As a reminder, and to inform anyone new to this Substack, the following post is also the same thing as the first half of the podcast episode. The ending part of the episode will be some of my thoughts of the story with spoilers. If you haven’t read this story or you’d rather not get spoiled, you will get a warning before I begin the spoiler content.

The Basics

Unlike the other stories I’ve done reviews of, I can’t really find much information about this one. The only information I was able to gleam about this story is that allegedly there is a light novel in South Korea. However I don’t know this for sure. If anyone else has info, please feel free to reach out in the comments section.

I kept seeing this title popping up as a recommended title based on the other stories I was reading. Some of these other titles I’ll be reviewing in the future. It looked and sounded like a goofy story. However after a few weeks, I just through my hands up and decide why not?

This is a manhwa that is 60 chapters long on Webtoon. If you haven’t already read it already, I did a review of the Webtoon app. You can check out the review here.

The Premise

Yushin is a CEO of a conglomerate. He gets killed by a former mentor. When Yushin awakens, he discovers he has turned into a bass! Pretty quickly he realizes that he’s in a bizarre video game like situation. The aim of the game is to go from a baby fish to a full grown adult. Can he survive? Why did he even turn into a fish anyway? Can he trust the other fish who claim they’re also in the same situation as him? You’ll have to read this story to find the answers!

General Thoughts

I thought this would be a really dumb story. Yet I was really surprised at how emotional and thought out this story is. It’s a bizarre situation that the protagonist finds himself in. As you follow his story, you start learning more about the ecosystem that Yushin finds himself in. You also learn more about the other fish who appear to be in a similar circumstance as him. They were also humans who wound up turned into fish. And they’re in a bizarre scenario where they have to survive at the end.

I was genuinely not expecting to like this story. Yet after the first few chapters, the story develops quite a bit. I actually found myself really invested in Yushin’s time as a fish. It’s fascinating finding out how Yushin and some of the other fish he meets ended up in their situation.

I’d say that you should give this story a chance. If the first few chapters don’t intrigue you like they did for me, then sure go ahead and stop. However I will say you do get some answers to the mysteries if you keep reading. But that’s all I’ll say!

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