Reborn in 2000: Reuniting with the School Belle重生2000，青梅校花18岁

Really good

#panic# Chapter 169 is missing. 171 and 173 as well. 193 too. 😑

After 200 chapters, this novel keeps on giving. If you read the negative reviews, you'll see they're mostly from people who walked into the wrong genre and want the MC to f#ck everyone and anyone in their way lol. This novel is quite similar to Extraordinary Genius, but with slower plot advancement and, so far, no harem, nationalism, or crazy plotlines like aliens all the sudden. Overall, the MC is not quick to anger nor is he mindless, and there are no long explanations about why he's superior to everyone else every now and then.

I highly recommend this novel especially if you enjoy slice-of-life, second chances, romance and modern knowledge.

One final note: the translator of this novel takes him/herself a bit too seriously. I've managed to get similar, if not better, results than his translation by using ChatGPT 4o on Ranobes' MTL.

Here's the prompt if you want to dive into the MTL. The MTL is readable on its own, but the Dao is just not for me sometimes:

"Proofread and edit the following chapter from a Chinese novel, your job is to fix the bad translation as much as you can without affecting the context, flow, or the dialogue, Chinese cultural norms, from seniority greetings, innuendos to proverbs that are there must be preserved. Also fix awkward phrasing and Inconsistent POV. You must strive for a pure reading experience that conveys the author's intent perfectly. Target badly translated lines and fix them if encountered. They're usually lines that do not make sense or are just awkward:"　

PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM ! PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE HAREM !........

This novel has all the clichés you can find in any Chinese novel, without exception. But does it put anything on top of these clichés? ABSOLUTELY NOT. If someone is reading this shit, they have no self-respect.
We really need something new. I'm sick of this shit...

What award did this win? But honestly I feel like I always see this plot everywhere

Seems like wish fulfilment novel...