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The Stubborn Skill-Grinder In A Time Loop by X-RHODEN-X

Orodan was an orphaned street rat who clawed his way to the county militia with hard work. However... Read more
Orodan was an orphaned street rat who clawed his way to the county militia with hard work. However calamitous events unfold and draw him into events bigger than himself and Orodan's battle-loving disposition leads to a warrior's death for him. Only for him to wake up again on the day of.

In a world of skills, titles and blessings; a smart time looper would perhaps scheme, plan, amass equipment and allies. But not Orodan. If there's one thing he's good at it's stubbornly trying the same thing over and over again via brute force till it's done.

If a wall is in front, going around is not an option. Instead batter it with your head thousands of times till either the wall breaks or you do. And gain skill levels along the way. Collapse
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    MTL Denier
    00
    Fun beginning, got boring when he went to the academy so i just dropped it. Fun first chapters, beginning is definitely worth a read!
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      Aoi
      00
      Studying at the academy and tournaments are the two worst parts of any job, but trust me, you shouldn't stop reading at this stage. I advise you to just skip the boring parts and read The History of the Academy as quickly as possible to move on. You won't regret it.
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    Laozi
    12
    Does anyone else dislike the dialogue in this? It’s common among most royal road novels.

    It feels unnatural, like everyone talks the exact same.

    I can never pinpoint why I can’t stand it
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    Laozi
    10
    The reviews on RR are pretty funny. A whole bunch of guys complaining about realism. I’ll give this a 5/5 for the fun the first chapters gave but everything after he goes to the next continent feels pointless, he’s already basically the strongest in the world. I wish he grew much much slower so I could enjoy some more running into walls instead of talking.

    I like the very short lives best
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      Mistmage
      00
      Someone on royal road have compared it to an idle game.
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      Dark
      20
      Do you actually believe that he is the strongest in the world in only a dozen chapters? The version of Orodan that left Inuan and fought the Eldritch Avatar gets stomped by hundreds, possibly thousands of beings in his world. Even now, in the current chapters, he is high up there, almost on par with the Eldtrich Avatar, he is still getting his ass kicked by beings from other worlds, pretty easily might I add.
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        Mistmage
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        Loop means "He is the most powerful at the point the loop have started"
        As loop collapses time, it is literally a spell to became "The most powerful being in no time"
        And since he also have an absurd level of talent, and the way system is made, it is a sealed deal.

        I had some hope at the moment with gods, but death god was timely.

        And as the eldritch god incident shown, there literally no danger to him whatsoever.
        It is fine, as many regression novels have that.
        "SSS-Class Suicide Hunter" is the best comparison.
        But they a different, because "smashing through everything" is not a solution for presented problems.
        Also - In Suicide Hunter, his power, is limited on each level, and he can't really grind indefinitely.
        Because of that, he is forced to get help, what is obliviously problematic too.

        It is the way it is done with all OP MC that are around - push danger in other lines.
        Be it death of other people, mental damage (hello, metal resistance Lvl60), or any other type of suffering.


        Stubborn skill grinder on other hand... It is a moment of getting stronger indefinitely, stretched in to a novel. Since goals are meaningless, and there no danger, all what's left is "Number crunch" experience.
        Of getting stronger, killing gods, moving to the next level, killing outer gods, and etc.

        If you think that is fun, sure.

        What is also important, that it is a fake time loop novel, as it have a shell of regression, but nothing else.


        PS.
        Of course the biggest problem is the ways mc is stupid in.
        I am really impressed that he even understood to stay away from the soul correction.

        Considering him just fumbling, and getting used to clear some mine, exposing his strength.






        Here, world mission, was just dumped on him, and he accepted it without much thought.



        Like really? Watching a dumb guy level up is fun?
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    Laozi
    30
    The complete opposite of regressors tale of cultivation.
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      Mistmage
      10
      Especially in the absurd event, that literally every time he told that he is in a loop, it worked )))
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    Finality
    51
    Read until chapter 44
    Rating: 8/10 (Excellent)
    Plot Premise: Orodan Wainwright, the MC, finds himself in a time loop that resets every time he dies. Instead of using this advantage to scheme/learn secrets, he uses it to grind combat skill levels and create new skills (granted by the world's system) through death battles. He's an extremely stubborn warrior with infinite willpower who likes to brute force through every problem/enemy he faces without taking any shortcut/leveraging any weaknesses.
    Pros:
    Excellent world building. Races such as dragons, pegasi, elves, drows, dwarves, goblins and other monsters are present in his world.
    Power system is interesting as one's strength is related to the rarity, level and synergy between their combat skills.
    Characters are alright.
    MC's infinite willpower and his way of gaining power by persevering through countless painful death battles against impossible enemies to learn skills is the core focus of the story and its done really well (I am not fond of reckless characters, however the rash MC of this story is growing on me cause he is well written).
    The story is fast paced and the chapters are extremely lengthy (10K+ words/chapter).
    Cons:
    MC proclaiming that he is in a time loop to everyone he meets is slightly irksome (although it does bring him a lot of benefits).
    MC's aversion to magic is irrational (amended later).
    Dialogues are a bit short.

    Language: 8/10 (Excellent)
    Vocabulary and the narrative are handled properly. Humor is properly represented and descriptions are concise. Could use proper line-breaks for scene changes.
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    Tanvir Sandhar
    30
    This is an absolute banger, the mc is a meathead, but an unstoppable one.

    He has a warriors spirit and conviction to defy death.
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    Homie_Reader
    51
    This is an incredible novel
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    EmperoRead
    51
    Epic! This book is epic!
    On this world shall this emperors throne dwell upon,
    And its tale shall this emperor gaze.
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    Mistmage
    24
    It is a pretty good parody. I will admit that.
    With how painfully slow other time Loop books are, it is fresh.

    The fact that author understand the irony of what he is writing is good too.
    After that from my perspective, good things mostly stops.

    First thing that starts to hurt my eyes are dialogue and characters.
    They are indeed incredibly constant, and even that are carbon cut-outs many times over, they are not ones that you expect, to see.
    But the problem is that the don't speak. they "Convey intension and information"
    What is, the thing that allows to make the book, so absurdly fast passed.
    But it also make it fully emotionless too.

    World is... generic as it gets. System is just boring. Honestly that is probably the most boring system I ever saw. It make job done of course, what it seems main point here.

    Power system... well it's fine, as fine as a warrior power system can get.
    Well, can't say much more then that.

    And here we come to the problem. The main character.
    He is stupid. That's the main point I suppose, as that even written in the synopsis.
    And he is also not very determined. You may argue with me, but he is just stubbornly chase after a set goal. But he have no will other then that. He have very basic moral, that I have no idea where is from in him, but whatever. Everyone says how cool he is for dying a hundred thousand times to get resistance skills, buy really, even before that he had at least Pain resistance 20. And really, since he dies in the battle, with all the adrenalin, it is really not that bad.
    Of course the real reason I say all that because


    In the end.... It is really annoying. If you want someone endlessly struggle against the wall - go read

    "A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation" It is so much higher quality is is funny.
    Or if you want a good parody - "I am a regressor, but I've got stories to tell" is great.

    "Perfect run" and even "Mother of Learning"
    Are all great too, especially the first one.
    Of courses if you read all of them it is fine. as there not that much good time loop novels, and you like them, go on read that one too. I am not here for you really.
    But if you had not, take care. It is just a clever parody. It is empty inside.

    Remembered a new name:

    Master of the Loop - if you just want to read a Loop novel, it is pretty good.



    PS

    And well, it cannot be, proper criticism, but the fact that skills, blessing, just go in time with him, without any effort... Is just infuriate me further. And amount of absurd rarity skills, make it even worse.
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      Laozi
      30
      The mc of regressors tale of cultivation is 1000 times stupider than the mc of this novel. The author tries to make emotional moment without enough character building.
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        Mistmage
        03
        Yes. But at the same time, his actions don't feel pointless, or forced like here.
        In my opinion, if you want to make a stupid MC, regressors tale of cultivation, is much more sensible.

        PS.

        How far have you reached into "regressors tale of cultivation"?
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          Dark
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          I can ask the same thing to you, how much of the story did you actually read? And did you even read it properly, without 'skimming' through the chapters? I you did you would know that most of your criticisms are invalid.
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            Mistmage
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            I skimmed the beginning, read it properly up to the academy ark, and stopped there.

            So, I would like, you to show me, where I am wrong, and not just do baseless accusations.

            PS.

            I don't have many hopes on you, as you somehow missread what I said, as

            "How far have you reached into "regressors tale of cultivation"?"

            Is a completely different question, from yours.
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              Dark
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              I won't address your opinions on the system and and the power system, because they are your opinions and you are entitled to them, I will talk about the rest.
              This story is not a parody, the only 'funny' parts about the story are the narrator and the side characters' comments on the MC's stubborness, and those are kept to a minimum. There is nothing Ironic about a man dying hundreds of thousands of times, unable to form any meaningful connection with other living beings, feeling both physical and psychological pain during and after any relativly long loop, something that you would know if you read further (Blue fire Academy arc, Novarria arc, especially the latter with chapter 44)

              First thing that starts to hurt my eyes are dialogue and characters.
              They are indeed incredibly constant, and even that are carbon cut-outs many times over, they are not ones that you expect, to see.
              I honestly don't understand what you are trying to say here, that the dialogues and characters are boring?

              But the problem is that the don't speak. they "Convey intension and information"
              What is, the thing that allows to make the book, so absurdly fast passed.
              But it also make it fully emotionless too.

              I believe that you are referring to the time skip during his stay in the Guzuhar, since that's the furthest you have read. The fact that the author glossed over the months he stayed in the other continent is beacuse there really wasn't much to tell about the characters that lived there; yes the Author could have told us more about his stay, but ultimetly the only reason he went to Guzuhar was to find a way to hide his fate, the relationship he had with the continent natives was almost entirely transactional, except the affair he had with the girl he did not build any meaningful connection to write about there, he basically only trained.

              World is... generic as it gets. Once again this is also your opinion, based on incomplete information, but you can think what you want.

              He is stupid. That's the main point I suppose, as that even written in the synopsis.
              He is extremely stubborn and not very prone to change his way of fighting, but he is not stupid.


              And he is also not very determined. You may argue with me, but he is just stubbornly chase after a set goal. But he have no will other then that. Someone with less willpower than him would have broken down entirely if forced to go through what he went through, he did not remain sane after dying an uncountable amount of times just thanks to stubborness. Also you can't say that he only has willpower when chasing he is after a certain goal and not when he isn't when there was never a time in which he was aimless, yes at times the goal was foggy and not easly determinable, but it was always there.

              He have very basic moral, that I have no idea where is from in him, but whatever.
              His moral compass is indeed not very defined int the first twenty or so chapters, but again this is a 'you' problem as his morals and ehtics are shown when he visits the dwarf kingdom, a part of the story you did not read.

              Everyone says how cool he is for dying a hundred thousand times to get resistance skills, buy really, even before that he had at least Pain resistance 20. And really, since he dies in the battle, with all the adrenalin, it is really not that bad. It has been shown in the story that his pain resistance skill means nothing if the pain exceeds the skills' limit, that will cause him to feel actual pain that he has to actively to endure with his willpower, causing the skill to level up. Why are you mentioning adrenaline in a world of Swords and Magic that clearly dosen't work on science? What is adrenaline going to do if he gets his soul damaged, or his consciousness gets attacked?

              And well, it cannot be, proper criticism, but the fact that skills, blessing, just go in time with him, without any effort... Is just infuriate me further. And amount of absurd rarity skills, make it even worse. This is why I asked you if read the story properly, beacuse if you did you would know that most, if not all of his active skills and even many of is passives are the resault of heavy training and or 'enlightenment'. The system does not give free stuff, not this one at least. As for the blessings, he can't do anything about it,


              PS

              I could not give a flying f#ck about your hopes on me, so keep them to yourself, and the questions
              how much of the story did you actually read? and "How far have you reached into "regressors tale of cultivation"?" may be worded differently but posses the same meaning, they are just referring to different novels.
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    MechanicalGenius
    50
    As you can probably get from the summary or from the comments, the mc gets strong really fast or his progress is fast. But does it hinder the story and bore the readers? Quite opposite in fact. The author likes to get into the details of each skill and abilities and they're all utilized and described well. The author also does a job well done on the problem of "OP MC". Usually when the mc gets overpowered or progress too fast the story gets stale, but the author does a good job of making the story more interesting instead.

    Overall it's a must read for those who want a brief peace against very smart, cool, scheming, 10000 steps ahead of you MC's.
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      Some_Guy
      10
      Exactly. The author doesn't raise the stakes willy nilly, but does so in a way that both deepens the mystery and adds to the world at the same time.
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