat fun read. Often I had to mentally edit some flawed English that detracted from the immersion. Still I enjoyed it.
December 2, 2018
Great story
I really like this author. I have read two of his book and would definitely recommend this series. I am looking forward to reading more from him.
I really like this author. I have read two of his book and would definitely recommend this series. I am looking forward to reading more from him.
February 13, 2019
Good Book
This was a good book and I can’t wait to read more in the series, hope they publish more of them.
This was a good book and I can’t wait to read more in the series, hope they publish more of them.
February 22, 2019
Strait to book 2
This book is great I love the twist on the dungeon cores style and kept me entertained throughout. I’m starting book two immediately.
This book is great I love the twist on the dungeon cores style and kept me entertained throughout. I’m starting book two immediately.
March 26, 2019
It was an enjoyable and lighthearted read, it's not the most original story but he's got talent.
October 21, 2019
Fun
Benevolent and ignorant yet powerful dungeon core has human male reaction to pretty girls and lingerie.
Repairing mage students accidental destruction keeps him busy.
Benevolent and ignorant yet powerful dungeon core has human male reaction to pretty girls and lingerie.
Repairing mage students accidental destruction keeps him busy.
November 9, 2019
Really fun, interesting World with cute characters.
March 27, 2017
Barely Readable - 2.5 / 5
I'm conflicted by this story. The premise is an interesting one, and the characters in the story are mostly well-constructed and not one-dimensional. However, the primary antagonist is a laughable cardboard villain, whose entire purpose is to move the plot forward. He's racially motivated to promote his species and his views and actions are so extreme that he's practically a parody of a real villain. This seriously weakens the story, as it's sheer unbelievabability breaks the narrative flow. I'm certainly not trying to criticize the author for making the villain villainous, but making the villain rape and murder random background characters just to emphasize his badness is stupid. The villains dialogue was so corny it might as well have been lifted straight from an preschool cartoon shown.
There are other minor issues which also damage this story. The main character never attempts to explore or examine the very mysterious events which leads him to be resurrected and puts him in his predicament. This seems like a fairly large plot hole. The main character is aware how to construct some advanced technology, like lasers, but not other things? Lots of small details are mentioned, then never returned to and abandoned, leaving the work feeling a bit unplanned.
I don't want this to be all negative. I did really enjoy the main character and many of the other non-villain characters in the story. I enjoyed the main plot arc. The writing was very accessible and readable.
It's too bad that major issues exist in this work, because the actual characters and core story could be really interesting. Instead, it's just barely readable.
I'm conflicted by this story. The premise is an interesting one, and the characters in the story are mostly well-constructed and not one-dimensional. However, the primary antagonist is a laughable cardboard villain, whose entire purpose is to move the plot forward. He's racially motivated to promote his species and his views and actions are so extreme that he's practically a parody of a real villain. This seriously weakens the story, as it's sheer unbelievabability breaks the narrative flow. I'm certainly not trying to criticize the author for making the villain villainous, but making the villain rape and murder random background characters just to emphasize his badness is stupid. The villains dialogue was so corny it might as well have been lifted straight from an preschool cartoon shown.
There are other minor issues which also damage this story. The main character never attempts to explore or examine the very mysterious events which leads him to be resurrected and puts him in his predicament. This seems like a fairly large plot hole. The main character is aware how to construct some advanced technology, like lasers, but not other things? Lots of small details are mentioned, then never returned to and abandoned, leaving the work feeling a bit unplanned.
I don't want this to be all negative. I did really enjoy the main character and many of the other non-villain characters in the story. I enjoyed the main plot arc. The writing was very accessible and readable.
It's too bad that major issues exist in this work, because the actual characters and core story could be really interesting. Instead, it's just barely readable.
March 28, 2017
Really enjoyable
First of all it isn't perfect, there are numerous mistakes. That said I don't care, this book was funny! It reminds me of a few anime, the ones where the MC has several women around him and keeps getting into trouble.
First of all it isn't perfect, there are numerous mistakes. That said I don't care, this book was funny! It reminds me of a few anime, the ones where the MC has several women around him and keeps getting into trouble.
April 1, 2017
Lots of fun
I picked this book because Amazon recommended it after reading some other maze related books. Expecting an average story I got surprised with a high-quality, funny story that I couldn't drop until I reached the end and want more... Fast paced and with quick twists, I think are because it started as soon web novel, prepare to follow the first month's of life of a man reincarnated as a dungeon and working as the soul of a magic academy.
I picked this book because Amazon recommended it after reading some other maze related books. Expecting an average story I got surprised with a high-quality, funny story that I couldn't drop until I reached the end and want more... Fast paced and with quick twists, I think are because it started as soon web novel, prepare to follow the first month's of life of a man reincarnated as a dungeon and working as the soul of a magic academy.
April 2, 2017
Great book!
If you like manga, or anime, you're bound to enjoy this! It's a fun read, and I really enjoyed it. I would have given 5 stars but it needs some proof reading for word corrections. This doesn't detract from the story or happen often enough to be really anoying. But I feel that the 5th star should be tough to earn. I'm not sure if I'm greatful or sorry there are no pictures. I laughed quite a bit during some of the scenes in here. I think if there had been pic's I might have hurt myself from laughing.
Dear author. If you want someone to help proof read your next book, let me know if I can help.
If you like manga, or anime, you're bound to enjoy this! It's a fun read, and I really enjoyed it. I would have given 5 stars but it needs some proof reading for word corrections. This doesn't detract from the story or happen often enough to be really anoying. But I feel that the 5th star should be tough to earn. I'm not sure if I'm greatful or sorry there are no pictures. I laughed quite a bit during some of the scenes in here. I think if there had been pic's I might have hurt myself from laughing.
Dear author. If you want someone to help proof read your next book, let me know if I can help.
April 7, 2017
Absolutely awful!
This seems to be written by a thirteen year old boy, complete with sexual fantasies, power fantasies, infantile ideas, spelling mistakes, plotholes, editing mistakes.
One of the worst books i had the misfortune to acquire in the last decade.
My suggestion: Stay away from this as far as possible...
This seems to be written by a thirteen year old boy, complete with sexual fantasies, power fantasies, infantile ideas, spelling mistakes, plotholes, editing mistakes.
One of the worst books i had the misfortune to acquire in the last decade.
My suggestion: Stay away from this as far as possible...
April 12, 2017
Interesting concept but...
Good concept with dungeon and magic school. After that, every other sentence is the main character or side characters focused on being a pervert. Story designed for male gamer teens only.
Good concept with dungeon and magic school. After that, every other sentence is the main character or side characters focused on being a pervert. Story designed for male gamer teens only.
April 20, 2017
Weeabo wish fulfillment
Frankly, kinda dumb, but whatever, it made me laugh too! Just don't take this book seriously, you can sure tell it doesn't take itself seriously either.
Frankly, kinda dumb, but whatever, it made me laugh too! Just don't take this book seriously, you can sure tell it doesn't take itself seriously either.
May 3, 2017
Best dungeon story I've read.
This is the only dungeon story I've read where the main character isn't forced to be morally ambiguous. Its a fun story with some interesting ideas. A little heavy on anime influence for my tastes but still good.
This is the only dungeon story I've read where the main character isn't forced to be morally ambiguous. Its a fun story with some interesting ideas. A little heavy on anime influence for my tastes but still good.
not-reading
January 21, 2018Unfinished, not very far in. Too much adolescent male wish fulfillment going on for my tastes. Might give it another shot at some point in the future.
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