Novel stuff: Discussing titles and their effects. Skaya, for example, when she created magic for the first time, got a title "Mage's First Steps" which gave her +15 to her magic stat.
This is relevant to how Seo Jun-ho's magic stat was always his lowest one -> but now he has to raise it.

Otherwise, this chapter is on point. It's just missing the fact that 9 doctors saw Specter's face and Deok-gu has subordinates who can erase their memories.

Finally! What's the next class?!

Missing info the novel gives: There was a level cap of 80, which Specter was at. Unlocking the new floor (floor 2) raised it to 120.

Deok-gu gives Seo Jun-ho a Vita, the watch-looking thingy, and explains it. Also, he gives him access to see his friends' frozen statues via registering his iris. Eye scanner technology! Lastly, money. Vita got money and he got a stack of cash.

Seo Jun-ho uses the hospital's back elevator as Deok-gu distracts the press and just... wanders around. Funny moment as there are no more taxi drivers as they're self-driving. Seeing the people enjoy the peace around the museum and how a kid is whining loudly about wanting a Specter mask. Fun fact: all 5 heroes got masks and Skaya's mask is the most popular and Specter is 4th best.

Seo Jun-ho eventually gets to his friends and has a moment... internally asking if it is okay for him to rest, but doesn't say it out loud. Rest of the chapter is pretty on-point.

The biggest thing that isn't explained here is WHY did his friends need to freeze over? The novel explains this, and yes in chapter 1, this is not a spoiler: the moment they entered the gate, they were being chased by a frost mist that freezes everything it touches. They had to navigate and fight through the gate while being chased by it and it is... about 2 minutes behind them when they reached the final door to the frost queen.

After they agree to let him be the one to go in and fight, he tries telling his friends that he'll finish this in 2 minutes so they'll live, and they absolutely refuse. If he rushes it and dies like an idiot, then it would've all been for nothing. He promises to meet them again and heads forward.

As for the Frost Queen, she did not say anything about him leaving his friends behind. She does tell him that he doesn't know anything (true, see literally chapter 2).
Yes, the fight against her takes around 3 whole days; 76 hours, 48 minutes and 16 seconds to be exact. She says "I had fun" and he responds with "I didn't" and swings his broken sword to decapitate her. The system messages pop up saying that he won, he got the title and, importantly, Safe Zones were created on Earth.

Fun fact: the Watchguard of Darkness skill summons "hellhounds" of darkness and they pop up from the ground and chew on bodies. This helps Mr. Main Character loot stuff (also, double tapping) -> and they do that to Frost Queen's corpse. Then the hellhound spits out something and vanishes. What did it spit out? The nucleus. He picks it up and automatically starts absorbing it, freezing him. He tried but couldn't drop it.

The rest is on-point. To address the comments, the 25th anniversary celebration we see took place in a museum.

Coincidence: November 11th 2024, Spectre killed the Frost Queen, changing and saving the world. I didn't know, but that's when I picked up the novel and I was like
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By the way! Happy end of Season 3.
I started reading the novel on Wuxiaworld - where it is fully and professionally translated. It isn't immediately free on the website but I got it entirely unlocked.
Anyway, since I started reading it, I'm also reading the manhwa alongside it, but on my phone. I randomly decided today that I'll be commenting on every chapter with some info that pops up in the novel -> that doesn't happen in the manhwa.
(Thing is, I started on chapter 82 here on this website instead of reading it on my phone, so I'm going back to the start after this to start commenting).

Well, to address the lack of good reviews, here I goooooooooo!

What is this manhwa about? Well, the title spells most of it out for you: Mr. Main Character got frozen for 25 years and has finally thawed out. The story starts off by skipping a major initial arc and puts us right at the climax of it and that's certainly a unique way to start things off.

After returning, his level was reset back to one. This obviously puts him in a massive amount of danger, so he has to play with his cards held closely to his chest. It's a clever way of writing because he is strong, and due to how the manhwa started, there is no doubt that he is strong; but if he reveals who he is, literally anyone who out a target on him would start firing immediately. This doesn't just include the big villain group known as "the Fiends" but also wannabes or thugs who... wanna be famous. Thing is, on his own merits, Mr. Main Character is amazingly skilled and seeing him in action and how he meticulously plans stuff out is fun.

The worst part about reading the manhwa is just having to wait for the next chapter. To address that old comment that claims the manhwa drops off... Dude, you read the first arc without slowing but now that you gotta wait a week per chapter, it feels like it dropped off. I can practically guarantee that if the entire manhwa is completed and available, you wouldn't have ever thought of this.

Anyway, back on track, the plot, the lore of the world and the characters are all above average. Several characters do stick around for a long time, so while there are some characters that leave once they're done, this doesn't apply to everyone. It is also fairly obvious which characters aren't gonna stick around but it isn't immediately obvious which ones will stick around. The novel knows when to reel in the humor to have proper discussions and stuff. When the mood is light enough for some humor, the humor isn't done at the expense of anyone, which is a plus. Sure, friends throw jabs at each other (metaphorically) but that's part of writing characters.

Also, the art is pretty awesome. which is a major plus for a lot of people.
A final plus to bring up: the horrible dumpster fire translations done by mangademon (or whatever they changed their name to now) is done, hooray! So if you see old comments talking about weird translations, know that the problem is gone.
Btw, if you ever see mangademon, report them. Not just here but also to the FCC - at the very least, if you're worried about wasting someone's time, submit a "Tell Your Story" complaining about them. As a "translation group" they just use google translate or straight up steal other people's works and slap their logo all over.

Overall, 9/10.
I recommend the novel more, but that's a preference thing. Overall, the stuff lost from the novel to the manhwa isn't a deal breaker, so read whatever you want.

Also, if you look at the ooooooold comments (that you can't reply to) talking about the translation problems -> that's probably a result from the absolute dumpster fire that mangademon put up. Whatever name they're using now, they're a scam translation team who use google translate or just stealing other people's work and releasing it as their own (while slapping their logo everywhere on the chapter). Keep reporting them and getting their websites closed if you see them.

He asks her to delay the nagging until he showers and eats -> she's like "I'm so benevolent! Okay! I will delay it!"
She gets mad at one point during the nagging when he's kinda dismissing her concerns -> and she drops the temperature in the room.

The manhwa entirely skips the video editing and after working on the video for a few hours, eating more cake with the spirit crystal shavings on it, THEN this happens. Why is she upset? Because she keeps claiming she is an Arch Spirit and Arch Spirits don't evolve. Seo Jun-ho was asleep when it happened and he found her sulking in the bathtub. lol

So if you're kinda wondering about the slight mismatch by the end of this chapter (where he sees it happened) and the next chapter's start, that's why.

He's recording and doesn't want to reveal that power in his videos. Gotta farm that PP.

He's supposed to be wearing bling. Yeah, lots of jewelry, not armor. I am talking about the Blood Kobold Lord. Also, to a lesser important degree, Seo Jun-ho is supposed to be wearing a half-broken helmet at this point.

The manhwa really just took this scene and made him into an absolute unit. Reminder that he is recording, too. So, no frost and no darkness.

The novel makes this struggle significantly harder. For one, the leader of the Kobolds is right there, and giving commands - like as he ascends, a lot of fireballs come at him, all at the same time. Yes, he makes it through similar to here, but not without losing his halberd (so, no more bloodpact effect to restore his stamina). It makes little sense as to why he doesn't keep use the halberd if he still has it; restoring your stamina as you fight is incredibly overpowered especially since it stacks with "Bringer of Spring" title.
For more, read the novel yourself.

edit: to be clear, the halberd did not break.

For what it is worth, that ambush featured FIVE HUNDRED kobolds. Also, they get ambushed again, get baited into climbing up the mountain a bit -> and then the earthquake happens, giving them no chance to retreat like they have it now.

To add, the interaction with the fighter dude was longer.

In the novel, the biggest difference here would be how the alchemist did NOT get to touch Mr. Main Character as he absorbed the potion. Frost (without revealing herself) stopped her. I don't recall Frost helping cool him off.
Also, he thanked Frost for intervening, as the alchemist could've gotten hurt. Frost doesn't refute it exactly, nor does she admit (out loud) that she just wanted to protect her contractor (she didn't exactly care about protecting the alchemist).

Seo Jun-ho actually tells Phivir his level, which is 50 and it's quite low -> which further impresses Phivir.

The novel elaborates on Nazad. It isn't just that there are too many eyes in the city, but he guards are formidable. Yeah, the novel praises the guards for being strong to the degree that one of the "Nine Heavens" mentions it.
Furthermore, he grumbles on how he hopes he doesn't have to take action himself because if he does, then it would take a long to get to take action.

Also, Frost removes his spoken dialogue from the video - in the novel, he rambled a bit trying to explain what's going on and how he's fighting, but she removes that. el oh and furthermore el.

For what it is worth, the manhwa makes Seo Jun-ho a lot weaker than he actually is. What do I mean by that? It makes it look like he was caught off guard by the bear and Frost saved him from getting hit. In the novel, he sees it coming and decides not to move. So, he just waits for the bear's attack to hit him with the expectation that Frost will intervene - and she does.

Also, importantly, they don't train on a single bear and call it quits.

He can read your secret communication and he baited you soooooooooooooooo hard.
You think you're playing chess, but the enemy just pulled this move on you:
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Man, a fire so strong that it doesn't go out AND it only harms enemies. That's so broken.

"If I close my eyes, they can't see me."
Alternatively,
He'd be the politician in 2020 saying "Do you SEE the coronavirus anywhere? Is it flying around or anything? No? Then we don't have to worry about it."

"Just a scratch."
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