I’m always excited to see a new character, but idk if my heart can take another Jabilon 2.0
If you’re not a true gamer or able to toss gaming logic aside, this is a decent read. The most recent season did feel a bit rushed though, and the extra scenes was giving me “The Promised Neverland” season 2 ending vibes, because they didn’t do that when ending the previous seasons… unless it’s supposed to be a hype distraction from the romance development.
Speaking of, as much as I like side romances, I kinda have to agree with the below comment. It’s so messy. During my first read, I honestly wasn’t expecting that from redhead and thought of her as comedy relief.
But then it turned out that there’s a serious reason why she gets so much screen time. It sucks because Shin Nara was my pick, and she was sidelined for a rich girl who was carried by her sister.
All jokes aside, and to be fair, she did help out MC the most, especially in the latest season for MC to get closer to raising funds for his surgery while Shin Nara was the one being helped, so it makes sense that MC appreciates and acknowledges her efforts, but still.
She’s so well-known that poor Shin Nara had to find out why she was ditched on tv. Not to mention that she’s kind of love rivals with her sister, although she is a minor so technically there’s no chance.
But the main irk I have is because of the irl meetup. In game, there’s probably an automatic translation function so all players are able to communicate, but outside of it? Either MC knows Chinese, or redhead knows Korean, or it’s another bs setting that Korean is the universal language lmfao
I’m another reader who has a hard time getting into the story, but seeing the recent positive comments makes me wonder… maybe if I get bored and patient enough I’ll try again and try to write a how-to-read-this guide lol
It’s not really the end, but even if they did the whole novel, I think I would still prefer “To be an Actor”. As the more successful sequel / predecessor, you can really see how the author improved from Music since the MCs have a lot in common. Maybe I could change my mind after finishing the story through the novel, but the actor is so solid that I doubt it.
Both MCs studied law (or at least the author did lol), had “shamefully” poor upbringings, hated familiar smells of their families’s work, the only child, but the actor is more pitiful since he lost his dad while music had both parents, his mom ditching her sexist and affluent family for love, and for some reason only on the second life did his grandfather reach out.
I’d believe it if his grandfather had visited a shaman or had some reason why (like they did in actor to explain why some characters got involved with MC) but no, he just randomly thought to do at the next family gathering (something that didn’t happen before, so why now?). MC was a hard working student (well, not at the time of his regression but later on) yet his grandfather wasn’t interested in acknowledging MC in after he regressed. It’s probably the music god/deer’s influence, but it feels weird to me that only now he has things and connections that he was denied in his past life. Then again, his grandfather did have a part in how MC’s upbringing turned out the way it did, so I can’t help feeling uncomfortably depressed when I think about his past life.
Different deaths: actor killed himself out of guilt for not being there for his mom, compared to music who was on the phone with his mom, diagnosed with cancer, and ended up dying full of regrets of how is life turned out while trying to save a drunk person who probably died with him. Unless the drunk guy was the deer in disguise and it was a test of MC’s character to give him a second chance—
Idk why I have all these dark suspicions of the deer lol. It’s not evil, but my hater brain keeps trying to twist it haha
FL: early introduced and shipped, but actor does not get together until the end because they’re co-workers/friends but MC doesn't keep tabs on her, while in music they're together a lot and the grandfathers are already considering engaging them if they both want to. My defense is still that they didn't know/have love in their past lives and this is a fictional work, so it's fine for them to have a physically aged appropriate partner.
Actor had a passion for acting, and his commitment to it led to his isolation and death, while music had a passing interest but had to put it down for survival. The deer took pity on MC and chose him to share the joy of music by giving him a blessing. (Actor already had his skills from his past life.)
I like the premise, but it feels like too much is going on. While I am kinda curious of MC potenially meeting his first life's wife, I'm not currently curious enough to find out what's the point of his regression and what he'll end up doing in life. Will he become a famous musician, take over the family company, or join forces with his potential FL? All of the above? His end goal is to be happy, but idk if I feel like continuing his journey.
Back in my reading child actors phase, I put this story aside because I was content with the high from the other stories. Well, I was so wrong, because those stories are childish fantasies compared to this, which is PEAK.
I liked that his main goal was to make his mom happy because he regretted being ashamed of his upbringing, only to be pulled back into the world of acting and sort of re-live his past experiences through acting, while also building up relationships with others and figuring out himself.
Even though it’s not directly said outright of how MC regressed to the past, I believe in the theory that his dad had something to do with it, hinting back in chapter 2. The way his backstory unfolds is just so good.
The realism made me reflect on my own life, and how I was kinda like MC - but the thing is that I feel justified because while I was a little shit, my mom’s a controlling narc, so… but the point is that I don’t want to let her go full of regrets like MC, even though I know that I can never be as good as him, let alone be good enough for her lmao
Romance is not the main focus! It only happens at the end, and it doesn’t really affect the story, but here’s my take on it: do you really expect MC to go cougar hunting? Introduce his mom to someone her age? HUH??
Besides the fact that this is a fictional story, but factually speaking, he didn’t even have anyone in his past life, seeing as his craze for acting made him an ass and pushed everyone away, so as far as I’m concerned he’s a newb with his own feelings for romance so it’s fine. Just let him have this, if only to ease his mother’s worries that someone will take care of him. (Unless you wanted him to end up with his rival/friend, which I can respect haha)
He wasn’t even interested in her when they first met. Only after she confessed to him to get over her feelings, did he chase after her when he realized the impact she had on his life. Sure, it was just 2 moments, but they were crucial supportive times AND it was better than Solo Leveling. Plus I’m a sucker for childhood friends to lovers, so I knew it from the moment he improvised the shoelace line lol
Speaking of, ch 133 was such bait. I was hoping for the director and the writer to get together, because they were so will- they, won’t they coded.
Outlaw was a reference to “For the Musical Genius” lol
Finally, we never got to see MC graduate, so idk if he actually got his degree in law or not…but he seems almost too perfect so maybe that’s for the best xD
It’s not much, but I’ll happily take it! I had a feeling of how his lineage turned out, and it did not disappoint. Their daughter definitely took after her mom, but I wonder if their son had much resemblance to Lloyd?
Also! It looks like the flame dragon was able to get married after all! And his child became a skilled crafter too!
One moment called her a bitch, the next saluting her hahaha
Nope, turns out it was intentional
Is he going to have portraits of himself and nobility he treats to increase his credibility?! LMAOOO
If you’ve read Solo Leveling and are looking for something similar, my advice is to turn back. Or if you somehow haven’t read Solo Leveling, then this is your sign to start haha
I’ve actually started reading this before SL, so now I’m surprised at the high rating despite the shit ending. To be fair, it was okay at the beginning: typical poor struggling MC who hates the rich, gets into an electrical accident that changes his life forever, since it somehow changed his biometric code and he’s no longer able to access his account for a wildly popular game. Being forced to start over, this time he’s able to see hidden parts of the game, and eventually becomes the first and only player to beat and win the game.
I took a break when MC was about halfway to building his army to let the story marinate, but that feels like a mistake since the format is better consumed in weekly updates. Binging it all at once makes it obvious that there’s a 1-2-3 step pattern that repeats over and over again. MC gets a quest, villains try to wreak him, he outmaneuvers them, gains a new item/ability/minion to show off, and repeat.
The villains are so annoyingly dumb and pointless.They’re like Jessie and James, but if they were in charge of Team Rocket and less iconic. I understand the motive, but they’re so painfully pathetic that it feels like they’re unnecessary annoying extras who get additional screen time because the author likes them for some dumb reason. Maybe they’re just there to make MC shine, but seeing MC win every time only makes me think that he’s a Gary Stu.
Which he probably is to be honest, except that he doesn’t get a girl or a harem haha. Maybe that’s the cost of his power and success, to be forever alone! Until the very end, no one knew that he was the Archmage Streamer except for that one girl who was FL bait, but she was from a hostile guild so… UNLESS his true love is his boss who he finally gets to meet at the end hahaha (but also why does he go from bleached blonde to sandy blond?)
Anyways, the open ending was pretty lame. After he beat the game, he became the new owner but it just ends there. We don’t get to see what happens after that. The game developer has said that the point of the game was to have fun, which MC technically did have thanks to his cheats, but idk what kind of story he was supposedly trying to tell.
It would’ve been a better ending to see MC finally move his family to a nice home and give them the nice things he’s envisioned ever since he got his hands on expensive items since that was supposed to be his goal from the beginning. I guess we can assume that now he’s the owner of the game, with Rising Star and Azmo’s support he could create new content and earn a better income?