Recommendations Acting without romance

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  1. jacobpaige

    jacobpaige Well-Known Member

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    I'm looking for a series about acting that contains little to no romance. A novelised version of Tommorrow's Kings would be a good example.

    No horror, BL, or love geometry please. Needs to be legally available online, in English, for free.
     
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    imsodone 『Creep』

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    :hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm: :blobthinkingsmirk::blobthinkingsmirk::blobthinkingsmirk::blobthinkingsmirk::blobthinkingsmirk: waiting for answer
     
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    Estarossa 《Master of Dessert》°Resurrected Ghoul°

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    Theres a manga, Act-Age.
     
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    xTachibana Wincest King

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    No romance? Why would ya do that to yourself
     
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    jacobpaige Well-Known Member

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    Computer is broken and my mobile internet is limited if I want decent speeds, so no manga :(
    Because I want it to actually be about the acting. If there's romance, then it's nearly guaranteed that the author will get lazy and stop writting about the acting to focus on the romance. Worse, because they're doing it out of laziness, it'll be 90-100% cliche with highly stereotyped charactes and love geometry galour. So, not only will I not be getting the acting stories I'm after, but I'll also be inundated with all the things I hate most in a romance story.
     
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    Paladin of the End,
    trash from the count family, at least for now

    Edit:
    Sorry about acting didn't read that at first.

    I got no idea about any novel like that
     
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    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    Just because there's no romance, doesn't mean the story gonna be good or arthur not being lazy.
     
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    xTachibana Wincest King

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    Oof, it's so true it hurts, at least relating to it devolving into just a meh romance novel in the end.
     
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    Try this novel, is only a fan-fic but don't even look down on this novel is close to became an official novel, and the make character at the beginning is a jerk but he will change little by little to the point you will like him, this is a good point of the novel the development of a character...

    https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2961893/1/Mother-of-Learning
     
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    Meloman My dog is lazier than me

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    May be you should try some biography section. Like an old actor’s POV on his/her life as an actor/ dancer/ musician... people usually don’t talk in too much detail about their love life in biographies...
     
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    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

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    jacobpaige Well-Known Member

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    True, but romance is the easiest and most common way for this type of story to devolve.
    I've read it. Think I wound up dropping it due to something in the writing style, but I don't remember for sure.

    Already reading it, but it has nothing to do with acting.

    Not really in the mood for a real biography.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    What do you mean by acting?
     
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    The professional activities of actors.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Oh, so something like Top Management.
    Sadly, such novels are very niche. Big Life is a similar type, I barely got 100 views.
     
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    Wasn't Top Management about idols? If it's the one I'm thinking of it also had romance and was headed towards a celibate harem situation last I knew. And I'm sure Big Life was about writing.
     
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    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Yes, but I meant that it is from the same ilk : no action just focusing on a profession.
    I am in Hollywood should be about acting but lots of sex though.
    I can ask translators that I know.
    I think I saw a Japanese anime from the 1970s that's about acting but I am not too sure .
    It certainly will make for a good read
    This is the closest thing I have consumed in that is similar, there is romance though
    https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Natsu_no_Koi_wa_Nijiiro_ni_Kagayaku
     
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    jacobpaige Well-Known Member

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    Ah.

    You're probably thinking of Glass Mask.

    Considering that romance is right there in the title, I expect there would be ;)
     
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