Again from Scratch

Self-Published

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Description

He never knew what he wanted to become, so the winds of time swept him away. Now he finds himself in a new setting,similaryet at the same time so different to what he knew. What will he do now with his fresh start?

What will he do when he starts Again from Scratch?

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[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Humas

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 2,905
Views: 2,635,902

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Community Reviews(10)

drake_azathothRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very often, LitRPG substitutes 'numbers go up' for characterization and plot. This is pretty much the opposite. Although you can describe this a slow start, there's really no spot in the entire story you won't have some kind of drama or conflict underscoring the narrative..
Fair warning, while the MC does have a cheat, it takes him a long time to figure much about it out. So both purists and those looking for cheap catharsis may be disappointed. I think it strikes a great and believable balance.
toolazytobreatheRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's well written story with complex characters. We get to know very well the family of MC. There are no filler characters that exist only as MC stepping stones. The enemies that MC is meeting do not throw themselves at him just to be slaughtered and have good reason to fight with him. The world feels alive and the way is described is interesting and entertaining.
Storyteller277Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
There is nothing too complex here. It's easy to get into. Worldbuilding is nice. There is rather an inoffensive family going on. You feel for the characters. And the story has good passing not too fast not too slow.
What bothered me is the main character being too young. I don't like a 5-year-old working in construction. Other than that story has no nonsensical stuff and relatively grounded and not overly gamified.
If you want to get into a story that has more on the crafting side and has an understandable economy and politics this is a nice choice.
GSNDARKRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
An isekia set in a more Egyptian themed world, in the start at least and might change as MC explores more of the world but none the less is a breath of fresh air to the isekia genre. The author pushes this new style further by leaving the old life of our MC for the future and focuses on his present life.
Personally, I liked the tunnelled vision approach to the book and the MC take but I also understand how skipping over the world-building in the early chapter and pushing ahead with the plot into the magical and level system raise complaints.
The level system seems similar on the surface but has its own unique mechanism for it, a risky move that I support.
The grammar is fine, The character is fine overall but there are complaints better explained in other reviews.
The style is what sold me, the plot is the cherry on top. To its core feels like an adventure as the MC grows and travels, at the time of review he is at the pyramid to study magic, hints at even arc to look forwards to the next one. The mythological image it produces adds to its already unique nature.
Kilogram60Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I really enjoy this serial predominantly told from the MCs perspective with some minor different perspective. This story is reincarnation through birth and I thought the start would be slow but I really enjoyed the family dynamic and skill development started early.
I felt the story slowed down later but I don't want to spoil later development.
It appears that earlier chapters have been rewritten and I found the quality of the grammar very good. In more recent work there are more frequent errors and typos, as you would expect. Some of these confused me as they were quite immersion breaking.
Overall very good. Lost half a star for the grammar. Keeping me interested for over 100 chapters is a 5 star for me.
ArrakisRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
tl;dr: A slow burn slice of life with no immersion breaking issues with phrasing/grammar and an interesting take on the LitRPG progression system. Not a progression fantasy.
A nice, slow burn of a story. While I'm unsure as to why many of the other reviews are giving the story less than 4 stars I personally enjoy this fiction. With it being a good mix of slice of life and the LitRPG genre that (as a person who is usually not a fan of slice of life) the story never gets too slow or directionless that it gets boring but at the same time is pleasant to read with an interesting take on the LitRPG 'system' to boot. The story only gets better as it progresses.
The grammar and writing style is alright, at no point in the story are there any major grammatical issues or issues with phrasing that make it hard to understand what the author was trying to portray. On the same note, at no point have I found myself questioning the characters decisions or logic which in many other LitRPG's is a source of frustration for the readers.
The only main issue I have with the story is the lack of detail on the characters previous life. While it's not a major concern as the story is called Again from Scratch it sometimes may have been a good idea to at least give some insight on his backstory to at least to explain why it comes up so little.
Overall a pleasant read this past month that I've been following this story, an unappreciated gem.
AxeHawkRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
There is not much to review but what's there is good.
The story seems to be about the mc discovering or rediscoving how to level in this world's system the "correct" way, or at least a more efficient way.
The grammar could be improved by a quick proofread; there are a couple words in the beginning couple chapters that have a few extra letters. It is still entirely readable.
The main character seems a bit passive/quiet when interacting with other characters but this may just be because the mc is currently a child and social etiquette means he can't properly speak his mind.
The leveling system as shown so far seems similar to ' The Skill Trainer' but definitely has its own peculiarities with the 'Wisps' that have been introduced.
All in all this story is pretty good and I'm looking forward to future chapters.
This is the first time I've done an advanced review and I'm doing this because I believe it should get some more attention.
This still isn't two hundred words wow uh ok, so I'm just going to ramble for a bit to see if this is enough words because doing this on a phone was a terrible idea.
ChocolateBunRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
It has some memorable characters with its own characteristics, and it develops in a world of skills.
I found it very interesting, I like that the author also makes the effort to release long chapters and updates often, I think there are parts of the story that may be a little slow but they help you better appreciate the world in which the story takes place or how the protagonist sees it from his point of view, I like how the story is developing so far, but I feel like it still has space to grow, the story is just beginning and I see a lot of potential.
Joshua ResendezRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I like the overall story and characters but there are many scenes that seem to not contribute to the plot and the transitions between them are too abrupt.
I'm writing this after reading up to chapter 37. Will continue to the end most likely.
I've made my point and conveyed my thoughts but apparently this review has to be at least 50 words long...
BlahgubberRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Its a solidly written story, and it flows smoothly. Definetly better than most on royal road. However, the story lacks any high stakes (other than the paranoid theories the main character comes up with) Similarly the pacing is a bit slow, with many many pages devoted to skill level ups for the purpose of getting more skill level ups. There is rarely any payoff or aha moments that contribute to the plot, character growth, or even wow factor.
Still a solid read that I enjoyed quite a bit. Thank you for writing this!