Discussion Did you ever get tricked by Novels with enticing titles but not what you expected?

Everybody loves large chests - that ruined everything for me.

 

Your profile pic makes me want to hit you..... how strange.

 

I burst out laughing when I saw "yaoi" ahahaha!!

 

Japanese Web Novel Title is mostly what the title is about.
So I hardly get deceived by novels wit a long title. But, often with novels with a short title (most often Western title).

 

Death March refers to the act of working hard for days on end to chase deadlines to the point that you feel like dying. Some people did die of exhaustion in death marches. This is more common in black companies, but most Japanese companies have death marches to an extent.

 

What's wrong with yaoi?

 

Not so much the title, as I have no idea what it means, but I really enjoyed the first chapters of Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou. Boy did that series go downhill at a rate of knots. Guess I should have read the tags.

 

Yeah , i remember when i started reading novel i found a good novel with decent title and synopsis... And started reading it untill chapter 5 when some bl shit started hapening... I Felt like i got tricked .. So i colosed the tab right away and disconnected from internet and gone to take a walk to calm down .... And now I don't even remeber the title Anymore and I don't want to!!!

 

Titles will deceive you, descriptions aren't helpful (especially chineses one) and tags will appear with some delay (deceiving you in the process 'cause you have already read it)

In what should we believe then?
PS: yes,, I've been tricked by enticing titles

 

Just pretend that one of them is a girl. Perhaps it will turn it to be good?

 

Titles are generic and meaningless 99% of the times.. Can't say see shit from the title.

 

My little heart can't handle it...

 

I'm the one who putted the yaoi tag on Legendary Master’s Wife.

 

Ahh yeah like when I saw school days and thought it was just some regular beta mc harem triangle love ...

 

Loli Manko

Does not actually contain lolis, it's just that certain body parts are always small in that world. Very misleading title (especially the full title).

 

Are people really that scared of the yaoi tag? When I see yuri, I just go 'meh' and click away. What's so scary about the yaoi tag? Think it's gonna make you gay if your eyes fall on the word or what? Anyway, some yaoi titles have misled me too, but thankfully I check the tags/wait for updated tags, so I haven't missed out on any of them .

 

Title: Great Demon King, Tagline: "If I don’t die… I swear I will act on all my evil thoughts.." Synopsis: A kind, cowardly young man received evil powers to redefine his destiny when he reincarnated. As he changed his fate, his personality began to shift as well. He started to become strong, cold and even bloodthirsty!

Excerpt from chapter 2:
"He couldn’t hope to best her in a fight, and he knew that. He took a closer look and noticed pink gauze bed curtains in one corner of the room – that should be Lisa’s bed. He withdrew a small bottle from his bag and smeared some blood (typically used in experiments) around the edges of his eyes and mouth. He mussed up his brown hair after checking his face in a broken mirror (that Bryan had picked up). When he looked into the mirror again, a terrifying face covered with bloodstains looked back out. "Heh heh, if I can’t beat you, then I’m going to scare the crap out of you!" Han Shuo was quite satisfied with his current makeup and nodded with a low cackle. When everything was ready, he stepped on a branch and swung himself close to Lisa’s window, swaying back and forth with the branch. He reached out his bone thin hand and knocked on Lisa’s window."

 

I fell for it too and read a few chapters before I realized something was off about it and went to the tags. I still get a chill up my spine every time I see it on the novel list, it was a traumatizing experience.