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I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse #1
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse: Volume 1
Rekka Namidare was a normal boy until his sixteenth birthday. Then a girl suddenly appears from his future, warning him that he'll somehow start an interstellar war!
It turns out Rekka hails a special bloodline that's destined to get caught up in all kinds of trouble. Whenever a story's heroine is in dire need, Rekka will be given one last chance to save her. And in the future, Rekka will have saved so many girls that their jealous love for him will cause the apocalypse!
It turns out Rekka hails a special bloodline that's destined to get caught up in all kinds of trouble. Whenever a story's heroine is in dire need, Rekka will be given one last chance to save her. And in the future, Rekka will have saved so many girls that their jealous love for him will cause the apocalypse!
151 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2011
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February 8, 2017
My least favorite plot wise of the initial batch of light novels from J-Novel Club, but certainly not without its charm, this is "I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Little Apocalypse". This is one of those rom coms with multiple love interests, all the girls swooning over the main male character for heroic deeds, not necessarily for his personality. The one kind of unique element is that its sort of played like a visual novel in that each of the girls have their separate stories. While normally these routes would be separated, our character's bloodline has a tendency to be involved and called to the help of heroines from alternate dimensions and intergalactic territories, so naturally our hero here ends up being called to three different stories all at the same time. In the meantime he is dealing with a prophecy from a ghost like female entity that says life as we know it will be destroyed due to the battle over him, so he must make a choice of heroine to marry before that doomsday scenario comes to be.
Unfortunately, our hero is dense and averse to romantic relationships. I hate that stereotype to begin with, and its especially annoying to read in a story where this denseness is affecting his ability to actually affect the future and save the world. It'd be better if they presented his issue more as one of choice, or one of failing to woo the woman, than of one of one where he just acts oblivious to their affections. He even tries to find the best way not to get the woman to give in to their desires to kiss him out of a sense that they are only doing so out of circumstances (there's lots of talk of rituals involving first kisses or contracts of love that can get these heroines out of pickles more easily than what our protag chooses to do). It's almost like the protag doesn't acknowledge what he's been told about the future at all. Hope we see him change a bit in a future volume.
The women themselves, again, have little reason to throw themselves at him besides being damsels in distress that he is helping. Half the romantic rivals are the protagonists age, while half appear younger (though, there's excuses about them being other races that can marry at their ages). Realistically, if anybody is going to win, it's going to be one of the two his age, and most likely his childhood friend if I know my stories. But it seems just as likely that no one wins (unresolved romance) or everyone wins (Clone route). This is, I'm told, a long series (15 novels I believe), so buckle up if you really care to learn who the protag ends up with if anyone.
These woman are fairly tropey, though their individual worlds they come from are zany enough, though also cliches in it of themselves if not for the fact that there's the combination of and travel between them. What I did like about the book though were the adventures themselves, specifically the amount of locations he goes to, and objects he picks up. It's a bit McGyverish and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy esque in that respect.
Again, it's all comedy, but its not for me. Some of it is annoyingly tropy like the falling down on top of the male protagonist scenes (I think that happens twice in this volume), the getting uncomfortably close to him, the interruptions just before a confession. Just a lot of stereotypes, and not really a lot of breaking of the tropes from what I could tell..
Unfortunately, our hero is dense and averse to romantic relationships. I hate that stereotype to begin with, and its especially annoying to read in a story where this denseness is affecting his ability to actually affect the future and save the world. It'd be better if they presented his issue more as one of choice, or one of failing to woo the woman, than of one of one where he just acts oblivious to their affections. He even tries to find the best way not to get the woman to give in to their desires to kiss him out of a sense that they are only doing so out of circumstances (there's lots of talk of rituals involving first kisses or contracts of love that can get these heroines out of pickles more easily than what our protag chooses to do). It's almost like the protag doesn't acknowledge what he's been told about the future at all. Hope we see him change a bit in a future volume.
The women themselves, again, have little reason to throw themselves at him besides being damsels in distress that he is helping. Half the romantic rivals are the protagonists age, while half appear younger (though, there's excuses about them being other races that can marry at their ages). Realistically, if anybody is going to win, it's going to be one of the two his age, and most likely his childhood friend if I know my stories. But it seems just as likely that no one wins (unresolved romance) or everyone wins (Clone route). This is, I'm told, a long series (15 novels I believe), so buckle up if you really care to learn who the protag ends up with if anyone.
These woman are fairly tropey, though their individual worlds they come from are zany enough, though also cliches in it of themselves if not for the fact that there's the combination of and travel between them. What I did like about the book though were the adventures themselves, specifically the amount of locations he goes to, and objects he picks up. It's a bit McGyverish and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy esque in that respect.
Again, it's all comedy, but its not for me. Some of it is annoyingly tropy like the falling down on top of the male protagonist scenes (I think that happens twice in this volume), the getting uncomfortably close to him, the interruptions just before a confession. Just a lot of stereotypes, and not really a lot of breaking of the tropes from what I could tell..
September 20, 2020
Pretty decent manga series, it’s cute and loved the characters but the story was so-so 👌😁❤️❤️
December 21, 2016
My least favorite plot wise of the initial batch of light novels from J-Novel Club, but certainly not without its charm, this is "I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Little Apocalypse". This is one of those rom coms with multiple love interests, all the girls swooning over the main male character for heroic deeds, not necessarily for his personality. The one kind of unique element is that its sort of played like a visual novel in that each of the girls have their separate stories. While normally these routes would be separated, our character's bloodline has a tendency to be involved and called to the help of heroines from alternate dimensions and intergalactic territories, so naturally our hero here ends up being called to three different stories all at the same time. In the meantime he is dealing with a prophecy from a ghost like female entity that says life as we know it will be destroyed due to the battle over him, so he must make a choice of heroine to marry before that doomsday scenario comes to be.
Unfortunately, our hero is dense and averse to romantic relationships. I hate that stereotype to begin with, and its especially annoying to read in a story where this denseness is affecting his ability to actually affect the future and save the world. It'd be better if they presented his issue more as one of choice, or one of failing to woo the woman, than of one of one where he just acts oblivious to their affections. He even tries to find the best way not to get the woman to give in to their desires to kiss him out of a sense that they are only doing so out of circumstances (there's lots of talk of rituals involving first kisses or contracts of love that can get these heroines out of pickles more easily than what our protag chooses to do). It's almost like the protag doesn't acknowledge what he's been told about the future at all. Hope we see him change a bit in a future volume.
The women themselves, again, have little reason to throw themselves at him besides being damsels in distress that he is helping. Half the romantic rivals are the protagonists age, while half appear younger (though, there's excuses about them being other races that can marry at their ages). Realistically, if anybody is going to win, it's going to be one of the two his age, and most likely his childhood friend if I know my stories. But it seems just as likely that no one wins (unresolved romance) or everyone wins (Clone route). This is, I'm told, a long series (15 novels I believe), so buckle up if you really care to learn who the protag ends up with if anyone.
These woman are fairly tropey, though their individual worlds they come from are zany enough, though also cliches in it of themselves if not for the fact that there's the combination of and travel between them. What I did like about the book though were the adventures themselves, specifically the amount of locations he goes to, and objects he picks up. It's a bit McGyverish and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy esque in that respect.
Again, it's all comedy, but its not for me. Some of it is annoyingly tropy like the falling down on top of the male protagonist scenes (I think that happens twice in this volume), the getting uncomfortably close to him, the interruptions just before a confession. Just a lot of stereotypes, and not really a lot of breaking of the tropes from what I could tell.
Unfortunately, our hero is dense and averse to romantic relationships. I hate that stereotype to begin with, and its especially annoying to read in a story where this denseness is affecting his ability to actually affect the future and save the world. It'd be better if they presented his issue more as one of choice, or one of failing to woo the woman, than of one of one where he just acts oblivious to their affections. He even tries to find the best way not to get the woman to give in to their desires to kiss him out of a sense that they are only doing so out of circumstances (there's lots of talk of rituals involving first kisses or contracts of love that can get these heroines out of pickles more easily than what our protag chooses to do). It's almost like the protag doesn't acknowledge what he's been told about the future at all. Hope we see him change a bit in a future volume.
The women themselves, again, have little reason to throw themselves at him besides being damsels in distress that he is helping. Half the romantic rivals are the protagonists age, while half appear younger (though, there's excuses about them being other races that can marry at their ages). Realistically, if anybody is going to win, it's going to be one of the two his age, and most likely his childhood friend if I know my stories. But it seems just as likely that no one wins (unresolved romance) or everyone wins (Clone route). This is, I'm told, a long series (15 novels I believe), so buckle up if you really care to learn who the protag ends up with if anyone.
These woman are fairly tropey, though their individual worlds they come from are zany enough, though also cliches in it of themselves if not for the fact that there's the combination of and travel between them. What I did like about the book though were the adventures themselves, specifically the amount of locations he goes to, and objects he picks up. It's a bit McGyverish and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy esque in that respect.
Again, it's all comedy, but its not for me. Some of it is annoyingly tropy like the falling down on top of the male protagonist scenes (I think that happens twice in this volume), the getting uncomfortably close to him, the interruptions just before a confession. Just a lot of stereotypes, and not really a lot of breaking of the tropes from what I could tell.
July 18, 2018
This is an interesting idea and some of the situations made me laugh. The beginning is rather slow and a bit boring but the later chapters pick up once the girls come into the story. Reverse Harem anime is a guilty pleasure of mine so I find the set up to be hilarious. Rekka Namidare the normal boy is unfortunately rather boring his obsession with being normal is kind of funny. Harissa and the other girls are a lot of fun. The way problems are solved and how multiple stories tie in together kept me reading. Overall I can't wait to read the next one its a good fast paced light novel.
December 18, 2017
Good way of doing things
I really enjoyed the way things go about in this novel compared to others, how it intertwined each story into the climax was pretty fresh and though the characters seem a bit flat due to the way how the story goes I don't mind it because it's still the start and has more chances later on to tell me.
Give it a chance if you want to try something that's a little different from the usual.
I really enjoyed the way things go about in this novel compared to others, how it intertwined each story into the climax was pretty fresh and though the characters seem a bit flat due to the way how the story goes I don't mind it because it's still the start and has more chances later on to tell me.
Give it a chance if you want to try something that's a little different from the usual.
September 4, 2021
Uma leitura divertida mas bem, BEM rápida.
A história tem seu charme e, para variar, o protagonista não é overpowered por si só, mas, a historia avança em um ritmo quase frenético apos as heroínas serem apresentadas, como se esse livro fosse um speed run das romcon. Infelizmente o protag ainda é um tapado pra relações amorosas como tds os protagonistas do gênero.
A história tem seu charme e, para variar, o protagonista não é overpowered por si só, mas, a historia avança em um ritmo quase frenético apos as heroínas serem apresentadas, como se esse livro fosse um speed run das romcon. Infelizmente o protag ainda é um tapado pra relações amorosas como tds os protagonistas do gênero.
August 26, 2024
Perhaps, I might have enjoyed this book more if I hadn't already read Invaders of the Rokujouma!? Volume 1. Unfortunately, while reading I kept comparing the two and this one fell short.
August 24, 2018
Great
It was Great, i like the continues addition of new girls every book. The first is one of the better in the series. Rekka is just to DENSE for my liking which becomes apparent in later books.
It was Great, i like the continues addition of new girls every book. The first is one of the better in the series. Rekka is just to DENSE for my liking which becomes apparent in later books.
September 10, 2019
God this one was contrived and stupid, I almost have up halfway cause I couldn't take it anymore. Thank God it was free on Bookwalker or I'd be so mad I wasted money. Just typical contrived harem BS.
April 19, 2024
It was pretty good, indulgently trope heavy, but I knew what I was getting into.
March 10, 2017
Fantasy, Sci-fi, school life, rom com and more rolled into one. I'll admit it's an interesting combination and is what partially drew me to the series.
Overall I felt this book was average; mainly due to the rush of it all. It was full throttle the whole time, so the book was all plot and no character building.
Will continue reading the series to see how it goes.
Overall I felt this book was average; mainly due to the rush of it all. It was full throttle the whole time, so the book was all plot and no character building.
Will continue reading the series to see how it goes.
February 12, 2017
I enjoyed this much more than I initially thought I would. This self-aware parody of the harem comedy is at times far cleverer than it ought to be, and while R is pretty annoying as a character (and I've never liked the type that Iris is), this makes for a fun time - especially if you've ingested more harem anime/manga/light novels than any reasonable human being ever should.
Full review eventually appearing on ANN.
Full review eventually appearing on ANN.
August 17, 2019
the book as it is tells his stories good enough, easy to read and has his funny moments. It has large descriptions of its surrounding whenever the MC is going, many types of characters its introduced and the author makes a very well introduction to every one of them (both in the characters and the mc Point of view) .In conclusion i will say that is not a bad one , is not a splendid one is a rather good one to read between reading other ones. My only complain i think it will be ....how dense is the main character, THIS is the thing that makes most of the book ,it is not a bad thing if is just one volume or 3 but this sounds as if it will be until the last volume, and ...not that i can`t but i choose not to read 14 volumes of MC being dense with subplots of a multitudes of girls description of why they had fallen for him and how he is saving them all and go with him at school. I AM curious if they will dig up more in the bloodline plot though.
(In essence if you dont have a list of books to read this can be a binge reading).
(In essence if you dont have a list of books to read this can be a binge reading).
November 9, 2013
จะอ่านเรื่องนี้ให้สนุกต้องห้ามคิดมาก อย่าซีเรียส อ่านๆ ไปเหมือนอ่านโดเรม่อนภาคพิเศษยังไงพิกล แปลพอใช้ ตอนนี้ไทยออกมา 4 เล่ม
February 4, 2017
Timetravelers, mages, aliens... and they are all cute girls! This could be the ultimate light novel.
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May 14, 2019It tries to tell 3 stores at once. Kinda gets it right but at the same time kinda doesn't.
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