Is it Reincarnation if I'm Still Dead?

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Description

Tyler Suesa was a normal undergraduate student, until the day he awoke beneath a bed of soil. He escapes his shallow grave, only to find he's no longer human. In fact, he's no longer alive...

This is the story of Tyler's "life" as a skeleton in the fantasy world of Garea.

Note: I orignally posted my story on https://calciumoxidesite.wordpress.com/.

Cover art by phasmonyc.

Warning: Tagged 12+ for Violence.

At least one chapter will be posted every weekend.Chapters will be released in 12-15 day intervals.Make that once a month on average.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2016
Author: Calcium Oxide

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 2,469
Views: 2,804,167

Chapters(144 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

solomonthewiseRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
while gets off to a slow start the quality continues to improve over time unlike most stories on royal road.
EiszahnRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The first arc, while necessary and informative, is probably the weakest part of the entire story as it does incorporate numerous small timeskips.
The MCs state of mind is fascinatingly written and it is often quite easy to emphasize with him.
Watching him grow as a person as well as seeing him come to terms with what he is and what he wants to be, is an aspect of this story that i very much appreciate.
Another good point is the author establishing the possibility of loss early on. It gives every encounter and descision a certain sense of weight as lives actually hang in the air and could end at a moments notice.
Thankfully, while there are many deaths, it is not excessive.
The author is capable of throwing twists and turns you may never see coming. In one moment you suspect A -Z but it ends up beeing either a misdirection or an option you might not have considered at all.
Most of the side characters feel well integrated into the story. Be it a lonely fairy a forest, some of the numerous different town and city guards, a random merchant, the boss of an underground guild or someone of the many antagonistic groups, you may find yourself curious about their circumstances, their backstories and more..
You will find characters to cheer for, characters you feel worried for as well as those you are meant to hate and those that utterly disgust you.
My biggest critique is the grammar and spelling mistakes getting progressively worde as the story continues. Now dont get me wrong, everything is very well understandable and mostly due to what i assume to be typing errors.
For example, you think of ABC but write AACB
I am not used to writing reviews and i am trying to not spoil anything so i will say this: it is one of the most unique forms of well written reincarnation stories i have come across.
OPMeatbunLoverRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Yes it's still reincarnation since the meaning of incarnation is a particular physical form or state.. dead or alive haha but i don't know if it's rebirth if you're still dead though
SedactiveRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Many people fail when they try to make a story and put anime jokes i them but nothing is quite like this nice piece of art.
The anime jokes are well timed not that there are a lot its just that the last chapter i read i didnt die from the cringe as there was no cringe i actualy liked the over the top anime joke.
Apart from that characters are very realistic no happy nor tragedy is the finaly solution just a bit of bitter salt at times makes dem waterfalls flow.
Truly a great piece and for the author i respect your view on human morals that show tru your main character keep up the good work and even if u finish this novel keep writting u got the talents i love your work ^^.
BluemannRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Bone gang represent!
It's kinda weird that more people haven't read this.
I mean, you go to the search page, look for isekais, and you find two or three that have millions of total views but all the reviews say the story itself is trash.
Many stories on this website are only capable of barely make me feel something other than mild amusement, providing just enough entertainment to get me to read the next chapter.
That trend does apply to this story. MOST of the emotional beats work great.
The leveling system could use a touch-up though.
The upload schedule is also atrocious, but some chapters are better than the dreaded eternal hiatus. Still, comparatively, not the worst either.
Otherwise, 10/10.
Ya did good. Better than most in fact. If I had money, I'd give some to you. But alas, I'm bone dry on funds.
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ImmagodRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Give this story a chance. It's a work of art. Picaso. It's pretty gruesome sometimes but it always serves a purpose. And don't get me started on the fight scene. Sheeeee. And the plot twists are picture perfect. Whatever this story may lack it makes up for in good solid plot. I promise it's a really good page turner. Don't take my word for it though how bout giving it a read and prove me wrong
NotMbingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This novel is awesome. The characters are great, but not unique enough. The story is really great,well, because I was really feeling it when I read this. I totally missed the tragedy tag, so I didn’t expect that the story had such a depressing event (or events ?).
Because this novel is written in first person, the expressions used was quite limited. But It still had good flow.
I hope this novel find its appropriate ending.
saielvissengRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Great introduction + rapid release = top weekly, congratulations on figurig out RR system.
Grammar - no noticeable error
Style - reincarnation? Firstly i thought, oh man another template intro. But vola! Its not! Great original start. Hook you in right from the start with the unique event unfolding from the get go. Game mechanic are not overly saturated like many ff out there. Keeping it mostly simple and memorable, good job.
Characters - a little bland but its just the beginning so i guess i can live with it. But as the story progress, the aimless MC cus he doesn't remember his death "CARD" is starting to wear out. Needs a stronger motivation. For now all i can see is that he is taking it easy on wanting to resurrect a "certain someone" but thats it.
Story - Like i said earlier i cannot praise the author enough for hooking me in. Not gonna spoil, because the story pretty much started and here is nothing BIG yet. So far here is only 4 events
Conclusion (my opinions and advice) *spoiler*
it was great until chapter 27. One moment i was laughing at mc struggling to fit in. His entrance to the first town is hilarious. I was like "yay finally civilization!" I was like haha he left so damn fast. Since he got an ID he is going to the next town/city....but NOPE, gotta rescue a gob/kob whatever...ooookay. then boom! Another outworlder like him was conveniently introduce. I was like okay, we got to know a little more about MC's situation and learn more about the world settings. Nice, now let Mc be on his way to learn more himself possibly earning his own monry and leveling up as a lone mysterious adventure. But fak that, let me join the clan and be a godamn nomad while letting every living being knows your identity despite emphasizing everytime that being an undead is basically a taboo and anyone who sees you will either run or want to pound you to dust. Not only that, sudden bromance bond with the another outworlder just "because". Da hell, that guy is not even japanese
RadaghastRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
Good things: Slow burn and MC isn't completely OP. But is getting there by this chapter(77).
BUT:
Author adds too much unearned animosity and conflict without more context. Example: A huge portion of the world thinks the worst of the MC at every turn, even after he does something good, like saves their lives. And grown adults act like tsundere teenagers or just act irrationally. The MC is evil, but tries to stay human by acting benevolent. But he is still storing kind souls and risking their permanent destruction instead of letting them move on and reincarnate. All for the "hope" that they can raise them from the dead them one day. Without even knowing for sure it is possible. Or how it will damage them. That is very selfish.
Also the MC still acts like an awkward teenager. Or an adult that is off his meds. Not knowing how to react or reacts impulsively and causes more drama. He just doesn't think things through very well. His current predicament of hiding his undead state can be easily hidden by magic he already has. But he relies on mostly mundane ways of hiding.
My prediction:
Just to clarify, it's a universe where souls reincarnate, and knows this personally since he went through the process. But this MC will rather risk their permanent deaths by stopping the cycle of rebirth and instead storing their souls to his own soul, so he can feel good by raising them from the dead himself one day. He can claim it's so that everyone can have a happily ever after when he finally figures out how to do it, but this is just for his benefit.
There are other situations and events that are just poorly written. But this one is the worst one. Which might be the whole point of this story. He will one day realize he has to let go of those souls. It's a nice short story plot that is stretched out in so many chapters.
EmderRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Nicely written but soooo f***** boooooring.