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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

11 reviews

laedyred's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It was...fine? The plot is not particularly interesting in terms of the actual events that happen, even though the idea of the situation, "series in a series" has a lot of potential. The romance component is forced, there's justification for It. The text was originally written on a writing website and it shows. The writing is high school level at best. Another thing that bothered me greatly is the language about women and the female characters, and the fetishization underage girls (and some boys). I understand that part of this story is parodying the nasty things in stories written for men, but there was too much of it and no "redemption" by reversing the criticism. I was surprised to learn that the author is a woman. I deducted half a star for the rampant misogyny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

graceskate's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Sexism, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Torture, and Adult/minor relationship

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content

pvbobrien's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Grief, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexism, Misogyny, and Murder

thanatoserini's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I think I found my favorite book series 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Blood, and Child abuse

tamo's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Sexism and Death of parent

levtolstoy's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Fucking love it!  The story is very amusing, but it still has some gore to it. Illustrations are stunning and translation is coherent! Character & name guide and glossary were very useful as well.

I actually started reading the novel even before the official translation came out. However, I didn't finish it. I had stopped somewhere in the middle. The novel didn't intrigued me as much as MDZS had (I've read it before reading SVSSS and my heart still belongs to Wangxian). However in this break I had learned the crucial piece of information: MXTX wrote this for her own amusement. Her work should not be take (to) seriously. With this I could finally enjoy SVSSS and I LOVED it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

teagstime's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read the entire novel when it was just an unofficial fan-translation, and words can't express how excited I am for an official one! This first volume sets up for the rest mostly by establishing relationships, giving the reader a feel for our main character's unreliable, hilarious narration, and by ending after a rather momentous (read: tragic) plot point ! 

Simply put: Scum Villain vol1 is a wonderfully fun read about a chronically online dude who dies & becomes the antagonist in his favorite book to hate-read. Shen Yuan/Qingqiu is a stupidly charming and charmingly stupid protag, and Luo Binghe is just perfect... He's never done anything wrong ever actually ( ꈍᴗꈍ) Don't be fooled by the lighthearted tone though-- next volume's gonna be SAD 💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Minor: Sexism, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Misogyny

The CA happened in the past, and is never inflicted on the child again in the course of the novel/nor was it ever inflicted by the protagonist. A few scenes of bullying also occur, as well as descriptions of past bullying. The homophobia's very light-- mostly a few thoughts/jokes by an incredibly repressed 'straight' man. The sexist/misogynistic comments aren't too bad either, many are simply jabs at harem/stallion novel tropes, and are often called out for being ridiculous.

adhdru's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A metastory – or more specifically, transmigration – by MXTX was bound to be excellent and so far, it has not disappointed!

I found the main characters easy to love: 

• Shen Qingqiu (Peerless Cucumber) with his 'anti' attitude toward the book and the author, always criticising the logic of events or naming within the novel, and always bantering with the system and his absolute (unconscious) weakness for Binghe
• Luo Binghe being a real 'white lotus', remaining kind-hearted after all the abuse and pain he suffered in such a short life, even going beyond forgiving his Shizhun and completely devoting himself to him after only a couple shows of kindness (or plain human decency, to be honest)

This book touches on deep subjects like bullying, child abuse, socio-economic injustice, etc., in a way that – in my opinion – both acknowledges how important and terribly wrong they are, while still staying hilarious for the most part.

 
One thing that bothered me a lot was the sexism painted all over the novel portraying women – with a couple of exceptions – as weak and vain and in need to uphold absurd standards of purity and propriety lest they be undesirable to men... Which, unlike many of the things within the novel, did not strike me to be written in an ironic or mocking fashion, but rather in an unchecked internalised sexism kinda way.

I do wish, however, we'd gotten to see a bit more of

17-yo Luo Binghe before he was sent off to the Endless Abyss. Don't get me wrong, the bits we got from him as an older teen were great, seeing him being flirty and jealous was both funny and endearing, but we don't get much more information about his development beyond that, since the rest – being endlessly selfish, reliable, willing-to-put-his-whole-trust-and-devotion-on and in-need-of-the-approval-of Shen Qingqiu – we had already seen after the OOC was activated.

There's obviously the hint of a developing romance between the leads which could be disturbing for some as it's technically an adult/minor relationship, however, nothing of a sexual or romantic nature happens between them yet. This is really just setting the ground for what's to come, with the only signs of characters being conscious about this aspect coming from the minor (Luo Binghe) and not the adult.

DO READ CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE PICKING THIS UP, ITS THEMES AND TROPES ARE DEFINITELY NOT FOR EVERYONE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

tetetaeskz's review

adventurous challenging funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Violence