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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

13 reviews

46jjsg's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

Just putting this for record keeping.
- 7/10 Worldbuilding
- 7/10 Main Characters
- 7/10 Side Characters* I just love sqh and mbj.... but mostly sqh. 
- 9/10 Pacing

In depth review will be added when I re-read this novel with the 7seas editions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, Transphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion

evitak's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Well, this is MXTX's least popular one, but I would still argue it's not bad, and it's pretty self aware of its flaws as well. This particular version was not amazing, because fan translations always include the understandable mistakes here and there, but I'm not including that at all in the score (though if you're reading this before reading the book, go grab the official release instead!). 

I really liked all the characters, the story was interesting, I really appreciated its humor and the tone shifts never bothered me even if it goes from really sad to really funny to really sad very fast at times. I feel like that's more of a feature in the book rather than a flaw. There were many characters I truly thought I would hate, but by the end of the book I really liked them, and one of them ended up being my absolute favorite character in it. It does a really good job showing the many different sides of the characters, and why they do what they do, regardless of whether or not they are justified.

This is especially but not exclusively the case with original Shen Qingqiu, who is the original villain of the book, who does some really, truly messed up things, but then when you find out more about him it's just... Not necessarily difficult to hate him, but at the very least it makes his actions a lot more understandable than one may originally have thought. His backstory is so heartbreaking, and though I'm sure not everyone views this the same as I do, I feel like in that context, his actions later on in life were pretty much unavoidable, albeit still inexcusable.

To me, the fact that the book can make me sympathize to this extent even with its worst characters, as well as how much it develops its characters, is really what makes it as good as I believe it is.

As far as the story goes I have much less to say, it requires a specific level of genre and geek (/anime/internet/whatever else you want to call it honestly) culture knowledge that many may not have, and in that case chances are it won't be as much appreciated. For those who do possess that knowledge however, I believe it's a very fun book that gives the reader a very good reading experience. Though on the surface it looks like a joke-y, funny kind of book, it gets into very dark and serious subjects as it progresses, and for the most part it does treat seriously what needs to be treated so.

It's for sure not for everyone, but I do feel it's often judged too harshly by comparing it to the author's later works, when on its own it's a very fun read, regardless of whether it's your cup of tea or not. On that note, there are some pretty heavy topics in it, and I do feel people need to heed the warnings before reading. I would like to add that contrary to a very frequent misconception, the "uncomfortable" scenes found within it were never really... not meant to be that? You are very much meant to feel uncomfortable at what is happening, because so are the characters in those situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Slavery

Minor: Confinement

bakatan's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Genocide and Ableism

moonmagister's review

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

4.0

This was the last MXTX book I had left to read so far and it’s the first one she wrote. As such it’s a shorter and more chaotic read and probably won’t be to many peoples tastes. Lots of people say this is a lighthearted novel, and it is, if you happen to have dark sense of humour. This is romance but much more in the style of a messy queer dark romance than anything more wholesome. So if that isn’t up your street then I wouldn’t bother trying.

I personally really enjoyed this novel, despite flaws in plot and translation. I’m looking forward to continuing the official translation in the following months!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

yushihuang's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, and Sexual content

liuolah's review

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

wings_of_black_leather's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

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

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

saikiren's review

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

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

5.0

loved that the system would constantly interfere within certain situations making them worse, or progress further in an unexpected way. Shen QingQiu's reactions were hilarious, there were many scenes that I couldnt help but laugh at or suddenly pause to reread since it was so unexpected. I still feel horrible for the original Binghe but was it necessary to have him in for just a couple paragraphs before he vanished away? and how was he able to transfer over to the current world into Luo Binghe's dreamscape in the first place? (im curious but im reading too much into this..)
I liked how everything clicked in place at the end though, Shen Qingqiu really did fulfill all plot holes and as the reader i was able to finally be informed on some of the character's backstories. it still didnt right the original Shen's abuse towards the og Luo but it gave an understanding of where his envy had been brought up from, and made me switch up my mindset about him a little bit. I love this book so much, its my go-to comfort novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

phenomenarwhal's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and War

frostingsuga's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent and Toxic relationship