Recommendations I can't seem to read past 20 chapters anymore...

Discussion in 'I'm Looking For...' started by Chamber, May 24, 2016.

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Can you read past 20 chapters when reading a new novel?

  1. yes

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  2. no

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  1. Ogami-kun

    Ogami-kun 『Blue Shadow ensnaring demons』『FA sect disciple』

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  2. fireclaws

    fireclaws 『FA Sect's Hermit』 『Rice Bucket』

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  3. SnowTime

    SnowTime Busy Busy Busy, I Dug Too Many Holes

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    Dominion's End
     
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  4. Yog-Sothoth

    Yog-Sothoth Well-Known Member

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    Haha, familiar feeling. But that actually got me writing my own story. XD
     
  5. Em_Rez

    Em_Rez Well-Known Member

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    Yeah I pretty much dropped all xuanhuan and male mc shit
     
  6. SeiraJLoyard

    SeiraJLoyard Well-Known Member

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    I definitely agree, Dominion's End is good and different
    My Death Flags is pretty interesting in the sense of the MC isn't the typical MC that is thrown into that particular situation
    Parallel World Pharmacy is also pretty unique in it's genre
    Common Sense of a Duke's Daughter makes me really happy ^^
    I will personally recommend http://www.novelupdates.com/series/only-sense-online/ as it's a slice of life with no actual "goal" of powering up, revenge, etc. It follows the story of the MC enjoying the VRMMO and doing things at his pace.

    If you don't mind the BL genre, http://www.novelupdates.com/series/true-star/ is a really good reincarnation novel in that the MC is very like-able and not super feminine and has an aspiration of making himself known in the acting world once more.

    If you enjoy romance novels, http://www.novelupdates.com/series/a-slight-smile-is-very-charming/ is a very good option, mostly takes place in the "virtual" world, but connects very well into the real life of the characters

    Edit: I took a look at the synopsis of the novel you're translating, it reminded me of the novel http://www.novelupdates.com/series/knights-magic/ I don't know if you've tried this one, but its about a robot otaku programmer being reincarnated into a fantasy magic world to build robots <- not super heavy on the programming part though
     
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  7. KuroKaze

    KuroKaze Well-Known Member

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    Not really, most of the things that get my attention tend to be good and i find myself reading way past 20 chapters in one go.
     
  8. Chamber

    Chamber Mecha Translator

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    GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm never gonna finish them all.... I will try.... If I do, I will look for you guys again. (wait like 3 years?)
     
  9. Aentoril

    Aentoril Active Member

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    If you need a change, safe bet is Oukoku no miichi. Comedy aspect of it was really implemented well. No reincarnation, no obvious opness, harem - yes, but it's completely comedy + sex based. Overall silly enough to make you smile and distinguish itself from other novels (and yes, I agree that reincarnation + harem is overused... Would like to see more novels with dungeon master theme...).
     
  10. djsosonut

    djsosonut Well-Known Member

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    Terror Infinity and ISSTH. The characters in Terror Infinity never really become OP because the setting keeps leveling up with them so they're always in danger. And not harem. It's actually more of a sausage fest. It's like Gantz but good.

    ISSTH contains every cliche in every other xianxia that you've ever read, but it elevates the material to new levels. Though if you have trouble getting past 20 chapters, you might have trouble with it. It's good from the beginning, but it starts to become great around 100+. Plus none of those beginning chapters are irrelevant. People and events from those chapters are still being references 600+ chapters in, instead of being forgotten as the MC becomes more powerful.
     
  11. Funelas

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    I definitely recommend Spice and Wolf as well...


    Other than that, Novels being translated by Estelion in Oniichanyamete are all quite good reads, among those, I would say to try Evil God Average. Otoburi is quite a good read as well, though it hasn't been updated in a while so when you catch up you'll be left hanging.

    Then there's Krytyk's site, Only Sense Online is like Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki but I like the former more than the latter and it's quite quick to update.

    Right now I'm reading Terror Infinity and I'm quite liking what I've read so far (Vol. 8 right now).
     
  12. Midori

    Midori Well-Known Member

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    pfft! just think of it as being in a very helpful community, kekeke! also, you might want to make a list, and see which one has the highest number of recommendations!
    i see dominion's end has three people encouraging you to read it, so you should try that one too! ahaha!
     
  13. Minminmin

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    I'm more or less the same. Well, these are my own recommendations:
    My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending
    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/my-death-flags-show-no-sign-of-ending/
    Kenkyo(this. You'll definitely love the mc)
    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/kenkyo-kenjitsu-o-motto-ni-ikite-orimasu/
    Legend of the Sun Knight(My sides really hurt from this)
    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-legend-of-sun-knight/
    1/2 Prince(eh, I liked it, but it depends on you)
    Amber Sword
    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-amber-sword/
    ISSTH(as far as xianxia goes, this one is the best for me but you have to get past the start which you minght have trouble with)
    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-shall-seal-the-heavens/

    Well, these are all the "fresh" novels I could think of right now.
     
  14. Raneday

    Raneday Not Rane

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    perspherspley IZ*ONE

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    Try changing your pace a little, you can try reading books instead.
     
  16. Chamber

    Chamber Mecha Translator

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    No more novel recommendations please.... I can't read them all...
    You can still post helps though, that helps!
     
  17. sinyueliang

    sinyueliang 『World Traveller』『Demon Slayer』『Hinokami』

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    There are works have already been recommended but I must second them. Would that still count as a recommendation? I mean, I'm not bringing anything new to the table... o3o...
     
  18. Chamber

    Chamber Mecha Translator

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    that's fine... just no new ones...
     
  19. Robbini

    Robbini Logical? Illogical? Random? Or Just Unique?

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    Every novel has something that's unique, but some of them focus very differently on different things, so that in essence it's the same plot, but just change the entire scenario in which the plot occurs, with a few details of the event schedule proceeds changed. And because there are always new novels coming out, eventually the odd ones become common as well. But fine, you wanted something slightly different, i'll give you something slightly different. Note, it'll be alphabetically, because I can't be bothered to separate this many into genres.

    Oh hell no, I started writing this post 15 minutes after you started this topic, and excluding the time needed to read 30 chapters, spent a lot of time at it. I also removed about 10-20 entries, otherwise it would've been more.
     
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  20. Chamber

    Chamber Mecha Translator

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    whoa....