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Regressor Instruction Manual (Novel) #1-32
회귀자 사용설명서 [Hoegwija Sayongseolmyeongseo]
어느 날, 이세계로 소환되었다.
짐승들이 쏟아지고, 믿을 수 없는 위기가 닥쳐오나.
가지고 있는 재능은 밑바닥.
[플레이어의 재능 수치는 최하입니다.]
[거의 모든 수치가 절망적입니다.]
선택받은 용사든, 재능 있는 마법사들.
시간을 역행한 회귀자든.
모든 것을 이용해야 한다.
살아남기 위해.
회귀자 사용설명서
"쓰레기면 뭐 어떻습니까. 살아남기 위해서 뭔 짓인들 못 하겠어요?"
짐승들이 쏟아지고, 믿을 수 없는 위기가 닥쳐오나.
가지고 있는 재능은 밑바닥.
[플레이어의 재능 수치는 최하입니다.]
[거의 모든 수치가 절망적입니다.]
선택받은 용사든, 재능 있는 마법사들.
시간을 역행한 회귀자든.
모든 것을 이용해야 한다.
살아남기 위해.
회귀자 사용설명서
"쓰레기면 뭐 어떻습니까. 살아남기 위해서 뭔 짓인들 못 하겠어요?"
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July 24, 2021
1.5/5
I got to chapter 105/900+ before quitting.
"Smart main character" book done badly (though there are also good parts).
This book tries to be a "smart MC" book, where the mc gains power and influences events using their mind and their mouth instead of their fists. While parts of this book are well-done and interesting, the things that happen are often confusing, illogical, or inconsistent, which makes the book too annoying to read.
Characters: 3/5 I liked them.
The mc is decent, but the lack of explanation for his thought processes often make it seem like the author is trying to write him as a character who is smart instead of just making the things he does obviously smart, which is annoying. The side characters are all interesting, and they are each dysfunctional in their own way.
World: 1/5 I disliked parts of it.
There is a critical lack of explanation as to why things are the way they are. Nobody seems remotely curious about this fantasy world that they are thrown into, and the state of the world is explained so poorly that attempts by the author to say "this happened" or "the people of the world did xyz" fall flat.
Story: 1 or 3/5 some of it annoys me and some of it is enjoyable.
This story centers on the "smart mc". I will not let that distinction go because it is the core of his character as well as the core of the momentum of the story. The mc does things that are supposed to be smart, but due to poor explanation in writing it is impossible to understand why that makes him smart and things are instead annoying. For example, an adventurer from another guild insulted him inside a dungeon. Everyone here is transmigrated from earth. The mc gets some bad news articles to be made and suddenly the entire world is boycotting products from the guild that the person who insulted him is from. The author tries to give some lame explanation, spending two sentences to say that the people were oppressed and are somehow erupting in fury, but that makes no sense. Companies here on earth use child slavery and barely anyone boycotts them. People generally only act when they see danger to themselves, and it isn't made clear how the mc's "masterful" plan to expose someone dissing him actually created such a large result. This is only one example, and there is plenty of this later on as well.
Go read Reverend Insanity instead.
I got to chapter 105/900+ before quitting.
"Smart main character" book done badly (though there are also good parts).
This book tries to be a "smart MC" book, where the mc gains power and influences events using their mind and their mouth instead of their fists. While parts of this book are well-done and interesting, the things that happen are often confusing, illogical, or inconsistent, which makes the book too annoying to read.
Characters: 3/5 I liked them.
The mc is decent, but the lack of explanation for his thought processes often make it seem like the author is trying to write him as a character who is smart instead of just making the things he does obviously smart, which is annoying. The side characters are all interesting, and they are each dysfunctional in their own way.
World: 1/5 I disliked parts of it.
There is a critical lack of explanation as to why things are the way they are. Nobody seems remotely curious about this fantasy world that they are thrown into, and the state of the world is explained so poorly that attempts by the author to say "this happened" or "the people of the world did xyz" fall flat.
Story: 1 or 3/5 some of it annoys me and some of it is enjoyable.
This story centers on the "smart mc". I will not let that distinction go because it is the core of his character as well as the core of the momentum of the story. The mc does things that are supposed to be smart, but due to poor explanation in writing it is impossible to understand why that makes him smart and things are instead annoying. For example, an adventurer from another guild insulted him inside a dungeon. Everyone here is transmigrated from earth. The mc gets some bad news articles to be made and suddenly the entire world is boycotting products from the guild that the person who insulted him is from. The author tries to give some lame explanation, spending two sentences to say that the people were oppressed and are somehow erupting in fury, but that makes no sense. Companies here on earth use child slavery and barely anyone boycotts them. People generally only act when they see danger to themselves, and it isn't made clear how the mc's "masterful" plan to expose someone dissing him actually created such a large result. This is only one example, and there is plenty of this later on as well.
Go read Reverend Insanity instead.
July 24, 2021
1.5/5
I got to chapter 105/900+ before quitting.
"Smart main character" book done badly (though there are also good parts).
This book tries to be a "smart MC" book, where the mc gains power and influences events using their mind and their mouth instead of their fists. While parts of this book are well-done and interesting, the things that happen are often confusing, illogical, or inconsistent, which makes the book too annoying to read.
Characters: 3/5 I liked them.
The mc is decent, but the lack of explanation for his thought processes often make it seem like the author is trying to write him as a character who is smart instead of just making the things he does obviously smart, which is annoying. The side characters are all interesting, and they are each dysfunctional in their own way.
World: 1/5 I disliked parts of it.
There is a critical lack of explanation as to why things are the way they are. Nobody seems remotely curious about this fantasy world that they are thrown into, and the state of the world is explained so poorly that attempts by the author to say "this happened" or "the people of the world did xyz" fall flat.
Story: 1 or 3/5 some of it annoys me and some of it is enjoyable.
This story centers on the "smart mc". I will not let that distinction go because it is the core of his character as well as the core of the momentum of the story. The mc does things that are supposed to be smart, but due to poor explanation in writing it is impossible to understand why that makes him smart and things are instead annoying. For example, an adventurer from another guild insulted him inside a dungeon. Everyone here is transmigrated from earth. The mc gets some bad news articles to be made and suddenly the entire world is boycotting products from the guild that the person who insulted him is from. The author tries to give some lame explanation, spending two sentences to say that the people were oppressed and are somehow erupting in fury, but that makes no sense. Companies here on earth use child slavery and barely anyone boycotts them. People generally only act when they see danger to themselves, and it isn't made clear how the mc's "masterful" plan to expose someone dissing him actually created such a large result. This is only one example, and there is plenty of this later on as well.
Go read Reverend Insanity instead.
I got to chapter 105/900+ before quitting.
"Smart main character" book done badly (though there are also good parts).
This book tries to be a "smart MC" book, where the mc gains power and influences events using their mind and their mouth instead of their fists. While parts of this book are well-done and interesting, the things that happen are often confusing, illogical, or inconsistent, which makes the book too annoying to read.
Characters: 3/5 I liked them.
The mc is decent, but the lack of explanation for his thought processes often make it seem like the author is trying to write him as a character who is smart instead of just making the things he does obviously smart, which is annoying. The side characters are all interesting, and they are each dysfunctional in their own way.
World: 1/5 I disliked parts of it.
There is a critical lack of explanation as to why things are the way they are. Nobody seems remotely curious about this fantasy world that they are thrown into, and the state of the world is explained so poorly that attempts by the author to say "this happened" or "the people of the world did xyz" fall flat.
Story: 1 or 3/5 some of it annoys me and some of it is enjoyable.
This story centers on the "smart mc". I will not let that distinction go because it is the core of his character as well as the core of the momentum of the story. The mc does things that are supposed to be smart, but due to poor explanation in writing it is impossible to understand why that makes him smart and things are instead annoying. For example, an adventurer from another guild insulted him inside a dungeon. Everyone here is transmigrated from earth. The mc gets some bad news articles to be made and suddenly the entire world is boycotting products from the guild that the person who insulted him is from. The author tries to give some lame explanation, spending two sentences to say that the people were oppressed and are somehow erupting in fury, but that makes no sense. Companies here on earth use child slavery and barely anyone boycotts them. People generally only act when they see danger to themselves, and it isn't made clear how the mc's "masterful" plan to expose someone dissing him actually created such a large result. This is only one example, and there is plenty of this later on as well.
Go read Reverend Insanity instead.
May 3, 2021
A pointlessly manipulative protagonist who is a patchwork of hyper competent (sometimes because everyone else is dumbed down) and hopelessly incompetent. At the point I’m dropping it I have to wonder if this was meant to read as slapstick but the comedy got lost in translation.
The story itself is completely directionless and has quite a few plotholes. Nothing is realistic and every conflict stems from a severe lack of communication, issues being endlessly dragged out with fade to black scenes, and the ‘cunning’ protagonist being an idiot.
The world building is extremely shallow, filled with plotholes, and drastically changes as the story needs it to.
The repeated evil ‘girlfriend’ likes to stalk and sleep rape him jokes just weren’t funny. Deus ex machina is rampant in this.
-Dropped Ch 80
The story itself is completely directionless and has quite a few plotholes. Nothing is realistic and every conflict stems from a severe lack of communication, issues being endlessly dragged out with fade to black scenes, and the ‘cunning’ protagonist being an idiot.
The world building is extremely shallow, filled with plotholes, and drastically changes as the story needs it to.
The repeated evil ‘girlfriend’ likes to stalk and sleep rape him jokes just weren’t funny. Deus ex machina is rampant in this.
-Dropped Ch 80
January 18, 2023
I am giving 3.5 rating actually, but there is no option to choose half in goodreads. I only read 877 chapters of the main story, not reading any side stories since all of them are MTL version so it is too hard to understand.
Overall, this is a fun read. Lee Kiyoung is a trash villain and as what the first few chapters mentioned, he acted to his 'disgusting' soul for the whole series. I usually don't pick up harem novel but since he actually had no love interest to any of them, I find the story still acceptable. I actually ship him with Kim Hun-Sung, our regressor, simply because of their bond and how he latched himself to him for the whole series. But unfortunately, this is not a BL series too, so hold your horses. There were quite a few scenes and definitely squeal worthy moments for fujoushi, however, the juicy content can only be found through fanfic.
Due to the number of chapters, the side characters in this series are quite a lot (even his harem members are already so many, okay...). They showed up when help was required and conveniently forgotten - even though they all supposed to be yandere. I don't feel like Lee Kiyoung's tactics were very awesome or smart, sometimes, I feel like the author blatantly created side characters so they could carry him through the plot. However, his own mental thought comedy and the mental illness he caused to his guild members enticed me enough to read till the end.
Just a slight warning, there were some rape scenes (most of his harem raped him when he was unconscious) and it was mentioned in a few paragraphs only. I don't know why the author has to write that, feels like it didn't contribute to the plot itself. You can read this when you have a lot of time on hand, and if you are tired with upright heroes (like Kim Hyunsung) plot. The manhwa is still ongoing and it is kinda the censored version of the novel, you can try the manhwa first if you just wish to skim the overall story.
Overall, this is a fun read. Lee Kiyoung is a trash villain and as what the first few chapters mentioned, he acted to his 'disgusting' soul for the whole series. I usually don't pick up harem novel but since he actually had no love interest to any of them, I find the story still acceptable. I actually ship him with Kim Hun-Sung, our regressor, simply because of their bond and how he latched himself to him for the whole series. But unfortunately, this is not a BL series too, so hold your horses. There were quite a few scenes and definitely squeal worthy moments for fujoushi, however, the juicy content can only be found through fanfic.
Due to the number of chapters, the side characters in this series are quite a lot (even his harem members are already so many, okay...). They showed up when help was required and conveniently forgotten - even though they all supposed to be yandere. I don't feel like Lee Kiyoung's tactics were very awesome or smart, sometimes, I feel like the author blatantly created side characters so they could carry him through the plot. However, his own mental thought comedy and the mental illness he caused to his guild members enticed me enough to read till the end.
Just a slight warning, there were some rape scenes (most of his harem raped him when he was unconscious) and it was mentioned in a few paragraphs only. I don't know why the author has to write that, feels like it didn't contribute to the plot itself. You can read this when you have a lot of time on hand, and if you are tired with upright heroes (like Kim Hyunsung) plot. The manhwa is still ongoing and it is kinda the censored version of the novel, you can try the manhwa first if you just wish to skim the overall story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2024
I read 54 chapters of the manhwa and it was cool, the schemes the protagonist made along the way where smart
the protagonist is a sociopathic and disgusting person, but the series is aware of that so it makes it okay in the start, but as the story gets further along, it gets frustrating, the story never addresses how bad of a person he is, they just hand it away, which stops working when he cheats on his girlfriend for personal gain, and although the series knows that is bad, it also uses that as fanservice and wish fulfillment, but the MC cheating on his girlfriend or being reversed raped does nothing but make an edgy series creepier than it needs it to be
tl;dr: this was fun for a while but there is no reason to stay with it along it's long story when everything consistently stays so grim and dark and the MC's scummy behavior is never addressed
the protagonist is a sociopathic and disgusting person, but the series is aware of that so it makes it okay in the start, but as the story gets further along, it gets frustrating, the story never addresses how bad of a person he is, they just hand it away, which stops working when he cheats on his girlfriend for personal gain, and although the series knows that is bad, it also uses that as fanservice and wish fulfillment, but the MC cheating on his girlfriend or being reversed raped does nothing but make an edgy series creepier than it needs it to be
tl;dr: this was fun for a while but there is no reason to stay with it along it's long story when everything consistently stays so grim and dark and the MC's scummy behavior is never addressed
January 28, 2022
Main character is a bastard but an amusing one.
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