소설 속 엑스트라

SOSEOL SOK EXTRA

MANGA

STATUS
RELEASING
VOLUMES
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RELEASE
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CHAPTERS
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DESCRIPTION

Wouldn’t it be a dream to wake up in a world of your own creation? For Kim Hajin, it’s nothing short of a nightmare. With no clue how or why he’s been transported into his web novel — as a mere extra, no less! — Hajin has little choice but to see his story through until the end. Lucky for him, as the author, he knows this perilous world like the back of his hand. But when discrepancies in the plot begin popping up left and right, Hajin soon realizes that things aren’t quite so simple, after all…

(Source: Tapas)

CAST

Ha-Jin Kim
Na-Yun Chae
Yeon-Ha Yu
Rachel Louise
Boss
Evandel
Su-Ho Kim

CHAPTERS

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REVIEWS

twilightspirits
55/100
Its decent, still in the setup phase, I don't like infantilization, may be good in far future. Filling in time material
As someone who loves those action-system world set-ups in comics, I find The Novel's Extra does it quite nice, mixing the mystery and action pretty nicely.
Plot-wise, the story was alright, without world-dumping and had nice, gradual integration of the worldbuilding along the story. This could be due to the simple premise for the worldbuilding itself, which, to be fair, is common in these action-system world plots. There was the classic mana/magic setup, along with skills and leveling up, and ranking systems. However, something quite unique and interesting this comic did that was quite unique was utilize a gun-wielding character as the main character, where most other action-system worlds tend to depict them as useless due to the ineffective bullets. It did try to address this disparity and acknowledge it in order to explain the main character's uniqueness in choosing to wield it, yet fails to show the drawbacks or reasons why it is an unpopular weapon, with the ease the main character wields it. Yes, the main character's superiority even while using a gun is due to his skills, but I feel they fail to drive this point home as there is lack of a foil showing exactly how other gun-wielders would fare in that world and why it is unpopular.
Additionally, there is also the development of a romantic sub-plot with Chae Na-Yoon, which I feel is quite unnecessary and awkward, although this may just be due to the manhwa's inability to capture a deeper emotional portrayal. As of where I am, it seems pretty one-sided but I've been traumatized enough to feel that it won't stay that way. The problem is that the author/ artist (? confused because this is the manhwa, idk about the novel's portrayal) decided to suddenly mention the main character's desire to get closer to her in one chapter but failed to dive deeper into MC's emotional state beforehand, only off-handedly mentioning detachment and emotional emptiness. I feel like it wasn't integrated into his actions enough/ woven frequent enough into the story, just mentioned. Yeah so that's why imo the romantic subplot feels awkward.
The overall plot development is rather slow as of right now, although I've heard from novel readers that it gets dark and the ending fell off. Still, as of right now, as it seems to still be in the building -up, it seems pretty decent. It's easy to follow and still manages to be interesting, although it's probably because there is yet to be much complexity in terms of plot-building (understandable because it's still the buildup). Still very simple though, borderlining on mediocre.
Character-wise, I think they're pretty simple character backgrounds (as of this moment), yet to have any complexity behind them. Their motivations are still stiff and kind of cardboard-cut, but that could be due to lack of development as of yet. Personally, I like Yeo Yeonho most, as she seems the most reasonable. I felt like Na-Yoon and Rachel kind of broke down in characterization with the introduction of the romantic subplot (heavier focus on their interactions with Hajin as compared to their development as individuals), so I was kind of hoping Yeonho would avoid that (no need for harem development please). I have hope for Na-Yoon because it's implied she will blacken later and hopefully leave this romantic interest role, but I'm still on the fence depending on how it'll be handled. I also feel the captain was an infantilized character for no reason, maybe there’ll be one presented later but as of now she comes off as some weird insert.
Art-wise, I think this manhwa was quite nice, not using art models afaik (I'm afraid I'm a victim of those same gossip ladies and castles), although the art is very simple and not my taste. Still, I can feel the artist's dedication to coming up with the art, loving especially how early in the comics they added concept designs and art in the bottom of each chapter. Could feel the passion coming through the art. Sadly, I think they removed it after a while (bring it back please I beg).
Overall: quite decent, still in the setup phase of the manhwa so I’m taking this with a grain of salt, but it has the potential to become good. Nice for filling in-time.
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