Thursday, February 11, 2021

Mini Reviews: Transmigrating to Before the Big Boss Blackened, Villainess Wants To Turn Over A New Leaf, Transmigrating Into The Heartthrob’s Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend

Title:
Transmigrating to Before the Big Boss Blackened
Author: 锦橙
Chapters: 125 chapters 
Publication: 2019
Summary from Novel Updates:
Shi Mu transmigrated into a comic that is a combination of fervor, suspense, and horror. As the dignified, big-ch*sted, and thin-waisted female villain, those who met her all wanted a “late-night chat” with her. But in the end, the blackened big boss sold her off abroad. Rewind to ten years ago, 17-year-old Shi Mu met the still fairly innocent big boss. The boy stood under the sun with squinted eyes, and asked for her name. She trembled.

“Shi Mu…”

Thought for a moment, then said, “I’m male.”

“….”

What can she do? In a world where the plot centers around love and disregards the storyline, the only ones that can protect themselves are males. Only, she didn’t expect that one night, big BOSS suddenly told her:

“I want to be on top. If you make me happy, I’ll occasionally let you get on top too.”

“??????”

What the f*ck did you say?

In order to not get caught, Shi Mu concealed her gender, trained hard for abs, got a tan, developed her morality, intelligence, and physicality, but in the end-

“You’re so pretty,” the big boss smiled devilishly.

Shi Mu: QAQ what’s wrong with you little bro?

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

This was hilarious! Shi Mu is the most dedicated person trying to maintain her boy cover. The amount of work and effort she put in trying to maintain her identity was both shameless and hilarious. I about died in almost every chapter whenever she tried to come up with new excuses to try to prove that she's a "normal man" lmao. 

It's a very slow romance, so just come and enjoy Shi Mu and her friends' hilarious antics.

The summary doesn't mention it at all, but this genre is not only a gender bender but about supernatural aspects like ghosts. Even if that's not your usual cup of tea, I'd still recommend it just for how funny it is!


Title:
Villainess Wants To Turn Over A New Leaf
Author: Chun Dao Han
Chapters: 114 chapters 
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

Lin Feilu, or better known by her nickname—Green Tea Princess, was the best of all the scheming b*tches that the world had ever seen. She was the Oscar-winning actress among the masses with real life as her stage. Acting coy, slandering, feigning innocence, or playing the saint, she aced it all. Simply put, she was the proverbial villainess.

Ah, but retribution came way too early for this malicious personage and she died on her 27th birthday.

In death, Lin Feilu reflected on her career of 20 years as the Green Tea Princess. She was full of regret and remorse over the life she once led. She vowed, if there was an afterlife, she would atone for her misdeeds and be a good person.

She transmigrated into a five-year-old princess of the Dalin Dynasty. In the name of family, she had a sickly mother disfavoured by the emperor, a mentally challenged and daft older brother.

Her life was constantly in danger, with having little to eat and trying to stay warm.

The living environment was very harsh.

Lin Feilu, who wanted to be a good person: … You forced me! Sorry, I can only activate my unique skill.

Harem fight? Striving for favor? Climbing the ranks?

Apologies, but let me show you what it means to be slaughtered by a maxed out player.

Note: “Green Tea” is a woman who presents herself as innocent, sweet, and kind but is very scheming and calculative in reality.

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I didn't know that this was written by the same author as Transmigrating To Become The Boss’s Little Fairy, which I also really liked! 

I loved how Lin Feilu completely owned up to her actions in her previous life. She knew that all of her scheming finally caught up to her and vowed to be a better person in her next life. Unfortunately, she transmigrated into a five year old in the Dalin Dynasty with poor living conditions because of her disfavored mother. Everything was against her and her family, and she had to quit trying to be a good person and activated her green tea acting again lol. I loved how she originally viewed everyone as NPC's in a game in her quest to make a better living environment for her mother and brother. 

This novel focuses more on her individual growth and her interactions with her family members, which was heartwarming to read about in between all of the harem drama and face slapping. Mental illness is also discussed, which was a nice surprise, especially for a palace drama novel. 

The romance is a very slow burn, so any interaction between the leads is cute and memorable. This novel was also pretty funny. I laughed aloud multiple times because of Lin Feilu's reactions lol. 

Overall, a very good book to read!


Title: Transmigrating Into The Heartthrob’s Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend
Author: 妾在山阳
Chapters: 105 chapters + 1 extra
Publication: 2019
Summary from Novel Updates:

The protagonist shou, Xie Sui, was a proud son of heaven. He had an illustrious family background, was cold and removed from desire, and attracted many (psychopathic) admirers. From the gentle senior to the paranoid president, to the haughty and proud arch-enemy, these big guys were all top leaders of their respective fields, yet they were all crazy about him.

After pushing him down a series of mentally and physically abusive paths, the three of them decided to join hands to destroy the Xie Family, imprison Xie Sui, crush his pride, and turn him into a pet that could only rely on them.

While the crowd of readers howled “Wuwuwu the feels~”.

Song Yu was already so angry he was going crazy. Not wanting to read any more of this eye-searingly bad novel, he cursed, “Idiots.” and hurried offline.

As a result, when he woke up, he’d transmigrated.

He’d transmigrated to become the Third Young Master of the Song Family in the novel, who had only been briefly mentioned in passing, would die of a terminal illness, and was Xie Sui’s childhood friend.

Song Yu was terribly upset. At the same time, he’d already come to a decision in his heart––those three idiots, had better not think about wanting to get close to his little childhood friend!

*

Xie Sui was born cold hearted. In two lifetimes, he’d never tasted the sweetness of love, nor had he ever experienced the feeling of being protected.

After destroying three big families and personally killing his enemies, he was reborn back to when he was 15 years old. He had to hide the violence and coldness in his heart and pretend to be the youth with a gentle and clean appearance that he’d been in the past.

Everything was the same as before, except that the little childhood friend who was nothing but a vague memory in his previous life was exceptionally different this time.

Like the spring breeze that thawed the frozen soil, someone reached into the abyss and grabbed his blood-stained hand.

*

Song Yu tore apart a love confession letter like he was venting and fumed, “Don’t pay attention to those people, don’t believe in their sweet words. They’re all scum, and their love is worthless. Don’t like them, okay?”

Xie Sui gazed at him for a long time, then laughed, “Alright, I don’t like them.”

I only like you.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

This novel was really good! I will definitely reread this novel when it's completely translated. I got too impatient and MTL the rest of the novel lol.

I loved Song Yu's character. He follows his own path and does whatever he wants. His poisonous mouth even makes him infamous lol. Because he read about Xie Sui's terrible life, he just wants to help prevent him from experiencing all of those horrific events again. Little did he know that Xie Sui was reborn and was purposely being bullied in order to get revenge, so their friendship starts off with a rocky start lol. 

Watching Xie Sui slowly thaw and accept Song Yu's friendship was so sweet. His feelings definitely blossom earlier than Song Yu, but he knows to be prudent and to take it slow because Song Yu is too focused on preventing Xie Sui from falling for any of his deranged suitors like in the book lol. 

This novel had a different spin on transmigration, and I really liked slowly uncovering the mystery with the main characters. 

The side characters were also hilarious. I loved how they added to the crazy hijinks, and the CP fangirls bystanders were also ridiculous and hilarious. The forum excerpts were especially funny lol.

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