I’m Sorry For Being Born In This World!

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By Vortex

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68 Chapters

⭐3.75

36 Reviews

What got summoned was the world’s strongest sociopath. His ability is one that allows him to buy anything, [Heart of Gold]. The Demon King is dead. Now, it’s time to kill the hero.

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Chapter 39

Most of the negative reviews seem to focus on the ditzy female character, the main character that seems to have no common sense, and the flat plot. Well everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but let me try and dispel those notions.

First off, almost all of the important characters introduced so far hide themselves behind a mask. The author makes it a point to emphasize certain actions, and in the case of the saintess female character, it's her ditzy behavior. In the end, it's all a mask. She has inner demons, namely her trying to reconcile her personal morals and the actions her group takes in order to reach their goal. She doesn't agree with the path that her group takes, but she recognizes the fact that not everything is perfect and well in the world. She is a character on the verge of disillusionment and falling out with her own beliefs and therefore puts on this facade of innocence and idiocy in order to cope. She's spent her life trying to save people, but in the end, more people have died than she has saved. As a result, the common people have labeled her with the stigma that she hated the most, that of a murderer. That is her character. And like her, many characters in the novel share a similar incongruence between their actions and their thoughts.

As for the main character, he's impulsive because he doesn't know any better. He was raised in an environment cut off from the world, and his only real experience outside of the bubble he was raised in was one of mass murder. He had no purpose other than to be discarded, and since he had no real interactions with the world, he took upon the mantle of cleansing the world, but without knowing how to approach the issue from the perspective of normal people, he was simply condemned as a mass murderer. So when he was summoned to another world, his impulsive nature simply stemmed from him being the strongest on Earth. Although he has a genius level intellect and a cold, calculating mind, his lack of experience with people and the regular world puts him at odds with those around him.

As for the plot, it's like a reverse Hero Summon From Another World type of thing, but only 39 chapters have been translated and there have already been numerous signs pointing to a darker and more complex story.

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Chapter 1

It's hard to keep reading this story. The MC has poor impulse control and is so strong he need not worry about consequences. I think the idea was to make a crazy and bombastic story with a lot of splashy gore inflicted upon at least half the people the MC ever meets. But the MC has no character and the first other character to receive proper screen time is one of those illogical, ditzy, super annoying cute-cute anime type of girls. Why is she a part of a story about an unrestrained sociopath? The dialogue is sickening!

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Chapter 64

Firstly, disregard any reviews from readers who havent read more than 30-40 chapters. They dont know that much about this novel to write in the first place.

Anyway, this novel is a light to read novel. There are no complicated plot lines or reasoning behind the characters. The story is simple: How to kill the heroes of the past using the greatest murderer of mankind, supported by the greatest black wizard and greatest white wizard. And oh, those 'heroes' they are overpowered as f*ck.

Before I detail about the adventures, let me just say this. Names are overly simplified. The protagonist is mostly called the Murderer. The enemy heroes, or rather the sidekick of the hero called 'The Braves', are called by their positions or role in the hero's team. Such as Warrior, Summoner, and Theif. Thats their literal names and how most characters are reffered as. If you can manage through the ugly naming system, then you may find nothing else that's problematic.

Back to our storyline and characters. To the reviewers who complained about the female 'love interest' of the MC, about how shes ditsy and annoying and overly kind. Of course, she's the Saint for christ sake. That's her role. And her actions of being ignorant/innocent is just a defense mechanism for reason that you readers will fond out. As for the MC, before anyone complains that he's too unemotional or too bland, of course he is. He doesn't have a 'heart' (funny how his skill is called Heart of Gold), that's how he is a genius who acts not because of emotions or anything. He is more likely to act as a robot than a human because that is his character. So dont expect him to feel, or cry or act as a human, because he isnt one.

Most of the beauty in this novel is how powers are utilized and explained. Unlike other stories where skills are used as is, in this story the abilities are explained in full detail (but not in battle, this is not Bleach) and the uses are novelty. For example, the MC's skill is heart of gold which allows him to buy anything, so what do you think the genius MC will do with this lame ass, low power, non-combat skill? Well, one example is how he planed to buy 1 million gallons of water to make a volcano explode, or buy buildings in the stratosphere to be used as meteors. You will find in this novel that skills and damage are not the most important thing in a battle, its the brain that matters, especially when the enemies are overpowered AF (the warrior is immortal, the summoner can reflect anything and almost everything, the thief can stop time and see the future, and the hero can alter reality and the laws of physics).

This is a short novel, less than a hundred chapters long, but you will find that most chapters are worth the read. The characters are simple, the plot is simple, the writing style is simple, but the details in the fights and story never lacks, and it all adds to a relaxing read that still manages to keep you on the edge at times and reaching g for the next chapter.

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Chapter 68(End)

UPDATE (CHAPTER 68) :

So, now that the story is finished, here are my final thoughts on it.

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tl;dr This novel (68 chapters) isn't long, but the story is really bad and the characters are bad as well. If you just want the science references (and that's all this novel is really good for) you might as well go read proper sci-fi like the Three Body Problem. I rated it 4/5 because it's better than the majority of xianxia tr*sh on this site, but that's not really saying much about its quality.

Characterization was poor. I think this is beyond dispute. The characters are not only shallow and cliched but worst of all inconsistent. MC does a heel-face turn for no real reason. I felt the "personality change" was forced. Sorry, but you can't cure a person of sociopathy by being nice to him. Now you can argue that he's not really a sociopath, but everything he did (killing the heroes and innocent people for money etc) suggested that he was one. In any case, he's not a "good guy" in any sense of the word. Necro Kill is supposed to be a psychopath, but we see none of his psychopathy until the very end, where he starts acts like a card-carrying villain - not like a real psychopath (like Ted Bundy) but more like a Disney villain. As a point of comparison, I consider Fate/Stay Night's Kotomine to be a better written psychopath than Necro Kill - that's how poorly written Necro Kill's character is. The saint is annoying and I don't find any of the MC's reminiscences about her to be moving at all. You can go to literally any run-of-the-mill xianxia tr*sh (e.g Limitless Sword God) and find a less annoying female character than the saint. No, honestly, she is a terrible character through and through. Her entire motivation is s*upid (hurr save anyone I come across even if he's a serial killer that will go kill more people), but that is her only defining feature. Other than a few superficial things like, she likes eating and going to the beach or some similarly boring shit, we are given no information about her. What are her political views? How does she approach problems? How does she evaluate people? You can't answer these questions about any of the characters in the story, let alone the saint. The warrior and the hero were killed by the same trick (MC threatens to kill innocent people unless they die, and they somehow fall for it), which just shows how s*upid they are. The warrior (who was literally immortal) had no reason to believe that the MC (who has revealed himself by his actions to be a sociopath) would spare innocent people if he killed himself. So why did he kill himself? Plot-induced s*upidity. Same with the hero. The hero can literally cut the moon in half. She could bend reality itself. It was supposed to be the most OP power (after the warrior's immortality and the thief's ability to reverse time, I guess you can't really go much higher than that). How did she let herself get killed by the MC? Plot induced s*upidity. The entire story was just the MC getting tricked by Necro into coming along to kill all the heroes so Necro can resurrect them to kill everyone and become a god, and then after getting killed, the MC came back and stopped Necro because his power was more OP than Necro's. That's literally the entire story. The MC didn't defeat Necro due to superior tactics or thinking, he won purely because of luck and more OPness. Probably one of the laziest storylines you can come up with if you think about it.
Fights were underwhelming. New powers kept getting introduced like the author was just randomly making them up as he went along. The "cerebral" aspect was ruined by the fact that the MC can apparently buy anything at any time and overcome any situation just by buying more OP stuff. The little "tactics" in the fights were ruined by that. The MC would always just come up with a new thing never mentioned before in the story ("ever heard of this poison? it kills you slower than the other poisons. amazing right?") to solve some problem that just cropped up.
The "science" felt like the author was just throwing in whatever latest article he dug up on wikipedia by pressing the Random Article button once in a while. Remember that medieval German sword strike that the warrior used? It didn't matter because he was OP and nobody could withstand any stroke of his sword anyway. It wasn't like there was actually a sword fight going on at any point in the story, so mentioning this felt pointless and out of place. Might as well have just said "the warrior swung his sword and all the people around him died from the shockwaves". Similar for all the random poisons that the MC used. Just say "the MC used a poison". It's not like the specific poison he used was relevant to the story in any way - he could have used any and still won. His power was just that OP. Basically, none of the science was actually relevant to the story because it's a completely different world where real life problems are all overcome by magic. It's a bit like Elf Tensei except the powers are more cliched and less creative.

Despite all of the problems, I still think it's better than most run-of-the-mill xianxia novels on this website, which is why I rated it a 4 out of 5. Despite its failings, it's one of the most "scientific" novels I've read on this website, even though it's really not that scientific compared to say any actual published sci-fi (go read e.g Accelerando if you like science references).

To be honest, I'm glad it's finally over. The story was boring and I hated all the characters.

A good job and thank you to ensj for translating this horrible mess.

Older review:

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Don't worry about those girls. They were just screaming because you were so handsome. Just like they do in concerts, you know?

This story can be pretty hilarious at times.

Quick synopsis: Murderer created with genetic modification with over 90, 000 murders gets executed, and then summoned to another world because someone made the mistake of choosing to summon the man with the highest number of murders as the criterion for strength...

So far, the story is quite self aware and the MC is quite observant and intelligent.

I guess the main problem with the story is that everything is from the MC's perspective, so we don't really know how the world works nor is there a reliable guide to explain the world to us. This isn't too much of a problem because more and more of the setting gets revealed as we go on.

For the first 7 chapters things happen without much explanation. So you are left wondering how did the MC kill Necro Kill? Necro Kill just suddenly got shot through the head with no explanation so the entire escape sequence felt abrupt and disjointed. The details are filled in on the next chapter though, so it's fine.

I also feel like the way Necro Kill acted, like how he killed the kids and then left himself completely unprotected against a murderer was also a bit weird. But again this is explained by his special ability later on. The characters actions are largely justified although the kids seemed overly naive.

The story is interesting though.

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Chapter 55

The best read I've had for the anti-hero genre, the negative ratings for this are unjustified.

What you have here is an MC who is sociopathic due to circumstances in his original world. He does everything that has the potential to bring him "profit" - as reflected by the ability he gained through his personality: the heart of gold. His goal is to rid the world of all evil, no matter the cost... Might be true or not since we only hear it from a character who is a fan of the MC, the potential for it to be a foreshadowing is also high.

The story is basically him taking down giants, other people with cheat-like abilities, while tackling concepts like immortals and timelords by thinking of ways to kill them.

This is taking a new look at people with cheats, and an analysis of their personalities and the results of gaining and using their respective powers in a world without morals. Each characters have their own motives and personalities, they are very much NOT 2-D.

Romance is a one-sided love, MC is uninterested and is aware of it.

Open-minded, Empathetic or Misanthropic readers, this is for you.

Overall, a uniquely great read.

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Ps. don't hate on the pitiful chick too much or you'll hate yourselves in the later chapters. Also her punches can only heal, and her personality mellows out over time. She's really not that bad, I don't get why anyone's annoyed with her considering how she's willing to abandon her principles for the sake of the group's mission or even her own well being. Her selflessness is a good contrast to the MC's selfishness, though MC wins the ideological battle hands down.

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Chapter 28

I'm sorry to say that I hate this novel. The MC is impulsive and to be frank quite ret*rded. The female oh gosh, she wants to get her will through all the time but just comes up annoying.

The story itself is quite regular, a male getting summoned into another world and need to fight what he gets pointed at. To linear for my taste. Got abit of a twist but feels like he gets everything he needs from the get go in his hands.

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Chapter 1

This is no novel for novices

the best category that I can put this novel is isekai epilogue. So if you haven't read lots of isekai, don't bother. Now if you have read a lot, then this novel gives a realistic feel of what would happen to the world after and should be a must read

character development is cliche but perfectly done. The story overall is predictable, but details and interaction are refreshing

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Chapter 1

Interesting idea, garbage execution.

In this 68 chapter novel, about 3/4 of each chapter is spent with MC cracking jokes and getting beat up by the saint, whom he's held captive by. Why is the worst murderer in human history held captive and getting playfully beaten up? Don't ask me. Anyways, that 3/4 of dialogue isn't funny, nor relevant to the story whatsoever. s*upid sh*t like Spoiler

I saw the saint, who was calling herself a beauty, as a narcissistic psychopath.

"Beauty, eh... ?"

"Kuh..!"

"Beauty, huh... "

"Don't say it twice!"

The saint blushed.

"In any case! You were in the wrong here, so apologize immediately by kneeling and barking. Go!"

"Damn it, I told you that I'd be your s*ave if I failed the mission."

"Can we just get started on that a little early?"

"That wasn't specified in the contract."

"Tch."

We moved away from the hills into a plain.

this is honestly painful to read through.

MC's ability is barely utilized until about 30-40 chapters in, which makes the first half of the novel absolutely pointless, seeing as the world building is non-existent. MC gets summoned, stuck in a cell, and led around by the nose,

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Then magically falls in love with the her at the end and all the heroes get turned into zombies. But no! They're saved because of his passive ability because he LOVES her. WHOA SO COOL.

You can literally read the first 10 chapters and skip to the last 5 and miss absolutely nothing at all. The story is boring, the characterization is awful, and MC's personality is so inconsistent he flip flops between a mass murderer and comedian every few chapters.

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Chapter 35

I'am going to support it since it's well organised and it's translation is very amazing.

About This novel - I basically think quite unique and the perceptiveness of each character is amazingly described. MC is the most uniqe but it's also the flaw of the novel which would be annoying to readers as story goes on. I guess it would best for novel if he accualy get a change of his wold view as the story advances. Because no ones wants to be s*upid forever. His personality might look cool but it's not fun to stay with someone like that or imagine myself like that for long without change

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Chapter 65

That was, by far, one of the best masterpieces I've ever read.

Every character is developed well with depth. Everyone normally complains about the saint's ditzy behaviour, but that's just a coping mechanism. She's trying to atone for the consequences of her past actions.

Spoiler

That is, to say, of healing enemy soldiers, leading to more allies to be hurt. Granted, she didn't have this intention; she can't bear to see pain and hardship before her. Also, due to her ability [Total Recall], she can't forget horrors and pain no matter how hard she tries.

What I'm trying to say is, the characters all have depth and masks portrayed throughout the whole novel. Furthermore, that was the first ending that truly brought me to tears with how perfect it was Whoever wrote this novel is a sage deserving all of our respect.

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