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Superpowers abound. Villains rule the world. A transmigrated dork that has absolutely no idea what’s going on.

Strong-armed by the Superhero Enhancement System into the thankless job of endlessly performing good deeds in a world where such actions are often met with violence, Lucas Lynn doesn't have much choice in regards to using his supposed gifts.

It’s bad enough having to pretend to be a supervillain, but how exactly does Boss System expect him to save the world with only the help of a homeless orphan, a dog that’s smarter than he is, and a yoyo?

Oh, just trick some supervillains into becoming superheroes instead? You make it sound so easy!

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Due to contractual reasons, this story is reduced to a shortened stub. Please visit my personal WP page for relevant links to continue reading, a little about me, information about the novel's inspiration, a collection of short stories, as well as a link to the character reference sheet and art gallery:https://geminel.wordpress.com/

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Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2021
Author: Geminel

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.9/ 5.0
Followers: 509
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Community Reviews(10)

VanyaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A bit of a different take on the villain / super hero stories that you usually find. Light hearted, enjoyable story that was hard to put down.
Looking forward to reading more.
Characters are relatable, and the story flows well with no noticeable spelling or grammar issues to detract from the story.
Cold3Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Really enjoying it so far, had a few issues initially with a few things not making sense to me but I joined the discord and the author sat and answered every question I had and made it all make much more sense and made me look at things from a different perspective. Some of the villains are more flamboyant than typical villains but it works as the villains are portrayed as bored, more like celebrities than villains but the novel does well to remind you the friendly villains to the MC are still villains. Honestly I'd wanted to write a longer and better review but I discovered there are more chapters on WN and I'm coming up on what people call the best chapters so far, so I'll leave off by saying, if you want an ultra gritty murderfest that you might expect from a Villains won story this isn't for you but if you want a light hearted comedy then this is exactly what you're looking for. also keep in mind the society appears somewhat stable because of the Cold War between the strongest villains so nobody is actively destroying society and a lot of the smaller acts of societal disorder are stopped by the MC, at least in the local areas and so far at least not much is revealed outside of that area.
Chemikal InkRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
While the style of writing was a bit over explainatory at times, I really think this story and concept has a lot of potential and the Author seems to be sharp.
I love the idea that is explored of a world full of Villains who have gotten bored of ruling the world and life has simply gone on anyways, and a lone hero being born with an ability that could potentially turn it all around. I bet it is just what that world needs, and that sets the story off on a good foundation. Looking forward to future chapters.
GunsruleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Great story, with an interesting and somewhat unique perspective that is very enjoyable. It could stand to be a bit more serious at times, occasionally gets stuck on the mundane and feels like it is jogging in place, and, while this one is just my opinion, it could benefit from somewhat larger chapters occasionally. I should also mention that the grammar and spelling is excellent and that it seems reasonably well edited.
DerriorRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
In the sense that it could be a diamond. But it really looks like it's made from plastic.
To elaborate there's nothing exactly bad about the whole.
But it quickly becomes clear it's not the sum of its parts. The story, while having a myriad of tags, heavily leans on three central ones. Comedy, slice of life and satire. I mean currently almost half of the story is set up in a registration office.(Bureaucracy am I right?)
The whole time is spent on character interaction that isn't exactly bad, but it's rather showing off the focus for the story. I mean it could be a set up for a high intensity action arc of everything starting to really get going. But so far it isn't exactly likely. Though realistically thinking about the premise it very well could be that the main character could hit a critical point in renown.
That's besides the point of a review.
Style: There's nothing wrong with the style of writing, action scenes flow quickly and without missing a beat. Character interactions are occasionally interlaced with descriptive reactions or direct dialogue. There doesn't seem to be an in between though I'm not sure if that's necessary. Honestly, how exactly are you supposed to review style? I'm fairly certain it's pretty good.
Grammar: I haven't spotted anything off about it. Though I tend to correct mistakes in my head and continue reading, so it’s hard to say.
Story: I'd say this is the part of the story that's really lacking, and in many ways it's the most important part. The story is more bogged down by the fact that this is a satire/slice of life story. Both genres add directive for most stories to either meander in situations longer than necessary, or drag off on a tangential joke.
Honestly the setting is quite interesting. The world is an aftermath of a two sided war between "Villains" and "Heroes". Villains are more individualistic superpowered people that are surprisingly generally bad people.
Heroes are apparently rather good people, the fact being they are bou
NoissarRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
The Prime Concept driving the story is that the MC needs to be a Jerk/A-hole while doing good deeds. Being a classic Hero is a one way ticket to the gallows. It is not that everyone is a cutthroat murder, just apathetic to the extreme and for good reason. Villians reign supreme; there is an open-secret that doing good deeds for the sake of virtue can put you into the lens of those villains that stop at nothing to make sure the Heros reamain wiped out .

Feel the negative
The Chapters are mega short; bloated with with extra stats at the end, that are not really need in full for every release. There is also some end snipit thing that I do no care for.
Highly lacking in spoon-fed answers. That causes Review bloat about things not making sense; I would not even bother looking at the comment section for this story.
The Redemption
The chapter style is loaded with 'Check Point' feels; Any other site would make this a beyond horrid thing, but with being able to tap the arrow keys on RR to just go into the next one, I personally thing it is great; despite how it inflates the chapter count.
This does actually make it a better "on the go" kind of story, easily finishing a few Chaps without losing you place in a massive chapter.
I admit that some of the world building and character devlopment could be considered weak, the changes that come about are sutble and can be easily missed. Personally I like the Nuance and organic growth of the world an characters.
Moody PenguinRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Its such a good premise. I loooove the premise, but for the love of God please stop writing so much about so little. IM ON THE 7th CHAPTER OF THEN EATING FOOD AND NOTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENING. That is not what you should be writing about to progress story. This isnt a one off either. There are several occurrences of so much writing about so little happening. It's a shame. Having to sift through that is something no reader wants to do.
BarnmaddoRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
The story has an interesting hook, and the author does a decent job at giving their characters interesting personalities. Unfortunately I really dislike the main characters extreme lack of motivation. Combined with this being a slice of life story, it causes the story to drag to a halt as barely anything happens for dozens of chapters at a time.
After he spent twenty chapters hanging out in the DMV filling out paperwork, I dropped the story. It doesn't help that the chapters are all very short.
toddRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
The opening premise is interesting. Imagine a world where there were heroes and villains, and after a calamitous war, the villains rose victorious. Two-thirds of the population lies dead, humanity survives at the whims of those intrinsically opposed to law and order, and it's... pretty much fine. Supervillains act like celebrities with merch and adorable pet contests. Public transit still runs, garbage trucks still swing by, your money is safer than it's ever been before and public museums are flourishing. But it's bad, because villains are bad. In fact, it's so bad that the lazy, slovenly, reincarnated everyman is quantifiably the best person on the planet and receives a system that stacks on superpowers so long as he manages to kill fewer than two people for every minor Good Deed (carrying luggage, stopping muggings, preventing vandalism) that he performs. But it's fine because he's sort of a hero pretending to be a villain, and these are bad guys (or happened to be fighting a bad guy in one unfortunate fleshpuddle's case). In short, the premise is interesting but feels like it's only half bolted-on to the story.
Style: It's fine, written in present tense. It occasionally waxes heavy on descriptive elements without bogging down the story but stands out due to the unexpected focus on little details.
Grammar: Pretty good overall, there were a couple of misused words like 'gourmet' instead of 'gourmand' but for the most part, the actual writing is clear and free of mistakes.
Story: This is where most of my problems are. The premise is interesting but doesn't line up with how the story is presented. For one, heroes aren't like a rare species of elk. You can't exterminate them, even if they didn't have the unfair advantage of taking any random good-ish person and turning them into a super (and apparently charging them directly into the threshing maw that is supervillains until everyone above a certain (low) good deed value died). Second, given that there's a sentient s
The ValeRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Read till 17 and lost interest.
I felt that the worldbuilding was shallow - it's built as "villains won dystopia" but all we see is normal domestic life and an extremeley stable society by the looks of things - despite everyone supposedly being an asshole and a world population reduced to less than a third of previous, with the mc encountering 3 violent altercations in two outings from his house. Despite which, it still reads as daily domestics in a normal city, and the villains are all great benefits to a new more advanced society. The word is just a meaningless title.
There also feels like a severe mismatch in characterisation vs established setting (setting as described, not setting as shown. As I said, there is already a mismatch between seen vs shown setting). To put it simply, the people are too soft and trusting. They read like a bunch of girls playing homemaker, instead of people who now live in a (supposedly) dystopic villain society. All three supposedly masculine main characters read as generally feminine in tone to me, as though written by someone without a firm grasp of writing male characters authentically, particularly the system personality.
I'd expect more Somalia than New York - if we are talking modern real world examples - or more Shadowrun than Barbie if you are talking fictional settings.
If you are looking for lighthearted feelgood slice of life where villainy is just a word, and gore is just a casual reset from being erased, this is probably your story. If you want a real dystopia, hell, you're already living it.