The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 1

For those who haven’t read this story: Imagine having the blessing of being transmigrated into a picturesque ancient China. Not only that but you’re eternally youthful and quite good looking. Not only that but you are super powerful. Not only that but you’re the villain and have a a fate worse than death looming over your head. Well, maybe it’s not all fun and games. This series is truly a wild ride with emotional highs and lows, and leaves the reader satisfied. This, of course, is the first book in the series and so covers the time of our Binghe’s white lotus days. I highly recommend giving this series a try, the story has a great sense of humor about the whole situation. For those that have read SVSSS before: I’m so impressed with this publication. The art on the cover and in the book is incredible. A truest lively addition reading experience. There’s also a glossary and information about locations, characters, relevant Chinese cultural concepts, and a pronunciation guide for important names. Though I’ve read the story before, I’m so pleased with the detail and love put into this publication. The translation is smooth and keeps the original humor alive. I’m glad I can officially support this book series!

For starters, the actual book itself is gorgeous! The cover is smooth and nicely made and it feels great to hold! The interior is well designed too, with each regular page having a decorative header, and the glossary pages having a small graphic on the outer edge to differentiate which part of the book contains the story and which contains the glossary - Really helpful for readers who find themselves flipping to the back for reference while reading! (Publishers of all fantasy novels, please take note….) There are also several wonderful black and white illustrations by the cover artist throughout he book to showcase the book’s major events, and each one perfectly captures the tone and character expressions of each moment! The story itself is wonderful as well, being a comedic take on tropes of the genre, but is never fully above poking fun at itself. The main character is pretty oblivious despite being what *should* be a powerful all-knowing omniscient reader, and it’s a delight to both read his snarky and relatable inner monologue and the book’s author perfectly setting him up to suffer the consequences of his own faults. For people experiencing this series for the first time, I can guarantee this book will be even more satisfying on second read once all four volumes have been released (and ESPECIALLY if the extra chapters detailing certain side characters are eventually included). As for the translation, I’m really pleased to see how cohesive it’s been made! I think it was a great choice fitting genre terms in the glossary instead of including them all as foot notes, and leaving the most important moment-to-moment references to keep readers immersed. A lot of care has been put in to balance making it readable for newcomers with making sure everything is kept in the spirit and intent of the original work. I was pretty worried it would be a tough translation considering how much our main character likes to think in memes and euphemisms exclusive to Chinese culture that may be lost on a reader who isn’t as familiar with those. But I’m really pleased to see they did a great job conveying the intent of those parts without going too deep into explanation OR over localizing it. I’d even be comfortable recommending this book to an absolute newcomer to the genre, which is something I didn’t expect when given the choice between this and the author’s other two works. As a final note, I personally love that Seven Seas put in the time to source artists and translators from the fan community for this series of novel releases. It’s obvious that the people who worked on this love these stories and have an incredible amount of respect and admiration for the material. Overall, great release! Looking forward to volume 2!

I had no idea I would laugh so much reading this series or that I would cry when I reached the end of it. This is not your typical story, BL or not. Surprisingly, everything in this series is completely different than anything I've ever read. It's BL (Danmei) with Xianxia, with RPC. Imagine going into the story knowing everything that's "supposed" to happen yet not everything happens as you expect it to. There are so many surprises in the fourth book. I'm so happy the author gifted us with ELEVEN extras stories! If you know this writer's work you must know how good they are! I've read The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation and Heaven's Official Blessing. Now, after reading The Scum Villians Self-Saving System I need more!!!! Believe me, you are in for a ride!! This book series is also written in from the author Omniscient perspective. You will know what more than one character is thinking through the narrative. This is no small thing. All the characters are interesting and have a back story that the Main Villian will discover with the reader while finding hidden plots along the way. I can't say enough!! The anime on Crunchy Roll is incomplete and made in 3D. It's called the Scumbag System but it only has 10 episodes. However, watching the 3D animation was fun and helped me "see" and "hear" the characters as I read. I recommend all the series from this author. I've purchased all the books, novels and graphic novels, too. I also watched "The Untamed " based on the book series "The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation". The anime is on Crunchy Roll too, called "The Founder of Diabolism ". It has 35 episodes. This one is complete. And the animation for "Heaven's Official Blessing" books are there too, with only 24 episodes. This animation is so far incomplete.

Amazing!!!!

Bought all 4 and this one came in good condition. The art is beautiful and I already know the story is good :)

It came in perfect condition as it was packaged with bubble wrap. I did a thorough check for scratches and folded pages but there’s none!!

原作が中国語版で今現在日本語訳も電子書籍に週１ペースで連載されていますが先が気になって購入しました。ハリーポッターシリーズ（笑）以来の英語での読書でした。 英語力はあまりなのですが、わからない単語も読み飛ばしながらも筋は追えます。頻出単語も割とあって自然に意味が分かります。前半部分は日本語訳が電子書籍にあるので併用すると慣れるのが早いのでお勧めですよ。イラストは主人公がもう少し麗しければよかったな。と思わなくもない。

I already read the novel, but as a fan of MXTX works how could I pass the chance to buy the book and support the author? I must say, I definitely am delighted! Sevenseas did an amazing job, the traslations are high quality, the paperback edition is a little jewel: beautiful colors and prints, thick paper that doesn’t feel cheap at all, lovely illustrations inside... what can I say if not thumbs up, thank you for this amazing edition of one of my favourite novels. I will definitely buy them all! As for the story, for those that happens to find this book for the first time: if you’re familiar with the genre, it’a a reincarnation novel where the protagonist finds himself as the scum villain that abuses the protagonist all day long, and he finds himself in a tricky situation: what can he do to not end awfully like in the book? And this makes a good premise for a LOT of funny moments. Mind, this is the less angst novel from MXTX works, so it’s the funnies to read. I absolutely recommend it for who likes the genre, Shen Qingqiu is one of the funniest characters ever, you can’t dislike him! So, to end the review: the book is a quality edition, and the story is amazing, so I absolutely recommend to buy the paperback edition if you can. It totally deserves to be in your library!