S̵y̷s̶t̵e̶m̴ ̷E̸r̷r̷o̵r̵ (LitRPG Reincarnation ft. Copious Amounts of Blue Boxes)
by Slifer274 (Aaron Shih)
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[You are not the hero. You are the System that will enable him.]
Parker wakes up with the ability to control magic, a conspicuous lack of a body, and a whole lot of blue boxes. After being informed that a new hero--[Godkiller] Jerome Smith--is set on a path to fight the opposing System's Eternal King, Parker is forced to attach to the hero's body as his brand new System.
With status screens being the only way to communicate as they navigate this perplexing Continent, Parker and Jerome will have to learn to level, progress, and ultimately triumph.
Now, if only Parker can get Jerome to stop treating this like a video game...
System Error is complete.
Author's note: This fiction has a very unique style. It will be told this way throughout the entire fiction. Reading the first chapter will reveal what this unique style is.
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Very unique
Reviewed at: Chapter 17: Dungeon... Cleared?
Honestly I'm too lazy to write a full review on this awesome novel, so it will be fast and consize.
Rencarnating and becoming a system? Beautifully portrayed, it is a new concept and refreshing for all the plot pointa and aspects that the main character will go trhough, and i really look foward to its development.
I just want to see in the future aome text box that represents our mc just losing his mind and plain out just be like, bro, slow the frick down, or something like that.
Some spoilers so continue at your own risk:
I am just questioning how sleep is going to work, or just personal moments for jerome. The benefit of even leveling up when it just basically jacks off jerome. Also, kind of the plot hole that is the first dungeon, feeds of kills, yet it has been constantly milked since a lot of time. (Not really bothered by this) overall, i follow, rate and bless this novel for the best. Also if a party is officialized by the aystem, wouldn't they normally share data, like allowing some interaction and transaction of data, this would mean sending message boxes to others, which who knows if it will work. Also will the vision of the system increase if they are in a party? Are partiea even going to be a thing? How would companions work in relation to the system, like pets or summons? Overall thia novel just created a bunch of questions, posibilities and excitement.
The only negative to note, is i dont play d&d, meaning i simply dont understand probabilities in this novel, could this be explained, or atleast shown where i can research this? This is for the confort of future readers and stuff.
Overall, keep up the good work king, and also, i came from the recommendation of edge cases, so, Thx!
Not for me
Reviewed at: Chapter 16: Silence of the Trains (And the Dungeon, I Guess)
I suppose this is would be better read as a one shot rather than a web serial. It is certainly unique but lacks the immersive qualities most webserials have to keep me on the hook. That being said it is as advertised, but the humor, plot, and characters aren't hitting me enough to continue. I believe the best thing is the twist on the isekai trope but it feels played out 16 chaps in and the rest of the components are simply passable.
Great read! I enjoy the character development
Reviewed at: Chapter 60: Paradigm Shift III
The introduction was a bit jarring but I think it does a great job of showing Parker's struggles with the newness in a good way.
loving the character development and the way that at times Parker feels omniscient and other times stupid as Jerome. Would recommend to many readers.
An interesting idea, hampered by necessity.
Reviewed at: Chapter 18: Post-Dungeon Rewards
A solid idea. Systems were personified, so what is it's actor.
The story fails in most areas.
The characters are annoying or nigh unidentifiable. They are minor caricatures that barely interact. We in practice listen to a monologue of an individual who has been debodied, died and turned into a glorified User interface. His reaction is be confused and then carry on as if it's a regular Tuesday.
The style is fitting but unappealing to read. It is exactly what a story written entirely in the boring tutorial tone of game would be like. Fits being a system, still not appealing to read.
The story itself has been all of a rushed tutorial stage of a game without any real character exploration plot setting or world building.
This story in essence is what if someone took the most boring tutorial stage in a game and made it the entire story.
It's a cool well written idea. Boring as fuck to read.
The most RPG.....LITRPG
Reviewed at: Chapter 16: Silence Of The Trains (And The Dungeon, I Guess)
I can say for sure this novel is different than other things I've read. It doesn't get in the way of itself. The characters have snappy well realized interactions with each other, and somehow, the POV actually seems to make those characterizations come on stronger.
Its style is unique because it is written in blue boxes and told through the LITRPG systems perspective. You really haven’t read a story quite like this. If you are a fan of the genre this one i wouldn’t pass on. Please give it a try
Grammar is always a more boring subject for me but yeah its good I wasn't pulled out of the reading by any glaring issues.
The story is constructed very well, mainly in the satire it throws at the genre its in. As expected from a story told entirely in boxes it does this well. I look forward to seeing some clever subversion of the genre in this story.
Lastly the characters in this novel are vehicles for the dismantling of tropes, however, they still feel human. I feel that satire pieces get characterization wrong, but I can't say the same for this story. Their interactions really lend to the whole story’s tone.
Brains and the Brawn.. I mean System & Hero
Reviewed at: Chapter 8: Perception Blocks
Blue Boxes for Days. And its awesome.
Story is told from System perspective. Its a neat way to have a lot of background, 3rd person view of a story. While the other MC does the mundane stuff of having to walk around and talk to people. The Boring stuff.
Can't wait to see what these two idjits get up to.
also truck kun struck again!
Unique story
Reviewed at: EPILOGUE
This is a very unique story! It was a fun read. If you enjoy the meta of all those systems stories, then this one should be on your "to read" list.
It has a good length, but you can definitely binge it over a weekend, if that is your thing.
Do you like blue boxes?
Reviewed at: Chapter 6: [W%M;G,P]
In what I can only describe as the beginnings of a LitRPG Buddy Cop story of a hero and his system, based has started off beautifully with a number of things that I really thing will make this is a very good story to keep up to date with!
One, the formatting that goes into this must be difficult and recreating can't be easy. Yet, the author does it consistently with no issues, even though there must have been some trial and error, and effectively uses these little blue boxes of descriptions and system logs to fashion a narrative that the average reader can follow with ease. I really appreciate the effort!
Two, there is a system to this system. There's definitely been a lot of thought put into this system, with mysteries behind every [?????] that we see and we slowly begin to understand the world through non-info dumps, learning about how world's mechanics through the POV of Parker and the interactions his hero buddy goes through.
Third, voice. This kind of story starts and ends with voice. They could have transformed a unique take on the LitRPG setting into a boring slog of system updates, but they didn't! Parker has an incredible voice that sounds alive and you can already feel the characters of Parker and Jerome slowly coming into their own as we're introduced to more about them, from Jerome's horrible insight, to Parker's love-hate relationship with whatever put him in this position in the first place. Parker's internal monologue feels like a real dialogue that keeps my attention.
Fourth, just general writing capability. I'm able to feel a story building and the lack of grammar flaws allow for easy comprehension and the slang/dialogue flaws spices it all up!
Overall, while I am not a connoisseur of the LitRPG setting like others, I do think that this'll be a staple deconstruction and reconstruction of the genre through a unique lens.
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Reviewed at: Chapter 23: Day 1 Complete
There's the standard isekei tropes of someone having to figure out a new world, with or without other people in a similar situation having to deal with the same thing. I've not seen a story where two people from broadly similar backgrounds get transported to a world with different rules and have very different parts of those rules applied to them.
The style is unique and could be a stalling point for someone who is used to traditional methods, but the author is difinitely based.
Absolutely
Reviewed at: EPILOGUE
Absolutely fantastic story that I will be sharing with many people without a doubt. I loved the characters and the development they went through during the story, I loved the pacing, this was such an amazing read. I almost passed it up because of the boxes but I'm glad I gave it a chance by reading that first chapter.