The Female Supporting Role Shows Out - Reviews

The heroine lacks consistency in her character development, often starting with no memory and evolving as she faces challenges. The author sometimes portrays her as unfeeling, while at other times, she can't help but feel deeply, making her seem robotic overall. Additionally, the main character (MC) frequently acts as a selfless, almost saintly figure, helping those in need without being asked and sometimes even at the cost of her own well-being. However, she also takes revenge when wronged, and often does so without hesitation, including resorting to violence.

Strangely, she is sometimes oblivious to the feelings others have for her, especially in arcs with multiple male leads, while at other times, she is quite aware. Even by chapter 268, despite the presence of romantic subplots, it seems like she never truly falls in love. This contrasts sharply with the first chapter, where she loves intensely enough to sacrifice herself. Yet, each arc includes one or more male characters who are instantly smitten with her, and these male leads are invariably depicted as perfect.

Moreover, she is often portrayed as a deity-like figure, devoid of earthly desires, and is consistently described as beautiful, with nearly every male lead falling for her at first sight. This makes the romance feel forced and uninteresting, as it often involves a male character deeply in love with a female who rarely reciprocates these feelings genuinely. Exceptions include arcs like "Miracle Doctor" and "Gu Girl," where the MC develops meaningful relationships over time.

The author also tends to exaggerate the perfection of the temporary male leads, repeatedly describing their beautiful voices and faces in every arc. While this might be intended to highlight their appeal, it becomes redundant and loses impact, especially since the male lead changes with each arc.

The quality of the arcs varies; some are engaging, while others are less so, depending on how the MC interacts with the characters around her. For instance, I skipped Arc 1 and Arc 2, which had a significant time jump from her beginning her culinary journey to her becoming a professional chef ten years later, making me feel like I missed nothing essential.

Furthermore, each arc ends abruptly, leaving many questions unanswered, which can be a jarring and unsatisfying reading experience.

Well, I can't say whether this novel is good or not because I couldn't get past the first chapter. The translation isn't unreadable, but it definitely needs improvement and a dedicated editor. I found myself rereading sentences multiple times, confused.

Good luck to anyone who decides to continue reading.

For all its familiar tropes, including scheming "female leads," cannon fodder, face-slapping, and reversals, this transmigration story stands out because romance isn't the central focus. I'm not even sure if there is a definitive Male Lead. Instead, the story centers on the main character (MC) and her journey toward prioritizing her own well-being. The overarching message is clear: learn to love yourself before falling in love with others.

Each arc is engaging, and the later arcs are particularly strong. My favorites include the one where she decides against becoming an unwanted lady wife and instead becomes the next Mulan, the arc where she transforms into a supermodel with androgynous appeal, and the one where she discovers she is a mother and meets her estranged daughter through a reality show. If you're tired of reading about female characters who act as doormats for the men they love, this story offers a refreshing change.

MTL 3.5-4☆ easy to read

Review: 5☆

Definitely a good read. The main character (MC) is well-developed. She's smart and hardworking, ruthless when she needs to be, and kind when kindness is called for. One aspect I particularly enjoy is how each new world feels like a fresh start for her, in terms of her memories and emotions. While she retains the knowledge and abilities gained from her past lives, she loses all recollections of those previous worlds. However, if there's something she hasn't learned or mastered before, she will put in the effort to become proficient, striving for perfection.

I appreciate that she isn't just a cliché cold-hearted, emotionless character who never falls in love or prefers solitude. Instead, she adapts to each world, taking care of the people the original host owed and cared for. Her primary goal seems to be living well, and I love that she falls in love naturally. She smiles, laughs, and blushes, making her feel more human and relatable. Her dedication to gaining abilities is intense; she can be quite harsh on herself and works incredibly hard, which makes her powerful in a way that isn’t annoying.

Spoiler:
I’m not sure if I can call her overpowered (OP), because she has faced defeat, had moments of helplessness, and has narrowly escaped rape a few times.

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So I was able to read the entire novel from the 1stKissNovel website. It is a machine-translated version, so the reading quality was pretty rough, but I was still able to understand everything. I must say, I am quite enamored with this novel.

First of all, the arcs are all very interesting and, for the most part, unique. The concepts and world-building in some of them were very good. I particularly enjoyed the God of War, Divine Doctor, Doomsday, and Pride and Prejudice arcs. While I quite like all of them, these were the ones that stood out to me the most in terms of character and plot. They had very fresh premises and realistic settings, and I was hooked throughout.

What I love about this novel is that not everything ends in romance, and the romantic feelings are not the main character's (MC) priority. She has a strong sense of responsibility and spares no expense to make lives better through her own knowledge. Her character journey is also remarkable. She claims that she lacks emotion, but I don't think that is the case; rather, she is just a little emotionally dull. She repays her debts to those around her and fairly takes what is owed to her. She is a good mother, friend, sister, daughter, and lover. In every arc, she retains skills from previous arcs, which are very cleverly integrated into future storylines. She is a competent, self-empowered, and strong female character, which I greatly appreciate. She also doesn't force her enemies into dark paths like rape or humiliation, which I find disgusting; instead, she prefers to be successful herself. I would say she is the prime example of an independent, confident, and strong woman, which is the most beautiful kind.

The love interest is cute as always. Sometimes sweet, sometimes cold but passionate inside, sometimes like a puppy dog. He plays a very minor role since the MC is so competent herself. In most arcs, he is actually cockblocked by the MC's ambition and love for work. Their interactions, when they do occur, are very sweet, and I find myself giggling at times at some of the love interest's antics.

So, what are some of the major flaws?

I don't think the author knows how to write endings. Multiple arcs end abruptly and unsatisfactorily. You get to the end and think, "That's it? Where's the rest of this arc?" This is directly seen in the actual ending of the novel, which was, ahem, something I'd rather forget.

Things get repetitive. Although the plots try to find new points of interest, roughly the same thing happens in all of them. The MC is misunderstood at the beginning. Something unfortunate happens. She overcomes it and reaches the top. Everyone else regrets. That's ultimately what every arc boils down to. She has been a doctor and chef about 50 percent of the time. So, yes, stuff can get repetitive.

The backstory for the MC herself was very unclear. What happened to her at the start? Why was she with the system? How does doing tasks effectively change anything? The system aspect was lacking in this novel. Also, she is very Mary Sue and overpowered in unnecessary ways, which is kind of funny sometimes.

One arc that rubbed me the wrong way was the supermodel arc. It put too much emphasis on her sexual appeal and beauty when we all know supermodels are there to highlight the clothes, not themselves. What this arc and others tend to do is focus on her overpowered abilities instead of the profession she should have. For example, why would a model know how to manipulate 4D technology? The people in the arc were also super creepy, grossly touching the MC's back because it was sexy and making disgusting remarks about her body parts. I know that type of abuse happens in real life, but why is it being painted as something desirable? It just made it seem like models were a commodity and not professionals.

Anyway, a lot of stuff doesn't make sense, but it was a very entertaining read. I liked how every woman was portrayed, except some of the villainesses were incredibly IQ deficient, which was kinda lame. I would recommend this novel to anyone feeling bored and wanting to read some juicy revenge stories.

This novel showed a lot of promise with its strong, goal-oriented female lead who masters various skills and essentially becomes a living cheat. However, the issue lies in how, over each arc, the main character increasingly encounters clingier and clingier men, whom she passively accepts and ends up with for often absurd reasons. What ultimately broke the camel’s back wasn’t just how the challenges became progressively easier for her; it was:

**Spoiler**
The male lead in one of the later arcs essentially threatening suicide to force her into accepting him as a boyfriend, and she complies. This sets up such an unhealthy relationship dynamic that it’s not even humorous.

If it weren’t for this, I would have given it a 4-star review, but as it stands, it’s a 1, and if I could, I’d give it a negative score.

Hmm... How should I begin? Having read a fair share of world-hopping and quick-transmigration novels, it's rare that I genuinely enjoy every arc. Often, I find myself wanting to skip entire arcs due to boredom. However, this novel was different. I actually appreciated each arc for its unique qualities. That said, I must admit that some arcs were a bit over-the-top... *cough* the model arc *cough*.

Regarding the characters, I particularly liked the Female Lead (FL). In a way, she can be seen as a sociopath or at least someone with dissociative traits, which is exactly why I found her compelling. Her emotional disconnection resonated with me, though not in the sociopathic sense. Because she isn't driven by emotions, her actions are often rational, making her perfect for delivering those satisfying moments of confrontation. Yet, she learns to care for others and to love, even if her love isn't as profound as the Male Lead's (ML). I don't see this as a flaw, though.

, I appreciated how the skills she acquired in each world remained relevant in later arcs. This continuity acts as a red thread, tying each arc together to create a coherent and engaging story. The ending was also satisfying, diverging from the predictable conclusions of many other novels I've read. So, yes, I'm quite content with this one.

This is a good quick transmigration novel. Previous reviews have already highlighted many of its strengths. I appreciated the focus on the protagonist's personal development, but I wish the author could tone down the over-the-top admiration from her fans in each world.

Additionally, I wish the side characters had more depth and played a more significant role in the story. The villains felt rather generic to me, and while I enjoyed the story overall, it did start to feel repetitive towards the end.

Don't get me wrong; it’s a good novel and enjoyable to read, with solid character growth for the protagonist. However, I’m not a fan of the constant pursuit by suitors. The villains' motivations in each world often boil down to standard jealousy, which lacks originality. I’m relieved that this didn’t turn into a 1,000-chapter saga.

This is an open ending, which can be seen as good or bad depending on one's perspective. The overall tone of the story revolves around self-love, self-discipline despite the main character (MC) being overpowered (OP), and finding self-worth. Some arcs are quite unique, while others fall into more typical niches. However, there are twists, such as in the apocalypse arc, where the MC, although OP, didn't rely on her water powers, which remained low-level until the end of the arc. Her advantage came from her strong soul power, an innate ability due to her being a world hopper. This allowed her to maximize her strengths despite her low-level water powers. Additionally, she utilized the maxed-out fighting, medical, and pharmacology skills she acquired from her previous worlds.

The male lead (ML) in the arcs wasn't named if he was the same person, but it seems the author wants to imply that he is. I can't fully explain how her world-hopping without a system occurred, as I only read the machine-translated version (MTL) of the novel. From what I understood, during her attempt to leave and unbind from her system in the first chapter, the ML had already self-destructed, affecting the time and space in that world. This caused her to become unbound but also lost in smaller worlds and sent slightly into the past.

I’m not sure how to feel about the ML at the end. In the final few chapters, it seemed like the MC realized that the ML was always unresponsive to her feelings and had always told her that he had someone else in his heart. They primarily focused on completing tasks in each world. He viewed their relationship as more of a camaraderie, like teammates, and it was partly her fault for falling in love to the point of losing herself. If this is true, I think both of them made mistakes and should take a step back to reevaluate themselves. But love has no scale; it’s inherently unreasonable. So, it doesn’t matter even if one tries to reason with it.

Recommend to those who love QT, Mary Sue MC, self-love, and don't care much about male characters.

Let's embark on a journey with Lin Dan, who was supposed to return to her original world after completing all tasks and reaching the pinnacle of task points. Instead, she gets stuck in another world, without the system, no knowledge of the plot ahead, and with no memory of who she is.

Our MC is a hardworking girl who starts gaining all her skills from scratch. Once she learns a skill, she never forgets it, even when she doesn’t remember who she is.

**Spoiler:**  
The story started to drag for me once she had acquired all the necessary skills.  

The end of the story came at an appropriate time because Lin Dan had already found her peace of mind.

**Spoiler:**  
I don’t know how many years she spent chasing Le Zhengzheng, feeling so broken that she eventually cut off all her feelings at the start of the story. I’m glad I didn’t have to witness it; it must have been too sorrowful. That Liang girl (I can’t remember her name) is too hateful. She’s actually a typical green tea b*tch, the kind that scummy male leads are easily attracted to, and she can scam him for so long. The tangled relationship between the three is easily resolved when Lin Dan finally learns to love herself more. That’s what love should be—loving each other deeply but also having a part of that love reserved for oneself.

Anyway, there were some arcs that I strongly disliked, which is why I deducted from my overall rating.

**Spoiler:**  
Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t like how the author portrayed the modeling industry, especially the way designers get inspired by models looking otherworldly beautiful. And the male lead from that arc used to work as a cover and tried to tempt the MC while working. It’s super sensitive for me because, in this arc, the MC wears as little as possible, and I felt uncomfortable. In the world where the MC is a fashion designer at the start, she makes a plan to ensure that the company caters well to its designers, making them strive for excellence and willing to stay with the company. However, when she reaches the peak, she wants to quit the company instead of creating a plan to take the company to new heights and transform the brand from an average fast fashion label. I don’t mind the MC changing jobs, but her reasons...  

Anyway, Lin Dan remains one of my favorite Mary Sue MCs <3

I absolutely love this book. I typically read novels with male main characters (MCs) because most female-led novels frustrate me. No matter how powerful the female MC becomes, once they fall in love, their entire persona seems to crumble (this is just my personal opinion, by the way). At the very beginning of this book, it feels like the ending of another story. Our MC is Lin Dan, who has followed a man across countless dimensions, staying by his side no matter what because of her love for him. However, he doesn’t appreciate her and loves someone else. She finally decides to let him go, and this marks the start of her journey of self-discovery. There’s a bit of romance sprinkled throughout, but this isn’t a story about undying true love (and there isn’t one). It’s about a woman who has completely destroyed herself and then rebuilds herself over time.

Spoiler:
Truthfully, towards the end, I was worried about how the story would conclude. I feared the strong woman might collapse again and throw herself back into a harmful, endless love. One of the last arcs, where she runs the temple, best describes her and her journey. Prince Jin’s explanation of her character captures everything she has built across so many worlds, and I find it incredibly beautiful. I appreciated the ending. While others have said they didn’t enjoy it, I felt differently. It was the beginning of an end, the end of a beginning, and the start of her new self. Even though she walked away, she still managed to achieve justice, and the man she followed for so long finally realized how foolish he had been. Despite his immense power, he couldn’t match her. The last few paragraphs made me incredibly happy. My interpretation of the ending is that she completed his task to repay him for everything he had done in the past. Afterward, she returned but immediately vanished. I believe she severed the fate that bound them, ensuring they would never see each other again. She will continue on her own journey, staying true to herself. Since losing her memories, what was the first thing she always did? Distinguish gratitude and repay it. Once repaid, she would either move on or sever the connection based on the circumstances. Even though she returned to the starting point, she treated it the same as her other lives. She remained focused on herself and her own journey right up to the final sentence.

In summary, I loved this book, and the ending was even more satisfying to me. She stayed true to herself until the very end.

When I started this novel and later finished the first arc, I couldn't help but think about another novel. No, they're not similar, but the main characters feel alike to me. I'm talking about *Super Male God System*. In this one, we have a female protagonist, and just like the other novel, there's no obvious romance, at least she is not with a man at the end of the arc. From reading other reviews, it seems she does in other arcs, but the point remains the same: she is just fine on her own, and I like that very much!

My reading status... I haven't actually read everything, just the first arc (Chapter 38), but I'm sure I will continue because Lin Dan won't disappoint me! ?