Supporting Character Turned Over Chapter 1 Discussion

2.5 stars. I've read a few novels from this author and I usually really like their stuff, but this one was a chore for me to finish.

The MC is rebirthed and read the novel his life as a villain is based on, he should have a big cheat right? No he struggles and let's the original MC get ahead a lot, the authors explination is that the original MC has good luck.... no the MC just doesn't use his knowledge well. He is too focused on acting/directing/investing everywhere to accurately deal with original MC once and for all. The last 1/4 of the book is the face slapping, but by then I just didn't care much.

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the r*pe part of the original MC was weird and uncomfortable, there wasn't a better revenge?

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His romance with ML was okay, read more like an outline or overview of their relationship. I was hoping for a bit more chasing and wooing since he was such scum the first time around. The fluffy romance parts were too few.

Side characters where meh. MC's family drama got tiring quickly. The mom is an idiot wallowing in self pity and the dad is selfish scum.

In the end I didn't like any of the characters. MC was meh and almost unlikable in some parts. ML had no presence and the side characters were 1 dimensional.

The extras bored me too, the only one I liked was the Spoiler

rebirth story of HT's first girlfriend and it is at chapter 85, which is before the main story was over, so it flowed weird.

The romantic one with ML wasn't romantic, just MC being pointlessly jealous and clingy.

The child extra one made the MC seem immature and who borrows a child from an orphanage to see if they like children. If they had adopted the little boy I would have been all for it

The one with the original owner of the body of HT was an interesting idea and I enjoyed it until he is gets the otaku's body but in his original world and unites with the other spurned and takes down HT. Mind you this was the original novel so our MC is dead, so I had not attachment to this book world

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This novel frustrates me, I've read the authors other works and like most of them and even the 1 I didn't really like, I could still appreciate the story. This one could have been so much more.

Some things to nitpick on, the USA parts were mostly ok, not racist like some other authors.

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The language use was weird "yellow people" "white people" maybe it was the translation since it was MTL, but this is the first MTL'd novel that had it like this. I live in America and no one calls Asians "yellow" unless their racist a**holes and there is more than white people in America. Also not a very senic drive from L.A. to L.V. it's desert, a boring drive and only a 4 hour drive, so not sure how they took 3 days to get there. Also, If you pull over on the side of the road to sleep and have smexy time, a cop will come. Sleep at a rest area sure, but not randomly on the side of the road 😂 these probably bugged me more than normal just because the book frustrated me

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