The Rise of a Homebody
宅之崛起
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- 1.3M Words
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- Urban
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- Superpowers
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- 8y ago
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The more I read, the more familiar it seemed. Thinking back on why I abandoned the book last time, I summarized a few points: First, being a homebody doesn't mean being stupid. We homebodies aren't as emotionally and intellectually deficient as the protagonist; we just enjoy being homebodies. Second, being a homebody doesn't necessarily mean lacking ambition.
1. If you have extra money, don't keep a mistress; secretly sponsor a few students in impoverished mountain areas. You'll feel much better about yourself. 2. If you encounter someone selling things at a night market, buy as much as you can without haggling. The items aren't expensive. Even if someone's family is well-off, who would be selling things at a night market in the cold?
It's annoying when authors add unnecessary female characters just to advance the plot. Barging into someone's home without asking. Forcing people to post things they don't want to sell online In the end, they also helped promote the male lead's game and made him money... You could simply write that the game became popular because people played it.
I read all 194 chapters in one go, and the various plot descriptions were all very well done; I laughed out loud in many places. The only regret was the author's forced intellectual downgrade of the protagonist, which was annoying. Being a "homebody" doesn't equate to being "stupid." Making supporting characters come alive doesn't necessarily mean turning the protagonist into an idiot.
Having read up to chapter twenty, I want to warn later readers: Do not read the chapter comments! Do not read the chapter comments! Do not read the chapter comments! I'm saying it three times because it's important! In this novel, clearly written for otaku, a large number of readers completely out of sync with otaku have infiltrated, and their random comments severely impact the otaku's reading…
Since the author hasn't changed the synopsis back, I'll provide a way for new readers to understand it— Introduction: A reclusive man with nothing to do is forced to leave his room by a sudden ability... Yes, it's that short. I checked the descriptions from three different Baidu search engines, and they're correct.
I've been reading novels since junior high school, and even now, after more than ten years of reading, I still find this one to be incredibly captivating. 🙂
Anime/manga/otaku fiction ✘ Cultivation novel (top-tier) ✔
Replacing the protagonist's abilities with my own cultivation level wouldn't feel out of place at all. On the contrary, it feels like a gem of a book. Is the protagonist really a shut-in? What is it about anime and manga that makes him want to stay home all day? Is he obsessed with games? Now that it's a game, does the protagonist just casually play games? Doesn't he research them or get addicted?
It was pretty frustrating to watch. The beginning was okay, but the later parts were basically insane. Being a shut-in doesn't mean you're useless. Especially towards the end, things were so unclear, why not just end it already? Living a perfectly honest life for over ten years, is he an idiot?
I read this book back in middle school or elementary school, and it left a deep impression on me. The characters "Programmer" and "Cameraman" were especially memorable. Unfortunately, I wasn't using this account back then, and after searching for a long time, I only remembered one character: "Programmer" and "Cameraman." Now that I've found it, I'm really happy!